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[starmark]

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



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[lapidarius]

Not this time, no. This is more of a 'there is weird shit which is going on you may want to be made aware of' thing.

[starmark]

...Is this going to ruin my week?

I'm not saying don't tell me, I'd just like to know in advance if it's going to.

[lapidarius]

Ruin it, no. I'm confident it's not a disaster like that.

It's just incredibly weird. And kind of surreal. I'm not too sure what to make of it, but I'm not worried.

[starmark]

...Did you meet parallel universe me somewhere in the city?

[lapidarius]

That would have actually been even weirder.

Listen, did you ever come across a kid named Johnny while he was here? Hard to miss, he was riding a horse when I saw him.

[starmark]

I remember that, yeah. That was a while back, wasn't it? Before everybody kind of flooded in here.

[lapidarius]

It was, yeah.

He'd mentioned a Stand with the power to cross dimensions, kind of like how this city works in general. Given everything else he said about himself, I ended up suspecting he was some parallel counterpart to Jonathan.

Which sounds completely insane now that it's written out, but it makes about as much sense as anything else I could think of to explain it. I never mentioned anything until now--that was probably a mistake, but it was never quite relevant until right now.

[starmark]

...Hold on.

If there's a Stand with the power to do that, then that means there definitely are parallel dimensions, right?

[lapidarius]

That's exactly what I'm saying, weird as it sounds.

[starmark]

But not just different universes like completely different places, like our world versus Izabel's world or something.

Parallel ones, like somewhere out there, there's a different me. And a different you.

[lapidarius]

That's what I'm trying to tell you. If he was a parallel counterpart to Jonathan as I'm theorizing, it stands to reason that we must have similar alternate selves somewhere along that world's timeline.

[Hold on to your hat and try to keep up, Jotaro.]

Maybe this would be easier to talk about in person before I end up writing an essay on the full implications of this.

[...he probably could.]

[starmark]

YOU CAN'T JUST DROP PARALLEL UNIVERSES ON ME LIKE IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL NORI

[lapidarius]

YOU ARE IN A CITY THAT PLAYS AROUND WITH THAT KIND OF THING ON A DAILY BASIS

WE HAVE LEGITIMATELY FOUGHT THE SUN AND A SENTIENT SHIP CONTROLLED BY AN ORANGUTAN

IS THIS REALLY THE LIMIT OF WEIRD SHIT YOU ARE WILLING TO PUT UP WITH?

[starmark]

AT LEAST WE FOUGHT THE SUN IN OUR OWN UNIVERSE

APPARENTLY THERE MIGHT BE MILLIONS OF SUNS OUT THERE IN A BUNCH OF OTHER UNIVERSES

[lapidarius]

Look, just take a deep breath before you pass out and meet me back in our room.

We can talk about the wide range of completely surreal things this all implies once I've actually gotten to the point I wanted to tell you about.

[starmark]

YOU SAID IT WOULDN'T RUIN MY WEEK

NOW I'M GONNA WONDER IF PARALLEL UNIVERSE ME IS WONDERING ABOUT WHAT I'M WONDERING ABOUT IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE

I'LL THINK OF HOW CUTE YOU LOOK AND HAVE TO WONDER HOW MANY OTHER MES JUST THOUGHT THAT ABOUT YOUS ACROSS THE ENTIRE PARALLEL MULTIVERSE

[lapidarius]

[...Jotaro. Really. Kakyoin was not quite hit with the full range of this existential dread--in fact, the idea didn't bother him too much.]

[Probably because a) it was too goddamn weird to even think about and b) he was busy focusing on please shut up and let me explain Diego goddamn Brando.]

WE HAVE BEEN OVER THIS, SHOUTING AT ME OVER TEXT ACCOMPLISHES NOTHING

I WILL BE THERE IN FIVE MINUTES DO NOT START LOSING IT

[starmark]

we'll never know how many mes just thought you were cute just now

[lapidarius]

Somewhere there is an iteration of me that would probably be kicking your ass right now.

Be grateful that I'm the Kakyoin that will put up with this instead.

[GOD DAMMIT JOTARO now he has to run back and make sure you're not having a conniption fit at home]

[starmark]

STOP KICKING MY ASS IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE

[lapidarius]

STOP BEING STUPID IN ALL OF THEM

[...No, you know what. He's not even going to dignify that with a response and just go find his idiot of a tall boyfriend.]

[starmark]

[Well, as promised he's up in the room, holding his pocketwatch and probably continuing to send multiversal updates every so often.]

[lapidarius]

I really don't see why this is such a big deal.

[IT'S JUST KIND OF EXISTENTIAL HORROR, WHATEVER.]

[THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A WORLD IN A MIRROR. KAKYOIN LOGIC IS INFALLIBLE.]

It isn't as though any hypothetical counterparts affect us.

[starmark]

I can hardly get my own life together, much less having to worry about whether or not parallel universe me's making any progress with his possibly-identical shit.

[...]

Hi. You look cute today.

[lapidarius]

Hello. [SIIIIIGH.] You look nice, for someone clearly having a massive identity crisis.

[Kakyoin, be nice.]

If parallel universe versions of us show up, then you're welcome to say I was wrong and lose your damn mind about it. Until then, make some effort not to worry about the whole concept.