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I thought killing the Pillar Men would end the curse on your family and my own.

But that stone mask's influence persisted all this time in other worlds.

Let's hope Dio's down for good.
But thanks to your victory if he's alive in some other world, you'll have more support.

I'm sure I still talk to your grandfather in the future. I'll fight with you if there's a next time. Don't forget that.

uh
well
yeah i guess you could say you still

talk to him

i mean unless you're taking grandma suzie's side against him
which is usually

then you don't talk to him

If it's between the two of them, of course I would take Suzie's side. I'm not a fool and your grandfather is always full of shit.

Giving him the silent treatment is far better than what he deserves.

You would be wise to remember that too. Your grandmother should always get your support. Your grandfather is a moron.

I DO
jiji's an idiot

you always take my side, too

i'm not your favorite because that's my mom
but that's okay
mom's important so that makes sense

[This is starting to sound-

Well, Suzie's daughter is bound to be an angel. That doesn't surprise him. Jotaro would be a close second, being her grandson.]

Favorite?
I'm sure my family takes you and your mother's side over 'Jiji' too.

Do I have one? In the future?
A family?

[HOO BOY HERE IT COMES, FELLAS. Time for this to get awkward as fuck.]

uh
yeah

you have a daughter

[Jotaro can't possibly understand the elation that surges through his chest like an all too powerful wave threatening to knock him over.

He has a little girl-just like the reality shown to him here. It's now in two futures instead of one and that feeling is-

Well, he owes Jotaro. That much is certain.]

I'm sure she's an incredible woman. All Zeppelis are.

What's the little principessa's name?

[Well, here it goes. No time like the present.

He wonders if he'll be able to hear Caesar screaming all the way across the city? Probably.]

holly joestar

[Oh, he almost crushes his phone.

And oh, he lets out some kind of noise. It's loud enough to wake up the sleeping terror of a cat that roams their apartment and he can hear glassware being knocked off the kitchen counter and-

Oh, he's losing it. What the hell Jotaro??? This is a nasty prank!!!]

You're a bastard just like your Jiji. How could Holly be my daughter? Your grandma and grandfather are her parents.

I'm not as gullible as you think I am. Don't try to toy with me.

yare yare
you're a lot better at keeping your cool when you're an old man, grandpa

all i'm telling you is the future i remember
if you don't want it, then change it when you go back

i never really thought much of it when i was growing up though
other kids had two grandparents and i had three
you taught me how to fight
taught me to make sure grandma didn't find out too

[It's like a hamon infused brick smacks him in face when Jotaro lays it all out.

When he finally understands the implication of three grandparents-of the thought of being with Suzie. With JoJo. Making Jotaro his grandson, Holly his daughter and-

Well, the Joestar line is big. Disturbing and erratically so. It's the monkey's paw of granted wishes.]

Suzie
JoJo
And me.

JoJo.

[There's another long ass pause between texts. Look, he's gotta take a minute here. It's been a tiring couple days. Exhausting. Emotionally draining with all this information coming at him about pasts that no longer exists and futures pulled to the surface.]

I will change this-

Holly Joestar will be Holly Zeppeli.

[He is NOT letting JoJo or Suzie win that argument again in their apparently entwined future.]

I'll still teach you how to fight. You need to learn from someone capable.

this one time he came at you making dumb kissy lips and you punched him in the kidney

anyway
either way she's going to be holly kujo once she gets married
so it's all the same to me

Good. I hope it hurt.

Who is your father anyway? Is he a good man?

mom says they met in new york
she was, y'know
rich
and dad was over there playing in clubs

mom and her friends went to the one where he was playing
she says it was love at first sight
which is a stupid mom thing to say but she's probably right

he's a jazz musician
sadao kujo and the east street moonlighters
he's gone a lot because he tours all over the world
i guess he's pretty famous

[It sounds like something straight out of a cheesy romance novel-the rich daughter of a well off family, a talented musician in some shoddy club, and love at first sight.

It's a shame he's gone-touring around the world is likely time consuming and taxing. He wonders, briefly, if Holly's happy with that scenario.

But it doesn't really matter. He's still not there-pulled from a new time where he hasn't experienced this new future. Holly isn't his daughter yet, even if he feels that tug of familial love as her son speaks of her.]

It's a shame, but he's out earning a living for you and your mother. It can't be helped.

Do you spend time together when he's home? I hope Sado carves out time for you when he returns from his tours.

it's not really about the living exactly
i mean it was before they were married
but dad loves music

i don't think he could be happy without it
and i don't think he could be happy without my mom

so they just
found a way to make it work out

he calls all the time
he makes sure to come home a couple times a year
he always sends mom flowers on christmas eve like they're still dating

i dunno
i just feel like i get it i guess?

i don't think him not being there means he doesn't care
actually i think it means he and mom have a better marriage than most people
because i don't think most people could do what they do
but they can

[~~That's his grandson~~.

The answer is enough to put his heart at ease. A missing father can be taxing, but it looks like the man is doing his best to provide what he can, when he can. Jotaro seems happy, Holly is fine too and Caesar's still not sure why he's forcing himself into business that isn't his, but-

It does please him to hear Jotaro speak of him fondly.]

It sounds like your father loves you both greatly.
I'm happy for it.
You have a good family.

yeah
dad's pretty great

he taught me how to play the guitar
i'm nowhere near as good as him but i'm pretty good

he taught me how to play a song so good that it'll make someone fall in love with me
and i gotta hand it to him
he was right

You really serenaded one of your lovers with a song?
I'm impressed.

don't make it sound so

yare yare
it's not like i stood below his window or anything
i was in his living room

The action itself is what makes you a real casanova. Not the area you were in.
Your father is a talented man.
I'd be interested to hear you play guitar someday.

we used to play this game when he was home
when i was first learning to play
he taught me to play a couple of chords
and how to do them over and over

we'd go find my mom
and i'd play the same couple chords over and over again
and dad would freestyle over me

when i was a kid i just liked the way it made my mom smile
it wasn't until i was older that i realized just how good dad really was
to be able to do something like that

[It's heartwarming-this memory Jotaro shares about his family. A doting father, a good mother, a son that tried to make her smile. That familial bond is important and he's glad that despite JoJo's everything, this was somehow instilled in them.]

Your mother must feel fortunate to have such a good family.
That's important.
Your father taught you well.
Keep that up when you return.

yeah
i haven't seen her yet actually
i mean since we left to go stop dio

i got brought here right after that was over
i think she's ok but

it's been almost a year now

but jolyne would've told me if her grandma wasn't alive
so she must have made it
that's what i keep telling myself anyway

The Joestars are tenacious. It's in your blood to persist through the impossible.
Your grandfather was like that.
Your mother is too.
I have no doubts she survived the ordeal and that you'll see her alive and well when you return.

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