Main Event Right Hand of the Magic God

[Crow]

The points of retaliation against Pucci were successful as he was rendered unable to pierce himself with Giorno's Arrow. Unable to maintain his hold on the railing, Pucci slipped and fell, the vertical slant of the station sending him flying against what was once the wall littered with reinforced windows. With a loud THUD, his body was flung back down and he ceased to move, his neck instantly breaking upon impact. However, it was difficult to celebrate his death, at least in this moment, as they continued plummeting to Earth as they were, even as they returned to the atmosphere already. The Earth's rotation continued to accelerate, the seasons shifting rapidly in the blink of an eye.

Then... everything suddenly went white.

CRASH!

And as everyone's vision returned, as though they were jolted back to reality, they would find that the station had finally returned to Earth, Pucci's body even more broken than before as his body flew about like a rag doll, Endymion crashing into the surface of the Earth unceremoniously. The rotation had returned to its original course, with Made in Heaven believed to have perished along with Pucci himself. Endymion, at a diagonal slant, was just at a position where anyone was able to safely drop to the ground and traverse down.

However... Something was a bit off. When everyone had first appeared in Academy City, it was geologically completely normal, but now... Out the windows, everyone was able to see that they were surrounded by water. Water that began seeping inside the station through the holes in the windows. It was as though the technological marvel of a city they were in just moments ago was suddenly flooded out of nowhere, but the reason, no one could exactly say.

"What...?! Where the heck is this water coming from?! We should have crashed back into Academy City, so... Why is the surface flooded with all this stuff?!" Touma uttered in confusion.

Unable to maintain his barrier for any longer, Fiamma of the Right finally was forced to dispel it. As though he had used up all of his energy in that moment, it seemed as though he passed out, his body dropping from his previous position and falling straight into the water below that began filling up Endymion. Giorno's body also slid to the bottom, the two of them threatening to drown to death if no action was taken. Pucci's body, also now submerged in the rising water, was still motionless.

"Never mind that! We can worry about that later. For now, we need to save those two and get out of here!" Ollerus exclaimed, gritting his teeth as he ventured to drop to the ground, slipping lightly but managing to maintain his footing.

"... Can you guys get off me now?"

"Affirmative, MISAKA reluctantly responds," 10032 nods, letting go of Touma's arm from there.

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"Giorno no- ugh!"

Grandpa Max could feel injuries kicking in as he prepared to jump in to swim and rescue Giorno, injuries that temporarily limited his motion.

"Forget about me, tend to me later, I'll manage, someone save Giorno now!"

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"I expected him to fight to the death, not commit suicide." Jordahan said as she looked at the dead Mandalorian. "An interesting idea to try to take one captive, but it won't work with their kind." Jirdshan then said.


Jordshan walked towards Ben "Don't beat yourself too hard, kid. It's simply their ways. Mandalorian are trained for childhood. Captivity isn't something they would just take."

"It's not just about the Monado- Manga- guy," Ben turns his face away, hiding the look of shame on his face, "it's the fate of everything - everything I have known, do know and will know...

...sorry for saying that out of nowhere... and... thanks..."

He turns to Jordshan as he smiles. One could feel that he was faking it very well.

"Well, we've got a meeting to attend to, and we're already late, don't want to keep the big bosses waiting, now do we?"

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[Kaykay]

"However this flooding happened, it's very unpleasant."

Leivinia complained while shivering a bit. Extending one arm our, she snapped her fingers and a small flame appeared at her fingertip. It wouldn't do much to dry her clothes, but it was better than nothing. She brought her hand back closer to herself slowly, taking care not to accidentally sent herself aflame or something.

"Let's see where he's hiding that Arrow, then..."

Deciding to just quickly get to business rather than worrying about an ally they had no way of heading back to, she walked over to the unconscious priest and crouched down, beginning to search Pucci for the arrow. Only with the hand that didn't have a flame on it, of course. The unconscious ones seemed to be getting taken care of anyway.

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[Yun Lee]

"Ewwww, my hair..."

Severa pulled herself out of the water, dripping wet. She started wringing her hair dry. On Pucci's face. Accidentally. Maybe.

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"Jeez, killing him didn't even undo the mess he made, huh? Even in death, he's the WORST!" One ponytail done, she moved onto the other...also on Puuci's face. "...and he killed so many of our number, too! Good riddance, you old freak! I may as well stab him to make sure he's dead!"

...

...

"...or not."

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[Ver]

"..."

As everyone on Knowhere reconvened at the command center, the atmosphere was surely grim, to be expected as the invasion had gone off without a hitch. All this time they'd been led on by the Revanchist, and the reason was as clear as day now.

At the front of the room, Kyoko, Makoto, and Doppo stood at the front of the room. The leader remained silent as though pondering the choices left before her and trying to figure out what to say, until she finally did speak a few uncomfortable moments later, facing everyone with firm, resolute eyes, as she always held.

"... We can still salvage this operation if we move quickly. Even if Othinus has Gungnir completed, Ollerus said that her plans can't be completed if she doesn't have Giorno's Arrow on her. To that end, we just need to come back into contact with the others who remained on the mission and regroup with them. This is our last straw before Othinus attains complete control over the multiverse," Kyoko explains, hoping that everyone realized the gravity of the situation.

"Even though it seemed that the Revanchist managed to track Knowhere through the communication frequencies across different worlds, it doesn't seem like they have any immediate interest in killing us all, or else they wouldn't have retreated the moment they got what they needed. Tch. Like we weren't worth the effort," Doppo sighed, speaking after Kyoko was finished.

"So, to that end, I guess it doesn't matter if we were to try to reach out to the main group again. Go ahead and use your comm links to establish a connection with whoever stayed behind and see how they're doing," he advised.

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[Ver]

"Bufgh!"

Fiamma of the Right woke up immediately as Rita slapped him, his eyes shooting open as he sat up by pure instinct. He wore a stressed expression, as though he were trying to reconcile with himself that he had survived the crash indeed. Scratching his head, he let out a low groan as he gingerly stood up, looking at Rita with a furrowed brow. "Couldn't you have done that in a more gentle manner? How unladylike..."

"She's feisty if nothing else when it counts," Ollerus laughed lightly, seeming to handle Rita's death glare well.

As Pucci's corpse was searched through, Phil would, shockingly enough, find that the Arrow was nowhere to be found on his body! There was no telling if it had been taken from under their noses or if it had been lost in the flood beneath, but the fact remained that it was lost now. As Touma helped search Pucci's body, he clicked his tongue in frustration. "No... Where'd it go?! We... We needed it!"

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[Crow]

"..."

As everyone on Knowhere reconvened at the command center, the atmosphere was surely grim, to be expected as the invasion had gone off without a hitch. All this time they'd been led on by the Revanchist, and the reason was as clear as day now.

At the front of the room, Kyoko, Makoto, and Doppo stood at the front of the room. The leader remained silent as though pondering the choices left before her and trying to figure out what to say, until she finally did speak a few uncomfortable moments later, facing everyone with firm, resolute eyes, as she always held.

"... We can still salvage this operation if we move quickly. Even if Othinus has Gungnir completed, Ollerus said that her plans can't be completed if she doesn't have Giorno's Arrow on her. To that end, we just need to come back into contact with the others who remained on the mission and regroup with them. This is our last straw before Othinus attains complete control over the multiverse," Kyoko explains, hoping that everyone realized the gravity of the situation.

"Even though it seemed that the Revanchist managed to track Knowhere through the communication frequencies across different worlds, it doesn't seem like they have any immediate interest in killing us all, or else they wouldn't have retreated the moment they got what they needed. Tch. Like we weren't worth the effort," Doppo sighed, speaking after Kyoko was finished.

"So, to that end, I guess it doesn't matter if we were to try to reach out to the main group again. Go ahead and use your comm links to establish a connection with whoever stayed behind and see how they're doing," he advised.

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"On it," Ben says as he begins to establish a connection with Grandpa Max.

"Magister Maxwell Tennyson, status report."

"Hey Ben, I'm... ugh... doing fine. We lost some numbers, and our area is flooded to the high roofs. Father Pucci is down... I'm not sure if we can stay here much longer. I believe we could use a bit of backup."

Ben rose up from his seat, a stern expression on his face.

"Commander Kirigiri, I'm going to lend the Main Group a hand. Will that be alright?"

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"Bufgh!"

Fiamma of the Right woke up immediately as Rita slapped him, his eyes shooting open as he sat up by pure instinct. He wore a stressed expression, as though he were trying to reconcile with himself that he had survived the crash indeed. Scratching his head, he let out a low groan as he gingerly stood up, looking at Rita with a furrowed brow. "Couldn't you have done that in a more gentle manner? How unladylike..."

"She's feisty if nothing else when it counts," Ollerus laughed lightly, seeming to handle Rita's death glare well.

As Pucci's corpse was searched through, Phil would, shockingly enough, find that the Arrow was nowhere to be found on his body! There was no telling if it had been taken from under their noses or if it had been lost in the flood beneath, but the fact remained that it was lost now. As Touma helped search Pucci's body, he clicked his tongue in frustration. "No... Where'd it go?! We... We needed it!"

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"Everyone, I think I'm getting a signal from base," Grandpa Max tells the group, "I'll try to call for a bit of backup. We'll need it, and we'll need that Arrow, wherever in the waters it might be."

Max continues to hang on to his points of injury.

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[Crunch]

"..."

As everyone on Knowhere reconvened at the command center, the atmosphere was surely grim, to be expected as the invasion had gone off without a hitch. All this time they'd been led on by the Revanchist, and the reason was as clear as day now.

At the front of the room, Kyoko, Makoto, and Doppo stood at the front of the room. The leader remained silent as though pondering the choices left before her and trying to figure out what to say, until she finally did speak a few uncomfortable moments later, facing everyone with firm, resolute eyes, as she always held.

"... We can still salvage this operation if we move quickly. Even if Othinus has Gungnir completed, Ollerus said that her plans can't be completed if she doesn't have Giorno's Arrow on her. To that end, we just need to come back into contact with the others who remained on the mission and regroup with them. This is our last straw before Othinus attains complete control over the multiverse," Kyoko explains, hoping that everyone realized the gravity of the situation.

"Even though it seemed that the Revanchist managed to track Knowhere through the communication frequencies across different worlds, it doesn't seem like they have any immediate interest in killing us all, or else they wouldn't have retreated the moment they got what they needed. Tch. Like we weren't worth the effort," Doppo sighed, speaking after Kyoko was finished.

"So, to that end, I guess it doesn't matter if we were to try to reach out to the main group again. Go ahead and use your comm links to establish a connection with whoever stayed behind and see how they're doing," he advised.

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Jotaro nodded, pulling up his communication link and beginning to establish a connection with Giorno's link, though something told him he wasn't going to like Giorno's answer. The atmosphere in the command center was suffocating, but hopefully something good could come from wherever Giorno went with the Arrow.

Thankfully, the connection was established. The first thing Jotaro heard was the sound of rushing water, and distant voices in the background. Jotaro released a heavy sigh and glanced up at whoever needed to know about the condition of the Arrow wielder. "...I got Giorno on the line," he muttered, and listened in closer.

No response.


"Huh?" Jotaro's face grew concerned.

"...Giorno. Giorno, come in. It's me, Jotaro."

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"Oh wait hold on..." Jolyne just realized. "Is that Giorno floating around there?" Sure looked like it and by using Stone Free she fished him out of the water and unto what little dry land was left.

"Is he dead?" Ermes asked concerned.

"No, I think he's still breathing." She slapped him a few times across the face. "Hey! Wake up! We don't have time for this!"

"Uuh..." Ermes pointed to the nasty looking gash on his chest.

"Oh son of a bitch...Anyone have...something to cover this bleeding wound up?"

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Suddenly, those standing next to Giorno's body (namely Jolyne and Ermes) could hear the comm bead in his uniform rustling to life, followed by a familiar voice.

"...Giorno. Giorno, come in. It's me, Jotaro."

"Do you have the Arrow? Is it safe?"

Giorno's body remained as still as a corpse, despite the fact Jolyne could feel warmth in his hands - but that warmth was rapidly escaping. The boy's skin grew paler as blood continued to gush like a fountain from the massive, ugly gash across slashed his chest.

"...Is Jolyne safe?" the voice on the other end questioned once more.

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[Lucky]

Rita Hanson and Phil Connors

That was an interesting sound.

Rita was happy that Fiamma had woken up rather quickly as it would seem. Maybe it was the fact that she had felt better after slapping Fiamma to get rid of the rage that she felt for Ollerus. She looked over at him. " Slapping you would have not woken you up though. That would be the same as tapping someone in a coma. And it's not unladylike,it is actually rather common for women to slap or punch men if they are being dicks. You'll be fine."

Rita didn't reply to Ollerus. She would admit that it was nice to be called feisty, but she wasn't about to admit that aloud, she walked over to Giorno to slap him awake.

Phil was not shocked in the slightest that the arrow was missing. The man had sunk into the ocean and he could have lost it there. It would have been more shocking to him if he had it. He looked over at him. " Well, either one, it fell into the ocean when he fell from the space station or two, he had a way to teleport it to Othinus, neither of which is a good thing. But well, it's not like it's the worst thing to happen...probably," Phil replied.

Rita having been in the right place looked for the comm. " Hello, this is Rita. The arrow is currently missing and we got the dead body of the priest. Jolyne is safe and Giorno seems to be bleeding out. I think we might need a cleric over here to help us since it looks like his chest was slashed open."

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[Yun Lee]

"Oh Gawds!" Severa gawked at Giorno's wound. "Did NOBODY try to heal him?! Ugh...hey! Can't we send him over to HQ with his return pad thing?"

"Oh dear...there's someone injured?" Libra piped up. "I can help if they need it..."

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[Lucky]

Rita Hanson

" You know.... I forgot that we had the return pads, I hope that they can handle water damage," she said, searching the unconscious body for his return pad. When she found it, she would press it and hopefully it wouldn't be too damaged.

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[Hahli Nuva]

"On it," Ben says as he begins to establish a connection with Grandpa Max.

"Magister Maxwell Tennyson, status report."

"Hey Ben, I'm... ugh... doing fine. We lost some numbers, and our area is flooded to the high roofs. Father Pucci is down... I'm not sure if we can stay here much longer. I believe we could use a bit of backup."

Ben rose up from his seat, a stern expression on his face.

"Commander Kirigiri, I'm going to lend the Main Group a hand. Will that be alright?"

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"Everyone, I think I'm getting a signal from base," Grandpa Max tells the group, "I'll try to call for a bit of backup. We'll need it, and we'll need that Arrow, wherever in the waters it might be."

Max continues to hang on to his points of injury.

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Wil closed her eyes, using her powers over the Astral Plane to move through at light speed and capture an image of the other members that were trapped.

She could feel their pain, and worry, and general emotion. They didn't know it yet, but their bad day was about to get a whole lot worse. How she wished she wasn't shackled by the laws of this 'multiverse'. Will felt completely powerless to stop Jiren and the other enemies from completing their goals. Maybe if she had been here sooner, she'd be able to help stop Jiren and the other girl from making off with their targets.

But now was not the time to gripe over lost battles. They neded to regroup and replan a new method of attack. Will hadn't ben a part of The Coalition for long, but she knew this Kirigiri woman had a contingency plan in case things went south. All good leaders had a Plan B, after all.

When she heard Ben offer to go help the other group, Will walked over to stand beside him. She had wasted enough time on the small fry.

"Let me go, too. My powers are perfectly suited for healing."


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[Ver]

Before Rita would be able to make use of the return pad, Fiamma of the Right took hold of her arm to stop her, shaking his head lightly, as though advising against it. Without saying why immediately, the magician put his finger to his comm link and began speaking.

"I think... It would be opportune if everyone were to arrive here," Fiamma of the Right spoke to everyone on the other side of the link, "We hit yet another distraction in the road, but it's been taken care of. When we were searching for Othinus, we only found DIO's lackey, Enrico Pucci, instead. But it's over. He won't be bothering us anymore," he continued, confirming that the priest was indeed dead. But he wasn't done.

"But even so... Nothing has changed. I still sense Othinus's presence in this world. She is definitely here, and this may be our last chance to stop her. What of you all in Knowhere? What happened?"

...

There was no response from the Administration initially, as though even the three main administrators were unable to formulate a response, but Doppo swallowed that apprehension, being the first to speak. "I'm... I'm afraid we have to operate in the worst case scenario now. They've managed to take the tip of Gungnir from right under our noses, and more than that, they even captured Sorey."

"What?! They succeeded?! What a farce this is turning out to be!" Fiamma of the Right exclaimed irritably, not seeming to take the news very well, but he did his best to compose himself, continuing on, "During our altercation with Pucci, the Arrow was stolen off Giorno and lost to us. We've no idea where it is now. To that end, our best bet now is to confront Othinus before she can put together the two pieces of Gungnir, and hope that the Arrow does not resurface somewhere."

"If you really believe Othinus is close by to you, then indeed, our best bet would be send the rest of the field squad to your location to regroup. I've got little doubt that Jiren and Marian will be there soon to meet her -- and that you'll have to intercept her -- but... I wonder. Why is she remaining in that world you're in right now? Wouldn't it be better to rendezvous wherever the Revanchist is based?"

"Dear Kirigiri... Perhaps Othinus is as prone to nostalgia and melancholy as the rest of us. After all, this world is within the universe that Fiamma of the Right, Leivinia, and dear Kamijou originate from. Maybe this world is the first that she wants to see restored to what it once was in the previous phase of history," Ollerus lightly said, offering a shrug.

"But yes, it would be the best course of action to transport the rest of the group here. Mr. Giovanna here would really appreciate it, I'm sure. Plus, we can more easily consolidate what's happened from there. Won't you do the honors?" He continued, gesturing toward Fiamma, who gave a nod.

With that, Fiamma of the Right conjured up another portal, which suddenly appeared within the midst of the Knowhere command center where everyone was located, inviting everyone to walk through.

"Go on then. Time is of the essence, moreso than ever before!"

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"MISAKA has little reference for what is going on, but is led to believe that this is quite an emergency situation, MISAKA hazards to guess," the blank voice of 10032 said as she stood next to Touma.

"Who was that?"

"It's a long story."

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[Yun Lee]

Libra wasted absolutely no time getting into the portal and meeting the group. "Oh my...this world, it's completely submerged in water!"

"It sure is! And we lost, like, five guys to that stupid priest! It'll be six, if you don't hurry up and do your thing!"

"R-Right." Libra knelt down beside Giorno, using his staff. "Oh Gods, please let us not be too late..."

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[Crow]

Before Rita would be able to make use of the return pad, Fiamma of the Right took hold of her arm to stop her, shaking his head lightly, as though advising against it. Without saying why immediately, the magician put his finger to his comm link and began speaking.

"I think... It would be opportune if everyone were to arrive here," Fiamma of the Right spoke to everyone on the other side of the link, "We hit yet another distraction in the road, but it's been taken care of. When we were searching for Othinus, we only found DIO's lackey, Enrico Pucci, instead. But it's over. He won't be bothering us anymore," he continued, confirming that the priest was indeed dead. But he wasn't done.

"But even so... Nothing has changed. I still sense Othinus's presence in this world. She is definitely here, and this may be our last chance to stop her. What of you all in Knowhere? What happened?"

...

There was no response from the Administration initially, as though even the three main administrators were unable to formulate a response, but Doppo swallowed that apprehension, being the first to speak. "I'm... I'm afraid we have to operate in the worst case scenario now. They've managed to take the tip of Gungnir from right under our noses, and more than that, they even captured Sorey."

"What?! They succeeded?! What a farce this is turning out to be!" Fiamma of the Right exclaimed irritably, not seeming to take the news very well, but he did his best to compose himself, continuing on, "During our altercation with Pucci, the Arrow was stolen off Giorno and lost to us. We've no idea where it is now. To that end, our best bet now is to confront Othinus before she can put together the two pieces of Gungnir, and hope that the Arrow does not resurface somewhere."

"If you really believe Othinus is close by to you, then indeed, our best bet would be send the rest of the field squad to your location to regroup. I've got little doubt that Jiren and Marian will be there soon to meet her -- and that you'll have to intercept her -- but... I wonder. Why is she remaining in that world you're in right now? Wouldn't it be better to rendezvous wherever the Revanchist is based?"

"Dear Kirigiri... Perhaps Othinus is as prone to nostalgia and melancholy as the rest of us. After all, this world is within the universe that Fiamma of the Right, Leivinia, and dear Kamijou originate from. Maybe this world is the first that she wants to see restored to what it once was in the previous phase of history," Ollerus lightly said, offering a shrug.

"But yes, it would be the best course of action to transport the rest of the group here. Mr. Giovanna here would really appreciate it, I'm sure. Plus, we can more easily consolidate what's happened from there. Won't you do the honors?" He continued, gesturing toward Fiamma, who gave a nod.

With that, Fiamma of the Right conjured up another portal, which suddenly appeared within the midst of the Knowhere command center where everyone was located, inviting everyone to walk through.

"Go on then. Time is of the essence, moreso than ever before!"

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"MISAKA has little reference for what is going on, but is led to believe that this is quite an emergency situation, MISAKA hazards to guess," the blank voice of 10032 said as she stood next to Touma.

"Who was that?"

"It's a long story."

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"That's a pretty bad flood," Ben says, walking through, before seeing-

"Grandpa! Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, Ben, ugh... nevermind me... the Arrow, we need to find it... I think it's in the water somewhere."

"But Grandpa, your-"

"The medics are your friends, have faith in them. The Arrow's part of a bigger scheme than my little bruises."

"Alright, here goes."

Ben smacks his Omnitrix down as he begins to transform. His face altering, his fingers deforming as a membrane sprouted from one, as if like a bat...

"Jetray!" the being exclaims. "I'll go find the arrow, can't be too many arrows here, so I shouldn't take long. I'll bring a boat back on the way. Wish we could catch up, but..."

And so, Ben as Jetray used his vast speeds underwater to make the arrow search a quick one.

"Come on, come on... oh, don't tell me Othinus already has it."

He also looks for a few vehicles to use, preferably something amphibious - for what purpose, we shall see soon enough.

"... I hope Ben succeeds, because if he doesn't, then there's only one other possible place the arrow could be..."

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[Hahli Nuva]

Will was thankful for all those years on her high school swim team. She wasted no time in diving in and swimming over to the rest of the group. Making sure everyone was present, Will then turned to Flamma of The Right.

"We're here. Is everyone alright?"

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[Macy Moretti]

Jotaro nodded, pulling up his communication link and beginning to establish a connection with Giorno's link, though something told him he wasn't going to like Giorno's answer. The atmosphere in the command center was suffocating, but hopefully something good could come from wherever Giorno went with the Arrow.

Thankfully, the connection was established. The first thing Jotaro heard was the sound of rushing water, and distant voices in the background. Jotaro released a heavy sigh and glanced up at whoever needed to know about the condition of the Arrow wielder. "...I got Giorno on the line," he muttered, and listened in closer.

No response.


"Huh?" Jotaro's face grew concerned.

"...Giorno. Giorno, come in. It's me, Jotaro."

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Suddenly, those standing next to Giorno's body (namely Jolyne and Ermes) could hear the comm bead in his uniform rustling to life, followed by a familiar voice.

"...Giorno. Giorno, come in. It's me, Jotaro."

"Do you have the Arrow? Is it safe?"

Giorno's body remained as still as a corpse, despite the fact Jolyne could feel warmth in his hands - but that warmth was rapidly escaping. The boy's skin grew paler as blood continued to gush like a fountain from the massive, ugly gash across slashed his chest.

"...Is Jolyne safe?" the voice on the other end questioned once more.

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"Oh Gawds!" Severa gawked at Giorno's wound. "Did NOBODY try to heal him?! Ugh...hey! Can't we send him over to HQ with his return pad thing?"

"Oh dear...there's someone injured?" Libra piped up. "I can help if they need it..."

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Libra wasted absolutely no time getting into the portal and meeting the group. "Oh my...this world, it's completely submerged in water!"

"It sure is! And we lost, like, five guys to that stupid priest! It'll be six, if you don't hurry up and do your thing!"

"R-Right." Libra knelt down beside Giorno, using his staff. "Oh Gods, please let us not be too late..."

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"Ah, healing! Healing! Right!"

Macy had been been spending time staring blankly out over the ocean that surrounded them for some time. When Giorno had shown the Arrow earlier, it held a clear, threatening aura. The dark powers accrued within the Arrow rocked Macy's sense earlier, and she hadn't felt the same energy as they pulled Pucci's corpse ashore. When they didn't find it on his person, she had tried to search for the Arrow's energy with her own sixth sense, stretching as far as she could feel with it. However, that came to a stop as Severa called for healing and Libra arrived. Macy quickly hurried to Giorno's side and added her own stream of healing aura to help revive the man.

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"Hey! I am PETITE, okay?!" Severa felt the need to stress that to 10032, even with them all falling into the chaos of Pucci's new world. With only her sword handy, she could only do so much, so she started throwing rubble again-this time, aiming for Pucci, anywhere she could hit!

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Libra was shaking. The Ultimate Nullifier rattled in his hands, all color drained from his face. Forgive me, forgive me, forgive me, forgive me. He couldn't even think of anything else but what he'd done. They had all worked so hard to stop her, and he...he had failed them all. There...there had to be a way to fix this, right? To undo what he'd done? Oh Gods...

"M-Miss Kirigiri..." Forgive me. "I...I lost possession of the tip." Forgive me, forgive me. Whose forgiveness was he asking for? The Gods'? Kyoko's? The Multiverse's? Not even Libra himself was sure. He wasn't sure if he even deserved to ask for forgiveness outright. The lives of billions...had he just condemned them all? How could anyone forgive him for that?

He heard Ben speak, and his heart sank further. Sorey? They took Sorey? Oh, Gods...why? He was just a child! "I..." He tried to respond to Ben, but his mouth had gone dry. A pause to lick his lips, and then, all he could say was, "...I'm sorry, Ben." That was it. He couldn't find any hope within himself at this time. Not even from the Gods...and they had always been his hope, even in the lowest points of his life. But now...did he even deserve their mercy, for what he'd just done?

He got to his feet, moving as if in a daze. It was funny. He had no idea what to do, no idea what he could do anymore, save for putting the Ultimate Nullifier back in the vault. It was SOMETHING. Probably not anything that could actually help anyone at this time, but it was something. On his way back, he felt something stirring within him. It took him a minute to realize what it was: there was absolutely something more motivating him than just doing something. He couldn't just sit around feeling sorry for himself. There had to be something he could do to make things right. It was a foolish optimism, really, but he didn't want to give himself up to complete despair. A small, sinful part of him wanted to spite Marian, to remain hopeful in the face of complete hopelessness. But there was more to it than just spite. He wanted to succeed, to still do what he could to help everyone, even in the wake of his incredible failure. To drown in his guilt and misery...what good would that do for anybody? If he wanted forgiveness, if he wanted penance...he needed to earn it any way he could. Even if... He shook his head to get that thought out, but it lingered.

...even if there was not enough time in this world for him to do so.

"Allow me." He knelt down beside Chise, noticing the poor girl completely wiped out on the ground. Taking his staff, he did what he could to heal her, then found Commander Naegi and did the same. If anyone needed healing on Libra's way to the vault, now was a good time to request it. Though the weight of his guilt was still immense, he was starting to process it better, turn it into determination to make things right...even if, ultimately, that was impossible.

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"..."

Ben could feel Libra's sadness and guilt, Schala's regret, any semblance of positivity slipping away from them. He didn't respond to them. He felt that it was best to be silent.

"... I'll be back in a jiffy..."

As he left, he tapped his watch, assuming a transformation just a step or two away from the vault door.

"Lodestar."

Lodestar, as the transformation was called, ran towards any exit points to look for just one... just one or two evacuating Revanchist soldiers, be it Mandalorians or whatnot. If he found some, he would use his magnetic powers to pull a small handful of them away from the escaping, evacuating group as he starts to smack them about the walls like a ragdoll.

"The information, tell me everything you know! Or I'll make sure you do."

Using his powers, he pins the trooper's entire body to the wall, staring him in the eye with his own pair of eyes, attached to a hovering neckless alien head without a moving mouth.

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"Libra."

A few heavy footfalls came from behind Libra. Jotaro shambled forward like a zombie, his sudden, exciting appearance masking the fact that his breathing was haggard and heavy, and his lack of movements made the assortment of wounds burned into his chest and backside much clearer. The darkness cast by his hat masked Jotaro's emotionless stare as he glared off in the direction where Marien and Jiren had just been.

He coughed, and that alone had him slump against the wall and struggle to keep himself standing.

"It's not your fault. I should've been here sooner," he lamented, weakly gesturing to the improvised hole he punched through Knowhere. "Showed up late to Knowhere. The enemy got the drop on me. Had to take an... alternate route just to get here alive."

"I didn't--" Jotaro hoped to finish that sentence, but a torturous cough silenced him.

Jotaro then realized that explaining why he wasn't at the vault sooner wouldn't change the fact that they just lost this battle. To that end, Jotaro resorted to coldly staring at the steel floor and keeping his bloodied body leaned up against the wall for Libra to heal. If he even deserved healing, after the blunder he made.

The most fortified, armed force in the multiverse; torn apart like cotton candy.

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"Thank you, Libra." Chise gave the man a rather tired smile, but at least she was feeling better and less close to either falling unconscious or dying because she overdid it a bit. Ruth was feeling better now that she was, but was out for the count momentarily. Deciding to not try and rush to stand right now, while patting the black dog's head, she looked up as Jotaro came to comfort Libra.

"We all did our best, but we'll see them again I'm sure. When we do we'll defeat them, there's way too much at stake." She spoke up, not ready to give up even if they lost this time.

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"..."

Kyoko remained silent as everyone responded to her over the comm link, the only signal that she'd heard what they said being a shuddered breath as she realized the grave nature of what had happened. With the tip of Gungnir gone, this meant that Othinus now had possession of both pieces. If they knew where the Arrow was as well... There was no time to waste.

"What?! Sorey's been captured?!" Alisha's voice exclaimed over the comm link in an alarmed tone, worried over her personal friend's circumstances. "Why would they do something like that? Unless... Oh, no!"

"What? What is it, Ms. Diphda?!" Doppo piped in.

"Don't you see?! He's the Shepherd! He has a deep connection to the Great Spirits that we talked about! After Verius, the Great Spirit of Heart, perished on Ash, the multiverse is more unstable than ever, and if they use his power to summon the other Great Spirits that govern the multiverse's laws...!" Alisha trailed off.

"Ah, jeez... I don't exactly get it, but we all need to gather our numbers and consolidate what to do from here. Everyone, report back to the central command immediately! Pronto!" Doppo commanded to everyone.

Meanwhile, the only Mandalorian soldier left that Ben was able to capture only chuckled, shaking his head as though nothing of consequence was happened. After all, it seemed that everything was going as planned. "A kite dancing in the wind... It doesn't matter what I tell you, or what you do. It's already over. I would have preferred to have fallen in the heat of battle, but if my actions helped even just an iota to fulfill the ultimate plan, then I'm... content," he said, before a loud crack or crunch sound was heard.

What looked like a frothy stream of saliva leaked under the Mandalorian's helmet as his body suddenly slumped and became unresponsive, as though he had bitten into a capsule inside his own mouth to kill himself with to avoid interrogation.

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The stinging heat across Jotaro's wounds seemed to cool off quite a bit with the help of Libra's healing. The man managed to push himself off from the wall and stand at his full height, albeit with some wobbly legs. Rising from his wounded state, the man stood like a lighthouse in a sea of despair.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just something in my neck," Jotaro muttered, cracking his neck and looking back at Libra, "Doppo's right, we'll need to regroup. If anyone else here is wounded, get them to walking condition. If not, let's get going."

Jotaro ended his command with a grunt before limping off down the hallway towards command center, not sticking around to see everyone else licking their wounds. The Mandalorian ambush may have riddled Jotaro with still-smoking blaster holes, but that wasn't anything that would keep a man like him down for very long.

After all, they didn't get his legs until after he performed the Joestar family's secret technique!

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"Sorry to burst your bubble, but you will live with regret in hell."

Lodestar halts his powers, dropping the dead soldier to the ground, before he transforms back into Ben.

"..."

He walks back to the Vault, just in time for a little exposition and an announcement to report to the central command. He didn't seem to be in a particularly good mood.

"... time's a-wasting, everyone."

He weakly gestured for all to come along.

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"I expected him to fight to the death, not commit suicide." Jordahan said as she looked at the dead Mandalorian. "An interesting idea to try to take one captive, but it won't work with their kind." Jirdshan then said.


Jordshan walked towards Ben "Don't beat yourself too hard, kid. It's simply their ways. Mandalorian are trained for childhood. Captivity isn't something they would just take."

"Giorno no- ugh!"

Grandpa Max could feel injuries kicking in as he prepared to jump in to swim and rescue Giorno, injuries that temporarily limited his motion.

"Forget about me, tend to me later, I'll manage, someone save Giorno now!"

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"It's not just about the Monado- Manga- guy," Ben turns his face away, hiding the look of shame on his face, "it's the fate of everything - everything I have known, do know and will know...

...sorry for saying that out of nowhere... and... thanks..."

He turns to Jordshan as he smiles. One could feel that he was faking it very well.

"Well, we've got a meeting to attend to, and we're already late, don't want to keep the big bosses waiting, now do we?"

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"..."

As everyone on Knowhere reconvened at the command center, the atmosphere was surely grim, to be expected as the invasion had gone off without a hitch. All this time they'd been led on by the Revanchist, and the reason was as clear as day now.

At the front of the room, Kyoko, Makoto, and Doppo stood at the front of the room. The leader remained silent as though pondering the choices left before her and trying to figure out what to say, until she finally did speak a few uncomfortable moments later, facing everyone with firm, resolute eyes, as she always held.

"... We can still salvage this operation if we move quickly. Even if Othinus has Gungnir completed, Ollerus said that her plans can't be completed if she doesn't have Giorno's Arrow on her. To that end, we just need to come back into contact with the others who remained on the mission and regroup with them. This is our last straw before Othinus attains complete control over the multiverse," Kyoko explains, hoping that everyone realized the gravity of the situation.

"Even though it seemed that the Revanchist managed to track Knowhere through the communication frequencies across different worlds, it doesn't seem like they have any immediate interest in killing us all, or else they wouldn't have retreated the moment they got what they needed. Tch. Like we weren't worth the effort," Doppo sighed, speaking after Kyoko was finished.

"So, to that end, I guess it doesn't matter if we were to try to reach out to the main group again. Go ahead and use your comm links to establish a connection with whoever stayed behind and see how they're doing," he advised.

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"On it," Ben says as he begins to establish a connection with Grandpa Max.

"Magister Maxwell Tennyson, status report."

"Hey Ben, I'm... ugh... doing fine. We lost some numbers, and our area is flooded to the high roofs. Father Pucci is down... I'm not sure if we can stay here much longer. I believe we could use a bit of backup."

Ben rose up from his seat, a stern expression on his face.

"Commander Kirigiri, I'm going to lend the Main Group a hand. Will that be alright?"

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"Everyone, I think I'm getting a signal from base," Grandpa Max tells the group, "I'll try to call for a bit of backup. We'll need it, and we'll need that Arrow, wherever in the waters it might be."

Max continues to hang on to his points of injury.

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Jotaro nodded, pulling up his communication link and beginning to establish a connection with Giorno's link, though something told him he wasn't going to like Giorno's answer. The atmosphere in the command center was suffocating, but hopefully something good could come from wherever Giorno went with the Arrow.

Thankfully, the connection was established. The first thing Jotaro heard was the sound of rushing water, and distant voices in the background. Jotaro released a heavy sigh and glanced up at whoever needed to know about the condition of the Arrow wielder. "...I got Giorno on the line," he muttered, and listened in closer.

No response.
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"Huh?" Jotaro's face grew concerned.

"...Giorno. Giorno, come in. It's me, Jotaro."

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Suddenly, those standing next to Giorno's body (namely Jolyne and Ermes) could hear the comm bead in his uniform rustling to life, followed by a familiar voice.

"...Giorno. Giorno, come in. It's me, Jotaro."

"Do you have the Arrow? Is it safe?"

Giorno's body remained as still as a corpse, despite the fact Jolyne could feel warmth in his hands - but that warmth was rapidly escaping. The boy's skin grew paler as blood continued to gush like a fountain from the massive, ugly gash slashed his chest.

"...Is Jolyne safe?" the voice on the other end questioned once more.

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Before Rita would be able to make use of the return pad, Fiamma of the Right took hold of her arm to stop her, shaking his head lightly, as though advising against it. Without saying why immediately, the magician put his finger to his comm link and began speaking.

"I think... It would be opportune if everyone were to arrive here," Fiamma of the Right spoke to everyone on the other side of the link, "We hit yet another distraction in the road, but it's been taken care of. When we were searching for Othinus, we only found DIO's lackey, Enrico Pucci, instead. But it's over. He won't be bothering us anymore," he continued, confirming that the priest was indeed dead. But he wasn't done.

"But even so... Nothing has changed. I still sense Othinus's presence in this world. She is definitely here, and this may be our last chance to stop her. What of you all in Knowhere? What happened?"

...

There was no response from the Administration initially, as though even the three main administrators were unable to formulate a response, but Doppo swallowed that apprehension, being the first to speak. "I'm... I'm afraid we have to operate in the worst case scenario now. They've managed to take the tip of Gungnir from right under our noses, and more than that, they even captured Sorey."

"What?! They succeeded?! What a farce this is turning out to be!" Fiamma of the Right exclaimed irritably, not seeming to take the news very well, but he did his best to compose himself, continuing on, "During our altercation with Pucci, the Arrow was stolen off Giorno and lost to us. We've no idea where it is now. To that end, our best bet now is to confront Othinus before she can put together the two pieces of Gungnir, and hope that the Arrow does not resurface somewhere."

"If you really believe Othinus is close by to you, then indeed, our best bet would be send the rest of the field squad to your location to regroup. I've got little doubt that Jiren and Marian will be there soon to meet her -- and that you'll have to intercept her -- but... I wonder. Why is she remaining in that world you're in right now? Wouldn't it be better to rendezvous wherever the Revanchist is based?"

"Dear Kirigiri... Perhaps Othinus is as prone to nostalgia and melancholy as the rest of us. After all, this world is within the universe that Fiamma of the Right, Leivinia, and dear Kamijou originate from. Maybe this world is the first that she wants to see restored to what it once was in the previous phase of history," Ollerus lightly said, offering a shrug.

"But yes, it would be the best course of action to transport the rest of the group here. Mr. Giovanna here would really appreciate it, I'm sure. Plus, we can more easily consolidate what's happened from there. Won't you do the honors?" He continued, gesturing toward Fiamma, who gave a nod.

With that, Fiamma of the Right conjured up another portal, which suddenly appeared within the midst of the Knowhere command center where everyone was located, inviting everyone to walk through.

"Go on then. Time is of the essence, moreso than ever before!"

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"MISAKA has little reference for what is going on, but is led to believe that this is quite an emergency situation, MISAKA hazards to guess," the blank voice of 10032 said as she stood next to Touma.

"Who was that?"

"It's a long story."

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Libra wasted absolutely no time getting into the portal and meeting the group. "Oh my...this world, it's completely submerged in water!"

"It sure is! And we lost, like, five guys to that stupid priest! It'll be six, if you don't hurry up and do your thing!"

"R-Right." Libra knelt down beside Giorno, using his staff. "Oh Gods, please let us not be too late..."

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"That's a pretty bad flood," Ben says, walking through, before seeing-

"Grandpa! Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, Ben, ugh... nevermind me... the Arrow, we need to find it... I think it's in the water somewhere."

"But Grandpa, your-"

"The medics are your friends, have faith in them. The Arrow's part of a bigger scheme than my little bruises."

"Alright, here goes."

Ben smacks his Omnitrix down as he begins to transform. His face altering, his fingers deforming as a membrane sprouted from one, as if like a bat...

"Jetray!" the being exclaims. "I'll go find the arrow, can't be too many arrows here, so I shouldn't take long. I'll bring a boat back on the way. Wish we could catch up, but..."

And so, Ben as Jetray used his vast speeds underwater to make the arrow search a quick one.

"Come on, come on... oh, don't tell me Othinus already has it."

He also looks for a few vehicles to use, preferably something amphibious - for what purpose, we shall see soon enough.

"... I hope Ben succeeds, because if he doesn't, then there's only one other possible place the arrow could be..."

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Will was thankful for all those years on her high school swim team. She wasted no time in diving in and swimming over to the rest of the group. Making sure everyone was present, Will then turned to Flamma of The Right.

"We're here. Is everyone alright?"

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"Ah, healing! Healing! Right!"

Macy had been been spending time staring blankly out over the ocean that surrounded them for some time. When Giorno had shown the Arrow earlier, it held a clear, threatening aura. The dark powers accrued within the Arrow rocked Macy's sense earlier, and she hadn't felt the same energy as they pulled Pucci's corpse ashore. When they didn't find it on his person, she had tried to search for the Arrow's energy with her own sixth sense, stretching as far as she could feel with it. However, that came to a stop as Severa called for healing and Libra arrived. Macy quickly hurried to Giorno's side and added her own stream of healing aura to help revive the man.

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Schala eventually composed herself... And began helping around when the others rejoined with the group in the vault. It seemed Giorno's arrow had gone missing too, they had failed on both fronts, to some degree...

Nonetheless, she realized she needed to stay strong... Not just for the others... Or Sorey, but for the sake of the Multiverse as a whole.

Stepping through the portal to meet with the others, her eyes widened when she saw Giorno. Feeling guilty about not having helped Chise earlier, alongside others injured, she quietly began to build up magical energy... In order to cast arise upon Giorno, hoping it would be enough to revive him and heal him.

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No matter how much Ben and Macy would look, they wouldn't be able to find the Arrow anywhere. Or any vehicles for that matter. Further inspection from him -- and everyone who had just arrived -- would yield that the patches of land in the flooded area they found themselves in were, in fact, rooftops, meaning that the land that was once a city was flooded up to several stories tall.

When Will appeared and asked if everyone was alright, Fiamma of the Right snorted a little. "Well, some people died. I think the boy named Billy exploded too. Giorno over there is down, but it appears that the others have already started healing him," he spoke nonchalantly, looking off in the distance of the flooded city, "I take it you had a good spar with that Jiren again? I'm sensing more and more energy readings... They're certainly close by, but I need just a bit more time to pinpoint where they are..."

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No matter how much Ben and Macy would look, they wouldn't be able to find the Arrow anywhere. Or any vehicles for that matter. Further inspection from him -- and everyone who had just arrived -- would yield that the patches of land in the flooded area they found themselves in were, in fact, rooftops, meaning that the land that was once a city was flooded up to several stories tall.

When Will appeared and asked if everyone was alright, Fiamma of the Right snorted a little. "Well, some people died. I think the boy named Billy exploded too. Giorno over there is down, but it appears that the others have already started healing him," he spoke nonchalantly, looking off in the distance of the flooded city, "I take it you had a good spar with that Jiren again? I'm sensing more and more energy readings... They're certainly close by, but I need just a bit more time to pinpoint where they are..."

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Jetray jumped up onto the platform, before a flash of green light turned him back into Ben.

"No luck, that means- no, no, it can't be..."

Ben shakes his head.

"I'm not ready to lose hope yet, but there's no point in hope if we don't find Othinus, DIO & Jiren first.

Come on Fiamma, search faster..."

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[Jeremi]

Jotaro nodded, pulling up his communication link and beginning to establish a connection with Giorno's link, though something told him he wasn't going to like Giorno's answer. The atmosphere in the command center was suffocating, but hopefully something good could come from wherever Giorno went with the Arrow.

Thankfully, the connection was established. The first thing Jotaro heard was the sound of rushing water, and distant voices in the background. Jotaro released a heavy sigh and glanced up at whoever needed to know about the condition of the Arrow wielder. "...I got Giorno on the line," he muttered, and listened in closer.

No response.


"Huh?" Jotaro's face grew concerned.

"...Giorno. Giorno, come in. It's me, Jotaro."

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Suddenly, those standing next to Giorno's body (namely Jolyne and Ermes) could hear the comm bead in his uniform rustling to life, followed by a familiar voice.

"...Giorno. Giorno, come in. It's me, Jotaro."

"Do you have the Arrow? Is it safe?"

Giorno's body remained as still as a corpse, despite the fact Jolyne could feel warmth in his hands - but that warmth was rapidly escaping. The boy's skin grew paler as blood continued to gush like a fountain from the massive, ugly gash across slashed his chest.

"...Is Jolyne safe?" the voice on the other end questioned once more.

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"Tch, as if you care..." Jolyne replied into the air. "Giorno's looking really bad and the arrow's gone. That creepy priest is dead though so not a complete disaster."

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