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. . . Yare yare. What is it? Hurry up and say something already.
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. . . Yare yare. What is it? Hurry up and say something already.
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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]
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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.]
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[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.
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Hi. You look cute today.
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[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.
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[Because holy shit if he just tells you Dio's a mildly annoying kid you're going to drop dead on the spot.]
What's bothering you about that in particular?
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[He leans back against the headboard, shrugging a little.]
Instead of coming here, you went to someplace else. A parallel universe. And there I was, but when you went over to me, I didn't know you. Maybe that other me had never done any of the things you remember me doing. Maybe he never woke Star up, so he couldn't see your Hierophant Green. Maybe he just looked at you and said, "you can't possibly be Noriaki Kakyoin, because he's right over there", and then you were just left there while that other me ignored you for that other him.
It's bad enough, people coming here from all different times, like Jiji being young like us instead of old like we remember. My mom has to live with a dad who doesn't remember a thing about her. Her own dad is half her age. I mean, shit, for all I know I could have a kid show up here someday and end up in the same situation, fucked up by me being a kid instead of an adult — Josuke and Okuyasu sure were, and I think it bothers Rohan, too.
The timeline shit is bad enough. At least we can all agree on what happened, and it's just the when that's different.
Don't you think it'd be so much worse, if it were someone who didn't remember anything the way we remember it?
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[Kakyoin sat down and took his glasses off, trying to put his thoughts in order without giving himself a massive headache. The parallel universes didn't bother him too much, but the timelines sure as hell did.]
Whoever uses that dimension-crossing Stand and whatever its name might be, that power and this city are two separate things entirely. In the case of Johnny's alternate world in particular, it's not a matter of 'a Jotaro Kujo without Star Platinum' or anything as straightforward.
What I'm beginning to theorize is that our counterparts could potentially be completely different; name, circumstances, even appearance and personality. Johnny was nothing like Jonathan, and my only basis for assuming their connection was a similar name and the fact that not a single thing matched up with what I know of your family--in other words, 'Johnny Joestar' himself didn't fit anywhere on the timeline as we know it. It was a wild and largely baseless theory at the time, but now I'm certain I was correct.
[Kakyoin paused, making every attempt to phrase what he needed to say without sounding insane.]
Consider it like this. I'll use your example and say that you went to a parallel universe, but that looking for someone named Nori-...no, 'Tenmei Kakyoin' led you to meet a person you didn't recognize with a Stand you had never seen before. Maybe they still had parents with the same names as mine, or even fought alongside people similar to you and all of the others, but that's all.
What I need to tell you is that I met someone just recently that was visually like someone I knew, but with a different name and apparently even a different Stand. That's how it seems to translate between worlds; subtle similarities, not carbon copies with minor varying circumstances.
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I mean, at what point do you start calling them the same person in a different universe, or whatever?
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[Sometimes he really, really hated being even a little right about things.]
Listen, because this is the point I need to make--one's counterpart isn't necessarily the same kind of person. They might have an altered personality, goals, anything like that. The fact that they could have a different Stand is probably evidence enough that two individuals could be similar without being the same. You understand what I'm trying to say here?
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[HOW IS DIO NOT MURDERING EVERYONE RIGHT NOW tended to be a confusing thought.]
Picture someone who looks like you and has a name similar to yours, but the only other similarities you have are a few personality traits. Like...your alternate universe self might still be interested in the ocean and have a short-range Stand, but act completely different otherwise. He might even be a complete jerk for all we know.
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I mean, I'm not just trying to be difficult, or something. But doesn't that just raise the question of what makes you...you? Like, is it sharing the same name? Is it liking the same things? How many of the same things do you still have to like to still be you? I mean...how do you know that someone is who you think they are, what defines what makes a person that person?
Is a guy named Jotaro Kujo still me, if the only things we have in common are that we both like the ocean and have the same name?
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So I guess...this is what I really want to ask. If someone looks, sounds, and has a vaguely similar personality to someone else, are they remotely the same person?
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You met someone like that. That's why you're asking, right?
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[That time, he really hoped he was right.]
He's arrogant, kind of obnoxious--but we had a pretty decent conversation, and so far a case of an inflated ego seems like the worst he's got. His Stand is apparently called Scary Monsters--I didn't see it and I don't know what it does, but all I needed was to know what it was called.
[Right now, he was much less worried about Diego and much more concerned about Jotaro's reaction to hearing about him. Kakyoin put his glasses back on, bracing for impact.]
His name, on the other hand, is Diego. Diego Brando.
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[Oh, boy.]
That's what you're getting at. That this guy you met is Dio Brando from a different universe, with a different name, but just because he calls his Stand something different you're willing to just assume it's fine?
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[boys, calm down.]
I'm not going to just trust him or assume that his Stand isn't something horrendous. Don't insult my intelligence like that. But it's sure as hell a start, at least. I won't doubt for a second that he's dangerous, but he just...doesn't seem the same. I can't really place it yet, but something's different.
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[He turns onto his side, moving to face Kakyoin more fully.]
"Star Platinum" and "The World" are different names, but that doesn't mean they aren't the same in other ways that matter a lot more.
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[Patience is a virtue, Jotaro.]
...I know that. But there's no ironclad guarantee that they'll be similar, either.
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...So. Where does that leave us? You're not worried, you don't think it's going to be a problem, so what does that mean?
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