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A True Lady's Quest

[X] "Are you not feeling well?" He seems calm enough, but this afternoon is clearly still gnawing on him.
[X]What happend today was no fault of yours so let us talk about it if it still weights on your brows my dear.
 
[X] "Are you not feeling well?"

"I should ask that of you," he replies, pointedly not examining your eye.

[X] So it is about that. "Oh, there's no harm done. If father asks, I'll just say I accidentally bumped into something."

[X] Lighten the mood with a spot of teasing. "You should also apologize, but you haven't done that, either."

[X] Really, now, he wants to stop your lessons before they've truly begun? Does he not know you are Joanna Mother-Freya Joestar? "Well, part of learning to fight is learning how to take a few bumps and scrapes, I suppose."

[X] Write-in

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This is not merely me being lazy. It's partly that, but mostly it's the fact that small bits of interplay are often the really important part of handling difficult personalities. I don't just want to hand you feels left and right without you having to work for 'em.
 
[X] So it is about that. "Oh, there's no harm done. If father asks, I'll just say I accidentally bumped into something."
- - [X] "Things happen, and I would rather there wasn't anything that would come between us. A bruise such as this, isn't important in the long run."
 
[X] So it is about that. "Oh, there's no harm done. If father asks, I'll just say I accidentally bumped into something."
- - [X] "Things happen, and I would rather there wasn't anything that would come between us. A bruise such as this, isn't important in the long run."
 
[X] Really, now, he wants to stop your lessons before they've truly begun? Does he not know you are Joanna Mother-Freya Joestar? "Well, part of learning to fight is learning how to take a few bumps and scrapes, I suppose."
 
[X] So it is about that. "Oh, there's no harm done. If father asks, I'll just say I accidentally bumped into something."
- - [X] "Things happen, and I would rather there wasn't anything that would come between us. A bruise such as this, isn't important in the long run."
 
[X] Really, now, he wants to stop your lessons before they've truly begun? Does he not know you are Joanna Mother-Freya Joestar? "Well, part of learning to fight is learning how to take a few bumps and scrapes, I suppose."
 
[X] That vision told you much of Dio, but you're still not sure what to make of it all. Using it's insight seems underhanded when Dio has been a friend. On the other hand, with him you have the feeling you'll need every advantage to keep up... But for the last you're Joanna Joestar, and even if he doesn't believe it Dio's supposed to be family now. You won't abandon honor just to pull at his heartstrings more effectively, even if the part is enticing.
--[X] You smirk. "Tch. That bruise? I may catch hell even if I pretend it was the horses, but... Dio? I was gaping at you like a ninny and stepped forward. You didn't intend to hit me and we both know that. We are neither of us angels, but even if I know you only somewhat well, I know that you are not that sort of man."
 
drake_azathoth said:
[X] That vision told you much of Dio, but you're still not sure what to make of it all.
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Was the vision about Dio? You didn't see him in it, did you?
 
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[X] So it is about that. "Oh, there's no harm done. If father asks, I'll just say I accidentally bumped into something."

He flinches. "Will you, now?" he says softly.

"Of course," you reply. "No sense troubling him. Things happen, and I would rather there weren't anything that would come between us. A bruise such as this isn't important in the long run."

Dio stares at you for a long time, before letting out a puff of air that might be a laugh.

"I see." He smiles. "All the same, I apologize. I should have been more aware of my surroundings."

"Oh, you'll have plenty of opportunities to improve on that count," you say cheerfully. "I'm quite looking forward to my next lesson."

You withdraw before he can argue.

=

"Class, this is Dio Brando," the teacher says. "He recently moved here from London and is in the care of the Joestar family."

"Good morning to you all," Dio says cordially. "I hope that in time we can all become good friends."

Strummer and a few other likely suspects murmur sceptically at this, which you expected... but are drowned out by giggling from the Yellowcard twins, which you didn't. Hm. This situation bears watching; you shudder to think of one of those nitwits getting her hooks into Dio only to break his heart when she discovers he has no income of his own.

"Are you getting along with him well, Jojo?" Del asks at lunch.

"Certainly!" you declare. "He's a fine young man."

"He isn't really from a slum, is he?" she asks, her voice lowered.

You grant her a sharp glance. "Where did you hear that?"

"It's just a rumour that's making the rounds in the servants' quarters," she says quickly. "I never said I believed it."

[X] Rumours are ugly things, true, but the only way to kill them is with the truth. Otherwise they grow in the telling.

[X] Think of the future. Dio is set for a brilliant debut in society, you can see it already. If you put a black mark on his record this young you could ruin him.

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Changed my avatar to something more Steel Ball Run-ish. FYI, Lil, this is what grown-up Dio looks like when he isn't evil.
 
[X] Think of the future. Dio is set for a brilliant debut in society, you can see it already. If you put a black mark on his record this young you could ruin him.
-[x] Time to create a more apropiate Rumour, how about hmhm... Parents lost in India
 
[X] Think of the future. Dio is set for a brilliant debut in society, you can see it already. If you put a black mark on his record this young you could ruin him.
- - [X] Time to create a more apropiate Rumour, how about hmhm... Parents lost in India
 
[X] Think of the future. Dio is set for a brilliant debut in society, you can see it already. If you put a black mark on his record this young you could ruin him.
 
[X] Introduce more palatable rumors. What might be appropriate... Dio from the Continent? Perhaps he was raised by an Indian swami. Or from the Americas. Or his parents dumped him off while they search for the road to El Dorado. Or his real name is Prester John.
 
[X] Think of the future. Dio is set for a brilliant debut in society, you can see it already. If you put a black mark on his record this young you could ruin him.


Not voting to start a more palatable rumor.
 
[X] Think of the future. Dio is set for a brilliant debut in society, you can see it already. If you put a black mark on his record this young you could ruin him.
[X] You are the ruler of the school " Young women don't spread rumors"
 
[X] The Go-Getter

"I don't know who could have possibly made such a mistake," you say, feigning amusement. The mistake you are referring to, of course, is undermining someone under the protection of Joanna Joestar. Lying is a sin, after all.

Del purses her lips. "So there's no truth to it?"

"Really, Del, can you imagine Dio in Bethnal Green?" You nod at the cricket pitch, where your foster brother has just scored a run. "Look at his carriage, his command of language! If he's a guttersnipe, I'm a sewer rat."

Your companion stares after the blond boy. "I suppose..." she says hesitantly, before turning back to you. "But then, where did he come from? Why does he have no other family to take him in?"

"It's not a question of there being no one else," you reply, stung. "My father and I wouldn't be alive today if it weren't for Dio's father; the Joestars do not shirk their debts. Anything we can do for the Brando family, we will."

"Oh, my." Del's eyes widen. "I apologize, I didn't mean to pry."

You nod, smiling indulgently. "Perfectly understandable, Adelaide; I know you worry."

"But Jojo... aren't you the least bit scared?"

You are dumbfounded. "Of Dio? Whatever for?"

She bites her lip. "He's... unusual," she says finally. "You must have noticed."

"Unusual?" You cast a glance across the pitch once again. "By Abney Park standards, certainly. I personally find it refreshing."

"I meant that-"

"Adelaide," and where before the name held affection, it is weighed down with warning, "I will not permit you to continue to speak ill of my brother."

"... of course, Miss Joestar," she says quietly.

The matter settled, you turn the conversation to other topics.

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The weeks roll by, and soon spring gives way to the earliest days of summer. You're amazed and pleased at how quickly Dio befriends the entire male segment of the student body, and his marks are easily the highest in your class. Soon he's begging off your boxing lessons every now and then to tutor the younger lads.

The lessons themselves are going quite well. There have been no recurrences of the elbow-in-the-eye incident - indeed, you've had to reprimand Dio several times for going too lightly on you. Nonetheless, you feel you've made some progress; you're aware of your surroundings now in a manner you weren't before, and your body feels lighter somehow. You can almost keep up with Dio now.

The servants may suspect what the two of you are up to, but if they do, they haven't told Father. Not that they would have had the opportunity; your spectral assistant has sent him off on a new tangent of research, and he hasn't been home much in the past month or so.

Finally, one evening at dinner, he asks, "Jojo? How would you feel about attending school on the continent?"

"Not go to St Trinian's?" you exclaim.

"I've been speaking to reputable experts, vouched for by my colleagues," Father goes on, wincing slightly at the disappointment in your voice. You'd always expected to attend your mother's school when you were old enough. "They unanimously recommended the Common School for Girls in Naples as being the best place for ladies of... unique circumstances. It's a smaller academy, but well thought-of - founded by a Lady Adkins, of the Bamburgh Adkinses."

[X] Confound the Bamburgh Adkinses! You have no intention of permitting your phantom to control your life, and certainly you have no desire to be poked and prodded by strangers for it. You shall attend St Trinian's as mother would have wanted.

[X] Italy? For real and for true? How marvelous! And perhaps, if Father's friends are correct, you could learn the true nature of your abilities.
 
St Trinian's? Seriously? "Get your blow in first" St Trinian's?

I'd forego learning Ripple just to attend there.
 
Well, I had to make it a decision worth thinking about, didn't I? 8)

Of course, if you pick it that means I have to find some St Trinian's movies to watch, since the version I'm most familiar with is the reboot with Rupert Everett, which seems to me rather out-of-keeping with the classic films.

Also, stats upgrade.
 
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>Stand: Heart of Glass - Placeholder name. Thought it was appropriate. You guys can come up with something else if you like.

As long as it's not Wild Roses.
 
Not sure where these paths lead so I am waiting for someone with a idea about it.
 
[X] Confound the Bamburgh Adkinses! You have no intention of permitting your phantom to control your life, and certainly you have no desire to be poked and prodded by strangers for it. You shall attend St Trinian's as mother would have wanted.

We can figure our powers out on our own.

Missing out on associating with other power users would be sad, and progress would likely be slow.

But I have to know why Jojo's mother wanted her in any variant of St Trinian's.

The first Trinian movie was, well, it was made back in the day when film pacing and action scenes weren't a thing yet. So watching it is a chore.

All you really needed to know is they had a still in the chemistry room, when they played field hockey they always took out the umpire first, and the fourth and fifth forms got into a gang war with each other over fixing horse races.

How was this movie not completely awesome?
 
[X] Confound the Bamburgh Adkinses! You have no intention of permitting your phantom to control your life, and certainly you have no desire to be poked and prodded by strangers for it. You shall attend St Trinian's as mother would have wanted.
 
[X] Confound the Bamburgh Adkinses! You have no intention of permitting your phantom to control your life, and certainly you have no desire to be poked and prodded by strangers for it. You shall attend St Trinian's as mother would have wanted.
Lets take over the school
 
*stares in horror*

*looks at all the notes made for the plot planning out the next three in-game years*

... I hope you know this means I'll have to put the quest on hiatus again.

/did not expect St Trinian's to be so popular, considering the miniskirt has yet to be invented

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But I have to know why Jojo's mother wanted her in any variant of St Trinian's.
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Well you've seen what Lord George is like, and this is a slice of British life story (with Stands!). What kind of wife do you think he had?
 
[X] Italy? For real and for true? How marvelous! And perhaps, if Father's friends are correct, you could learn the true nature of your abilities.
 
I just caught up and.....I have no bloody clue what to vote for.

I mean, I GUESS I'd be predisposed towards Italy? But only because making Furiko trash her notes is cruel. I hate doing it and restarting.
 
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