JoJo's Bizarre Roleplay: Shades of Heaven

[TacoMann]

@Orikanyo


Danny pulls at his hair as he examines inside the van with you. "Where'd the kid go!? I saw him on the bike! Jesus, he bled all over the damn floor, too.." No way out of the van except his way in. The user of Such Horrible Things seems to have vanished into thin air. Or dissolved into the bloody puddle beneath the twisted bike.


"Stressed, because apparently you three got in a party big enough the news thinks it's a terrorist bombing. And now. There's yet again. More damage. TO MY VAN. Sunset Garage is gonna be so mad, G-man. Ugh....How're things on your end?"

 

[SephirothSage]

Stein meanwhile, is nodding to Joel. He sets the poor boy down- and staggers back, grunting as he then doubles over- keeping his mostly covered back to the sun, rather than his open torso. He grunts as he hunches over- and just chuckles at Joel.


"Look at it this way. Not seeing it leaves you immune to it's frightful presence!"

 

[TacoMann]

@SephirothSage @Kalin Scarlet


"Yeah, yeah, still pretty panicked. Ugh." He opens his pocket, pulling out a small white box, then pulls another box off the straps of his calve. He sets his rifle down, and sets to a makeshift patch up. "Danny should have some blood-bags in the van. If not, an Ambulance should make it here. We got two witnesses, hopefully some more intel." He gestures to the bullet-riddled corpse beside him. "All I could gleam is that we're dealing with a cult of sorts."


He looks over to Simon as he stitches away. "...You alright kid?"

 

[Orikanyo]

@TacoMann


"Shit got abit weird afterwards, the three, well four of us, went down the alley way that fat man was goin, we split up me and rockstar kid found a imp and some pixelated gunslinger, won that fight, the imp was that kid's stand... wherever he is." Rosie explained as he searched the place top to bottom, as in, underneath the van and the motorcycle.


" got one good final shot on the stand, so I followed the kid this way, I remember the way back if you think we can keep going with the bike here... you think it's still operational? Kid won't need it."

 

[Kalin Scarlet]

Simon backed up against the wall, and sighed. Closing his eyes, Simon slowly dropped to the ground, ignoring the dirt in the alleyway.


"Yeah, I'm fine. Just trying to adjust to this. Until I get my answers, I'm sure this won't be the craziest thing I'll ever lay eyes on. At least I learned about Azure Exorcist. I know...I know what happened..."





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@Orikanyo


As you look under the van, you find the severed sole of a combat boot. Face up in the cement.


"Welp. Hop on in. We might as well give the gang a ride home....and yeah, amybe, if you're willing to pay back Sunset Garage for the fluid."


Danny smiles, and hops back into the van, driving back to the entrance to the alleyway.


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Joel sighs softly as he does his stitch work. Eventually, an ambulance shows. Joel flashes a badge, does some quick explaining, and has the boy and the corpse hauled off. Papers are signed, and the occaisional check is written. Eventually, the press cleared off and a false formal explanation in the process of being given as to what happened. Four or so Foundation employees help clean up, and wheel away the motorcycle as to Danny's orders. Danny strides out of the Van towards the party. "Alright gang. Ride's gonna be abit drafty, but, we're heading on back to HQ. Suppose introductions to the rest of the team are in order. You've met Joel and Rammes, don't know how much you've talked with G-man here, but that's him, and I'm Danny. I'm the driver, tech guy, and this is my stand, Weird Science!"





With a sound not at all dissimilar to a guitar riff, the odd, insectoid-faced humanoid specter bursts from his back, and poses as if casting an echo whilst squatting. "And you ar-...Wait..." The wiry man raises a finger to the side of his sinus. "...Konomi Suzaki?! HAH! I KNEW YOU LOOKED FAMILIAR! Man, I loved your work on the Tsubame album! Is it true you're doing a thing with Soul'd Out?! Ooh! Do you actually know Lotus Juice, or where they just joking? If you know them what's Shoji like!? Oh-" At this points he notes the look Joel shoots him. "-okay, I'm just gonna ask for one autograph, and I'll shut up the whole ride back to HQ, I'm sorry."

 

[Orikanyo]

@TacoMann @SephirothSage @Kalin Scarlet


"Fluid?'


he asked as he rose an eyebrow at the boot's sole and got into the van.


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"And back folks, yea miss me?' he asked as Danny started to pretty much fill a bucket full of words and throw it in their faces. Oh yea, he was a fan... What genre did the kid do again? he just called him rockstar from the start... Well.. he didn't say otherwise. instead, he was focused on the motorcycle.


"Gona be laying claim on that sucker, some man named Sunset garage can fix her up? tell em i'll stop by soon 'ight?" he smiled to the folks as he went back to the group, making certain folks knew of his claim to that neat little bit of loot, he had a motorcycle once, once...


...


Was this a good idea?


...


yes it was.


He came forward to the other guys and smirked to the folks around him. "So then, ya'll get any info from your alley's? Aside from finding a giant damn worm apparently... What kind of stand makes a giant fucking worm?" he asked joel as his eyes look to the others.. relatively unharmed, Stein seemed to be bothered by a hole in his suit, but otherwise was alright. Rockstar didn't get a single wound, which also is good, Joel looks more exhausted then actually hurt... wrestling with a giant worm would do that to you.


"Well, all in all, good mission, Took down two in this skirmish and captured one before, and learned of a little bird flying about, all in all, i think we deserve a small rest today. Whatchya'll think?"

 

[SephirothSage]

Stein leans back, as the boy is taken care of- hiding his chest from the sun as he waits. He's quiet for a long moment, head bowed as if in contemplation; deeply pondering what is going on, at this moment, as he waits calmly for something to happen. He's in pain, if he's entirely honest- not from any wound, but in a different way.


Being awake in daylight sucks, he decides calmly. He endures everything- and then..? Then Rosy speaks. He looks towards the gun-toting mercenary- his ancient, bloody red eyes weighing and measuring the boys words with the ancient sternness of ages. There's a quiet, solemn air about him- as he nods slowly.


"Today went well. I met a fair maiden who I believe to be our true enemy, and spoke with her somewhat, before disposing of a foe and taking him prisoner. Poor boy...." He motions to the man he fought. "Reminds me of a lot of the kids from the Crusades, honestly.. Religous zealots and whatnot." He muses with a yawn.

 

[Orikanyo]

@SephirothSage


Rosie rose an eyebrow and scrunched his face in thought when he mentioned a fair maiden. "hat? coat? blond hair, tanned skin? Kind of gots the whole feme fatale teasing thing going on? if so, we met the same little bird there bud." he gave a small shrug and a sigh at the thought of losing one of the possible captures.


"Well, if we've caught her eye some how we gotta be careful, me more so then you because... well your skin is steel, but still, can't let her get our minds are messed with just cause shes a beauty and all, if it comes to it, i wont judge if you pull the trigger." he spoke fairly as he thought abit on the subject. "Regardless, we definitely have the enemy's attention now, we should be on watch if they decided to try a counter attack. We may have happened upon them by pure luck, but we dealt quite a blow today, sadly my kid got away, somehow, got a shot on him by his stand, crashed his bike into the van and he just straight up disappeared. Alls left was the sole of his boot under the van... weird shit... Atleast i got a motorcycle out of it, if and when it gets rebuilt."

 

[SephirothSage]

Stein shakes his head.


"I think we dealt no blow at all to her. These where yet unproven pawns in her scheme; they had to prove themselves- and today, in being defeated, proved themselves unworthy of serving her. That is my assessment, from what I heard. With that in mind, we've done little to hamper her." He states firmly- then sighs.


".. And why do you call someone taller than you little? She may be smaller than myself- but she stands taller than thou, Gunslinger."

 

[Orikanyo]

@SephirothSage


"Eh? Well yea she is, kind of a selling point to be honest." he mumbles the last part. "It's a simple term of endearment, a colloquialism, doesn't have to fully describe her in truth." he explained as he scratched his head in thought.


"Either way she's a strange one, that's for certain, handing off something important as that mask to some other woman going around town turning folk, or atleast trying to. Not exactly what I'd say is reliable recruiting." he shrugged at the though and continued. "Either way we look at it, we've won this skirmish, and come out stronger for it. Grabbed some info, some booty, and two cases of the big girl up top showing up, in sunlight no less." he smirked and looked to the buildings around him for a moment, ever watchful in case of a little birdie was trying to watch them.


"From the sound of it you've been in quite a deal of combat huh? Crusades you said? Probably lived through a ton of history I'd bet."


@SephirothSage (And they finally speak to one another eh?)

 

[SephirothSage]

A low rolling chuckle escapes him.


"...Indeed. I slept from the time I became a Vampire, up to the second world war, though. I was a young boy in the crusades... and a tired man, when I returned from them to my home. It's a long story, truth be told.. and now is, perhaps, not the time.."

 

[Orikanyo]

"Truth enough." Rosie nodded and looked to the others before giving a nod. "I'll be in the van, do what yea gotta do, we deserve some rest today." he motioned a small wave to the others and walked towards the van, briskly stepping into the passenger seat.


"Well, another job done. Still wonder where that kid went, only thing I found underneath with his shoe sole, atleast I got a shot on em... Bastard won't mess with me twice." he spoke to Danny, thinking back to everything that happened today.


"Hopefully I'll have time to sit down tonight... You mind showin me where this sunset garage fellah is later? And the hell is the fluid I gotta pay him with?" he asked the man with a raised eyebrow, looking a tad confused.


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[TacoMann]

@Orikanyo @Kalin Scarlet @SephirothSage


Joel sits down in his usual perch in the back of the van, pulling out a cigar and lighting it. "Well, I know I'm not resting. If there's still atleast two members of this gang on the loose, and they have an outside backer. I'm making calls. I'm getting one of our heavy hitters in."


"OOooh! Like Red Garland!? Can I meet Red Garland?!"





"No. Not Red Garland. We want to prevent more of what just happened and Red Garland is the most destructive stand I've ever witnessed. Plus, she annoys me." He takes a drag of the cigar as Danny clambers on into the driver's seat of his van once more, and tosses a poncho into the back of the van. "...The hell's with the Poncho Danny?"


"Figured I'd grab it in-case something happened to the big man's armor. The open side's gonna be facing the sun half the drive home and we're already a freak-show in a half-van! OOH! Could we maybe send in SPECIALS? Or what about Deep Purple?!"





"Good thinking- No and No. SPECIALS and The Emperor are on a job in Sicily. Deep Purple might be an option..." He pulls out a little green book of names as he smokes, and the Van roars to life.

 

[Kalin Scarlet]

Simon stands, walking after the others as they clamber into the van. As Danny asked his many, many, many questions, Simon remembered that he probably should do himself the favor of calling in to his manager. As he leaned against the wall of the van facing the newly created hole, Simon laughed to himself at the cold, or the lack thereof. He had felt cold his entire life, with Azure Exorcist at his side, but in this moment, it was more of a comfort than it had ever been.


"I'll happily sign anything you want, Danny...just...later." He said, as he drifted off to sleep.


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[TacoMann]

CHAPTER 4: DON'T LET HER GO

She knows what he suspects.

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The ride back home is rather uneventful. A breeze howls along the side of your van as you head back to HQ sans a wall. Yet another odd ensemble exiting onto the steps of the luxurious Speedwagon Foundation Headquarters. Danny yammering on about countless topics, shifting by a spiraling web of tangents, only stopping briefly when prompted. Joel and Danny lead the party through the bustle of the lobby into a rather empty lounge. A fairly nice couch. A table. A mannequin posed to look like a passed out drunk in the corner. A minibar with a variety of colas, juices, and other assorted beverages.


Danny sits down, and very rapidly begins to wind down, his adrenaline clearly hitting a low. Joel, meanwhile, fails to relax, instead picking up a phone, and dialing a call. After placing demands for a heavy hitter, he's transferred through to the Japanese branch of the Speedwagon Foundation's headquarters. A rather rapid conversation, hard to keep up with even for a speaker wit the tone of hushed anger it takes.


"<<-No! I do not want Red Garland on this case! Yes. Yes. That works. Or that. Specials?... Shit. Miracles? Quicksilver? ....>>"


He breaks back into English. "HOLY SHIT-....okay....Little Too Close?- YES! Put me through."


Joel turns to the party. Grinning broadly. With his usual demeanor it's rather unsettling. Even a smile of his is typically a tired, world-weary one. He puts a hand over the receiver for a moment. "Old partner" he says, before snapping back to wait for his next transfer to go through.


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[Orikanyo]

Rosie immedatly made himself at home in this lounge, taking first to the beverages he decided to look through the array that was shown to him-


...we're those juice boxes?


Those were juice boxes alright...


....


Taking one of the apple juice containers he popped the straw in the hole with a bemused smile. "Wonder what tomfoolery were gona be getting into next... Probably another gun fight again, maybe this time it'll be with some vamps, or stand users, or vamps with stands... or a stand that uses vampires?" Rosie thought for a moment as he began to drap himself on a nearby couch, juice box in hand, sipping the box noisily.


"...So... Who's that red garland person you all were talking about? Ya'll talk about a bunch of stuff but aren't fillin' us in, heavy hitters doesn't mean much when we only have minimal info yea know. If we're gona be workin' with em, best we get some sort of filling in."

 

[TacoMann]

@Orikanyo @Kalin Scarlet @SephirothSage @Thief of Words


Danny giggles "I've heard stories about'em! Saw footage! The user's this gorgeous, gorgeous woman- hilariously short- but gorgeous! And her stand is just, IMPOSSIBLY strong. Like, Stronger than Star Platinum! It's the strongest humanoid stand on record! S-Rank strength by our scales!-"


"And all she can do is punch things. Hard and fast. All she can do is damage. And wherever she goes, there's collateral...."


"So?! Little Too Close is a pure smash-stand too, I thought?!"





"Yes, but I've worked with both of hem. LTC is professional, and avoids collateral damage, and is loyal not only to the foundation, but to the Joestar Family. Counterpoint Dash, who's painfully annoying-"


"Annoying?"





"HAVE YOU HEARD HER LAUGHTER?! IT DOESN'T STOP!... LTC is also the only official partner I've had survive longer than six months."


"HAH! You're just messing with me because I've been your partner for.... four...."





Danny proceeds to utterly shut down again.

 

[Orikanyo]

"...She can't be that bad. Plus she sounds pretty great from what Danny says." Rosie commented on the whole thing, in truth he wasn't exactly the most... non destructive fighter out there himself, so a short cutie who was a destructive beast sounded like a person he'd get along with.


"Can't be that bad really, he'll all the missions I've been on the van's been the most hurt thing in the mission, aside from our enemies that is." he thought on his track record as he sipped away on his juice.


"...Strength scales huh? You guys got a rating system for stands? Now I'm curious about how I rate on it." he chuckled at the thought for a moment and looked between the two. "So, who's the other one? Little to close is the stand, but who's the man, or gal, who holds it?"


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"Her name's Veronika Redd. Born in America, raised in Japan, and was actually in our Boss's grad class-" Joel perks up, cut off as he's transferred through "Veronika! How'd the last assignment go for you? Good, good. Eh he's good...yeah....." He trails off as he sits down at the far end of the room, relaxing against the wall, much less audible as Danny perks back up.


"Y'know if you want I could do a run-down of your Stand from the profile our agents managed to get on you? Now, for Power, B-Rank, since it seems to have some good lifting force and raw brute strength of it's own- not quite the level of some of our higher-ups, but nonetheless. Speed: C Rank, you don't really seem to have any sort of extreme mobility, but you can keep a good run with it. Range is either A or D. Not sure how they'd call it since the guns aren't actually part of your stand. Durability's a C. It seems pretty sturdy on it's own, but it doesn't have anything BEYOND it's base sturdiness. Precision's a definite A. As for Potential. I'd say D. Not much it can really do beyond the usual stuff you get from multiple arms and shooting stuff, but hey! Always room to grow."

 

[Orikanyo]

"Sounds about right, as for range the guns are pretty much it's mainstay for the shooting it does, sort of a focus in a way. They can leave it's hands for the sake of, you know, punchin a man's lights out, but they are pretty much glued on without consent... or so I think, never seen my Stand disarmed." he scrunched up his face in thought, unsure for a moment on that particular matter.


"But I get yea on the rest of it, N.R can deal much more then it takes, but that in itself is considerable enough, but if you need coin shot from the bottom of a 10 story building, in the storm. I got your back. Mind yea, murphy's law the exception of course, things can, and will go wrong at times. And N.R being a rather offensively oriented stand kinda leaves me open..." he put some thought into the matter and closed his eyes in thought...


"...never really thought of it till now, You know any way I can protect myself better? Last fight I got N.R to shoot the bullets outa the air, but I won't always be on point, something can jump me, come outa nowehere. I can just keep my head on a swivel but... In the end I ain't Stein there, I ain't made outa steel." he frowned at his own squishyness, yea he was tough, but one good shot...


"What do you think? Think you know something that would help out this issue? What's your take on it Stein? Any thoughts on how to prevent a bloke from dropping dead?"


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[SephirothSage]

The ancient german vampire opens his eyes, and yawns groggily. It's in the depths of the day time for him; it's the equivalent of being awake at midnight for someone else, but far worse. Still- he's been listening to their conversation while trying to catch some rest in the depths of day, as he adjusts his riot armor from the seat behind them.


"...Mrm. Well, when I was yet mortal, I relied on a simple golden rule to stay alive- well, two golden rules. First and Foremost? DODGE. Secondly, I never went to battle without a full suit of castle forged steel plate. Sadly, that is no longer effective nor socially acceptable.." He muses- then chuckles.


"For more practical advice- take this. Ever keep thine eyes open. Only turn your back on those you trust beyond doubt.. and always keep your hand within reach of your weapon."

 

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@Orikanyo @SephirothSage @Kalin Scarlet


Joel continues his conversation, smiling pleasantly the full time. "Alright. Alright. It'll be nice to work with you again..." He hangs up, and turns back to the party. "She's flying over in 4 days. Until then, we're on our own ironing out the lines here. Looks like our marks aren't as scared as operating in daylight as we thought."


"Well, we've got them under wraps right? 2 guys in the hospital, under guard! Perfect for getting some information when they wake up!"





"Your tempting fate Danny. Now, If you'll excuse me, I'm going to pass out in that there armchair until someone wakes me, or my pager beeps." Joel strides over to the chair, sets down his gun, and true to his words, rapidly seems to drift out of consciousness.


"...Welp. I'm still wide awake. I'm gonna go down and harass the R&D guys."

 

[Orikanyo]

@TacoMann


"guess I'll come, been dieing to see more of this place anyways. thats if you aren't already tired of me yet danny." the man smirked and rose from his seat once more, tossing the empty juice box in a nearby garbage can.


"So, show the way my man, maybe they can change up my guns so i'm not always using N.R. granted, hes bloody strong, but feeling pretty reliant on the big guy." Rosie smirked as he motioned over his shoulder to where the gun totting stand would be. he was still human, live and learn, and adapt to what you learn, thats how you stay alive.


And not get shot in the head, that helps to.


"So? ready?"

 

[Kalin Scarlet]

Simon watched as the others walked off to the research area. Simon brushed his hair back with a hand, and leaned further into his chair.


"I'll just stay here, I guess. I dont really know what to do around here..."


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