Jotaro shakes his head. Even though the power is as ingrained to him now as is breathing, he still remembers clearly all the time when Star Platinum was just used for speed, precision and power.
"Depends what you mean. I was in a bloody battle with Pucci's... mentor. I was stabbed, beaten to a bloody pulp, and I even had to stop my own heart to get a leg up on him. But when I needed it... just as he was about to pummel me with a road roller, I got the power and I knew exactly how to use it."
Jotaro doesn't even notice his hand shaking, especially with the waves pulling on his fishing rod.
His mentor. Emporio's face twists at the thought of anyone...mentoring Pucci, not the least because of the ideals Pucci had.
"...I didn't know what was happening, when it did." Well. The rod tugs a bit, and he swallows. "...I mean...I knew scientifically what it had to be...but I didn't know what I was doing. ...I tricked him into installing the disc, and Weather did the rest it felt like. But whenever I think back..."
The air feeling...strange. Stranger, stranger, unnatural...
"...When I think back, he fought nothing like the Weather I knew."
"Makes sense. Being compatible with the disk makes Weather your stand. Part of your will. Using it is second nature." Most people intrinsically knew how to use their stands when they were hit by the arrow or they had a disc installed.
"What did you do?"
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Is this something he should get into? It's the first time he really thinks that, thinks those words. Sits there with the fishing rod, wondering, isn't that...a lot?
It didn't feel like that in the moment. It felt like all or nothing. Like if he was going to go down, he was going to take them down with him.
He starts- "...Time was fastest at Pucci's center. ...The closer anything was to him, the faster it moved."
It was a risk. A gamble. Just like the thing he did to take on the disc in the first place.
All or nothing. Do, or Die.
"...If I was going to fight god, I needed him to be too weak to stand... ...so we poisoned him."
They poisoned themselves.
"We turned the air in the room into pure oxygen...and attacked."
He can still feel it now. Blood under his nails, where it wasn't there. Lost in the memory, he looks at his own hand, narrowing his eyes.
Jotaro sighs softly. It's clear no one's talked to Emporio like this... It's a miracle the kid is as stable as he is. Jotaro still had flashbacks - even in that final battle he saw the ghost of DIO in Pucci's movements and that was over 20 years ago.
"No. No it's not. Sometimes the memory won't go away, and you only realise things later. Just don't let it stop you from living your own life."
"I'm trying not to," he protests a little, but as weak as the protest is, at least Jotaro knows it to be true. He's doing very well to live a life, after all. It's simply that nothing but time can ease this kind of wound, and even that isn't a guarantee.
"Well, hopefully she'll keep going to them... and maybe us too, if she feels comfortable." He looks at Emporio.
"You have others too, you know. But you can always talk to me about everything if you just need someone who gets it. At least with Stands and Vampires."
"Yeah. He had a lot of common vampire traits too - weak to daylight, super strength and super speed. He could turn people into vampires too. All of that separate to his Stand: The same kind as mine."
... And that's not even mentioning flesh buds. He's not sure what category that thing goes into.
"He also stole the body of my great-great-grandfather, Jonathan. That's why I was surprised Jolyne met the actual Jonathan here." May as well just share all the important details. Now he's not sure what Emporio does and doesn't know.
"The amount of things that made their way into fiction that were actually real are kind of amazing when I think about it..."
...
Wait wh- "...Oh. ...I mean...people who die can end up here," he says, looking away. After all, it's not like...well. Jotaro knows what happened to Jotaro. But.
"...I actually ended up getting a house from him?"
"Well, technically Mr. Joestar left it to Hermana," Emporio explains. "...but she already had her own house...so she said it was mine now, since I didn't have one."
"I mean, to be fair I do right now! Louie helped me work out something with 'Air/BNB' to let vacationers use the house for now. I probably won't be in the Mahogany area for...a pretty long time so."
"I suppose," Jotaro says with the same flat voice he usually has. It masks the fact that he has no idea what an Air/BNB is. It's not like he's ever used one...
"Mahogany is in... Johto, right? The cold place where you were doing the Christmas investigation, right?"
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"Depends what you mean. I was in a bloody battle with Pucci's... mentor. I was stabbed, beaten to a bloody pulp, and I even had to stop my own heart to get a leg up on him. But when I needed it... just as he was about to pummel me with a road roller, I got the power and I knew exactly how to use it."
Jotaro doesn't even notice his hand shaking, especially with the waves pulling on his fishing rod.
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"...I didn't know what was happening, when it did." Well. The rod tugs a bit, and he swallows. "...I mean...I knew scientifically what it had to be...but I didn't know what I was doing. ...I tricked him into installing the disc, and Weather did the rest it felt like. But whenever I think back..."
The air feeling...strange. Stranger, stranger, unnatural...
"...When I think back, he fought nothing like the Weather I knew."
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"Makes sense. Being compatible with the disk makes Weather your stand. Part of your will. Using it is second nature." Most people intrinsically knew how to use their stands when they were hit by the arrow or they had a disc installed.
"What did you do?"
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Is this something he should get into? It's the first time he really thinks that, thinks those words. Sits there with the fishing rod, wondering, isn't that...a lot?
It didn't feel like that in the moment. It felt like all or nothing. Like if he was going to go down, he was going to take them down with him.
He starts- "...Time was fastest at Pucci's center. ...The closer anything was to him, the faster it moved."
It was a risk. A gamble. Just like the thing he did to take on the disc in the first place.
All or nothing. Do, or Die.
"...If I was going to fight god, I needed him to be too weak to stand... ...so we poisoned him."
They poisoned themselves.
"We turned the air in the room into pure oxygen...and attacked."
He can still feel it now. Blood under his nails, where it wasn't there. Lost in the memory, he looks at his own hand, narrowing his eyes.
"...Until there was nothing left of his face."
Just JoJo things
"... I see. Well, a deserving end, considering what Pucci did."
He looks at Emporio though. He can see how... lost he looks. "You did what you had to do. But I'm sorry you had to resort to that. And do it alone."
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"...Is it...dumb, not being over it?"
It's unclear what 'it' is- but perhaps Jotaro has an idea.
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"No. No it's not. Sometimes the memory won't go away, and you only realise things later. Just don't let it stop you from living your own life."
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"...do you think...hermana is ok?"
They haven't talked to her either, after all.
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Jotaro pauses. How is Jolyne?
"I think she's okay. But maybe you should talk to her at some point. She's close to you..."
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"...but not to you?"
It's said questioningly. Does he really think he can't be someone Jolyne can talk to, then?
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"No. Not to me. Not yet. I have to earn her trust back before I think she'll be willing to talk to me."
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Maybe not about the serious things but... "...At least a little I think."
These two aren't going to resolve anything until something weird happens in this place, he can Feel it.
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"I know... I will. Not about this but... I'll talk to her."
Jotaro gives a small sigh and shakes his head, a half smile on his face.
"I wouldn't be surprised we are worrying about nothing. Jolyne may have figured all this out well before us."
me batting the eels away with a bat,
"...Maybe? She does have Carly to talk to...And there's probably others, from there."
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"You have others too, you know. But you can always talk to me about everything if you just need someone who gets it. At least with Stands and Vampires."
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..................................................................wait
"Vampires!?"
The pause before he turns is comical, really.
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"Pucci's mentor was a vampire, DIO. I'm surprised you didn't know that. Jolyne said she learned everything. I assumed she told you."
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"I...I knew there was someone named Dio involved, but I didn't know he was a vampire..."
Vampires are real...what the he...
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... And that's not even mentioning flesh buds. He's not sure what category that thing goes into.
"He also stole the body of my great-great-grandfather, Jonathan. That's why I was surprised Jolyne met the actual Jonathan here." May as well just share all the important details. Now he's not sure what Emporio does and doesn't know.
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...
Wait wh- "...Oh. ...I mean...people who die can end up here," he says, looking away. After all, it's not like...well. Jotaro knows what happened to Jotaro. But.
"...I actually ended up getting a house from him?"
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"I'm aware... Jolyne made sure I knew we were both dead." It was one of the first things they established when he was here for a week.
"You did?" Jotaro asked. "Why?"
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"Well, technically Mr. Joestar left it to Hermana," Emporio explains. "...but she already had her own house...so she said it was mine now, since I didn't have one."
And well, here they are now.
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Jotaro please.
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"I mean, to be fair I do right now! Louie helped me work out something with 'Air/BNB' to let vacationers use the house for now. I probably won't be in the Mahogany area for...a pretty long time so."
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"Mahogany is in... Johto, right? The cold place where you were doing the Christmas investigation, right?"
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ties off this thread like 'god i love vr it lets me backtag so long'