"Hey!" Chise wirled to look at Rohan,, or well, look up at him some, hands balled into fists and almost, punching him, but stopping short.
Chise hadn't extremely happy with Rohan's almost brash choice in suddenly going through Hayato's memeories, when she had been caught off guatd by the sudden apearance of the stand.
"Huh?" She muttered. Something wasn't right-
And then the explosion happened, and it was back to the beginning.
"!!!" Once the memories returned, Chise jump slightly. Surprised at being alive again after all that.
"Ugh..." She muttered, feeling a bit overwhelmed by all this, before noticing Phil. Walking over, she sat on her knees in front of him. Ruth sat nearby both, looking on in concern.
"H-hey, we're going to be okay, we won't let this...loop happen again. Alright?" She spoke. How odd it must of looked, a sixteen year old trying to reassure an adult. But they knew some valuable information, so maybe they could rewrite how this would all end? Taking this moment to sit back and rest for a bit, Chise's hand went to her chest as she took a breath to clam her nerves some, a bit shaken emotionally and mentally, but at least she wasn't close to dying-one less problem on the group's hands.
@Ver @Yun Lee @Lucky @York @Everyone
"Let's split up, everyone," Max says, "it's just as Ollerus sa- wait..."
"I'm gonna start with a school- hold on, I've said something like this before."
The two looked at themselves - modern neighbourhood & modern outfits. After some discussion, the case of a time loop was concluded.
"If it's a time loop, then maybe Clockwork can get us out of this endless eight! It's hero time!"
Ben smacks his watch down, initiating a transformation.
"Clockverk!"
The mechanical extraterrestrial tried to sense ripples in time - anything, really.
"Verk, verk! Truth be told, zis is one of my first time loops. I'm not really sure how to deal wizzis... oh, of course I don't. Zat would be too easy, now wouldn't it?"
Clockwork turns to Mason for a bit.
"For ze former, I can zoo zat - I could use Heatblast or Swampfire to burn ze entire room before Josuke sees the photo. The latter... Grandpa, any suggestions?"
"Yes, actually," Grandpa Max adds, "we already know what's happening. I say we skip traumatizing the kid... or do you think the aesthetic backdrop isn't the only thing that's changed?
Stands I tell you. What isn't one?"
Grandpa Max walked near Phil experiencing his lapses.
"Phil, you alright there?"
@Ver @Yun Lee @Alex Azure @York @Takumi @Lucky @Donder172 @Kaykay @etcetcetc
"Ah... we can search every room but the one wizzat aura. Zough... zat would require a lot of splitting up..."
In a flash of green light, Clockwork turns back to Ben.
"I'd say we better act normal and blend in before Josuke finds us," Ben says, checking the time on his Omnitrix. "... should be around now."
Continuing the conversation, Ben adds, "I opt to return to Kira's house to lure him out, maybe exploring the rooms aside from the only one with that aura could work. Though, wait, Toppo could only sense one life presence... unless that means the photo ghost didn't have any and it actually belonged to Kira! Of course, why would a dead person have a life force... Maybe some of us can stall Rohan & Josuke, or even guide them towards the house."
@Ver @Donder172 @Alex Azure @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Yun Lee @Takumi @Lucky @Crow @York @Everybody
"What, I have to buy chocolate again?! Does anyone realize what a godsend it is for a student on allowance to get their money back without any real opportunity cost?! Even with the multiverse at stake...!" Touma exclaimed at the prospect of visiting the convenience store again to buy more candy. His priorities seemed to be just a bit mixed up at the moment.
"Imagine Breaker is the lovely power that our spiky-haired boy here holds in his right hand," Ollerus answered Severa's question, gesturing toward Touma himself, "In our world, he holds the ability to be able to negate any supernatural phenomena -- be it a product of magic or science. Of course, that ability becomes more dubious as we venture into other worlds, so there's little telling if he was able to protect everyone from the presumed memory loss of returning to the beginning, but it's a possibility. Either way, I agree with Leivinia. As long as the triggers aren't activated, then perhaps we'll be able to prevent this from happening again, but for what reason he'd have to trap us in a loop, I wonder..."
Meanwhile, Fiamma of the Right shrugged his arms. "Yes, I'd certainly hope a ghost wouldn't have any life signs. But if this supposed man in a photograph you encountered was still technically alive in a sense, perhaps it was either him you sensed or Kira himself, granted the power to conceal his own presence by Othinus," he replied to Ben, before turning to Libra.
"Ollerus and I stayed back to track down Othinus wherever she might be, yes. I suppose though that even though we weren't nearby the triggers for this Bites the Dust power, we were still affected the same as you. After all, that'd be quite troublesome in its own right if he could manipulate time for a certain closed space."
@Donder172 @Alex Azure @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Yun Lee @Takumi @Lucky @Crow @York @Kaykay @Everybody
"What can I say? I've finally understood that these are pretty desperate times," Ben replies to Leivinia, "and desperate times call for desperate measures. Not too desperate, though."
"So Kira is undetectable by any means beyond maybe our own two eyes, while his crazy photo daddy's detectable for us to fall into," Ben ponders about Fiamma's inferences, "that's one possibility for us to consider. I guess our only solution is to search every door but the one with purple onomaetopeia flying around it."
Ben then snaps his fingers.
"Oh right, one more thing!"
He slams his watch down, transforming into the form he referred to as a Namekian.
"Astropod!" He says, before using Clothes Beam repeatedly, this time limiting himself to those wearing medieval fantasy or futuristic outfits, or Dlanor. Everyone hit would pretty much be wearing the same outfit they wore before.
Except Jordshan's droid ally. He got an upgrade!
Sweet! A more modern Suzuki!
As Giorno expressed himself, Astropod gasps as his grasp on his staff tightens.
"Giorno, that arrow... isn't an arrow, is it? That's a piece of Othinus' magic stick... the two relics they seek are one and the same, and they don't even know it...
... do they?"
@Ver @Donder172 @Alex Azure @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Yun Lee @Takumi @Lucky @Crow @York @Kaykay @Gummi Bunnies @Everybody
"He cut my left arm, but who knows if he even really knew about the Imagine Breaker in my right hand," Touma answered Severa, rubbing his left hand briefly. It was strange to still have the feeling of such pain in his mind, yet no wound along with it.
"Considering we all have in common that we all originate outside of this world, there might even be a chance that the locals here have had their memory wiped as well," Ollerus spoke, "But so be it. If we have a free redo, then indeed, we should take the opportunity to spring the trap over our enemies. Using Imagine Breaker on a photograph won't be necessary if you tear it apart anyway, so just don't hesitate next time. It doesn't seem as though there's any use in trying to interrogate anyone here."
"If Othinus is trying to stall for time for whatever reason, then we'd better cut through this trial as quickly as possible. I've no love for these games she's making us play, nor any desire to see whatever plan she has be realized," Fiamma of the Right spat.
Before long, a familiar voice suddenly rang out to the group's side.
"Eeeh, Jotaro-san? What are you doing here?" The teenage voice asked, the individual in question sporting a certain bizarre hairdo, cutting into the conversation between everyone there. He held a small shopping bag in his hand as though he had just stepped out of a convenience store, some snacks visible through the plastic bag as he fished out a can of pop from inside.
"And um... Who are these people?"
Well, there was that.
As his gaze turned to Ben, he sharply inhaled and stepped back, as though mildly startled at the boy in his alien form, but not... bewildered? As though he was watching a horror movie and had a mild jumpscare. "Whoa! Jeez, Mikitaka. Don't scare me like that with that look," he spoke to Ben, seeming to think that the boy was someone else that he knew.
@Donder172 @Alex Azure @Atomic Knight @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Yun Lee @Takumi @Lucky @Crow @York @Kaykay @Everybody
"He cut my left arm, but who knows if he even really knew about the Imagine Breaker in my right hand," Touma answered Severa, rubbing his left hand briefly. It was strange to still have the feeling of such pain in his mind, yet no wound along with it.
"Considering we all have in common that we all originate outside of this world, there might even be a chance that the locals here have had their memory wiped as well," Ollerus spoke, "But so be it. If we have a free redo, then indeed, we should take the opportunity to spring the trap over our enemies. Using Imagine Breaker on a photograph won't be necessary if you tear it apart anyway, so just don't hesitate next time. It doesn't seem as though there's any use in trying to interrogate anyone here."
"If Othinus is trying to stall for time for whatever reason, then we'd better cut through this trial as quickly as possible. I've no love for these games she's making us play, nor any desire to see whatever plan she has be realized," Fiamma of the Right spat.
Before long, a familiar voice suddenly rang out to the group's side.
"Eeeh, Jotaro-san? What are you doing here?" The teenage voice asked, the individual in question sporting a certain bizarre hairdo, cutting into the conversation between everyone there. He held a small shopping bag in his hand as though he had just stepped out of a convenience store, some snacks visible through the plastic bag as he fished out a can of pop from inside.
"And um... Who are these people?"
Well, there was that.
As his gaze turned to Ben, he sharply inhaled and stepped back, as though mildly startled at the boy in his alien form, but not... bewildered? As though he was watching a horror movie and had a mild jumpscare. "Whoa! Jeez, Mikitaka. Don't scare me like that with that look," he spoke to Ben, seeming to think that the boy was someone else that he knew.
@Donder172 @Alex Azure @Atomic Knight @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Yun Lee @Takumi @Lucky @Crow @York @Kaykay @Everybody
