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[starmark]

. . . Yare yare. What is it? Hurry up and say something already.



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[starmark]

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what am i supposed to do with a gucci purse

i don't even use purses that aren't gucci

[nibs]

[Oh for the love of—]

The purse isn't for you, it's for me.

It's a summer 2014. Do you have any idea what that means?

[Fortunately for Jotaro, he doesn't have to try and guess. Rohan goes ahead and answers for him.]

I know you might be content to stay stuck in the '80s forever fashion-wise, so this might not make any sense to you, but that from fifteen years after me. That means it's also just a little over thirteen years after Giovanna. I get that purse, and he can't run his mouth about my taste being last year anymore.

So, I need this purse, Jotaro. I need it.

And the only way to make that happen is to move furniture. I don't do that, but you can. In fact, you are the best choice for it. Hence why you are going to come to the apartment building in the southeastern part of the city in ten minutes.

[starmark]

if it's from fifteen years after you, how can you be sure that's really when it's from? it's not like you were there to prove it

so wait

you want me to move furniture for a weird little girl so you can take her purse so you can get one over on giorno?

[nibs]

Okay, first of all, I find it really insulting that you think I would allow myself to be duped by a little girl. I know authentic Gucci when I see it. Second of all, the girl's scared of her own shadow. She wouldn't lie. She couldn't lie. And if I thought she was, I have a way of getting to the truth.

[Let's just ignore the fact Rohan approached her like he was going to mug her, so no fucking wonder she was spooked.]

Third of all, how petty do you think I am? I wear Gucci all the time back home. The fact it gets one over Giovanna is just a side benefit. A really good one, but still. Not the point or I would have opened with that.

Finally, it's not taking. It's called bartering. I just happened to trade you instead of myself. She still gets what she wants and I get what I want.

Is this really that hard to understand?

[starmark]

so you shook down a scared little girl for her gucci purse

you kind of did open with that because when you said "i need this purse" the "because" was "then giorno can't call me fashion backwards anymore"

and that's not actually bartering because i don't get anything out of it

[nibs]

I didn't shake anyone down. I offered to draw something for her for it, and she refused. So, I told her to name her price, and she did.

I opened with that she had a Gucci purse. You were the one who needed more for some reason.

Fine. I didn't want to point this out, but you didn't get me anything for my birthday. I think this is the least you could do being over a month late.

[starmark]

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that's not how presents work

but you know what okay

i'll do the work for the scared little girl

and then she can give me the gucci purse

which i'll probably give to you as a late birthday present, depending

[nibs]

What? No!

That is not how this works. I saw the purse. I approached her about it. I made an offer. She rejected it. I told her to make a counteroffer. She did. I accepted. Her furniture gets moved. The purse is mine. Not hers. Not yours. Mine. End of story.

There is no depending on anything. It's mine.

[starmark]

well it's like you said

the only way to make that happen is to move furniture

so i guess your options are to either start doing that or consider my terms

[nibs]

Fine, I'll consider them. [Chances are high that Tonika's learning some very interesting choice words from Rohan. They're just not making it into text because whether Rohan likes it or not, he needs Jotaro to do this.] What do you want?

[starmark]

i move her furniture

she gives me the purse

if by the time i'm done moving the furniture you've figured out what's wrong with "i just happened to trade you instead of myself", then you get the purse as a late birthday present from me

[nibs]

[What's wrong? There's nothing wrong as far as Rohan's concerned, never mind he doesn't particularly appreciate attempts at teaching him "morality." It looks like this is going to be a test of wills.]

Just hurry up. I don't have all day to wait around and neither does she.