Chap 49: stand
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[User status]
Name: Takumi Nejima
Level 7 (22 free points)
Strength: 66.4
Perception: 63.0
Agility: 42.4
Endurance: 65.1
Energy: 50.0
Luck: 45 (+10 ) The blessing of the gacha goddess.
[Gacha pulls available: 24]
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While everyone else is a sleep in their own room inside the ship, Takichi watch the floating screen of his status.
Sitting in his own room, everyone got themself a room to stay in the night before they got to Egypt.
He tried to remember how the story goes so far, but it's been a bit too long since he saw the show for him to have every detail in his head. With enemy stand is the easier to do, the hard one is the story revolve around them that he forgot.
'What is this special pull ?' Putting his attention elsewhere, he ask the system of the new item.
[Special pull: alow the increase the chance of user getting items belong to the universe user is currently in]
'I see.' So he can have a better chance to get a stand.
Knowing his system, any special stand like star plantium would be locked behind a quest objective so any stand he be getting from this time is just going to be a low tier type.
'System, use the [special pull].' But then again, only a stand can deal damage to a stand. If Takichi were to fight a stand then he will need one of his own.
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[Yellow temperance(D)]
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He had no memories of what this stand even is, heck he doesn't even know who this stand belong to.
'Well.....i can't complain, let's see what you look like now.'
he stretched his arms forward, calling to the stand through his thought. Right away, some gelatinous substance began to morph and formed around his arm. It has a semi-translucent, clear yellow color. Like a slime creature, lacking distinct limbs or any humanoid feature.
Takichi watch with mild fascination as it shift and flow around his arm, moving up and down his forearm.
Holding it in his hand, Takichi can feel the the surface of this blob like stand. It's cool to the touch of his skin, the surface of it glistens under the moonlight, giving it a wet, slimy appearance.
'What can you do, little one ?' He wanted to check to see if it would respone to him, Takichi remember every stand has certain level of sentient in it.
He knew in essence, every stand is the spirit of it's user. But he not quite sure how much of it applied to him. Considering that this stand isn't born from his soul, how would their link between the user and stand would work.
As if to answer his question, the slimmey being in his arm stood still like it was thinking of something to do.
*chit*
*chit*
Suddenly, a faint scratching broke the silence. Takumi paused, glancing to the source of the sound where it came from, a small, insistent scurrying from the corner of the room. His eyes darted over, catching a flash of movement as a rat skittered across the floor, freezing in place when it saw it had been noticed.
In front of his eyes, [Yellow temperance] shot a piece of itself at the rat. The rat tries to run, it react violently to the yellow slime attached to it with no success in getting rid of the slime which slowly consume it whole.
Leaving only the large blob of translucent yellow substance, it then moved itself back to the [Yellow temperance] that is on Takichi's arm where the the two piece then merge together to form a bigger version of itself.
The whole time, Takichi eyes stare at it.
'Fast.' With his vision, he can see it was able to move with speed and force comparable to a bullet. It seemed he got a good pull this time, "so the power to assimilate organic matter, that's a scary power to wield." He commented.
Using this power mean he can have this stand growing continuously as long as he want, such throught scare him a little. Takichi got goosebumps thinking if he got in the situation like the rat which was just comsumed.
One thing he can be sure for now is this stand is obedience to him, it also hold a small amount of sentient.
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[Questline: not so birzarre adventure]
[Defeat dio servant]
[progress:■■□□□□□]
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"And there's this one." Looking at the updated questline mission he recall his new stand back and head to bed.
The next morning, he wake up and get himself ready for another day. Entering the main deck where all member of the stardust crusader, where everyone is discussing.
Going up to the nearest one, he tap on Kakoyrin shoulders.
"Oh, hello there." The red hair woman gave him a respectful nod, "we're just talking about somethings regarding the problem with the state of this ship missing it's captain." She explained. Since the ship has lost it's captain, the they'll decided that one person of the crew member will steer the ship.
Takichi nodded as an response, he throught that not being able to say anything made the silence air turn a bit awkward but suprisingly Kakoyrin doesn't mind. Tapping on her shoulder, he gesture to the chair showing the sideview of the ocean.
Understanding his body movement, they both went to the side and to have a look at the view he hadn't able to enjoy it since yesterday.
The view over the sea reveals an expanse of endless blue, where the ocean meets the horizon in a seamless line. Sunlight dances on the surface, creating shimmering patterns that shift with the gentle undulations of the waves. With a bird or two occasionally glide across the view, its silhouette contrasting against the vast openness.
"Hope fully i din't disturd you two." Polnale wandered over in her usual confident stride and a smile. She approached with a casual wave to them, her silver hair catching the sunlight.
“Polnale. I could ask you the same thing. Just enjoying some fresh air and a chat. What brings you here?” Kakyorin glanced up, a polite smile gracing her face. Takichi sat across from her just return a warm smile.
“Well, I was just checking in to let you all know what’s happening. Old hag Josane and Josano are holed up in the cabin, having some sort of meeting about where the ship’s headed next, the crew woman is trying their best but things are hard without a captain.” she answered, scratching the back of her neck.
“Also, we ran into another ship not too long ago. They’re trying to get in touch with it over the radio. No response yet, but you know how things go with us. Could be trouble.”
“Another ship, you say? That’s odd. Did they see anyone on board?” Kakyorin’s smile faded into a thoughtful expression.
The french woman just shrugged, crossing arms under her ample breast. “Not yet. The old woman is being cautious and josano is keeping her usual poker face, but you know she’s thinking the same thing—enemy Stand users might be involved.” She leaned close to whisper the last part of that sentence into Kakoyrin ear.
"Anyway, i'll be off you two hair now."
Pollareft gave a mock salute before turning to leave. It seem that the woman do not want a man like Takichi to be worried.
Not that it would matter, the oncoming silhouette of a cargo ship getting closer from the edge of the horizon can be seen in his vision doesn't help her in that regard.
Later they would be boarding into the enemy territory without knowing it.