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[He nearly tells her not to apologize, but damn if he isn't tired of every time he says that being followed by a new wave of getting mad at himself.

So.] i dont kno wat anyone elses shits all abt honestly. maybe i should?? idk me n josuke hardly know these guys

[....]

do u wanna kno

If you want me to, you know I'm more than willing to listen. You're my friend.

But I also know that after a while, explaining the same thing over and over isn't great.

So it's up to you.

[The rest can wait a little bit. Just a little bit more.]

man im not made of glass

when dio grows up into an even bigger asshole hes got this thing where he puts like some nasty spore in people to fuck with them or watever?? i dont know i was like 5. he put one in my dad n then went n fuckind ied n i guess when u put ur MONSTER SPORES in ppl n then die it makes em grossass mutants???? u should meet my dad but u really shouldnt bc hes been a rotting frog monster for like 10 yrs n cant do shit for himself

[Sometimes he's not entirely sure his father remembers who he is, he decides not to include. Not now, no.]

then my bro went fuckin insane trying to kill him & not just once. now hes dead instead & ive got a stupid lump dad left for me & dios dead too so i cant even punch anyone in the dick for ruining my shitty family

& hes a fresh little bitch as a kid too like shit. he deserves it

Maybe you're just stronger than me.

[And maybe she thinks that's true in ways, even after all she's seen. There were a lot of times she swore she hated her parents with how focused they were on the war, or for the things they did. But they had never been forcibly turned into rotting frog monsters because of some faceless asshole nightmare when she was too young to understand.]

He does, doesn't he? I made a promise that he wouldn't be harmed for now, or else I'd be right there next to you knocking his teeth out. But I did promise.

[Well that- gives him pause. Not the part about being stronger - let's not get into that now - but the promise not to harm him? He doesn't believe she's here to tell him to back off because someone else said so, but he still can't help the thought. It's not a good feeling.]

ok u gotta listen to me before u keep going w/ watever u wanna say abt that

im being real honest when i say i dont give a shit wat happens to him or whos going around talking abt it. thats not a u thing thats just a thing thats fucking true

so u can do that but if he screws w/ me ill break his face

And no one would blame you.

[He can't see it, of course, but she her posture changes, then, into something more tense.

...She's cutting it awfully close on multiple fronts.]

No one would blame you because they understand just as much as you that sometimes the family you've got is just kinda shitty sometimes.

I can't say I understand entirely where you're coming from because I can't. That's your life. But this is why I can't harm him. My reasons for wanting you to not harm him are different.

I don't want to see you getting hurt, Okuyasu. There are some things even Josuke's Stand can't fix and that just so happens to be the kind of pain that Dio is best at dishing out. If he screws with you, yes. Break his goddamn punk face in. But while you do that I need you to do a few favors to me, too. As your friend. Please?

[There is a part of what she says that doesn't totally make sense to him, but he isn't interested in it now enough to ask. She's doing it, telling him to lay off, and that stirs up his anger from where it had fallen to a low burn. White noise in the background. He could probably live with being sort of pissed off all the time.

Stupidly, because it's a stupid thing to take issue with and he knows that, Okuyasu wishes she would stop saying "harm." It's too mild. The kid earned a punch in the face already even without the merits of his future, so why the fuck not?]

hes like 10. the fuck im not going to break the hell down over a brat who doesnt know who i am

[One hit and he's through, one hit and he'll go back to never talking about this stuff because what good does it do? But. Another bit of her logic catches; some things even Josuke's Stand can't fix. Okuyasu isn't worried about his feelings, but if Dio really does go from shitty brat to psycho while he's here... Nothing that's ever been a hassle to Okuyasu was actually done to him directly. He feels dumb and paranoid anyway because what does Dio even care about him--

Damn it.]

stop making it sound like the end of the world and ill listen. im not promising anything but hearing u out

[Oh.

...Oh.]

Sorry. I just... Fuck this kid, you know? Or the guy he grows up to be. It's frustrating to not be able to do anything about it other than talk. And when things are like this sometimes it's just easier to pretend I was actually MEANT to be the daughter to rebel leaders instead of some dead girl trying to keep the status quo.

[Still, she takes a minute to breathe, stretch away the tension in her ghostly bones, and remind herself that not everyone needs an operative of Don Giovanna. Maybe no one did.]

Okay. I'll stop in a second, but humor freedom fighter Izabel for just a little longer. So here's where we're at. We don't want little Dio finding out what big Dio gets up to. Like you said he's like fucking ten or something so the only power he has is what we give him. He's good with words and controlling people even at this age. If things blow up between you guys it would be really really good if you stopped yourself from telling him why because that would just be another way for him to try and manipulate you.

And the less serious bonus: anger without an explanation would probably confuse the hell out of him.

[Okuyasu wonders a lot about the "we" here and who exactly that's an amalgam of - Dio sure does get around - but maybe he can ask about that later when he's not so single-minded. He'll tell Josuke about it, get some better words for it than "the fuck is you" or something... yeah.

So, then. Cards on the table.]

yea i guess but i dont give a shit if hes confused or not either. if hes getting his dues im down

so youre saying the fuckin cavalry wont come down on me if i take a swing at him for screwing w/ me right because i can put more people on the list of folks im not talking to if i really gotta

dont want to. but ykno. if ur "we" wants to start shit w/ me then fine but im not rolling over & taking it for anyones sake

There are only a few that might and if they do? I'll talk to them. But no, as long as you keep him in the dark while you do it I don't think it will be a problem. Everyone knows he's awful even if they want to deal with him differently.

We good?

yea u & me we good

hope ur better w/ words than me if its coming to that but tell ur mystery gang i got self control ok

You got it. <3

But man I'm pretty stressed and he didn't even directly do anything to me. Do you want to try touching me as a distraction?

[...wait -- ]

Holy shit that almost sounds worse than the time I literally asked to touch Sex Pistols.

You know what I mean though right?

[IZABEL?? Like the mature doofus he is, somewhere across the city he snorts and nearly drops his watch on his face, as you do when it's Late and you're still texting.

Points for that - he laughed.]

who tf calls their stand sex pistols

but uhhh right now?? im kinda occupied how do u feel abt 12hr rain checks

[He's very busy... sitting with Josuke and texting other people and occasionally saying "man, bullshit, right??" justteenthings]

[Well, she would be happy if she knew.]

It isn't my favorite name but the Pistols themselves are pretty cool.

[Which isn't actually an answer to that question, but wheeee.]

I can deal with that. Say hi to Josuke for me?

[Because...obviously...]

[This is the part where Josuke gets elbowed for a 'hi' delivery.]

he says hey

& im pretty sure thats an english band. kinda weird

Why would you name a band Sex Pistols?

why would u name a stand after a band. idk my bro did that too & it was always weird

[Thankfully... his knowledge of rock bands that sing in English is limited.....]

I don't know how much it has to do with the band. I mean, they're six bullets sorta so it kinda fits?

so

why isnt it called sex bullets

I don't know because they go in the pistol maybe??

haha wat a freak

[like a FREAK freak... filthy dick joke Stands!!]

ok heres a distraction q for u. if u had a stand wat would u name it

[Nooo Mista and the Pistols are sweet... Oh, never mind. Not important right now.]

Uhhh wow that's a good question

Like okay are my Stand powers the same as my ghost powers, the illusion stuff? Or what?

if u want?? u kno wat the hand & crazy d do & i guess the sex guns

my bros stand summoned a tiny army. i kno how that sounds but it was tough

one of our [....... how does one describe yukako yamagishi]

our friends gf can make her hair move??? u can have watever stand u want

I dunno the way I've seen it go on so far is that Stands represent their user in some way so it's not like it could be WHATEVER... Maybe if it's not the illusion stuff it would be a scout thingy? Something that could look around or keep an eye on the situation.

I guess either way half of it would be Eyes? But idk if that should be the first or second part...

[STANDS ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS]

damn is that tru??? nobody ever told us that

[Stands are serious business everywhere but Morioh, where they are cute and fun.]

search me tho. all i got is pink eye but thats like. gross

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