Short Story: Hematte's Injustice

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This was so last minute, how did they expect her to make it in time when in her previous location there wasn’t a warp pad to be seen for miles! She had to hunt one down! Hopefully discipline for her tardiness and disorderly conduct won’t be too severe…?
Consequently, if it wasn’t a diamond who would dole out punishment then it was gonna be the particularly snappy quartz soldier she had bumped into that would. The soldier had turned, punching Hematite’s shoulder from behind. “Hey! Watch where you’re going!” she barked in the typical quartz gem’s gruff voice. Hematite lurched forward at the unexpected force before whipping around to meet the gem’s eyes with a glare. With the temper she has, she wasn’t about to let this go, but just as her hands

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