- A/N -
One thing after another, done with school and now onto college. Sadly, that starts in middle to late August, so I technically only had two months of summer.
I'm now getting to the point of posting every three to four weeks now, which isn't ideal. I'm not as disciplined in terms of writing chapters. Some days I'm able to get a lot done, other days I only get one character's line of dialogue in, and other days I just don't work on it to take a break or to focus on other things.
Combine that with college, updates will be most likely once every month. But enough of that, all of that is the bad news.
The good news is that I got half of the episode down, so Episodio 5 will be completed in two parts.
- Reviews -
123ABIR123: "I have a dream." *Proceeds to get stabbed*.
Nemonobody001: Thank you.
Nobody: Thank you. Pyrrha's the only one who has a concern for fate. Everyone else is just along for the ride of Golden Wind. Cinder is really only concerned about gaining more power, I'm glad I made the right choice for her to think that. Bruno Bucciarati and his gang of goobers will make for a wonderful time with the cast watching them. And holy shit, thank you for showing me this golden nugget. I'm definitely using that when I get to that point.
Reading your second comment. That's good to know, I'll go back and change Catholic to Protestant in the previous chapter. That's one of my favorite parts about RWBY, it seems like there were so many unexplained things that the fandom could imagine and come up with their own conclusion of how Remnant is like that isn't shown or told. It's very interesting how you described Giorno, almost reflecting parts of the people who don't know him personally back at them. It was something that I never really realized until then. And it's very entertaining, only the most outlandish strategy is the only one that can catch the enemy off guard.
CGOLChris: If anyone in the room, I think, would be most likely to catch on quickly on the connection would be the man who's lived many lifetimes. As for what RWBY would think, probably be very shocked and almost deny its validity. I'm not sure how I would realistically make the cast who are most familiar with Jaune be on the fence whether or not he's good or bad since his father was evil. And to be honest, I'm a bit scared to do that again, lol.
PersonaNinja Lux: I've thought about that idea, and you honestly read my mind. The pillar men being the remnants of the people who survived from Ozma's time would be perfect. I'm not a hundred percent sure if I should have them react to a segment of Part 2, but it would be fun having them see how Joseph was in his youth.
C4D: Thank you.
RandomSonOfDorn: That's definitely a feasible possibility when I reach the end of Part 5.
Rev: On that related note, it very much puts into perspective in terms of cash how much the hitman squad gets paid. As you said, the criminals of the cast will definitely feel appalled from that amount of pay. And at that comment, I immediately thought of Neo being Cioccolata if he was an anime girl, I don't know why. And thank you, I passed the finals.
Anonymous Reader: I have, I don't plan on doing it any time soon so far, but it is on my mind.
Guest on June 17: I have no set chapter on when I want to do it. As I responded to a review from earlier, I would most likely make the pillar men the people from Ozma's time long ago.
Banhote1369: That is also a valid point. I don't really need to due to Part 5 being its own self contained part. However, I'm still planning on having the cast react to small segments of previous parts.
Andromeda JR: I'm guessing you mean the ED with Freekin' You? It's basically background music to the cast. If you're referring to the visual part of the ED, I chose not to show it because, text saying who produced it is kind of immersion breaking(?) and also it's only still images. If people want me to explicitly have the cast react to it, then I'll do it.
Adhi134134: I know I'm going to get absolutely murdered by the Jojo side of this crossover, but I haven't read Part 6. Yes, I'm a filthy anime-only watcher, send the ambulance. But luckily for me, Part 6 is getting animated.
Drev: Thank you. If I'm going to have the cast listen to the OP in its entirety, I'm going all in and making them react to it. Having them misinterpret it is one of the things I liked how I did with that chapter, but I totally didn't know that it was Abbacchio's old partner. Though, I guess that's what happens when I watch the OP in 360p. As for the statue and Rolling Stone, that is interesting. As well as switching color schemes to DIO's, I'm going to try and look out for that. That is also a neat comparison to Jonathan's Sunlight Hamon. It will probably be a while before the truth about Jaune's father will be fully revealed, but it can lead to interesting things the cast thinks when they watch Jaune. As for the comment about Blake, I'm not sure if that is the case from what I have before. In Episodio 1 part 3, I mentioned that some members go after Joestar Realty since they were a rich company. And some will realize that later, he might have a little of both traits from DIO and Jonathan.
Guest on June 19: Thank you. Because the OP's usually have tidbits of information that might take away the surprise factor in the character's reactions, I've thought about putting the OP's after a major plot point is revealed. For example, the first OP shows Bruno's gang and hints at their Stand abilities in Episode 2, two episodes before we actually get to meet them. I haven't checked right now, but if the other OP's are like that where they reveal info way before it's shown in the story, I'll postpone it a tad bit before showing it. For the younger cast's thoughts towards the gang, it'll start off rough, but it'll smoothen out the longer they get to know them. Each of Part 5's fights are a treat.
Monkeylikespie: Heh, that'd be pretty entertaining. I'll probably stick to using a major city's name pronunciations.
Guest on June 25: Yeah, as soon as most of Bruno's gang decides to betray the boss, the opponents start to become more deadly. And just like you pointed out, most of those abilities seem like they would bypass how aura would normally defend its user. Not to mention, they won't even see the Stand itself, it would just seem like the weirdest occurrence happened to you before or during a fight.
jure rollo: The earlier Stands seem rather tame compared to those near the end, I agree. However, if I were to just make all Stands inherently bypass aura, no matter how weak it is, then it would just equalize the level of danger for all Stands. That is my opinion on that. On the topic of Sex Pistols, while aura can tank whatever bullets Mista fires, his ability to maneuver bullets in the blink of an eye, and unknowingly to non-Stand users, makes it already a powerful ability, all that's needed is strategy to maximize its effectiveness. I still appreciate your suggestion to the story.
Guest on July 1: Don't worry, here it is.
Greer123: Thank you. I hope you are doing well too.
Guest on July 3: I addressed the first paragraph responding to Jure Rollo, but I do like how the author for that Berserk and RWBY crossover handled that.
aguirresulises469: Sorry, this sometimes takes a bit longer than I hope it does.
Guest (From July 3) on July 15: No worries. It's a novel idea, if I did decide to do that, then it won't be overly too powerful. Also, that's a nice examination you did on Grateful Dead's ability in the context of RWBY.
Ozpin had delivered his theory to the people in the theater. The idea that Jaune is related to the Joestars through their history with DIO Brando. The Arc's, as well as the students, pondered on that.
"Professor Ozpin, with all due respect." Nicolas looked directly in his eyes. "I don't think I could buy that."
Ozpin raised his eyebrows curiously.
"Oh? Do you have a reason why?"
"...No, I just don't think it may be right."
"I see."
Nicolas returned to facing forward as Ozpin did. Yet, Saphron tapped on Nicolas' shoulder.
"Why do you think it's not right?" She asked.
He looked at her as he organized his thoughts.
"I just find it odd that the Entertainer would call it Jojo's Bizarre Adventure if my son isn't even a Joestar. He could have called it something else instead of adding a subtitle to it." He told her.
"Hmm… Do you think Jaune could actually be a Joestar?"
"No, because the Joestars have different traits from DIO, and my wife isn't related to them, either."
It wasn't a strong reason to assume the Headmaster was wrong. For all he could know, Ozpin could be right, that the Entertainer chose to subtitle it due to Jaune's distant relation to the Joestars through DIO Brando.
He sighed. "I don't know, there's a lot the Entertainer hasn't told us, he keeps telling us to watch but I'm not even sure if it's going to answer our questions."
Nothing else was said between the two as they each thought about it. A little further closer to the screen, a large group in front of them were chattering.
Ruby gushed as she decided to consider the theory.
"That sounds cool! A bizarre adventure following a family lineage." She eagerly said. "What kind of adventures do you think they've been on?"
"How Joseph Joestar founded Joestar Realty?" Weiss suggested.
"I know business is kind of your thing, Ice Queen, but that sounds boring." Yang shook her head.
"Yeah, I was thinking that they fought some kind of large grimm no one's seen before with their Stands." Nora chose to jump in as well on the topic.
"Well, their company is one of the most well-known achievements they have." The heiress defended herself. "And knock it off with the nicknames."
"Ah. Forgive me, your royal iciness." Weiss stared at her unamused.
A lighthearted chuckle out of each of the students as they all listened in.
An epiphany struck Nora as she realized something.
"-Gasp- Guys! Alright, so Jaune might be a little scary now, I admit, but what if he accepts Bruno's gang as his new team?!"
Pyrrha winces at the thought, but reassures her. "Nora, he isn't going to forget about us. We're his friends."
"I still don't trust him." The attention turned to Blake. "What he did… reminds me of things I don't feel proud of."
The mood slowly plummets, each thinking about the situation.
"Blake, you don't have to trust him." Pyrrha told her. "But please, just give him a chance to prove himself."
Blake looked to Ruby, who gave a small nod to do so.
"Even though what he did is crossing a line. He's still a good person." The team leader spoke. Blake closed her eyes in thought.
After a while of deliberation, she spoke.
"Fine. I'm not letting it slide, but I'll do it. I'll reserve my judgement for later when I have a better idea on who Jaune is now."
Pyrrha smiled at her genuinely. "Thank you."
Disregarding the few murmurs and hushed voices of other groups in the room, there didn't seem like anything else being majorly discussed in the room. The Entertainer took that as the cue to begin.
"I hoped you all enjoyed the little detour we had." The speakers rang out through the room. Earning a few nods in response. "We will now be resuming the regular viewings, but we will have some detours similar to before to change pace every so often."
The lights dimmed once more, attention focused on the screen.
The cast was greeted by an aerial view of Naples.
"The news of the incarcerated Polpo's death spread among the other capos." A narrator's voice spoke.
"According to our intelligence team, it might've been suicide." One presumed gang member spoke to the other two at a fine dining restaurant.
The other countered, not believing it. "That's not his style."
The scene changed to a wide open alleyway. With three men in the foreground, and two others holding a struggling man in the background.
"Polpo was in a special cell. Murder isn't possible." He held out a handgun, inspecting its quality.
"Heh… Poor sap." Roman said without heart.
Neo, on the other hand, raised her eyebrows in anticipation to the screen.
"It feels terrible to watch someone get hurt without being able to do anything." Pyrrha felt sympathetic.
"Yeah, I get how you feel." Sun, as did the other students agree. "But, did Jaune actually manage to trick the organization?"
"That could be possible." Blake thought. "Bucciarati is the only person who knew Jaune was last with Polpo."
"Maybe he was plotting to betray the boss."
"There aren't many capos as trustworthy as him. That's even less believable." A whimper was heard as the mafioso took aim at the terrified man.
Before any messy result could be shown, the scene switched to two others in a clothing store.
Disappointed, Neo pouted.
"More importantly..."
"Yeah… The problem is his successor." The two discussed shortly as they gave the all good sign to the woman with them.
Rome 10:05 a.m.
"Wow~!" Nora gleamed at the city.
"It looks almost as beautiful as Naples." Pyrrha shared the same sentiment.
Off to the side, Sun and Neptune couldn't help but smile to themselves. Meanwhile, Ren studied the buildings and landscape of Rome.
"Rome's architecture seems a bit… old." Ren kept looking at the details of the city.
Neptune was quick to answer back. "That's because Rome served as the capitol of Vacuo before the Great War."
"Served as?"
"Yeah, it wasn't really official, but that was one of the most urban areas at the time. The City of Vacuo is the official capitol… Not that people really cared about it." He added. "The only reason why people consider it the new capitol is because Shade Academy is there."
He received a few Ah's in return.
"I just heard that the capos are freaking out." A voice said as a bird's eye view of the populated city was revealed. A car driving down the road was where the person's voice was coming from. "Apparently, Polpo committed suicide."
"Huh?" The driver, who appeared to be an octopus faunus and wearing a light-colored shirt with spikes along the arms, gave a dead look to his passenger.
The passenger screamed as the car was about to hit oncoming traffic. "Hey, watch where you're going!"
"I'm fine." The driver brushed off his worry. The car clearly swerving into oncoming traffic. "Suicide? That fatso?"
The car suddenly swerved away from the other car back into its lane. Not before causing several car crashes.
"I told you to watch where you're going!" His partner chastised him.
"What piece of work, this guy." Qrow mumbled to himself, though isn't as surprised by the lack of careful driving.
Weiss looked suspicious. "Hey, Neptune. How would you describe the crime in Rome?"
"Uh...Compared to Naples?" She hesitantly nods. "Not as bad, but you'll still get some petty crime in tourist areas."
Whether or not she should feel surprised, Weiss didn't know.
"So I dunno if Polpo was sad because he was in prison or if his obesity made him depressed, but he apparently wasn't very strong mentally." He continued. "He put his own gun in his mouth and blew his brains out."
"You sure it was suicide and not murder?"
"It was suicide, for sure. From the… autopsy, they call it? Any expert can tell if it was a suicide or murder." The gangster said, whose eyes are shaded by the cap he's wearing. "Hey, there's a light up ahead." The driver promptly grunted in response.
"More importantly, have you heard of the rumors about Polpo's fortune?"
'His fortune?' Pretty much everyone took note of it.
Particularly Roman and Emerald took a keen interest as their eyes started to shine.
"Rumors? I don't know where the end of the universe is, and I don't know jack about that, either."
"Heh, that's one way to say it." Mercury smirked. "Maybe I should start using it."
Emerald sighed. "Please no, you're already insufferable enough."
He ignored what he said as he continued to explain. "Before Polpo went to prison, he converted some of his fortune into jewels and gold and hid them somewhere. He has a hidden fortune. It's too much to even deposit in the bank, and he kept it secret from the organization. No one was stupid enough to look for it while Polpo was alive. But now that he'e dead, that fortune doesn't belong to anyone."
"It's free money." The passenger triumphantly claimed. "It's said to be worth about five billion lire."
"F-Five billion?!" Neptune's mouth held open.
"Man, that's a whole lot more than I thought!" Sun couldn't believe it as well.
Many acknowledged that it is a high amount. But they wanted to know just one thing.
"How much is that converted to lien?" Weiss questioned.
Professor Port answered. "Hm… Just about one-million lien."
Off to one corner of the room, Roman could have been seen raising his eyebrows at that.
"Oh." Yang's look of shock slightly decreased. "From five billion lire to one million lien?" However, her team looked at her with shock.
"That's still a lot of lien!" The students surrounding her exclaimed.
"That's because lire is not a global currency, it's not worth much compared to lien." Port explained to her.
"Five billion?" The driver looked at him in astonishment before chuckling to himself. "If I had that much money, I'd be heading to Menagerie or Vale with a girl on each arm."
"Nah, I'd rather work my way up." The passenger leaned forward as he cut off the driver's thoughts. "If I can climb up to capo with that money, I can taste honey that's even sweeter."
"Honey that's even sweeter?" Confused, Ruby repeated. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means he'll get more power and lien in Passione. Maybe you should start studying, Red."
She growled at the thief. "Of course you'd know that."
"But who knows where it's hidden..."
"No one knows?"
"Nah, and this is just what I'm thinking… But Polpo was such a fatty, he couldn't even go outside on his own." The stoplight turned green. "Do you think he could hide a fortune worth five billion on his own? He must've had someone do it for him. Someone who's good at keeping their mouth shut… Though I'm not sure anyone like that actually exists. But Polpo liked Bucciarati."
Nora dramatically placed her hands on each side of her head. "Bucciarati, no! They're going to go after him!"
"I think he'll be fine." Ren tried to reassure her. "Jaune's with him, and he has his gang, doesn't he?"
"Bucciarati? That's one of the thugs from Naples, right?"
"Yeah. If anyone could've hidden it, it's him. And now that Polpo's dead, Bucciarati should be making his move… to get the five billion lire that's just been freed up. I'm sure that even Bucciarati wants money."
He suddenly glanced over to the driver seat to find that his partner was gone. Leaving the car to swerve violently on and off into oncoming traffic.
"Hey, Zucchero!" He swiftly grabbed hold of the steering wheel to even out the car's direction. "That bastard Zucchero actually left! Did he seriously believe that?"
The lone passenger held a serious look in his eye.
"If you're actually going to trail Bucciarati, I'd be careful." The scene returned to Naples where Bruno's gang is stationed. "Apparently, he and his subordinates are Stand users."
"Zucchero has a Stand ability as well. I think..." Yang wasn't too sure. Zucchero disappearing off-screen.
"He doesn't seem that bright of a driver, either." Weiss despised his lack of careful driving.
Naples 11:26 a.m.
"Hey, Fugo." A dull monotone voice spoke. "It's such a nice day outside. It wouldn't hurt to skip out on studying for one day. I'm just not feeling it today."
The one speaking was revealed to be the feminine member of the group as a waiter brought their order.
"Thank you for waiting. Here's your strawberry cake."
The one wearing a green suit with holes in it sighs in response, signaling him to be the one named Fugo.
"Listen, Narancia. You're amazing." He pats Narancia's back. "It's hard to ask someone to teach you something when you haven't really ever been to grade school."
"Huh?" Narancia uttered.
Pyrrha almost looked baffled at the scene. "He's teaching her?"
"But you even learned your multiplication tables! You can do this. Just do as I've taught you. You've got a good head on your shoulders." Narancia just gave a dumbfounded look as Fugo picked up a notebook. "Okay, ready? What's six times fives?"
"Six times five… Six and five… Thirty?"
"Correct! See?" Fugo looked proud. "I knew you could do it! You're basically halfway there!"
"I see! Six times five is thirty! Okay!"
"This is quite a heartwarming scene." Port curled his lips into a smile. The adults and students generally agreed with him.
"Of course. Learning is always a fulfilling endeavor." Oobleck voiced his two cents.
Cardin expressed his annoyance. "Oh, don't make this into a corny lecture."
"Learning from history will do you well, Mr. Winchester." He returned back an answer.
The member at the table who ordered the strawberry cake, wearing a blue and white diamond pattern sweater with a matching red diamond cap, put down his book and noticed something.
"Hey, what's the deal with this?!" Shoving his seat aside, he accusingly points at the cake, causing Fugo to check what the problem is.
"What do you mean? It's strawberry cake."
"And very delicious-looking at that." Nora said while a plate with a slice of strawberry cake appeared in her lap. "Yes~!" She loudly whispered.
"Yeah, I can see that by looking at it!" He quickly spoke with high urgency. "It's obviously not chocolate cake or cheesecake! That's not the point here! There are four slices of cake!"
A flash of the devious four cakes appeared on screen.
"Do they want me to die?!" He dramatically claimed as sweat poured down his face.
The previously mentioned types of cake slices appeared on Nora's plate. "What's he talking about?"
"What's wrong with the four slices?" Blake questioned.
Fugo simply sighed. "Again with this, Mista?"
"You moron! It's bad luck to choose one from four! Choosing from five is fine. Choosing from three is fine. But when you choose from four, something bad will happen!"
Mista dramatically held up his fingers to emphasize the importance of the numbers while Fugo could only look at him in what can be described as a pitying look of discomfort.
Qrow held his chin in his hand, pondering before mumbling, "I think he might be onto something."
"Is he… serious about this?" Weiss genuinely could not tell from the gang member's reasoning.
Saphron paid particular attention to the members. "Fugo just said that this isn't the first time. So, he has to be?"
Trying to understand the type of people that will be with Jaune, she didn't know what to think of them yet.
"When I was a kid, another kid adopted a kitten from a litter of four that was born in our neighborhood, and then the cat scratched his eye right out of his head!" To paint a more vivid picture, a silhouette cutout of the incident showed. "Of course, he beat the cat to death later."
The ribbon atop Blake's head twitched slightly, before her brows scowled.
"That's just an old wives' tale." Meanwhile, the unnamed member wearing headphones got up to retrieve a slice of cake. "If you think about it rationally, when people eat a cake one slice at a time, someone's going to have to take one of the last four slices."
"That's the thing, though! This is when the restaurant should be more considerate and bring us three slices!" Mista got heated up about this. "Talk about shitty service!"
"Jeez… Don't eat it, then." Fugo proclaimed resignedly as Mista looked like he got shot.
"But I want some strawberry cake!"
"Isn't he an adult? He's being unnecessarily picky." Weiss stated. "Or just superstitious..."
"This kind of reminds me about what we would do during the weekends." Ruby smiled at the scene, referring to the times the two teams would hang out.
"Yeah, it seems like they're having fun." Blake agreed with her team leader, though seemed slightly hesitant.
Ultimately, Saphron didn't expect them to be like this. "This wasn't what I was expecting from hardened criminals from the infamous gang." Maybe Jaune would be in good hands.
"I did it!" Luckily for Fugo, he could finally take his attention off a pointless conversation as Narancia held up his notebook. "I did it, Fugo! How's it look?"
"You're finished? Let's have a look." He reached over for the notebook to get a better look.
For the answer to 16 times 55, he was met with a 28, along with a face drawn on the side of the notebook.
Port seemed almost confused at the answer. "That's… a little off the mark."
"Hey, buddy. I think you missed it." Cardin lightly snickered to himself.
"What is this?" Fugo deadpanned.
Narancia gave a confident look of smugness, chuckling. "Am I right?"
Fugo's expression grew cold as a fork was grabbed, only for it to stab into Narancia's cheek. With a sickening crunch being heard.
Jaws were practically dropped in shock.
"Wh-What the-"
"You stupid delinquent! Are you messing with me?! How many times do I have to teach you this before you learn?!" In one hard motion, he slammed Narancia's head into the table. "You shit-for-brains!"
"What the heck?! That was really uncalled for!" Ruby was still recovering from the sheer 180 turn in the atmosphere.
"Yeesh, he might have a worse temper than me." Yang reasoned, seeing as how he's hurting his teammate for a small mistake.
"I... guess they are still... criminals." Saphron started to doubt her earlier thought.
A certain ice-cream themed girl started to smile. She liked where this was going.
As the mass of huntsmen-in-training were getting their bearings for what they saw. Glynda felt unsure of something.
"It bothers me slightly." Glynda spoke up. "Most of them seem like they would be students for academies."
"Oh, boy. He's lost it now." Mista calmly held his cup of tea as the situation continued.
"You just said six times five was thirty, so why the hell is your answer even less?!" The table continued to shake, implying that Narancia's head was repeatedly slammed against the table.
"Hey, Abbacchio, are you gonna eat that cake?"
"Why are they so calm?!" Yang still couldn't believe it. "Aren't you going to stop him?!"
Neo just gave her a dirty look from behind her, as if to question 'why would he do that?'
Suddenly, a knife's point aimed at Fugo's neck caused him to stop.
"What?" Narancia looked at him with uncaring eyes. "Did you call me shit-for-brains? It's not good to look down on others. I'll kill you. I'll kill you, Fugo."
"You bastard..."
"What the hell are you guys doing?!" Bruno shouted out, causing the group to suddenly turn toward him at the door. "I could hear you all the way from the entrance! You're bothering the other customers!"
A sigh of relief swept through.
"Oh finally. Bruno's here." Yang was glad he stopped them in time.
"This is the new member I told you about yesterday. Let me introduce you. This is Giorno Giovanna."
The lead mafioso finished the introduction. Both Fugo and Narancia paused their earlier issue to eye the new recruit. Mista laid back uncaring while Abbacchio fixed the tea pot, both glaring at Giorno.
"Well, this is awkward." Sun blatantly says.
"I think we can all feel that." Neptune tells him.
"Psst, Ren." Nora whispers to him. "If they don't accept him, could they return our leader to us?"
Ren looks at her for a moment. Before telling her, "Nora, I don't think that's happening."
There was silence in the room. Giorno decided to step forward to formally introduce himself to the gang.
"I'm Giorno Giovanna." He bowed. "It's a pleasure to meet you."
After a quick moment of silence, the group continued to go back to what they were doing. Disregarding the new recruit.
"I'm sorry, Fugo."
"No, I should apologize. Please forgive me, Narancia"
"I'll study even harder, so teach me again."
The two made their amends. Though Bruno shook with irritation over their ignorance.
"Hey! I'm the one who brought him here, so be respectful!"
"Mr. Bucciarati."
A call from the restaurant employee stopped him from barking at his team.
"What is it?"
"There's a scroll calling for you."
"All right, thanks. Make sure you guys properly greet Giorno! Got it?" Bruno was half way out the door when Abbacchio lowered the teapot away from view from the new recruit. "Giorno, I'll be right back. Take some time to get to know these guys."
The other three noticed what one of them was doing. A discernible stream of golden liquid filling into the pot.
Of all the things the cast thought they would see while in the theater, a man urinating into a tea pot was not one of them.
Oobleck screwed on the cap to his thermos. He did not feel like drinking today.
Ozpin set his mug down, but showed no signs of contempt. Unlike the other members of his circle.
"EUGH!" Weiss shrieked before looking away. Ruby followed suit.
Nora started to think that maybe she shouldn't have eaten three different slices of cake. As though knowing what would happen if he didn't, Ren shielded her eyes. "T-Thanks, Ren..."
'Are these really the people with Stands?' Cinder just frowned at the situation.
The grin that was plastered on Roman's face grew. "Oh, don't tell me…!" Neo, alongside him, smirked as well.
"Giorno, was it?" Abbacchio placed the teapot on the table, shadows over the members' eyes. "Why don't you have a seat? Let's have some tea and chat."
Vale's most wanted wholeheartedly laughs.
"I- might be- a thief," He struggled to get the words out. "but that is just criminal!"
Mercury covers his smirk with his hand. Meanwhile, Emerald just covers up her mouth in disgust.
Sun almost seemed awkward for a moment. "Hey hey. At least we know this guy's certified Vacuan, am I right?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Sun earned the incredulous stares of the students as Blake questioned him.
"I mean, he's about to pull a prank on him." He says, as though it were a normal thing the mafioso is doing.
"This is a little too far for a prank."
"Well… Yeah, it is." Sun admitted.
Bucciarati, meanwhile, walked up to the front desk to answer the call for him. He thanked the employee there for handing the scroll to him.
"This is Bucciarati." A moment passed as everyone else in the restaurant continued going about their day. Bucciarati hitched his breathing after being informed about something, causing him to grip the scroll. "All right."
Oobleck got curious. "Something important happened?"
"It might have something to do with Polpo." General Ironwood came to the conclusion, judging by his look of surprise.
Bruno looked at the scroll in deep consideration. The employee there thoughtfully asked if there was anything wrong, however the mafioso composed himself before telling him 'No.'
"Bucciarati! Bucciarati, do you have a second?" A short, elderly woman called from an open window in the front of the store.
"Oh, hello, Ms. Menini. What's the matter?"
"I'd like to ask a favor. Could we talk outside?"
"Of course."
Bucciarati went to exit the restaurant to discuss the issue the elderly wished to bring up.
"Please hurry up, Bucciarati." Saphron grew antsy.
"Don't worry." She looked at Jaune's old team. "Surely, he'll save him!" Nora optimistically cheered.
Their looks of confidence gave her hope that he would.
Fortunately for the new recruit, he had been served a freshly-made, hot cup of tea as he sat with the gang.
Abbacchio looked at him with a serious gaze. "Well, drink up." An expression to the contrast of his allies, who each showed disbelief. "How old are you?"
"Fifteen."
"Fifteen? Ha, you're two years younger than me." Narancia cockily taunted Giorno. Though, he paid it no mind.
"Thank you for the tea." Giorno raised the cup closer to his face when his nose caught a quick whiff of it. The smell that could be described as ammonia shocked him as he realized that it was never tea to begin with.
At that moment, each of the four members shared an expression of amusement at the newcomer's situation.
'This is pretty entertaining.' Cardin mentally started to enjoy the situation Jaune finds himself in.
"What's wrong?" Abbacchio insincerely asked. "You just thanked me for the tea that I so generously poured for you."
Giorno's cold expression showed itself.
"Since you already thanked me for it, you'll just have to drink it. Or do you not want to drink it since it's not very hot?" Narancia and Fugo were trying hard not to crack up.
"Maybe he doesn't want to drink it because he doesn't want to be one of us." Mista said across from Giorno.
"They're just pressuring him into drinking it!" Yang grew irritated.
"Why would they do this?" Pyrrha hated how Jaune was being treated by them.
"Well kids. I'd say consider this as initiation into the gang. Enjoy it while it lasts!" Roman taunted them. Enjoying every minute of it.
"Hmph... A hazing, more like it." Glynda snapped at him.
Bruno walked in the room just to hear that sentence, catching his attention.
"What the hell are you guys doing?!" He looked to the table, expecting an answer.
"It's nothing." Giorno put up a friendly face for the one who would surely pull him out of this situation.
"Oh. Thank you! Bucciarati!" Saphron couldn't have been more grateful
"Yes!" Nora cheered. "Bruno coming in for the save!"
"He went to the trouble of pouring this tea for me." He looked at the tea earnestly with the most innocent expression.
Saphron froze "Wait-"
Giorno immediately arched back to down the entire tea cup in one gulp.
"Jaune! Why!?" Pyrrha went slack jawed in disbelief.
"There's no way he actually did it!" Sun was surprised as well.
"He's insane!" Cardin cupped his mouth as he thought about the taste.
"This kid! He's really something, all right!" Roman found immense enjoyment, paying no mind to the glare from Nicolas and the fact his cigarette fell out.
Saphron, however, hoped for something. "He had to do something. Like when he turned the lighter into a flower!"
She wished it was a trick he pulled. Anything other than Jaune actually drinking it.
"No freakin' way!" Narancia spoke up.
Each of the four members look on in horror.
"What did you guys do?" Bruno demanded that they tell him of what they've done. But it was too late.
Giorno lowered his cup to reveal the terrible truth. An empty cup with the droplets of golden liquid along where he sip from.
- A/N -
And so, here it is after a long time. As mentioned in the above A/N, college is coming up soon and progress on a chapter might take a nosedive. Just know that I will always try to spend some time writing out something.
For the beginning part with Blake, just like with the OP chapter with Ruby and Yang, I just wanted to tie up that loose end since I didn't make Blake speak at all during last chapter.
I made Zucchero an octopus faunus, because the first time I saw him he reminded me of being a squid. After remembering an old game, Octodad, I realized it was an octopus and not a squid, because squids don't have that kind of head(?)
After Cardin's outburst of being fearful last part of Episodio 4, I'm trying to bring him out of being fearful and make him a character who I could have commentate along side others, even if he's by himself.
For the cast commentary on the gang, hopefully I didn't make it too much like they're bashing them. First impressions matter, so they're going to seem against them for what they're doing to Jaune. But they'll warm up to them, I promise.
If there are any issues, such as grammatical or character's dialogues, please let me know.
- Log -
Transcript started on June 21, 2021
Transcript finished on June 28, 2021 (?)
Cast Comments started on June 27, 2021 (?)
(?) - I placed a question mark here because I actually forgot when I decided to start and end the cast comments and the transcript. Because I decided to do both at some point for a couple of days.
Cast Comments finished on July 16, 2021
Typing up responses to the reviews on July 17, 2020 (So many reviews XD. Not that I'm complaining.)
Published on July 18, 2021