They gave me a year’s reprieve
from any further harassment, starting from the beginning of the summer of 1999.
I used the time to solidify my place in Morioh as a well-known trumpet player,
and garner the funds to leave the hotel and have a place to myself. The peace
was well deserved as far as I was concerned, and helped me be at ease when it
came time to say farewell to Jotaro and Joseph. Okuyasu didn’t stop pestering
me about how I got Kira to go into custody. He eventually remembered my
challenge and wanted to fight. I used the chance to goad Josuke and Koichi into
helping Okuyasu.
The Hand’s power we definitely something
I hadn’t experienced before, combined with Echoes Act III increasing the
gravity on me and Crazy Diamond’s speed and power outclassed Star Platinum’s.
They made a good trio, and I gave them some time to feel like they had a better
chance before I ended it. It was a fun fight, and I treated them to a meal as a
sort of consolation prize. The rest of the year was spent performing,
occasionally hanging out with the others and visiting my companions. It was a
nice time.
Once that time had passed, I was
in for a surprise. The girl had discovered another bow and arrow in the home of
Yoshikage Kira and not only granted Sigmein and Django Stands, but gave herself
and Deamond new abilities. It made me wonder why I hadn’t thought to experiment
with it myself. Sigmein’s Stand, I Can See Clearly Now, nearly gave her
precognition over a certain radius. Django’s Stand, Rage Against the Machine,
caused everyone around him to experience intense rage and desire to fight.
Deamond’s Poker Face could now also turn him invisible, on top of whatever it
did before. The girl… I don’t know what she gained, but whatever it was she
used it on the other three to great success. Every encounter from then on
brought me closer and closer to defeat. I could never truly think straight
because of Django, Sigmein knew what I would do before the thought finished
processing in my mind and gave orders accordingly, and Deamond was nigh
impossible to keep track of.
Their teamwork had dramatically
improved, and for some reason none of them were ever effected by Rage Against
the Machine’s ability. It was a struggle to hold back with my mind clouded by
anger and the three of them adapting to anything I did. The only saving grace I
had was the fact that the girl didn’t get involved. She was always present
though, with a calmness that I hadn’t seen from her before. It was extremely
disconcerting when I wasn’t fighting off anger. I was losing the battle of
hiding my magic and struggling to find another way to fend them off when it hit
me. Literally. The arrow struck me while I was sleeping, and I changed
accordingly. Crush 40 gained the What I’m Made Of, allowing it to further
change the area effected by Dangerous Ground in various ways, but only
temporarily. Causing the ground to be covered in ice, or a street to become a
grassland. While I never explored the full extent of the ability because I didn’t
want to cause more damage to Morioh than necessary, it made the difference in
the end.
I’d expand more upon what
happened, but I feel like I’ve forgotten something for a while. I want to
continue on to remember what it was exactly. Besides having to deal with the
four, my time here was very enjoyable for all it was. While certainly… bizarre,
I wouldn’t mind going through it again.
Wow, Django, way to copy the worst Stand dad ever came across. I'm so disappointed in this guy.
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