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Clarion Hotel
"This is not how I want to die. I don't want to die to sleepwalking hotel people," Josuke thought to himself. The issue wasn't that Crazy Diamond couldn't take out several of the people. It was that there were a lot of people. It looked like the whole stair for several floors down was full, and there was a sizable crowd behind them as well. Moreover, these people were all victims, a single accident could kill someone by mistake, and Josuke wasn't about to let that happen.
"I would like to tell you exactly what is going to happen when I'm done, the horror on your faces would be great. But since I don't know what your stands can do, I won't risk others listening in on this. I think I'll just beat you up quickly. I'll hide your bodies in the suite, and the people who attack you will have no motive, and will have nothing to do with each other. Not that I really care about whether they get off or not, that's just a stipulation of my boss."
The people on the landing below them began to move again. Josuke got into a battle stance, but Koichi put a hand on his arm. "I've got an idea." Echoes Act 2 appeared beside him and threw a Japanese word at the floor below: "batari." Koichi grabbed the rail and jumped.
Josuke looked for a moment, as did the mindless hotel-goers. "You have got to be kidding me." He jumped down after Koichi. As they hit the bottom, there was a soft flopping sound and the floor actually cushioned the fall. Looking up the multiple stories they had fallen Josuke remarked, "That was some idea, Koichi." The people in the stairwell began to rush down after them, some 30 in all. "I think we've overstayed our welcome. Let's find this bellboy!" Echoes faded away and the two boys rushed out into the lobby.
The room was quiet, no one was talking. There was a clerk checking in an older couple, and that was it. No sign of Bennet anywhere. They were about to rush towards the employees only entrance when the doors opened and Janos came in with a small skeleton on his shoulder. A step behind him was a young woman who they guessed must be Jenny from Kane's description earlier that day. As soon as they saw them, Josuke and Koichi made a beeline for them.
"Hey, what's up Josuke?" Janos was smiling. "This is Memento Mori..."
"Guys, Bennet's here." Josuke interrupted.
Janos went pale and looked around the room. "Where?"
Koichi pointed to the stairs. "We don't know yet, but he's got a small army coming after us."
"And you left the room unguarded? What if he tries to steal all the information we've worked so hard on?" Janos gasped.
Josuke grimaced, "You're right. We have to find Bennet fast. Any ideas?"
"He'll keep himself somewhere out of the way where we won't think to look for him and probably behind his army," noted Koichi. Josuke looked at the ceiling, trying to picture where he would hide.
"Jenny," said Janos as he looked at Memento, "have you ever been here?"
"Yeah, there was a PTA in the ballroom here once..." she trailed off as Janos's eyes lit up.
"Memento, give me as much layout as you can of areas on the bottom floor with access to stairwells."
Jenny looked confused. "How would he know..."
Memento nodded, "Fire escape diagrams on walls. I never forget." Five minutes later, the plan was in action.
Bennet sat quietly, looking at the world through one set of eyes, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another. Where did they go? He had his sleepwalkers wandering the whole complex, but he couldn't see them anywhere. It was getting exhausting to manage this many people. He knew he only had twenty minutes at most before the mental strain would render him unconscious; he'd have to get the sleepers back to bed before then or people would ask questions. That would make later sleep walks harder. He cursed silently and kept switching from view to view. Then he saw someone.
Koichi was with that blond woman sneaking back to the Joestar suite. A bold move, they'd managed to outmaneuver his guards for a few short moments. He converged all of his nearby minions on them. "Time to say goodnight weaklings," he snarled.
"Goodnight, weakling," came a response from just in front of him.
Bennet snapped out of the trance and on instinct dove sideways, just dodging Josuke's fist. He hadn't bothered to cycle through the people guarding him; he hadn't expected the brats to find him. Janos and Josuke had their stands out, eyeing Bennet with menace.
