Jotaro Kujo
- Prologue -
"Platinum Fate"
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"I told you already. I'm tired."
Jotaro slumped in his chair, lifting his feet up and resting them on the table as he shot his answer back at the professor, the blackened brim of his cap casts a gloomy shadow over his eyes. The room was deathly quiet, save for a occasional mumble shared within the herd of classmates surrounding the situation. The professor leaned against the table, rubbing his temples. This wouldn't be the first time Kujo decided to sleep in class, in fact it'd be the tenth time he's fallen asleep in the past week or so.
"Mr. Kujo. . .I don't mean to infringe on your lifestyle, but why do you even show up to class if you're going to sleep anyway? It's a waste of my time and - more importantly - a waste of your time."
Jotaro rose a finger to his hat, raising the brim up enough to have his eyes lock with the professor's.
Talking big - like they always did back then.
"How many times do I have to tell you? I'm tired, and I haven't been sleeping well recently. I've been waking up tired, and going to bed tired, and sleeping in every class I go.That's none of your business, but you've gone and made me tell you anyway."
"You're wasting time bitching at me about sleeping in your shitty class."
"Mr. Kujo -- !"
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"Shut the fuck up and teach."
The professor paused, and sneered. Unfortunately, this wasn't the same flavor of spineless teacher that Jotaro was used to back in high-school.
"I'll have to ask you to excuse yourself from my lecture hall then, Mr. Kujo. You obviously don't seem to care that much about living like a functional person if you're incapable of maintaining a reasonable sleep schedule, and you're disrupting my lecture because of it."
". . ."
". . .and, ah, I'll be sure to take those comments into account when giving you a grade."
Jotaro's fist clenched like a reflex. He'd do nothing, however - nothing that would make him lose even harder. He'd give a brief glare to those in the hall, before rising from his seat and digging his hands into his coat, silently withdrawing from the lecture hall. This wouldn't be the first time he'd be ejected from the hall for something like this - and it wouldn't be the last. No one ever said Jotaro Kujo was a nice guy, after all. At least, back in the regular days of high school.
Before it all happened. Where did it go? Those feelings.
Good grief.
It's been 3 years since Jotaro had returned from Egypt, returning from what felt like an endless trip. Japan to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to Singapore, Singapore to India, across the middle east into Egypt. When he came back, it was the first time he felt like he was able to walk out in public without some mad stand user turning the corner, trying to kill him and his friends. Most of them ended up in the hospital, and some were less fortunate, but it was still strangely exciting - the exhilaration of combat. It was annoying, but it was satisfying. Jotaro would be the last person to ever admit that sort of thing - it'd infringe on his aloof nature. Yet, that never stopped him from giving Polnareff and the old man a big hug at the end of it all.
Nor did it stop him from letting his emotions get the better of him in Cairo.
Kakyoin, Iggy, Avdol - even the old man, at that moment. He'd never feel that same way anytime soon; the real feeling of being completely and utterly pissed off. Unless that piece of shit decides to ever come back. No, he'd never come back. Jotaro made sure he'd never take anything again.
Heh. He had a bad leg.
Three years have passed since that journey, and Jotaro underestimated how quickly things can become so mundane after such a bizarre journey. A degree in marine biology wasn't that bad, but Jotaro couldn't recall leaving Japan again in that 3 year span. He may have visited his grandfather in New York, but he couldn't remember. Everything becomes blurry and muddled after so long, and now it just feels like an endless wave of annoying shit piling on his shoulders.
School, family, stand users, women (Hope she isn't pregnant or anything).
Above all, it's this unexplained fatigue. Jotaro could feel as as he shuffled down the college hallway, blinking his eyes and trying to stay awake. It's been like this for about a week now, and everything points to it just being induced by stress. But. . .considering what Jotaro's seen, nothing is impossible. It all seems too suspicious, enough to coax him into getting the old man on the line to see what he thinks. . .and maybe get the SPW foundation involved if it's some kind of hostile stand ability within the college.
But. . .ugh, he's just so tired.
Everything is just so dark.
Dark. . .darker.
"This is -- !" Jotaro gasped, clutching his chest as he felt the floor beneath him begin to vanish.
Everything was black.
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