[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.
Okay but we're both dead, so no harm no foul, right? [Ahaha...ha...] -- Look, uh. I'm gonna be upfront about it. It isn't just the seeing and hearing about Stands that make them really awesome, to me.
[Because while it's true that trust is often a two-way street, that doesn't mean simply because it's given that it will be returned. Bruno never holds those expectations.]
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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.
[late night audio]
[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...]
[late night audio]
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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Okay but we're both dead, so no harm no foul, right? [Ahaha...ha...] -- Look, uh. I'm gonna be upfront about it. It isn't just the seeing and hearing about Stands that make them really awesome, to me.
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They are spirits, in a sense...
[If Bruno were to cease to be again, so would Sticky Fingers.]
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...It's okay, right? Because you totally don't have to introduce me to him if you don't want to, now.
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[He wouldn't have made the offer in the first place regardless of her interests in seeing Sticky Fingers if he didn't.]
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Thanks. I know it's, like, a super personal thing, so it means a lot. To hear that, too. It...goes both ways, you know?
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[Because while it's true that trust is often a two-way street, that doesn't mean simply because it's given that it will be returned. Bruno never holds those expectations.]
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So would you be against me meeting him now? In the more immediate sense.
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