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(Took longer than expected, was away where the only available networks had rangebans on them.)
While curled up in your soul unsummoned, the scintillating imprint of your Stand remains in your sight, like air warping in extreme heat.
It's made of fractal patterns and alters its surroundings likewise, you know that, and you remember doing an extra credit assignment for a math class on how fractal patterns are found throughout nature.
And you remember that, you do, but whatever slunk out of your spirit feels unnatural, alien, yet can split matter to selfsame copies...
You're also alien to this world, you remember. Now the pieces click into place. The arpeggiating melody and design, both straight out of a Carpenter movie.
"<span class="mu-s">『Jenova』</span> is its name." A 'calamity' from beyond the sky. "J-E-N-O-V-A."
No one here but you will know the reference for at least a decade. (Extra motivation to keep Terrence around to see his reaction to a masterpiece of gaming.)
"Not after the Italian city, then?" DIO asks. You are about to answer but Enya interjects for you.
"I've been to Genova--the Italians say Genoa that way--before. Some say the city was founded by Janus, the ancient Roman two-faced god...he had one face towards the sea, and the other, the mountains...yes, both were just gorgeous when I visited..." Enya clasps her hands together, recalling happy travels.
"...Very well. Now your special power, your Stand, is nascent, manifested, and has a name of its own." You glance over to DIO, gaining the confidence to return eye contact. His stare is languid, but behind his eyes you know the gears in his mind are turning over the potential of Jenova.
"With regular training and testing, you shall continue to learn what your Stand does, and how best to employ it. Of course, I'm curious to hear more of the knowledge you hold on the past and future...beginnings and endings, like the two-faced god dear Enya brought up." Enya giggles girlishly at the compliment, then marches off on some unknowable route into the labyrinthine mansion interior.
DIO offers you two paths for this night:
>Test your Stand out more, especially with him as a fresh set of eyes. You know he's practiced with his own before to extend its powers.
>Discuss the known timeline of events with DIO. Now that you passed the Arrow's test, you need to prepare for the near future, and stop a bunch of people from dying. Maybe he can be swayed to an alternate solution to avoid bloodshed with the Joestars, but that would require contacting and convincing them too. Not to mention preventing or curing at least two cases of Stand fever (Holly and Josuke) without killing DIO, the source...
>(Write-in. There is something else you want to do, or another topic you wish to bring up first, while you have DIO's attention.)
