"Not gonna be dancing later, so I guess you can call this a day off?" Joseph answered when Giorno asked him if he dances every night.

"We got Jeffrey, Geoffrey, and Jacob." Joseph rambled on about the other dancers. "All of their names have a juh sound in the beginning." Giorno muttered about the coincidence.

"Maybe its destiny, GIOrno. You wanna try and da-"

"Don't you even dare finish that question."

Joseph laughed at him.

"You know what? I don't even have the energy to drop by today." Giorno said. "Wow, never knew you're the petty type." his nephew joked.

"Well, whatever. You can drop by at Junior's anytime you want, uncle." Joseph waved as he went inside his house, leaving Giorno on his lawn. He rolled his eyes before turning around to leave, finding Neo with a perplexed expression and a sign that says "That's your nephew?"

"Unfortunately, yes." he replied, walking towards the direction of home. Neo walked besides him and matched his pace. She nudged him and raised a sign "You still up for our little heist?"

'Certainly better than going back to that club.' Giorno sighed "Yeah sure."

Neo smirked, grabbed his hand and led him.

"Hey slow down!" he whined.

Neo then stopped and turned around to face him. With an unreadable expression.

"What?"

She raised a sign "You need to let your hair down or snip it off. You'll definitely stand out."

"Wha- have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately, Miss Heterochromia?" Giorno sarcastically replied.

Neo just smiled sinisterly, unsheating the sword from her parasol. Giorno frowned and immediately grabbed her wrists "We're not cutting it. Fine, I'll let my hair down."

Undoing the cornets and his braid, he felt somewhat messy.

Neo blushed before putting a sign up that says "I was expecting your hair to be way longer than that."

His fringes barely reached his chin and his hair just goes below his nape "I'm planning on experimenting with the length someday..." he muttered.

Neo gave him a sign with 3 paragraphs as they walked. Giorno stopped to read it but Neo grabbed his forearm and dragged him along.

"There is a small Schnee Dust Shop just blocks away from the Vale mall, we're going to hit that one and the jewelry store next to it.

We're going to scope the Dust Shop through the jewelry store because the Dust Shop has heavy security. There is a large transparent glass window that will allow us to see the shop from the store.

Our disguise would be a husband looking to buy his wife some nice necklace or bracelet or whatever."

Giorno glanced at her, who smirked and winked, raising a sign that says "Are you ready, love?"

"Sure thing, honey." he replied off handedly, it made her feel tingly inside though so she did the most logical thing anyone would do in that situation, she stepped on his foot.

. . .

They finally arrived at the at the store. Giorno saw two heavily armed guards at the Dust Shop next to it.

'Versailles...' he reads the name of the store, before his eyes widening 'Wait, as in Versailles, France?!'

He immediately turned to Neo, only to find a green eyed girl with ravenhaired pigtails.

Giorno immediately backed away as the girl starred at him weirdly. "Sorry, miss. Have you seen a short woman, with pink and brown hair..." he looked around but stopped as the girl hugged his arm. She frowned at him.

Startled, he starred at her again. She blinked, her green eyes were replaced by the familiar brown and pink.

Giorno's mouth fell "Oh..."

As they entered, he wondered the extent and the limits of her semblance. 'She can also disguise herself..? I thought she can only make glass illusions...' they walked around the store, with Neo comfortably still clinging on his arm 'She's so in to this, weirdly enough...'

Other couples and some bachelors inside the store examining the jewelries. Neo sets her eyes at the see through window that allows them to see the SDC content.

"It's late in the evening, she's wondering what clothes to wear..."

'Wait a minute, that's Eric Clapton... This is Earth music.' Giorno thought. Neo tugged his arm before giving him a small piece of paper that says "Inquire at the counter, I'm going to take a picture of the Dust Shop over that large glass window."

Giorno nods and leaves her. He walked towards the old man at the cashier.

"Good evening." Giorno greets. "Why hello sir! Anything in mind?" the old man bowed.

"Yes. But before that, do you have any idea where the store name came from?" he asked.

"I'm terribly sorry, sir. But I just work here."

"Oh I see- crap." Giorno muttered as his fringes starts to curl to return to it's original cornet form, which spooked the cashier "Sir, your hair-"

"Pay it no mind, mister." Giorno hummed as he tried to straighten them out with his hands before bringing up the song. "Nice choice of music though. Eric Clapton... Very classy, sets the mood."

"... Sir, you mean Eric Tonclap."

"Wha..." Giorno grimaced before remembering that things are altered in this world.

Neo startled her by hugging him from behind, giving her a pleading look.

"Ah right. I would like to take a look at some of your necklaces for my lovely soulmate." Giorno said in a monotone. Neo fixed her posture before looking away, flusttered.

After being shown an assortment of necklaces, the old man looked at them with a smile.

Giorno blinked "Fancy anything, darling?"

Neo pouts at him while oddly fuming despite the low temperature, she pointed at the simple gold pendant.

"24 carat gold, excellent choice, maam. It will cost 18,000 Lie-"

"Woah, excuse me. I think gold is a bit stale, lets look for something that'll match your eyes, dear." Giorno interrupts, afraid that the current cash on him would be insufficient.

"Ahh, yes. An emerald pendant mined from the beautiful Mt. Vajraksya. 28,000 Lien-"

"Nevermind, actually we'll take the 24 carat gold."

Giorno managed to find alot of sum in his wallet, even more than what he previously had. As they take their product, Neo immediately dragged him out of the store.

"Wait a minute, dear! My wallet is missing!" is what Giorno heard from one of the men inside before they exit.

'I think she might be better than me at pickpocketing.' he thought as Neo happily wore the pendant.

"The color doesn't suit you, you should have chosen something that will match your everyday attire or something that'll pleasantly contrast your color scheme." Giorno lectured her about fashion. She simply raised a sign that says "Oh spare me the sermon."

As they walked away, she can't seem to stop smiling, he noticed that she was skipping happily, she got out of that store happier than when she came in but he figured is that its because she just got new jewelry. "So have you scanned the place?" Giorno asked. Neo nods before stopping, causing him to halt as well.

Giorno starred in awe while she returns to her original form, fishing something out of her pocket.

A brand new scroll.

Giorno raised an eyebrow "... A scroll?"

Neo nods.

"For me?"

Neo nods again.

Giorno frisked himself, making sure his wallet is still in his pocket "... What's the catch?"

Neo's smile disappeared, she rolled her eyes before shoving it to his chest. He held it with both hands before returning his gaze to her.

Neo smiled and gave him a shy wave before shattering in to thousands of pieces via her semblance, startling him.

'She got me again.' he rolled his eyes before realizing he forgot to ask how she found his room back at the motel. He fiddled with his scroll, expanding and folding the screen in fascination. Now all he needs to do is to make a fake ID.

'Yang Xiao Long did say that the students are given two days to fix their rooms in their dorms. So the odds of a Beacon student being in Vale would be high tomorrow. Hopefully Ruby will be there, considering Jaune is a mutual friend.' he thought to himself.

Returning to his motel, he kicked his shoes away and sat down at the edge of his bed.

He then started examining on his scroll. Contacts, just Neo's number. Touchscreen dial pad, settings, gallery, camera, browser...

"Wow... Camera." he opened the front camera, noticing how his cornets returned to their original form on their own. "It looks like a mirror... The quality of it is unreal." he opened the back camera. He tapped on the gallery and saw a picture of Neo blowing a raspberry to the camera.

He rolled his eyes and smiled, of course Neo would leave an image of her teasing Giorno knowing he'd be exploring the gadget.

Swiping it away with his finger, he saw the application called Browser.

A Toogle search engine appeared. He wondered what the purpose of it was.

"Search for what?" he mumbled to himself. He searched "Gold Experience" just for the hell of it.

The results were "Gold Encounter" album by Princess.

Giorno was impressed yet he was still somewhat annoyed at the rather dumb alternate version of the music.

He tapped the first result and its the exact same song, the only difference is it was a woman singing it.

Giorno stood up and asked himself what is this browser thing supposed to be.

He knows what the internet was but he wasn't aware of how advance it would get.

Giorno decided to search for more random topics, getting results everytime. It was a Eureka moment.

Does this mean he doesn't have to go back to the library anymore?

What even is the purpose of books if you have this amount of knowledge on your fingertips?

"So convinient, yet so powerful." he marvelled at the sight before him.

But he steeled his resolve and allowed the scroll to fold. He had enough self discipline to not lose sleep over it. Giorno still decided it would be convinient to have a fake ID for the school just in case he would need to enter it. Maybe he can even discover some clues inside that place. He went over the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face.

Neo watched him from the window, he lied down preparing to go to sleep when she predicted that he would be up all night exploring that thing. He really was a weird individual, and she can't help but find it interesting.

The young man woke up, he went on his morning routine before setting out to start his own errands.

But as he walked around town, the sisters are nowhere to be found.

"Well, that's disappointing." he muttered to himself. Walking near the Airship station to Beacon, he wondered if he should drop by to see Joseph and maybe talk to his boss. 'I'll just drop by tonight.'

Seeing a small cafe, he decided to just loiter there for awhile whilst exploring his scroll. The scent of coffee beans was apparent after entering. The room temperature is low and the seats look comfy, atleast compared to those hard steel they have in Italy.

He sat down and examined the menu. He always loved coffee. It was Giorno's bestfriend during study nights. He'd prefer a cold one for now though.

"May I take your order, sir?" a tanned young man asked. "An iced coffee would be nice. Size venti." he replied.

He started researching about Dusts. Sources of energy that replaced fuel and steam. Some are dusts specialized for vehicle use and the ones seen in stores are for other purposes such as weapon enhancement, semblance enhancement and such.

"Nifty little thing." Giorno mumbled to himself. Other people started entering the cafe, but they bought take outs. As Giorno received his drink, he asked the kid.

"Say, do Beacon students come here?" he asked while pricking the plastic with straw. "Yeah they do sometimes. Are you a student, sir?" the other boy asked. "No. I wish I was though." Giorno replied jokingly.

"Oh! Well they do offer scholarship if you reached a certain score on their entrance exam. I'm not sure if you can still take them though."

"Are you a student?" Giorno asked. "Yes sir! My name is Oscar Pine. From Team CMEO!" Oscar replied.

'Team Cameo..?'

"Oscar, can I see your school ID?" Giorno requested.

Oscar immediately gave him his scroll, until realizing what he just did "Wait, what for, sir?"

And that tells him everything he needs to know about Oscar. Very polite, a bit of a pushover, and a nice kid.

Giorno examined the ID, he tried to photograph Oscar's scroll with his own scroll. He might not be technically adept at Remnant technology but he is still competent at adapting and was decently versed at Earth technology.

Oscar stared at him in confusion.

"Is there anyway I can edit photos?" Giorno blurted out.

"Yes, it should be in the options in Gallery."

Oscar inadvertently taught and helped Giorno create a false ID.

"Yes! Thank you, Oscar." Giorno gave him 150 Lien out of habit because he was so used to bribing someone.

Oscar stared at the cash with shock "U-Uhh..? Do you plan on ordering anything with this?"

"What, no. Take this as a thanks from me." Giorno stated.

"But this is too much for a tip."

"The customer is always right."

Oscar took the cash against his will. He felt like he was an accomplice to a crime.

Giorno put away his scroll, he invited the younger man to sit with him.

"I can't do that, sir."

"The cafe is empty. Come sit, I have questions to ask."

The boy reluctantly obeyed.

"So, what's your story?"

Oscar fidgeted, Giorno figured he probably won't share-

"I was working at my Aunt's farm at Mistral."

'Oh...' guess Giorno was wrong.

"We were thriving just fine. But a group of Sabyrs thrashed everything. My aunt survived but... She's currently with my uncle in the north. And they sent me here, so I can learn how to fight the Grimm and prevent more lives getting ruined."

The blond hummed and nodded "I see. I understand. But is that what you wanted?"

"Well yeah, I mean they told me-"

"Is that what you wanted?"

Oscar went silent, collecting his thoughts, he replied "I'm... More than satisfied staying at the farm. But I don't want to let them down and be powerless next time."

"I see. You're going to be a good Huntsman, Oscar." Giorno says.

"Thank you, sir. Uhh what about you?"

Giorno tensed, he has to come up with a fictional background and stick with it.

"I'm-"

"Leaving! Come on, Giorno. You gotta meet Junior! He prepared his shit, lets go." Joseph interrupts, startling the two.

"Gah!" Oscar gasped at the sudden appearance of a huge fucking guy out of nowhere. "Jesus, you scared me." Giorno muttered. Joseph grinned as a reply.

"Uhh, can I get you anything before you leave, Mr. Jesus?" Oscar asked timidly.

"My name is Joseph! And uh, yeah get me another one of his order." Joseph chuckled.

"What are you doing here?" Giorno asked in annoyance.

"Fucker, don't you want to get the hypnotism thing over with already?" Joseph mentioned that they can get it done.

"Giorno! Nice to see you again!" Ruby said after entering the cafe with her sister and Jaune.

"Goodmorning Ruby, Yang, and Jaune." Giorno greets.

"He-Hey..." Yang stuttered quietly, starring at Joseph. "Hello man! How's it going?" Jaune greeted, somewhat embarrassed.

"I'm settling just fine. Anyone would like to order anything?" he offered, to which they promptly declined.

"Oh, students! Man, I wish I experienced school. My name is Joseph! I'm his freaking nephew." Joseph introduced with a grin.

"Name's Ruby! Wow, nephew?!" Ruby replied. "Y-Y-Yang..." the blonde introduced silently. "Wow. I mean its strange that your nephew is older than you." Jaune comments.

"Hey! I'm not old, Jaunedice! I just turned 19!"

"19..." Yang mumbled.

"Huh? But you look..." Jaune stopped before observing.

"Young and old at the same time, huh?" Giorno finished with a smile. Jaune snickered and Joseph told them to shut up.

"By the way, Giorno. Are you enrolled yet?" Ruby asked.

The blond thought about it 'I guess its time to see if this ID works.'

"Yeah, just last night I managed to make it in time." Giorno replied coolly. "Oh wow! Can I see your ID?!" Ruby gushed.

Oscar returned with Joseph's iced coffee. Giorno silently prayed he won't say anything about their newly made fake ID.

Jaune, Yang and Ruby starred at it with confusion. Giorno did his best to make a believable background.

"You're from... Atlas?" Yang asked in curiosity.

"Damn, you're from Atlas?!" Joseph asked. 'Shit, did I pick the wrong address?' now that they mentioned it, Giorno knew next to nothing about the Kingdom of Atlas.

"Weiss is also from Atlas!" Ruby exclaimed.

"Weiss.,?" Giorno muttered. "Yeah! You heard of Schnee Dust Company?" Jaune asked, somewhat excited.

Giorno paused and slowly nodded.

Oacar shrugged and left after receiving Joseph's payment. Joseph nudged Yang, causing her to tense up "Hey, Yang, was it? Who's Weiss?"

"W-W-W-W-We-Wei-"

"Weiss is the heiress of that multi billion Lien company and she's studying at our school!" Jaune stated.

"Sounds like you're a fan of her..." Giorno mumbled.

"He likes her." Ruby comments.

"W-Who doesn't?!"

"Pfft, right. So, what team are you on?" Ruby asked.

Giorno's eyes widened. He didn't think about that possible question. But he must speak fast.

"I still need to talk to Professor Ozpin about it." Giorno coldly answered. "Oh, I mean you were a late enrollee afterall." Jaune muttered before saying "When are you going to move in to the dorm?"

"Woah damn! You're gonna be living at Beacon?" Joseph asked.

"I'm not sure. Maybe a couple of more days after I packed up." Giorno lied. "Well I hope we see you tomorrow!" Ruby giggled.

Giorno nodded. He actually would rather leave and meet Joseph's boss right now before he slips.

"Well, its been nice talking to you. I believe I have to meet someone. I'll... See you guys tomorrow." Giorno said.

"Leaving already?" Ruby sadly asked.

"You'll be seeing me tomorrow, you won't have to miss me that much." he teased, somewhat happy that his ID was effective. Ruby blushed, Yang involuntarily squealed, Jaune started smiling dumbly while glancing at Ruby, Joseph happily said "So you aren't gay after all!"

"I already told you I wasn't, you stupid..." Giorno groaned "Lets go meet that Junior guy."

"Junior?!" Yang blurted out, catching everyone's attention.

"Yeah, you know him?" Joseph asked. "A-Ahhh... Nevermind, it must be another guy." Yang replied shyly, laughing nervously.

"... Okay. Lets go, uncle." Joseph said. "That sounds weird, don't call me that ever again." Giorno replied as they left.

Yang went silent, thinking to herself. Ruby and Jaune continued to chat and inadvertedly sat down.

"Can I get you guys anything?" Oscar asked.

'Wait... If he is referring to the actual Junior Xiong, then does he work at that place? Does that mean he doesn't swing straight?' Yang plopped down to her seat in despair.

"Yang! What are you going to order?" Ruby asked, snapping her out of it.

"Oh, uh. An espresso." she replied.

"You're acting weird." Jaune comments. "Shut it, vomit boy."

. . .

"Hey, I think the blonde is a bit of an airhead." Joseph whispered while they cross the street. "Joseph! That's rude. Yeah, Jaune might have vomited on my pants once but I don't think he's an airhead." Giorno defends.

"What, no! Not him. The Yang girl!" Joseph chuckled.

"Huh? Why?"

"Okay, maybe I'm exaggerting. Maybe she just has a stuttering problem." he shrugged.

"I didn't notice, she speaks clearly when she talks to me." Giorno dismissed.

"Huh, must've fallen for me due to my looks." Joseph chuckled.

"So, you came from Atlas? Damn why didn't you-"

"I didn't! I randomly selected that place in the heat of moment."

Joseph went silent and glanced at him in confusion. Giorno sighed and explained his agenda.

"I might find something helpful in that school. But I can't enroll properly because I don't have a proper background."

"Yeah that kinda sucks. Melanie told me that I should avoid getting arrested since having no background would put me in danger." Joseph said.

"What do you mean by that?" Giorno asked.

"Well, there was a scandal in Mistral, the reason why there are no homeless people there is they execute them to lower the population. Using the "no one would miss them" excuse." Joseph mumbled angrily.

"That's disgusting."

"Tell me about it. They treat faunus citizens worse, I can only imagine. No wonder some of them formed a terrorist group."

Giorno have read about the White Fang, quite impressed that they are scattered all over Remnant.

They finally reached the empty club.

Giorno saw the tall man sitting at one of the stools, surrounded by two beautiful women.

"Sup, boss. Hey ladies." Joseph greets.

"Giorno Giovanna, we finally meet." Junior said, eyeing Giorno up and down.

"Nice to meet you, Junior." Giorno reached for a handshake but Junior high fived him instead.

"Joseph told me alot about you, you're his... Uncle?"

"Yeah, weird right?" Joseph said.

Melanie and Miltia said nothing, just observing the blond.

"Yes. I would like to ask if you can get me some answers, and he told me that you are proficient in hypnotism." Giorno paused before asking why he didn't try hypnotizing Joseph for answers before.

"Ugh, you see... Your nephew has a very low attention span and can't focus for more than 3 seconds." Junior said, the Malachite sisters giggled as Joseph shushed them angrily.

Giorno chuckled "That sounds like him alright."

"Hey screw you!"

"Very well. I am ready when you are." Giorno said, correcting his posture.

Junior adjusted his shades "But I'm going to need you to do something for me."

The blond raised an eyebrow "And that is?"

"We need you to dance for us in this club's anniversary."

"... No way. You've gotta be kidding me." Giorno snarled, anger rising up.

"What, that wasn't part of the deal. I thought you're just gonna have him guard the place just in case those White Fang assholes try something." Joseph said.

"According to Miltia's intel, one of their lieutenants/enforcer will be infiltrating this place that night." Junior said.

"Yes. The White Fang tried extorting us. However, when the boss refused, they left a not so vague threat about assassinating him during the anniversary." she adds.

"... And what's that got to do with me? If you want me to help, you can just have me on the lookout." Giorno said in annoyance.

"She has a thing for blonds." Melanie states.

Giorno facepalmed.

"Yes, and we need you to dance while we try to uncover which one is the White Fang enforcer in the crowd." Miltia said.

"I'm not going to humiliate myself just to lure an extremist out." Giorno sternly said walking towards Junior.

"Then you won't get my services." Junior crossed his arms.

The two girls immediately blocked him.

They gasped in shock as an unseen entity dragged them away (Gold Experience)

Giorno grabbed Junior's collar "You're going to hypnotize me and get me the answers I need."

"Or what?"

Giorno headbutted him in the face, breaking his nose. Junior gasped in shock as blood started dripping "Or you're a dead man." the blond threatens.

"Hey, that's..." Joseph tried to intervene.

"What's happening?!" Melanie struggled. "It must be his semblance! Pressurized air..!" Miltia answered, they can't see that Gold Experience were restraining them both with a bearhug.

Junior regained his composure "Dead men can't do hypnotism."

"Then I'll just ask somewhere else then."

Giorno grabbed his head and slammed it at the bar behind him.

"Argh! Good luck finding a hypnotist at this day and age... Its an art that is dying out, I'm the last practitioner in Remnant."

"You're bluffing. To suggest that I throw away my dignity and dance on that stage..."

"Hey, its not humiliating. And you don't have to throw away your dignity to dance, asshole." Joseph calmly said. Giorno starred at him in confusion.

"Its true. I don't know what time period you came from or how they view it, but this profession is nothing to be ashamed about." Junior coughed.

"Are you shitting me? Dancing with my top off, getting objectified by the crowd?"

"Damn you're a prude." Joseph chuckled.

"Its nothing like that at all, Mr. Giovanna." Junior pants as his aura slowly takes effect healing his nose. "Its a performance art, and the dancers we have here are treated with utmost respect." Junior adds.

"I'm not gonna be biased here, but its true." Joseph shrugged "Apart from some desperate perverts, its not like Junior is pimping us out."

Giorno paused for a moment and weighed out his options. He sighed, letting Junior go. "I apologize-" he says before getting tackled by the Malachite sisters.

"Girls! Lay off!" Junior commands, and they obediently lets him go.

"Ugh... When is this bullshit anniversary..?" Giorno asked.

"9 days from now. Don't worry, Joseph will teach you how to dance." Junior said, offering a hand to help him up.

Giorno glanced at Joseph, who was grinning ear to ear before taking Junior's hand "I suppose."

Giorno hangs out at the bar with Joseph and Junior while a robot cleaned the place. Junior briefed him that the White Fang they are looking for is named Trifa, but they have no idea what she looks like.

"Yet you know she likes blonds even though you haven't seen her." Giorno sarcastically said.

"They have a whistleblower of some sort. Once she found out, she immediately gave us intel." Junior said.

"And how do we know we can trust this informant?" Giorno asked.

"Well, she's a student at Beacon Academy. And she had a very bad history with the organization, she said its private though so she refused to elaborate further." Junior said.

"You people are gullible." Giorno puts down his sandwich and continued "I worked at the criminal underworld of Italy before I got here. And we successfully ousted the boss by being a rogue faction. We never had any plans on overtaking just yet, but once we found out the don was going to kill her daughter to remove any traces of identity, we had to act fast."

Giorno stood up and pose "I, Giorno Giovanna had a dream. My dream was to eradicate drugs in Italy and stop it from destroying the youth. I found a kindred spirit in my capo, Bruno Buccellati. Who also wanted to stop the drug trade."

"Your uncle is a natural..." Junior muttered to Joseph commenting about his pose "Yeah I figured."

"You two need to know whether your informant is morally sound before you trust her." Giorno said.

"Hey, since you're going to Beacon tomorrow anyway, why don't you do it yourself? She's a student there." Joseph said.

Giorno thought about it. He can explore the campus and investigate while also having the chance to meet the informant.

"Very well, what's her name and year level?"

"Blake Belladonna. A first year if I recall correctly." Junior said.

"Huh? Isn't Blake a dude's name?" Joseph asked.

"Understood." Giorno turned to leave. But before the two large men could say anything

"Not in the mood for dance practice today, lets start tomorrow." Giorno cuts them off.

. . .

He received a text message from Neo, asking him about when he wants to start the heist.

Giorno decided that he'd be too busy in the meantime and was considering recruiting Neo's help.

But then she'd see him dance so he decided against it.