"There were... complications. For most of his life, they projected Rose onto him in a variety of ways, unable to accept that he was his own person, at least not entirely. This caused as many mental health problems as you'd expect, especially since it took a very long time to manifest any of his powers.
"Which is why, when the Prism resurfaced, went haywire, and began wreaking havoc again, it was his first high-stakes mission in the field. He and the Gems traveled across the globe, forcing the various aspects of light to return to the weapon before finally finding the Prism itself and confronting it. As it turned out, though, the Prism was just confused, and wanted to be its own person. Steven being Steven, he openly accepted it, and the Prism went on a happy-go-lucky globetrotting mission.
"It didn't end there, however. Years later, after I had met Steven and been trained as a knight, and Steven had discovered how to use his powers; the Prism's original master returned. And Hessonite wanted it back. She abducted the Prism and forced it to unleash it's power upon us, it was only thanks to Steven's friendship that it had he willpower to resist Hessonite enough that we weren't immediately obliterated. We chased Hessonite and her minion all across the world as she slowly but surely asserted her dominance over the Prism, and the constructs it created turned from almost cute to powerful and terrifying.
"After defeating Hessonite's henchgem, a Peridot, we discovered a way to reliably track down Hessonite. We found Hessonite in an ancient, hidden temple that was most likely where the Prism was tested and created. Hessonite was too powerful for us, and we were all defeated within mere moments, separated in a labyrinth of enemies and traps that we just barely managed to escape. That was when we got a taste of the Prism's real power, and when we knew we didn't have much time left before Hessonite regained complete control and conquered the Earth.
"We almost caught up with her at Bismuth's legendary forge, but she slipped from our grasp once again after using the core of the facility to power up the Prism to its final form. With only hours, if not less, to spare before Hessonite could launch her final assault on Earth, we infiltrated her ship using Steven's... familiar, I suppose, and confronted Hessonite at the seat of her power. But this time we were prepared. It was a long and hard fight, both against the Prism and Hessonite, but we brought the Prism to its senses and wore Hessonite down enough that she surrendered. Steven once again carried the day with his empathy, and he convinced Hessonite to rebel against Homeworld and to leave the Prism on Earth, like it wanted. The last we saw of her, she was preparing to wander the galaxy to find herself.
"And that's the end of that particular tale. There are many more relating to the Crystal Gems, but that's the only one that I'm intimately familiar with that's on such a grand scale."
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"Which is why, when the Prism resurfaced, went haywire, and began wreaking havoc again, it was his first high-stakes mission in the field. He and the Gems traveled across the globe, forcing the various aspects of light to return to the weapon before finally finding the Prism itself and confronting it. As it turned out, though, the Prism was just confused, and wanted to be its own person. Steven being Steven, he openly accepted it, and the Prism went on a happy-go-lucky globetrotting mission.
"It didn't end there, however. Years later, after I had met Steven and been trained as a knight, and Steven had discovered how to use his powers; the Prism's original master returned. And Hessonite wanted it back. She abducted the Prism and forced it to unleash it's power upon us, it was only thanks to Steven's friendship that it had he willpower to resist Hessonite enough that we weren't immediately obliterated. We chased Hessonite and her minion all across the world as she slowly but surely asserted her dominance over the Prism, and the constructs it created turned from almost cute to powerful and terrifying.
"After defeating Hessonite's henchgem, a Peridot, we discovered a way to reliably track down Hessonite. We found Hessonite in an ancient, hidden temple that was most likely where the Prism was tested and created. Hessonite was too powerful for us, and we were all defeated within mere moments, separated in a labyrinth of enemies and traps that we just barely managed to escape. That was when we got a taste of the Prism's real power, and when we knew we didn't have much time left before Hessonite regained complete control and conquered the Earth.
"We almost caught up with her at Bismuth's legendary forge, but she slipped from our grasp once again after using the core of the facility to power up the Prism to its final form. With only hours, if not less, to spare before Hessonite could launch her final assault on Earth, we infiltrated her ship using Steven's... familiar, I suppose, and confronted Hessonite at the seat of her power. But this time we were prepared. It was a long and hard fight, both against the Prism and Hessonite, but we brought the Prism to its senses and wore Hessonite down enough that she surrendered. Steven once again carried the day with his empathy, and he convinced Hessonite to rebel against Homeworld and to leave the Prism on Earth, like it wanted. The last we saw of her, she was preparing to wander the galaxy to find herself.
"And that's the end of that particular tale. There are many more relating to the Crystal Gems, but that's the only one that I'm intimately familiar with that's on such a grand scale."