[Which is his gentle way of asking if he needs to have a Conversation with Abbacchio about his "manners" before figuring out what she wanted to talk to him about. One thing at a time.]
[She can't see it, but his eyebrows raise just a little bit in surprise. Well, well. Looks like Izabel can win even the most difficult party members over. Congrats, kid.]
Well, I suppose if it had gone poorly, Abbacchio would have mentioned it to me. [...Hopefully. He might have quietly schemed on how to haze a ghost without saying anything though, so who the fuck knows?] Anyway, what is it you wanted to talk about?
[He's probably still trying to come up with a way to actually haze her, let's not kid ourselves.]
Right. So that thing you told me on the beach. Is that, like, common knowledge? I mean, obviously I'm not just going to bring it up in casual conversation because that'd be fucked, but is it a secret or anything?
We haven't talked about it explicitly, but he knows.
[Bruno is incredibly good at reading people. There have been enough serious conversations between Bruno and Jotaro to have noticed the ways in which he backs off the topic of death around Bruno. There are, of course, personal things he doesn't want to consider, but his gaze will suddenly grow a little more averted and he fumbles around for something else to talk about. Like he doesn't want to risk offending Bruno by stating the obvious.]
[In Bruno's unwillingness to talk about, Jotaro's always able to change the subject.]
Kakyoin knows as well, if that's what you're about to ask.
[Kakyoin knowing is all well and good, but the issues she's seen with him that she wants to work on are different. Love yourself, Kakyoin.]
I know...you said I was the first ghost you met and that things like me don't really happen where you're from, but I... Like, are you sure? Maybe you were all ghosty for a minute or something and then you went on to...wherever it is you guys go. Anything?
[For a moment, she's a little relieved. It still didn't solve the mystery of who it was that Jotaro saw as a ghost back home, but at least it fit in with his idea that it wasn't someone here. And then -- ]
[Initially, Bruno is puzzled by her surprise before he remembers that he never mentioned that particular detail to her. Whoops. Well, at least she picked up on it so he can tell her now, he supposes.]
The first time we confronted our former boss, I had gone in alone to deliver his daughter to him. He tried to kill her to destroy anything that might be able to connect him to his identity, and I died trying to get her back outside to the others.
Giorno was able to heal my wounds, but it was too late by the time he arrived. As I'm sure you're well aware, he has a great deal of power with Gold Experience, but even he can't bring the dead back to life. He bound my spirit to my corpse without meaning to, but it gave me enough time to see things through nearly to the end.
[By the look on her face, it seems it dawns on her before he even finishes.]
Oh... Oh fuck, you're the one he...
[Giorno had told her what Gold Experience could do, and that... That had been the thing that stuck with her most, why she was relieved to hear he was the only one that could do something like that. Awful.]
I wouldn't trouble yourself over it, stellina. It's in the past and not something Giorno has made a habit of doing. And as I've told Kakyoin, I remain grateful for the time that was given to me. I think Giorno knows that without me having to say it.
I did what I could at the time, I knew I wouldn't recover from my injuries, and would have found at least some peace, but I'm not the sort of person who prefers to leave things I begin half-finished.
That war against the boss was something I started in my heart years ago. It was my responsibility to carry those who would follow me in it to the end. Had I died that night, they would have been left fractured and vulnerable. The boss would have eliminated them one-by-one for my defiance and likely only regretted that he hadn't saved me for last.
He was a cruel man who thought only of himself. He didn't care for his subordinates and would have killed his only remaining blood relation to protect his identity.
A man like that doesn't deserve to live.
[This is said firmly and with an obvious edge of anger and hatred. He doesn't say it, but he fully believes Diavolo deserved worse than just mere death.]
[And that's about all she can manage just then, sounding fidgety and like she wants nothing more than to say but you did die that night without ever really having to.]
I...guess so, yeah. Still makes everything kind of fuzzy, but it narrows down the possibilities.
...Also I probably shouldn't even be trying to solve this mystery. My first time seeing his Stand might end up being him trying to, like, punch me in the face or something for being nosy.
He and I have made a habit of bothering each other. [More...Izabel bothering Jotaro, but she figures that goes without saying.] His Stand's kind of a sore spot right now.
[YEAH, ABBACCHIO WENT FINE, BUT JOTARO... Okay, no, she fucked up with both of them and smoothed it over.]
[Her enthusiasm is endearing, however, this is also a little serious.]
In our world, we have to be careful. Other Stand users are the only ones who can see them and the full effects of their abilities. As such, they're the only people who can learn your Stand's strengths and weaknesses. Showing them to the wrong person could be fatal.
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[Which is his gentle way of asking if he needs to have a Conversation with Abbacchio about his "manners" before figuring out what she wanted to talk to him about. One thing at a time.]
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[And the fact that she can say that means YEAHHHH!!!]
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Well, I suppose if it had gone poorly, Abbacchio would have mentioned it to me. [...Hopefully. He might have quietly schemed on how to haze a ghost without saying anything though, so who the fuck knows?] Anyway, what is it you wanted to talk about?
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Right. So that thing you told me on the beach. Is that, like, common knowledge? I mean, obviously I'm not just going to bring it up in casual conversation because that'd be fucked, but is it a secret or anything?
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If you're referring to the part where I'm dead, [there's no need for euphemisms,] not everyone knows outside of Passione, but it's not a secret.
I do, however, have the preference that they don't hear it from someone else.
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Yeah, I figured that would be kind of...not great. Does Jotaro know? He's like Kakyoin in that he's not, like, official, right?
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[Bruno is incredibly good at reading people. There have been enough serious conversations between Bruno and Jotaro to have noticed the ways in which he backs off the topic of death around Bruno. There are, of course, personal things he doesn't want to consider, but his gaze will suddenly grow a little more averted and he fumbles around for something else to talk about. Like he doesn't want to risk offending Bruno by stating the obvious.]
[In Bruno's unwillingness to talk about, Jotaro's always able to change the subject.]
Kakyoin knows as well, if that's what you're about to ask.
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[Kakyoin knowing is all well and good, but the issues she's seen with him that she wants to work on are different. Love yourself, Kakyoin.]
I know...you said I was the first ghost you met and that things like me don't really happen where you're from, but I... Like, are you sure? Maybe you were all ghosty for a minute or something and then you went on to...wherever it is you guys go. Anything?
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Not to my recollection either time.
[Yes. That's right. Either time.]
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Wait, what?
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The first time we confronted our former boss, I had gone in alone to deliver his daughter to him. He tried to kill her to destroy anything that might be able to connect him to his identity, and I died trying to get her back outside to the others.
Giorno was able to heal my wounds, but it was too late by the time he arrived. As I'm sure you're well aware, he has a great deal of power with Gold Experience, but even he can't bring the dead back to life. He bound my spirit to my corpse without meaning to, but it gave me enough time to see things through nearly to the end.
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Oh... Oh fuck, you're the one he...
[Giorno had told her what Gold Experience could do, and that... That had been the thing that stuck with her most, why she was relieved to hear he was the only one that could do something like that. Awful.]
Well shit.
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I did what I could at the time, I knew I wouldn't recover from my injuries, and would have found at least some peace, but I'm not the sort of person who prefers to leave things I begin half-finished.
That war against the boss was something I started in my heart years ago. It was my responsibility to carry those who would follow me in it to the end. Had I died that night, they would have been left fractured and vulnerable. The boss would have eliminated them one-by-one for my defiance and likely only regretted that he hadn't saved me for last.
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[She knows "living" with regrets is a pretty suck-ass situation, but it definitely bothers her.]
I'm... I'm glad you were there for them. That you're here now. [jfc tho] ...Your boss sounds like he was a fucking asshole.
[Understatement of the century candidate there. That's how she rolls.]
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A man like that doesn't deserve to live.
[This is said firmly and with an obvious edge of anger and hatred. He doesn't say it, but he fully believes Diavolo deserved worse than just mere death.]
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[And that's about all she can manage just then, sounding fidgety and like she wants nothing more than to say but you did die that night without ever really having to.]
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Was the ghost thing all you wanted to know?
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I...guess so, yeah. Still makes everything kind of fuzzy, but it narrows down the possibilities.
...Also I probably shouldn't even be trying to solve this mystery. My first time seeing his Stand might end up being him trying to, like, punch me in the face or something for being nosy.
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[YEAH, ABBACCHIO WENT FINE, BUT JOTARO... Okay, no, she fucked up with both of them and smoothed it over.]
Speaking of Stands...
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[He says this with amusement, but no seriously. Don't ask Abbacchio to see Moody Blues, child or not even Bruno can save you.]
But if you would like to see Sticky Fingers, I can show him to you.
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[You could be mad at Giorno for some things, but at least he presented it as a list of Stand users he trusted and then also Abbacchio.]
Yes! [HAPPY GHOST.] Sticky Fingers -- that's what yours is called?
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[Also Sticky Fingers is a cute name like sure it probably had to do with stealing shit, but little kids with jam hands, aaaaaa...]
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In our world, we have to be careful. Other Stand users are the only ones who can see them and the full effects of their abilities. As such, they're the only people who can learn your Stand's strengths and weaknesses. Showing them to the wrong person could be fatal.
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