Jojo's Bizzare Adventure: Miracle Milk

Chapter 10: An Unidentified Flavorful Object Part 1

Time: Unknown
Location: Millennium Castle

The Millennium Castle is the Millennium Mother's home. A castle of glass floating and drifting aimlessly across time and space, its location is a mystery and to access it, just as much of a mystery.

The only person who has free reign over this glass castle is the Millennium Mother herself. Mili.

"AAAAAAAAAARRRGGHH!"

*CRASH!

*BREAK!

*SMASH!

I scream, making my anger and frustration known to all as I destroy with my own bare hands instead of my Stand, various objects and furniture that decorate my grandiose castle.

"FUCK! FUCK! FUCK, TITS, PISS, ASS! YEEEAARGH!" I shout out curses to no one in particular as I continue my furniture destroying rampage.

"Mother, please! Calm down!"
A gentle soft voice pleads as I vent out my rage through physical exertion. That voice was Austrina Corona's. One of my Miracle Children. My proudest creation. Her and her older sister are the only 2 people I allow to be inside my castle. I had almost forgotten that they were here.

"I know you are frustrated but you have to calm down!" Austrina continues. But I approach her and grab her by the collar, furiously I raise her up with my pinky. "How can I NOT be frustrated!?" "Mother, stop, you're hurting my sister!" Borealis begs. She was right next to her sister, Austrina a moment ago but is now tugging at my dress in a vain attempt to stop me.
I pause for a moment and stare at Borealis. She wore the usual black dress attire and tied her hair with ribbons, her dead soulless eyes stared directly at my own. I turned to Austrina, who wore a white dress and held her hair up with a headband in contrast with Borealis.
I groan as I throw Austrina carelessly down into the ground. Borealis quickly makes her way to Austrina but I pay them no mind and headed to my divination room, in the center was a small pool, its water as still as can be. The 2 sisters follow me from behind a little later.

This pool is my scrying medium. With a tap of the water, the still water flows and starts to reflect a different vision than the stale empty 0.5 meter bottom of the pool.

"It's just preposterous! Inconceivable! Nothing is going according to plan, we're going out of schedule! That darn Joker is not acting the way I expected him to! HOW!?"

I vent out as I play the various moments of the Miracle Game featuring Joker and his friends.

"Who is this Sophia girl? I have no intel on her! And why is Joker being so… Forgiving? He's supposed to be murdering my children without remorse! If this keeps up, I won't be able to fulfill the requirements for my ultimate plan!
Perhaps I should take matters into my own hands and go kill Joker myself, right here, right now!" I utter my thoughts out loud, I take my leave but before I could take another step, the 2 sisters tugged at me. "Mother, please no! You need to think rationally! If you do that, all your hard work up to this point, hundreds of years, wasted and in vain!" Borealis said, and Austrina continued… "You must not make any rash decisions mother. You have been working to attain heaven for over 500 years! If you go out there and fight Joker, there's a chance, though slim, that he'll find out the secret of the World Execute Me! You must stay calm and patient."

I stood there for a while processing what they said, and then… "fufufu… Ufufu… UFUFUHAHAHAHKAKAKAKAKAKAKA!" I couldn't help but burst into laughter. "No. You are correct my dearest daughters… I wasn't thinking straight. Indeed, there is in fact, no reason I should worry. After all… Fate is on my side as it always has been for over 500 years. Why would today, tomorrow, or next century be any different?"

I snap my fingers and a throne befitting of a queen like myself appears and I take a seat in the divination room, but not before tapping at the pool and playing a different scene instead. The 2 girls follow suit, taking a seat at the armrests to sit beside me as they caress my hair, my shoulder, and my hips, and I return the favor by gently stroking their silky smooth black and white hair with the tips of my fingers.

"This is simply a test… Fate is testing my power. I must remain calm. Everything will go according to plan eventually. Heaven is nearly within my grasp. All I need now is to get rid of that accursed Joestar Bloodline, take the Ogre Stone, and cleanse this world of impure souls… And the world will be mine for the taking. I simply need to be patient. In the meantime, why don't I go relax by rewatching previous Miracle Game fights? Oh, I remember and love this one! Boys in Kaleidoscope vs Vitamins! There was so much bloodshed and tragedy in it! UFUFUFUFU!"

STAND PROFILES

Stand Name: World . Execute(me);
Stand User: Mili (Millenium Mother)

Destructive Power: ?
Speed: ?
Range: ?
Power Persistence: ?
Precision: ?
Development Potential: A

World Execute, the ultimate stand with the power to manipulate reality, is revealed to have a secret, perhaps a weakness, putting the stand's properties into question once more.

Time: September 3, 2011 (Saturday) 12:04 AM
Location: Unidentified Flavorful Object (U.F.O.) (the random non-descript restaurant that was frequently visited. Yes… You called it. This place was important.)

I sit together in a table near a window with Sophia and Zippa as we wait for a waiter to take our orders. Joker went outside, he had a call from grandpa presumably. While waiting, Zippa decided to show some party tricks to us.

"Alright, alright, alright! Y'all ready to see this next one?" Zippa asked as she looked at everyone, no answer was needed, both me and Sophie were at the edge of our seats waiting for the next trick. "Alright, I get it! So, so so..!" Zippa looked around the table looking for something, her eye finds what it was looking for and she quickly snatched it. It was a glass of clear water. "Now watch this! Before I go though, I wanna stress that this is a very difficult trick to pull off, so if I mess it up I apologize in advance alright? Now, here goes…"

*rippling noises

Zippa takes a deep breath and begins channeling some Hamon… Slowly but surely she reaches her index finger outwards and dips it to the water in the glass. She smirks confidently as she slowly raises her finger upwards, and following it was the water inside the glass which had began defying the laws of gravity and started floating up, soon enough it was no longer in the glass but instead it was stuck, anchored at the tip of her finger! Resolutely and without fear, she points her finger up in to the ceiling and the water ignores all physics and hangs in Zippa's fingers as Hamon reverberates through the liquid with what looks like small jolts of lightning. It was as if the water was now a jelly pudding that Zippa was simply holding!

Sophia and I clap furiously with our eyes wide and our mouths shaped in a large smile reaching from ear to ear.

"Sugoi desu nee! Zippa-chan!" I say as I clap. "Oh please, Jomi, you flatter me!" Zippa says as she returns the liquid back into the cup. She then leans to Sophia and asks "Hey, Sophia, what the heck did she just say?" "I'm no expert but I think Jojo was speaking in Japanese. She said 'that was so cool, Zippa!' or something like that." "Ohh…"
"Yup, Jojo's been teaching me Nihongo!" I say proudly. "Aww, well isn't Joker such a nice brother?" Sophia said with a somewhat sarcastic tone.

…

Suddenly we were silent, we suddenly realized just how quiet and empty the restaurant currently is.

"Wow… Usually this place is teeming with people… Must be a slow day." Zippa spoke out loud what we were all already thinking. "Yeah… It's really strange. But you know something even stranger? Straight up bizarre even! The owner of this restaurant!" Sophia quickly shifted the subject. Here she goes… "That guy is seriously impressive! The guy is a 1 man army!" Sophia continued. "Yeah, now that you mention it, he is quite the impressive guy. Cooking, serving, cleaning, that guy handles everything in this restaurant, and always with a smile! His foods are all exquisite yet incredibly cheap! The guy must be a saint!" Zippa continues with the praises. "What was his name again?" I ask. "I believe he mentioned it to us one time, he's an Italian. Not French, and his name is Tonya… Just… Tonya. He's never told anyone what his last name is." Sophia recalled. "I wonder if all Italians are like him! Upstanding hardworkers!" Zippa asked rhetorically. "And weird. Seriously, that guy gives me serious quirky vibes!" I return. "Firstly, his appearance! And I'm not talking about his bulk… Though, he is indeed very fat… That's not what I'm talking about!" I continue on, Sophia perks up and continues, understanding what I was getting at. "I see what you're talking about Jojo. His apron is pink, he has an oddly large amount of make-up applied at all times, he always talks using feminine Italian nouns, and… Just the way he does everything is super feminine!" "Come on..! It's obvious about that Tonya guy! He's clearly gay!" Zippa exclaims her theory proudly.

Suddenly there was silence and we all stared at each other with strange smirks… We all knew what was on each other's minds…

"That tanned, well tended skin?" Sophia starts, saying it in a somewhat rhythmic way, as if she's singing. "That killer shape he's in?" I follow, on beat with her rhythm. "That slightly stubly chin, Oh please he's gay!" Zippa went last. "Totally gay!" We all said in unison. "Or European!?" A small high-pitched voice unexpectedly followed.

"WHOAAAHGH!" We all shouted in unison, surprised, as we all fall on our chairs.

*THUD!

"Alice!?" I ask in surprise. Standing in front of our table was none other than Alice. "How long have ya' been here!?" Zippa asked. "Just now actually. I arrived normally for lunch, no teleporting. You guys were just too oblivious to notice."

*bell ringing as entrance to U.F.O. opens.

The sound of another person entering was heard and this time, we noticed. We all stared at the entrance to see who entered and were quite surprised… "Aki!" "Sophia?" It was Acquiño Bonifacio. Member of the newly formed Expression Club and a close friend of Sophia, and therefore, a good friend of us as well. "What a coincidence! What brings you here?" "Umm… Lunch?" "Right~! Of course~! Well… Since you and Alice are now here, why not have a seat and we can all eat lunch together!" "Sure… Why not?"

Aki agrees to eat with us, Alice couldn't seem to care less and chose to eat with us anyways. Aki looks around and also notices how empty the place seems to be today.

"Slow day today it seems, huh?" Aki notes dully. "Oye, oye, oye, oye, Aki! Alice too! I've got a question for y'all!" Zippa speaks up. Looks like she's intent on roping them into the conversation too. "What do ya' two think of Tonya?" "Who?" Alice asked, confused, but then suddenly sparks as she realizes and soon asks to confirm. "Oh, you mean the owner of U.F.O.?" Zippa nods. "Well… I dunno, he's a good cook. What else can I say?" "No, no no! Do you think he's gay or what!?" "W-W-W-WHAT? I dunno, ask him yourself! That's none of mine, or your businesses!" "actually…" Aki suddenly spoke up making everyone turn to her. Surprised, she blushes. "Wha-!? Umm…" "Spit it out will ya'!?" Zippa impatient as ever rushes for Aki to spill the beans. Aki composes herself and speaks in a concise and monotone manner. "You guys may be on to something. Haven't you guys ever wondered how one guy can handle all the workload of managing a restaurant as big and lively as this on his own? It should be physically, calculably, humanly impossible, and yet he does… Which could potentially mean…" I quickly get what Aki is trying to say. "Wait, wait, wait! You don't mean to suggest that the kind, compassionate, diligent, hard working, Mr. Tonya is…" I ask but slowly slow my speech, my voice grow fainter as well as the thought races through my head. "Yes Jojo. Tonya might be a Stand User." "Wait a second! You can't prove that! And even if he is, maybe he's not an enemy!" Alice suddenly speaks up. "Actually Jojo… Aki has a point… Tonya… Might be a Miracle Child." She said. "Hold on! Do you have any proof though? I'll have you know I keep a diligent eye on everything that goes on around the neighborhood at all times with my Arcaea! I've watched Tonya at work several times you know? He's not a Stand User!" Sophia counter-argued. "You can't know that for sure! For all we know the entire restaurant is actually his Stand! It's just a hunch. A few days after joining you guys, Mili actually showed up to erase my memories relating the Miracle Children… I'm no longer a seller of information. So I'm not sure." Alice countered back and laid some bad news to boot. "Damn that Mili bastard. Changing the rules on the fly to what's most convenient for her!" Zippa slammed the table as she announces her discontent. The whole conversation suddenly sparked my memory… "Guys… I just remembered something..!" I speak up. "A few days ago… Joker and I witnessed something strange one night..!
We were on our way home, during which we passed by Unidentified Flavorful Object. While there we saw… A flying saucer! It was flying in the air and landed here! On the roof of the building!"

*MENACING *MENACING *MENACING!

"No way! So are ya' sayin' Mr. Tonya's an alien, Jojo!?" Zippa asked… "An interesting possibility that's for sure…" Sophia rubbed her chin after hearing it, she seems to be humoring the very outlandish theory Zippa came up with. "Are you serious Sophia!? Aliens aren't real!" Alice exclaimed. "Incorrect. Their existence is neither proven, nor disproven. Apart from stands, I've seen some shit, unlike you. Ever encountered a real manananggal before?" Sophia countered, shoving Alice's claim non-chalantly, which seems to annoy Alice. "Why you…!" "Manananggal? The Philippine folk lore monster? Vampires who grow wings and sever their lower body to eat newborn babies?"

"HMMHMMHMMHMMHMMHMMHMM!"

*SURPRISED!

"My, my… Quite the rowdy guests we have here in this table! My apologies dearest valued customers… I was busy and didn't notice you guys until now. But now that I'm here, how may I serve you?"

All 5 of us look at Tonya who is now in front of us, as calm as ever, but that calm expression stirs emotions in all of us… We all look at him with various faces, each showing emotions to the most extreme… Mine is that of terror and doubt..!

Could Tonya really be… An enemy Stand User!?

To be continued…