Chapter 2: Logical

Pomfret rushes down the stairs. "You aren't supposed to have a stand! Where did you get one?!" She says to the boy. She spots a keyhole shaped tattoo covering his eye.

Kacey gulps as he sees the girl he had been spreading fake nudes of, and cringes, trying to come up with a response. "I, uh, well I mean, I didn't say anything about a 'stand', I was, just uh, I was just, uh-"

Athena sighs and interrupts him. "God, he's lying! He somehow did this to me! I think it was that camera!"

Pomfret chuckles "A camera, huh? Is that your stand? How pathetic." Her stand manifests next to her as she laughs at his stand. The stand comes in the form of a female-shaped humanoid, with wide hips and a sort of white and aquamarine apron that covers its horizontally sectioned white legs. It has aquamarine shoulder pads that look like the spoilers of a 1957 Chevy and connect with the apron. Its face is the same as its legs in color and pattern. It has no mouth, and has eyes similar to the headlights of the previously mentioned car. The stand carries a notepad and a pen.

"This is my stand, Logical. I'm gonna use it break your puny stand."

Kacey gulps and attempts to put on a face of defiance. "I may have never fought another stand before, nor did I ever know they could look humanoid, but I will defeat you, Pomfret!"

Athena yells out "Pom! Don't let him get a picture of you!" to warn Pomfret but it was too late. She barely has time to react before Kacey snaps a picture of her full body.

Her arm suddenly gets a sharp cut on it. "W-what?!"

Kacey chuckles, "Well, I guess I couldn't just cut open your neck cause your managed to put your arm up just at the right time. Can't even get your face at all. That sucks. But I still got whole your body in there!" He waves around the picture of her he just took. Pomfret growls at this turn of events. "I swear to god, I'm gonna land you in the hospital!" The stand starts to write on its notepad when suddenly ropes come to hold the stand's writing hand back.

"Nuh-uh, none of that."

Steve, finally having enough of this, steps up. "Ok, that's it, I have no idea what's going on, but I'm gonna kick your ass!" Steve steps towards him, not noticing Pomfret's stand, and winding up a punch. Kacey quickly snaps a picture right before he receives the punch, or rather, his camera receives the punch. Steve's holds his hand in pain. "Ah! Dammit, what the hell is that thing made of?!" He says as his hand is limp and his fingers are mangled.

Kacey shrugs. "Whatever stands are made of, I gue-ACK" suddenly, Kacey is punched hard in the stomach by Logical. He coughs up blood and crumples to the ground, dropping his photos. "W-what… how?!"

He looks up to Pomfret as she stands dominantly over him with her stand. "You have a lot to learn. If you are gonna tie down my stand's hand, be sure to do both. While it was cutting itself free, I finished its order." She slaps the note onto his forehead, and the note slowly gets absorbed into Kacey. His eyes widen and he walks out of the stairwell as if nothing happened. Logical then cuts down Athena from her position. "W-what the hell just happened? What are stands?! And what did you do to Kacey? What the hell going on here?!"

Pomfret laughs as she says "I'm gonna miss you, Kacey. Maybe if we meet after high school, I'll tell you what stands are. For now, I gotta split. Don't wanna be late for the ceremony, do I?" She turns away and walks back up the stairwell.

Athena scoffs. "What the hell is with her?"

Steve chuckles. "I don't know, but I like it." He runs up after her, catching up. "Hey! You ok? Your arm seemed pretty cut up back there."

Pomfret shakes her head. "No, no, I'm good… When did Kacey get a stand and shitty keyhole tattoo?"

Steve raises an eyebrow. "Keyhole tattoo?"

Pomfret looks at him "You… you didn't see it?" Steve shakes his head, making Pomfret look away and ponder what just happened.

~~~~~

Pomfret and Leo sit at their dining room table at home, not speaking. Leo had been fuming at what happened at the graduation ceremony. He finally says to Pomfret "I thought I told you not to use your stand unless it was life or death."

Pomfret immediately shoots back, "It was! He had a stand dad!"

Leo yells back, "But did you have to make him do that stupid shit on stage?!" He remembers what happened there; some kid called 'Kacey Sunshine' had come up on stage and publicly announce he had made fake nudes of Pomfret, ripped up his diploma, then jump off the stage head first. "It put him in the hospital! You may have ruined his life!"

"He was trying to ruin mine!" She says, tearing up.

Leo sighs and calms down, assessing the situation. "Ok… ok… At least he won't be coming back anytime soon. Just, be more careful…" He says, trying to make her stop crying.

She still can't help but cry a bit. "I… I didn't want to cripple him…" Leo hugs her and lets her keep speaking. "I hate this stand bullshit. All I ever do with it is hurt people."

Leo sighs, not sure how to bring up the mood. He suddenly hears whispers from his stand. "Try to distract her. Remember, you wanted to take her to that a restaurant to celebrate? Take her there."

He remembers and nods. "Uh, well, listen. Let's not ruin this night. Howabout we go out a bit? You did just graduate, and we shouldn't just stay in this here house all night! Let's go out. There is a new restaurant in town, let's go there and grab a bite to eat."

Pomfret sniffles and nods, hugging Leo back. "I'd like that."

~~~~~

The owner of a restaurant smiles and waves goodbye to another set of happy customers. "Have a wondrous day! Tell your friends about us!" He says smiling. He was a bit of a hefty man, with a balding head and a clean shaven face. He had on a dress shirt and pants. He goes back into the kitchen, to check up on the kitchen staff. Everyone seemed to be doing a good job, except for one particular teenage kid in the back. The side of his head was shaved while the top was long and curly. He had on black jeans and a white t-shirt, with a backwards baseball cap. The chef yells at him, "Hey! Newbie! What the hell are ya doin?! Table 3 needs it's goddamn food!"

The kid sighs, "Whatever, old man. I'm going on my smoke break."

"Well, then never come back! Get the hell out!"

The kid shrugs and walks out of the kitchen, throwing his apron to the side while taking out a cigarette and smoking it. He looks to his side. Some people look at him, confused at the commotion. He flips them all off, "Fuck you, motherfuckers!" And walks off. Before he does though, he spots a man with a greying bushy mustache sitting at a table with a girl in an aquamarine dress and short black hair and blue eyes. He gasps a bit and averts his eyes. The man notices him too, and watches him as he goes out. He looks back to the girl, "I don't trust that guy, Pomfret. He seems… off."

Pomfret shrugs. "Probably just some random kid. Hey, where is that guy you said you knew from here?"

"Right here!" The owner of the restaurant says as he sits down with them.

Leo smiles and laughs, saying "There he is! This is Walsh Reynolds, he is starting his own franchise here! I have known him since we were kids."

Walsh nods, laughing. "Yes yes, those were the days. Welcome to the Peaches en Regalia, by the way! I'm so sorry about your food not being here yet, the kid that just walked out had been goofing off this whole time."

"Yeah, about him…" He gets up and takes him to the corner of the restaurant to talk quietly. As they do, Pomfret sighs, alone once again. She looks around the restaurant, curiously looking at beautiful murals on the wall and the warm lighting. Happy families eat their food and quiet piano music plays in the background. She she smiled, thinking to herself 'It's really nice here, no wonder people love eating here.' As she looks around, she sees a teenage boy, not much older than she was, outside smoking a cigarette. 'Its that boy from earlier. Whats with him?'

As Pomfret observes him, she sees him glance at her, and she looks down, embarrassed. The boy then starts to pull out spray cans, and heads towards Leo's truck. Pomfret looks up again to see this, and rushes over, coming out of the door. "Hey! You can't do that!"

The kid looks back, "Really?"

"Yeah! You can't just deface our property!" He doesn't speak, instead he pauses for a second, then sprays a bit of paint onto the truck's window. Pomfret growls as her stand manifests. "Ok kid, guess I gotta handle you."

The kid suddenly smirks, "Nice stand, Pomfret." Her eyes widen, having flashbacks of Kacey.

She stutters "Y-you, you see my stand?"

He nods. "My name is Jim, but my friends call me Jungle. Jungle Jim, if you are so inclined. Allow me to introduce my stand, Busy Earnin'." His stand appears as a humanoid with what seems like teeth showing with a large mouth. The stand wears a spiked visor over its eyes. It seems the chest is just a metal frame connected to some kind of spiked vest. The arms come out of the vest and are also covered in spikes, as are the legs.

"What the hell does that do?!"

"You'll see…" He says as the two face each other.

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Stand Name: Logical

Power: A

Speed: D

Durability: C

Precision: A

Range: D

Learning: A

Description: Has the ability to write orders to people and objects, and is also a strong physical attacker.