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[starmark]

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



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[starmark]

...nori i'm so fucked up right now

i don't know how much more of this shit i can handle

[lapidarius]

I know, Jojo.

[Kakyoin glanced up from his watch as Joseph trailed off--sure enough, Caesar had finally shown up. Good, that gave him the luxury of a minute with the attention off of him so he could think. Saying 'tell me how I can help' wouldn't do anything but make things worse, he expected.]

[Kujo Jotaro was the one nearly all of them turned to when things became difficult, in this city even more than back at home. He was a source of strength and their unofficial leader in all senses of the word. So who did someone like that turn to when he needed strength or advice? What had been the word Passione would use for it--consigliere?]

Let's get out of here for a while. Somewhere quiet.

[Someone else had to take charge, even if it was in just the smallest of ways.]

Tonight, tomorrow night maybe. I know it's cold, but let's go to the beach. I saw a lot of tidepools around last time I was there--there were even a few sea urchins.

[starmark]

[At whatever time talking about the ocean would be most helpful to you. That's when I'll need the facts.

Let's go to the beach. I saw some sea urchins.

These two. The other two sides of his triangle, the blond and the redhead to his brunet. They've really got his number, haven't they.]

Not the beach. Too much shit happens there.

Can we go somewhere else?

[lapidarius]

Sure, did you have somewhere in mind? I think I can come up with something if you don't.

[Kakyoin hadn't quite had his number from day one, but he'd gotten it quickly and never once lost it.]

[starmark]

No. Just not here for a while.

Somewhere far away from Dio.

[lapidarius]

Leave it to your most capable strategist. We'll get clear out of the city for a while.

[starmark]

...i don't want to freeze to death in the fucking tundra either kakyoin

[lapidarius]

We won't.

[...he was trying really hard to be smooth and you went and pulled the emergency brake on that so hard there are tire treads all over his valiant attempt.]

[good work, jojo]

Trust me.

[starmark]

i do trust you







i need you

[lapidarius]

Of course. You'd be running around like a chicken with its head cut off if I wasn't here to handle things.

...That's why I'm not going anywhere without you. Ever. No matter what happens, you'll always be able to find me nearby.

[starmark]

i'm serious

i need you

[lapidarius]

I didn't really think about it until a while ago, but I was really screwed up before you got here. Just as bad as Caesar, probably.

Listen, I meant it when I said you're as much a part of me as Hierophant--I can't be myself without you. You're the one who knows Kakyoin Noriaki better than anyone, and I have no intention of ever letting go of what I've wanted for so long.

So you can need me as much as necessary. Because I'm your partner--I'll be here every time things get difficult. Let me support you when you can't handle it alone, like you always do for me.

[starmark]

I know.

Dio found out about me. Who I am, that I have a Stand. His name. He knows that now.

[lapidarius]

I don't know if he can do much with that yet.

[Boy oh boy, how wrong he technically was.]

Are you okay? He knows about Hierophant, too--I told him myself.

[starmark]

no, i'm not okay

i'm not the one who told him

[lapidarius]

What? How the hell'd he find out?

[starmark]

nanna. she told him.

[lapidarius]

[What the hell, teacher. He'd facepalm if Caesar and Joseph weren't right there.]

Someone was bound to slip up about something eventually. I expected better from her, though.

...This probably isn't the time for this and just thinking it makes me wonder if I'm insane, but I don't know if he's guaranteed to end up being a real threat.

[starmark]

i don't want to talk about it.

i just wanted you to know.

[lapidarius]

Okay.

[He dropped it immediately; if he didn't want to talk, he didn't want to talk. They could work it out later.]

[...Somehow.]

Did you know there are hot springs a couple miles out of the city? Just a little to the west, I think.

[starmark]

hot springs are supposed to be good for you.

relaxing and shit.

[lapidarius]

Yeah. I've never been there myself, but I know they're around.

[He probably owed Ishimaru an apology for being so adamantly opposed to actually going. If he ever got back, Kakyoin would have to explain the reason why.]

Actually, I've never been to one in general. And I don't exactly think a lot of people would want to go out even just that far in this weather, so it'll probably be quiet.

[starmark]

So you want to go to one with me? Together?

You're inviting me to a hot springs, right?

[lapidarius]

I am, if you want to go.

I mean, I know I'm kind of a mess to look at without a shirt, so we don't have to do that. If you don't want to.

But if you think that'll be a good way to get the hell out of here for a while, we could do that.

[starmark]

If I saw you without a shirt I don't think I'd be able to keep my hands off of you.

Don't call yourself a mess. I love you.