Hello, everyone! PHANTOMKNIGHTMARE47 here, with the 23rd chapter of JoJo's Multiversal Adventure! In this chapter, Jotham and co. arrive in Victorian Era London, where they meet Alice Liddell, a woman with PTSD from a house-fire that claimed the lives of her parents and sister, who works at the London Royal Opera House as a theater-worker, who has the power to enter a person's "Otherlands". However, a corrupt land-developer wants to level the opera house to the ground. Now, Jotham and co. can't allow this to happen. They discover that Alice was infused with the power of the Golden Arrow, making her a Stand User. Along the way, Jeff finds himself falling in love with Alice. Can our heroes help Alice save the London Opera House? Keep reading to find out.
Disclaimer: Same as last chapter.
Location: London, England
The 1870s
"Cheese and hot sauce, who'd have thought that England during the Victorian Era would be so-" Liu began.
"Gloomy? Yes." said Jonathan, knowing that Victorian Era London was pretty gloomy back then, with there being child labor and slums, and a class-based society despite the social and political reform, and the industrial and scientific progress.
"Super gloomy." said Martin, admittedly. Jotham, alongside Jonathan, Liu, Jeff, Martin, Diana, Danny, Cal, Hekks, Zanden, Jek, Zud, Shane, Zhanu, Tristan, and Razorwolf were walking through the streets of Victorian England.
"Maybe we can find some goodness in Victorian London." said Jonathan.
(Opening Song: "The Howl Towards Tomorrow!" by JAM Project Plays)
[Instrumental]
It shows the past Joestars, Jonathan, Joseph, Jotaro, Josuke, Giorno, and Jolyne before it then shows Jotham, with a determined look on his face.
[Tachiagare kedakaku mae sadame wo uketa senshi yo!]
It shows Jotham rushing off, and is joined by several others, as he rushes towards the dawn.
[Sen no kakugo mi ni matoi kimi yo ooshiku habatake!]
It shows Jotham's Stand, [Rough Diamond] appearing, and it thrashes the screen as the logo for JoJo's Multiversal Adventure appears.
[Yami no jidai wo tsugeru kane ga tooku nari hibiku]
It shows Jotham hanging out with his friends, Felix Darson, Kyler Satsuma, Kyler's twin sister, Zoey, and Keith Rowe, as they do normal things people their age do.
[Tatakau tomo yo ima kimi ha shi mo osorezu]
It shows the members of the Multiverse Defense Squadron: Captain Leland Nakajima, Professor Haruo Segawa, Field Captain Kenpachiro Morikawa, Lieutenant Asuka Shimada, Anakh Gabel, Gale Kerro, Rentaro Zeppeli, Alex DeSoto/Wolf Watcher, and Nathan Ralls/Twilight Dragon.
[Gareki no machi wo somete shizumu yuuhi ha kurenai]
It shows the allies that Jotham and co. meet in their travels throughout the Multiverse: the agents of WOOHP and The Center, the TMNT, the Crystal Gems, the Freedom Fighters, the Avengers, the Justice League, the Maximals, the Elric Brothers, Nero, Yugo Ogami, Alucard, the Hellsing Foundation, Shinjiro Hayata, Cal Kestis, the Z-Fighters, the Konoha 13, the Straw-Hat Pirates, Ruby's Group, Kazuma Kiryu, Takayuki Yagami, and others to name a few.
[Aisuru hoshi no mirai wo mamoru tame]
It shows the various universes as Jotham walks alongside his friends, ready to save the day from Dio's evil.
[Oo kami no yaiba ha hito no ai]
It shows the Brandonian Order, with a revived Dio Brando, as well as Kars, Whammu, Esidisi, Yoshikage Kira, Diavolo, Enrico Pucci, and several other villains to name a few, ready to make their move.
[Inori wo komete tsuranuke!]
It shows Jotham ready for action, as [Rough Diamond] materializes, ready to beat down enemy Stand Users.
[Tachiagare kedakaku mae sadame wo uketa senshi yo]
Jotham and his friends face off against Vampires and Zombies, with Jotham using his orichalcum longsword with Metal Silver Overdrive to kill the monsters with ease, as [Rough Diamond] pummels several villains to a bloody pulp.
[Asu no heiwa he no ishizue to nare]
It shows the various Joestars, such as Joseph Joestar with his youth restored using [Hermit Purple, Jotaro Kujo using [Star Platinum, Josuke Higashikata using [Crazy Diamond, Giorno Giovanna using [Gold Experience Requiem, Jolyne Cujoh using [Stone Free, and Jonathan Joestar, who had been given a second chance at life using his own humanoid Stand, [Midnight Blue]
[Atsuku nare ookiku sake ten ni sasageshi inochi yo]
It shows the Joestars of past and present facing off against Dio's forces, with Joseph fighting the Pillar-Men, Jotaro and Jonathan fighting Dio, Josuke fighting Yoshikage, Giorno fighting Diavolo, and Jolyne fighting Father Pucci.
[Yowakimono no tate to nare soshite sekai wo michibike]
Jotham's Stand, [Rough Diamond] had the Golden Arrow in it's grip, and it stabs itself in the stomach as a means of evolving itself like what [Gold Experience] had done.
(End of OP)
Chapter 23: An Encounter With Alice Liddell!
It shows a woman with dull-brown hair and green eyes wearing the attire for employees of the London Royal Opera-House. This was Alice Liddell. Alice lived a relatively normal childhood, until her parents and older sister died in a house-fire, which caused Alice to develop severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and be institutionalized in the Rutledge Asylum, where she wound up in Wonderland, and faced off against the foes there. After leaving Ruthledge, she got a job at Houndsditch Home for Wayward Youth, working as a maid while attending hypnotherapy sessions with Dr. Angus Bumby. She made the shocking discovery that Dr. Bumby was the man who raped and murdered her sister, Lizzie, and caused the house-fire that claimed the lives of Mr. and Ms. Liddell to cover his tracks, and used hypnotherapy to make children forget who they were, and sell them to sex-traffickers. However, after learning the truth, Alice avenged her parents and sister by shoving Dr. Bumby into the path of an oncoming train. Now, Alice works at the London Opera House as a theater worker. She had the power to enter a person's Otherlands, which were the "Wonderlands" of others. She was busy making sure everything was getting cleaned up.
"Everything's going swell, so far." said Alice. She then heard thudding, and looked outside. "The bloody Hell is going on?" she wondered, stunned.
"Haven't you heard? Someone's planning to tear down the royal opera-house!" said one citizen, shocked.
"Some people have no respect for art nowadays. This opera-house is the one form of art and culture we have nowadays." said a woman. "If this horrible man thinks he can tear down the operahouse, he's heartless!"
'I won't let industrialists level this opera house to the ground.' Alice thought, as she was enveloped in a violet aura, revealing a humanoid Stand.
Stand Name: [Psychosocial Baby]
Stand User: Alice Liddell
Strength: B
Speed: A
Precision: B
Destructive Power: B
Durability: B
Precision: C
Developmental Potential: B
Meanwhile, it shows Nathan using a cloaking device to spy on an industrialist. This man was Mattias Hendriksen, a corrupt businessman who wanted to remove opera from the face of the earth.
"Soon, it will be like opera had never existed!" said Mattias, smirking darkly.
'He's basically gonna ruin this world's one form of entertainment!? He's a monster.' Nathan thought, with a scowl on his face. He then left to inform the others and Alice.
"There's "far", and then there's "too far"." said Jek, scowling. He knew that Mattias was going to rob London of it's entertainment for something else.
"Some people have absolutely no respect for the arts." said Nathan, who also scowled.
"Something's gotta be done." said Zanden.
"Agreed. We're not gonna let the Royal Opera-House get destroyed." said Liu, agreeing with the others.
Later, it shows Jotham on his sports-bike, until he looked to see Mattias with a smug look.
"Move aside. The opera-house needs to go." said Mattias, glaring at Jotham.
"Never gonna happen, jerk-ass!" said Jotham, as he summoned his Stand, [Rough Diamond]. Mattias then summoned his own Stand.
"If you won't move, I'll level the opera-house atop your carcass!" said Mattias, scowling.
Stand Name: [Wig Wam]
Stand User: Mattias Hendricksen
Strength: B
Speed: C
Durability: A
Destructive Power: A
Precision: C
Developmental Potential: E
[Rough Diamond] and [Wig Wam] then clashed fists, trading blows as they threw punches at eachother.
"I won't let you destroy the opera-house, Hendricksen!" said Jotham, determined to save Alice's place of work.
"I'd like to see you try and stop me!" said Mattias. Suddenly, Alice activated [Psychosocial Baby]'s Stand Power, which made Mattias hallucinate his worst fears.
"Aaaah! CLOWNS!" Mattias shrieked, panicking. Jotham then manifested [Rough Diamond, who then knocked Mattias skywards.
"ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA! ORAAH!" went [Rough Diamond, as it then thrashed Mattias with a flurry of punches, before knocking the corrupt land-developer through a wall.
Mattias then staggered to his feet, but Jek had loaded a round in his Amban sniper-rifle, and pulled the trigger, disintegrating Mattias from afar.
"Bulls-eye." said Jek, as he holstered his Amban rifle.
Later, it showed Alice onboard the Starchaser, where she spoke with Jeff.
"Looks like we both have been through literal Hell." said Alice. "I lost my family, and you wound up murdering yours due to being bullied to the point you snapped."
"Yeah. That's understandable." said Jeff, admittedly. "If we ever get the chance, you wanna…go out sometime?"
"Yeah. I would actually like to go on a date with you." Alice admitted. She and Jeff then held hands.
"You've got really beautiful eyes." said Jeff, complimenting Alice.
With that, the Starchaser, alongside the Stinger Mantis, the Axalon II, the Ghost, the Marauder, the Rogue Shadow, the Sapphire Mythosaur, and the Emerald Mythosaur all flew through a dimensional portal.
(End of Chapter 23)
(Ending Song: "Mozaik Role" by DECO*27 Plays)
To aru kotoba ga kimi ni tsuki sasari
Kizuguchi kara moredasu eki wo "ai" to keiyou shite mita
Omoiyari no ketsujo to katachi dake no koubi wa
Kusare en no kimi to atashi ni yoku niteiru
"Soredemo suki..." to ka
Aishitatte ii janai ka
Shibari dare mo furenai you
Kore mo unmei janai ka
Kieru kieru to aru ai se
(End of Chapter 23)
Next time, on JoJo's Multiversal Adventure: Jotham and co. arrive in the universe of Inuyasha, where they meet Inuyasha, Kagome Higurashi, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Kirara, Kouga, Michiru Kururugi, and Michiru's sister, Kaname. However, a spider demon is causing problems in the local village, murdering and eating innocent people. Can our heroes stop this monstrous arachnid? Find out, in Chapter 24: Heroes Of Feudal Japan!