[Rather than getting anything in her mailbox, there's a big sack on Amethyst's front steps with a note taped to it. Also, a bright green rosette style bow. The note reads:]
AMETHYST,
I'LL ADMIT, I HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE COMING UP WITH THE PERFECT SOLSTICE GIFT FOR YOU. I WAS MAKING EVERYONE ELSE SPECIAL ITEMS OUT OF MAGIC METAL, BUT NOTHING I COULD MAKE WITH IT REALLY SEEMED TO FIT YOUR "STYLE".
IT WAS KIND OF FRUSTRATING AT FIRST, BUT NATURALLY, I EVENTUALLY HAD A STROKE OF GENIUS FOR SOMETHING BETTER! I MEAN, I STILL HAVE A BIT OF THAT METAL LEFT SO IF YOU DO WIND UP WANTING SOMETHING MADE OUT OF THAT, I GUESS I CAN DO THAT. BUT I FIGURED YOU'D APPRECIATE SOMETHING LIKE THIS A LOT MORE. I'VE BEEN BUILDING A STOCK OF IT FOR MY GARDEN, BUT THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH OF IT FOR ME TO SHARE.
HAPPY SOLSTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PERIDOT
[The huge sack is just. Absolutely CRAMMED FULL. Of compost. It is a fine vintage. Peridot has been hoarding food waste and compostable paper products from all around the carnival ever since she started Sadness Farming back when Amethyst left, so it has had a GOOD LONG WHILE to ripen.]
SOLSTICE GIFT
AMETHYST,
I'LL ADMIT, I HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE COMING UP WITH THE PERFECT SOLSTICE GIFT FOR YOU. I WAS MAKING EVERYONE ELSE SPECIAL ITEMS OUT OF MAGIC METAL, BUT NOTHING I COULD MAKE WITH IT REALLY SEEMED TO FIT YOUR "STYLE".
IT WAS KIND OF FRUSTRATING AT FIRST, BUT NATURALLY, I EVENTUALLY HAD A STROKE OF GENIUS FOR SOMETHING BETTER! I MEAN, I STILL HAVE A BIT OF THAT METAL LEFT SO IF YOU DO WIND UP WANTING SOMETHING MADE OUT OF THAT, I GUESS I CAN DO THAT. BUT I FIGURED YOU'D APPRECIATE SOMETHING LIKE THIS A LOT MORE. I'VE BEEN BUILDING A STOCK OF IT FOR MY GARDEN, BUT THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH OF IT FOR ME TO SHARE.
HAPPY SOLSTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PERIDOT
[The huge sack is just. Absolutely CRAMMED FULL. Of compost. It is a fine vintage. Peridot has been hoarding food waste and compostable paper products from all around the carnival ever since she started Sadness Farming back when Amethyst left, so it has had a GOOD LONG WHILE to ripen.]