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Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: A New Universe

by mtnetsurfer

Chapter 164: Prison Life

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Prison Life

Rainbow realized why Jolyne had left her the cash. The barber who was meant to give the mandatory prison haircut could be bribed to save some inches, and more cash meant more hair. "How do you know so much about surviving prison?," Rainbow asked. "Like I said," Jolyne replied, "My dad did a brief stint in high school. He told me a few tricks. He knew there was nothing I could do to avoid any sort of jail time, so he at least made sure I was prepared." After the usual speaking of the rules, Jolyne and Rainbow were brought to their cell.

They found that someone else was already in there. "No one said there'd be three people in this cell," Rainbow noted. "We're low on cells right now," the guard explained, "Two of you will have to share a bunk." Rainbow sighed, then felt her neck. Her eyes shot open. "Wait... What happened to my necklace!?" "You had a necklace?," Jolyne asked. Rainbow thought back, then face-palmed. "Shit... I remember throwing something in frustration when talking with the lawyer."

Jolyne then realized something. "Come to think of it... I wound up doing the same with my locket during one of the talks with my lawyer." 'Which is bad news...,' she thought, 'That locket had a shard of the Stand arrow Dad got from Italy. If someone with Stand potential grabs it... Who knows what they'll do.' The guard returned. "Prisoner FE40536, Jolyne Kujo? You have a call from your father." "I'll go and take it," Jolyne said, "You might as well get settled in." Rainbow nodded.

She looked over to the other girl. "So, I guess you got the top bunk?" "No, the bottom one," the girl said curtly. "Then you might wanna move all that," Rainbow said, pointing to the stuff on the top bunk. She then gasped. She saw a familiar pair of lockets, one she remembered Jolyne having, as well as her own. "Why do you have those!? Those belong to me and Jolyne! The pictures inside prove it!" "So?," the girl said in a condescending manner.

She then got the sensation of being lifted into the air as Rainbow grabbed her collar. "Give. Them. Back." The girl sighed and did so. "Has anyone told you you're good at the intimidation game?" She sat back down, and Rainbow spotted a parrot from her pocket somehow remove its head, and what looked like arms came out to grab some crackers from the nearby table. Rainbow raised an eyebrow. 'There's something weird going on here.'


The next day, Rainbow made sure to wake up early and get Jolyne to do the same. "There's something I don't trust about our shared roommate, Gwess," Rainbow said, "Remember how she acted when you got back?" Gwess has suddenly turned rather friendly when Jolyne returned after speaking with her father. But Jolyne remembered something similar happening with Tamami back in Morioh. There was also the fact that while the picture of her parents was still in the locket, the arrow piece was missing.

"I don't trust her," Jolyne noted, "When we got up, she was trying to fill the sinks, but emptied them when she saw I was waking up." "And have you seen how she talks to that bird of hers?," Rainbow asked, "Something's off with that parrot. If I didn't know any better, I'd swear it wasn't real." Jolyne tapped her chin. "Maybe it isn't. And I know just how we can find out."

She lead Rainbow to where Gwess was talking with her parrot, lovingly at first until it made a "whoa" sound, when she started to get angry. As she made to hide the parrot, Jolyne activated her Stand to grab the bird, replacing it with a banana from breakfast. "Anyone in there?," she asked the bird. There was no answer, and the bird looked really dead. "Something's odd," Rainbow said. Jolyne removed the head of the bird, and the two girls gasped as tiny human limbs fell out.

"Whatever this is," Jolyne said, "It's a tiny human... And it's already dead." 'This is a Stand... It has to be. Gwess had the arrow piece long enough to use it. Maybe she got pricked by accident, maybe it was out of curiosity, but she clearly had the potential which the arrow brought out.' She and Rainbow spotted Gwess as she came up the stairs, likely looking for the bird. Quickly they flattened themselves against the indentation where the cell door was, keeping the bird out of sight.

It seemed to be safe when she went in the opposite direction, but then Rainbow noticed that there was somehow blood going up the walls, and the indentation was much larger than it should have been. "Uh... Jolyne?" Jolyne looked and saw what had Rainbow worried. "Oh shit..." She quickly realized they were shrinking rapidly. Gwess then appeared. "So it was you who took my darling from me, Jolyne." She picked up Jolyne, then threw her toward the back of the cell. However, Jolyne had already had her strings wrap around Gwess' finger, using it to swing up and smack her right in the eye.

"God damn it!," she called out. "Did you really think I wouldn't recognize what you were doing?," Jolyne said, "I know perfectly well the power you have, and I have a good idea where you got it from. I'm not sure how long you've had it, or where you found my locket, but the stone arrow piece that was in there was gone when Rainbow forced you to return it." Gwess breathed heavily for a bit, but started to calm down. "Listen, girls, I'm sorry. I'm trying to be friends here."

She picked Rainbow up and placed her and Jolyne on the table. "Sorry about the other body. He was a guard that was fired for being too lazy. Everyone else thinks he went home." She flushed the body down the toilet. "I'm not sure what you two are in here for, but I'd like to help you get out. And I know how to do it." "Why should we help?," Jolyne asked, "I'm out in five years." "Same with me," Rainbow pointed out, "I got a reduced sentence thanks to a defense plea. You're the one getting the most out of this deal." Gwess' eye twitched. "I'm not sure our relationship is going well."


Author's Note

Yep, Jolyne having prior knowledge of Stands means she's not as receptive to Gwess' demands. We'll see the consequences of this as we continue.

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