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I had to let you go at some point or I was going to spring a blood clot and die. [ True story. ]

Yes, that's the question. I didn't put a question mark at the end of anything else.

[ Huff. ]

I'm glad you held on as long as you did.

[And presumably that it wasn't long enough to spring a blood clot and die, and so on.]

And you've got your answer, then. I have him back. The dog's a little confused by him, but they're figuring it out.

[ His jaws press into themselves, pursing his lips. He's glad he held on for so long. That's. Nice. The pause lingers and eventually he clears his throat. ]

You do-- [ Yes, Rohan. That's what he said. ] And you've shown him to the dog but not me. [ is this like meeting his mom or something ]

I see how it is. After everything I've done.

...You're jealous. Of a dog?

[This is simultaneously the most absurd and yet somehow funniest thing that's happened to him in a long, long time. This particular brand of sulkiness is an interesting one out of Rohan — prickly without running too far into annoyed, but absolutely expecting to somehow be appeased.

It makes him ease himself back upright again, feet on the ground and hands at either side of him on the edge of the mattress as he regards Rohan with a thoughtful, lingering look.]

I did say, "is there something else". All you had to do was ask.

That should have been a given.

[ He is NOT jealous of the dog. It's just a weirdly personal #littlestanduserthing ]

I didn't think I had to ask.

It would've been faster, at least.

[But he closes his eyes, and in the second that follows, the air next to him shimmers as Star Platinum is summoned forth, seeming to erupt from out of his shoulder to take up a guardian's stance nearby.

After months of wishing for him to be there and never feeling a reply, it's nothing short of abject relief to be able to reach for Star and feel him respond now. The connection is there again, the understanding, the wavelength. The gargoyle isn't the only thing taking up residence in his subconscious anymore — and Star will always only do what's best for him.

He's really majestic, this Stand of his. Unsettling though his capabilities may have been in the past, it's still awfully nice to see him again.]

[ Oh, my stars.

He hadn't brought anything but the silly lamps with him and that was a mistake. He has Jotaro and what his form has chosen to mimic right near each other. Not cookie-cutter but enough for him to make the connection. That sure is a giant purple spirit guy. ]

... So even without Heaven's Door, I can still see it. [ Which means his sensitivity hasn't gone away. Rohan's hands come together, clasping one another under his chest admiringly. He's smiling too. Yoooo... ] You really did get him back!

You look alike now.

...You're right. So whatever they did to our Stands, they really are just sealed somehow, instead of removed for good.

[Which makes sense, he supposes. If they're a part of you, a manifestation of something about you, then taking it away again — that'd mean removing a whole part of a person's soul, wouldn't it? Maybe they can't do that. Or maybe they just want the citizens here to lose their souls a different way.

That's a little too dismal for right now, though. Not while Rohan looks like a kid in a candy store at the sight of Star Platinum; that's cute enough that it ought to be savored.]

You really like him, huh? You look like it's Christmas come early.

[ He sure does look like a kid in a candy store. ]

Well yes-- [ The manifestation of a Stand is the closest thing from home he has run across since ending up here. Not even Josuke has Crazy Diamond. Rohan looks as if he is fit to jump forward at any moment. Understandably, he is tired and has a smidge of restraint. ]

It's incredible, Jotaro! Have you considered that you may be the only other person fortunate enough to have something so personal. [ He could be exaggerating. He makes an instinctive palm for something next to him that isn't there-- ]

Of all the times to not bring my book... [ Nice hustle there, Kishibe. ]

I — well, I mean. He's...he's what I wanted.

[Evidently the intensity of Rohan's enthusiasm is starting to take its toll, leaving Jotaro fast approaching the verge of being flustered from watching and being exposed to it. He's this happy...it's so cute he almost doesn't know what to do with it.

What he does do, though, is directs Star forward, closing the distance so that Rohan doesn't have to, and putting him well within reach of wandering hands if any should so choose to wander.]

It's kind of weird...I'm so used to having him out for fighting that he almost doesn't know what he's supposed to do when there's no battle around. But it's...I mean, we're adjusting to it. It's good to feel him there again. To know he'll be there if I ever reach for him.

[ What's he supposed to do? Shake its hand? He'll keep his claws to himself thank you, fingers lacing and one thumb set atop the other. ]

He's like a huge purple security blanket. [ No offense. It rolls off of his tongue faster than he can catch it. ] If you aren't utilizing him for battle, then... What are you supposed to do with him? [ His fingers unlace to curiously wiggle them up next to the side of his head to see if the Stand will follow them with his eyes.

... Like, ya know, a cat. ]

I'm not saying we need another set of hands around the house.

Well. He does this?

[An instant passes, and then in a flash Star is moving, zipping across the room to retrieve the knickknack that Jotaro has evidently just sent him on a mission to go retrieve — what looks like a red rubber ball that presumably the dog has been chewing on.

It's far from the instantaneous, faster-than-the-eye-can-see movements he might've made at home, but he's still quite speedy about it, and seems pleased to have been given a task to complete in the first place.]

Sort of like you and your tail. Plus, he's a second set of eyes. That has its uses. And —

[He pauses a minute, and once again Star moves, but this time it isn't to retrieve a ball; on the contrary, this time it's a gift he's got in mind, and it comes in the form of a light half-phantom kiss pressed against Rohan's temple by grinning purple lips.]

...I don't know. I'm sure I can come up with something interesting to do with him.

[What a shit.]

So if I ever need a fetch quest done, he can do that...

[ Boy, Mana knows how to give you your junk back. Should he have splurged for Heaven's Door, he would have himself a floating butler.

OKAY, he didn't expect a weird ghost kiss. He bats at the air to half-assedly shoo the Stand away. Successful or unsuccessful, he's still going to Tsun Aggressively. ]

Was that you or him?

[ Is this going to be a thing now. ]

Is that going to make a difference, as far as what you think of it?

[He raises his eyebrows, waggling them in overt implication.]

Either way, I felt it. I guess it's true even outside of battle — what happens to a Stand reflects back onto its user.

[ Oh, because that makes it so much less embarrassing. ]

I know how Stands work, Jotaro. [ God. ] If you want to kiss me so badly, you don't have to go through a third party.

[ Considering how bad the week has gone, this is Fine. ]

Don't sulk. Or are you saying he wasn't good enough at it for you?

[And herein lies a discovery that even Jotaro isn't altogether aware of — the fact that while he may not be one to let his emotions find his way to their face, the same can't be said for Star Platinum, whose very being tends toward being influenced by Jotaro's suppressed emotions anyway.

So what an odd picture it makes, that Jotaro's got the beginnings of a very faint smile playing around the edges of his lips, while Star Platinum is flat-out grinning ear to ear.]

Because if it's that, he might want to try again and get better at it.

[ Rohan looks subtly between Jotaro and Star, quirking an eyebrow at the difference in expressions from one to the other. Still no book. This is AWFUL. ]

I didn't say that. [ A twinge of irritation plays in his voice because the prospect of kissing a Stand is literally one of those Experience Buttons he doesn't need to have pushed when he can just do the same thing with Jotaro. It's evident in his face, check it out. ]

I didn't know turning into a giant lizard would turn you into a giant tease along with it. [ The familiar, impatient thumping of his tail underneath him starts to rise up on the air. ]

I'm in a good mood. That's rare enough that I should probably enjoy it while it lasts.

[But he draws Star back to him, flashing a brief but warm glance up at his Stand, and then gets up himself to take the place near Rohan that Star has just vacated.]

I could have him prove what I've been saying about his sketching and copying abilities for you, but he'd need something to draw on first.

One of us needs to be in a good mood. [ Says Rohan, a homesnake who is in a decent mood himself. ]

If he is sticking around, I have things to draw on all over the place. Does this mean I need to start keeping a book in your room too?

...Do you keep a book in every room in case you get the urge to draw?

[The thought seems to please him, though; it's slight and subtle, but something about the idea of Rohan leaving something of his in a space marked out as his own is...nice. Homey. Encroaching without being intrusive.]

You can, if you want. Leave one in here, I mean.

[ 'The Urge To Draw'. ]

I doubt I will spend a whole lot of time in your room but it couldn't hurt. If don't shit it up, you can put something in it too. [ Jotaro doesn't strike him as artsy. It's a courtesy. ]

I have books all over the house if you take a look around. I never know when I'm going to be struck with an idea. New places are a bastion of inspiration! I am thinking of doing everything I can to make this castle as perfect as possible, and that mean putting everything I can on paper.

[ Now he puffs out his cheeks, not noticing it. He huffs, therefore he is right. ]

You wouldn't understand.

[And now we know how Jotaro will someday find the Thirst Book.]

Probably not. I'm sure it's hard to understand a feeling like that unless you have something that makes you feel a similar way.

[He shrugs slightly, skimming his hands along his hips near the pockets, like he's thinking of pushing them in but deciding against it.]

But I understand people who feel like that. Even if I don't understand the feeling itself.

[ It already exists, sucka. You gotta find it. ]

I want to add more to this place. I expected a dead castle but I expected... You know... Earthy, olden flare. [ His lips draw up to the right, wavering. ] The bridge with no water is nice but the outside is missing something and I have never been much of a gardener.

My grandmother tried to get me into that when I was younger and it never stuck.

I can't really imagine you gardening. Too much dirt under your nails.

[And on your Gucci...]

Have you thought about finding a nymph to handle that for you?

[ don't drag the gucci please ]

I know two. I haven't seen hide or hair of Princess Anna or her sister.

That leaves your bestie Togashi.

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