[ hooligans, that's what these two are. but there's just that look at him for a moment ]
... Don't tell me you haven't even considered the possibility... Though I guess this response confirms something of a vibe I've been getting off these interactions.
[ a soft sigh, carefully intertwining her fingers with him to at least make this a more worthwhile charge for him ]
I mean, if I come from the year 2012 haven't you thought that maybe people might be here from different points in time? I mean, even I've met some stand users from the year 2001...
[ dad, please get out more. touch some grass. eat a banana, sit out in the sunlight ]
I've managed to talk to a man named Avdol, then there was Rohan... who didn't explicitly say you were friends but said you worked together after he caught a glimpse of some of my memories and there was also a french guy named Polnareff.
[ a pause. ]
The two that consider you friends are rather... generous.
[ obviously there's something going on with that when he's talking to his teenage daughter. hearing avdol and polnareff's names spoken aloud for the first time in years makes his nervous energy in him spike up. he nearly decides to pull his hand away from her, but he does need the chroma no matter how little it is. he has to consciously think to not squeeze because he's afraid he might give her a death grip by accident. ]
There's a lot about my life you don't know. I'm confident in that despite your age -- there are things I promised to never tell you.
So when I say I don't have friends I mean it.
[ avdol, kakyoin and polnareff died because they got involved in things he should have handled on his own. what kind of friend lets that happen? even if they are miraculously here and alive, that just gives him more reason to not get near them again. ]
[ that much earned a very serious look from his daughter, realizing what he was getting at before she focused on just looking down at their hands. even if she tried to pull it away, she wasn't intent on letting it go so easily, not with the way he looked when he opened the door and made her remember that day she had last seen him again ]
You could keep your secrets, if it's too personal I won't force it out of you.
But even if you don't want to consider them friends, you can't change the way they feel about you. And you can't avoid them forever.
[ she looked down at that tattoo again, finding something else to talk about ]
I had joined a biker gang after I was accused of committing a robbery that I had no part in and tried to get away on a stolen bike. You didn't believe me at the time and wouldn't help out so I got sent away.
By the time I had gotten framed for this new thing I had left the gang and cleaned up, I was dating some preppy guy and getting ready to apply to colleges when a hit and run happened. A lot shit went into play for the outcome apparently. But that's how I ended up in prison.
[ but despite how harsh that sounds, there's a faint hint of warmness in his voice when he grumbles. it doesn't show on his face of course but it reminds him a lot of his delinquent days. of course he never joined a biker gang so maybe she has slightly more street cred than he ever did. ]
You don't have to believe me when I say this, but I doubt that I didn't believe you. ...But maybe that makes it worse, doesn't it?
[ he can't believe he would distrust jolyne, no matter the circumstances. no, the truth is even if she's just a child in 2001 he knows what his plans are down the road. it was only a matter of time before living a normal life turned out to be something he could never do. ]
[ constant paranoia has been a state of mind since he left cairo. it only got worse after she was born and he did his best to keep her out of it, but he failed on that end too. it's the curse of being a joestar that he tried to keep from her. ]
You said you got your Stand from a stone. If you opened that locket it means you got into deep trouble. I prepared it just last year just in case with your mother, but I hoped you would never need it.
Mom couldn't even be the one that gave it to me, I had to get it from some sleazy dirtbag lawyer that was in on the whole thing. Not once did they let me see her before or after, and I hate that I couldn't tell her everything was going to be alright.
[ she didn't know whether she believed if everything would be alright or not. but she was determined to change things with her own will in any case ]
Yeah, I think I got more of an idea of how bad it really was when you actually showed up to bust me out... You told me a few things, but time was running short given the situation and all.
I'd like to think that while we're here we could... just be, you know?
un: CFHS | idk what the fuck happened the first time around ghdhg SO IM REPOSTING, SORRY PAL
I would ask if I have the right user to send this to, but I don't know who else would have this username, since Jolyne has a different one...
Jotaro, if you see this, it's Avdol. I just want to make sure you're doing well adapting to this place. I assume you've met up with your daughter already...You did really well with her, Jotaro. She's a smart girl, and I tried to explain why you did things the way you did, as far as I could tell.
Anyway! Sorry, that was a bit much. I hope that we can meet up; I'd really like to see you in person! Maybe you're older than I am by now? So I want to hear about everything! (Also, if you need eggs, my chickens came with me, so I can give you some fresh ones. I know it's not much, but it'll help you save chroma.)
30...I've missed so much! And yet, you're still the Jotaro I know! I'm glad. If it makes you feel any better, my arms haven't left my body yet. Though I know they do; Polnareff told me what happens to me. But I also know for a fact that you succeed, so it's worth it. Miss Holly was saved, and you killed Dio! (Trust me, I asked everyone I found who has a Stand; I had to do my research on this one, just to be safe.)
It's a little silly, and I hope you don't mind me saying this, but since I wouldn't get the chance to say it otherwise...I just want you to know that, with everything I've learned of the future, I'm proud of what we did. What you did! You always fought harder than all of us, and it's paid off.
[ 'just be'. he doesn't think he's had an opportunity like that since he came back from egypt. always one thing or another even when he was trying his best to live a normal life. something after morioh and kira made him realize that couldn't keep steady though, and maybe that's why he isn't too surprised that his daughter doesn't seem to like him very much. ]
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