Jotaro had just gotten a letter from Jolyne about her current situation. She had finally decided to name her Stand, calling it Stone Free. In addition, she had partnered up with her cellmate Iro Dashell, who had a Stand of her own called I'll Fly. When Fluttershy read the full details, she chuckled nervously. "Our little girl always was open-minded about relationships. But I'm glad she's over that sleazeball Romeo." She looked up. "Still, she's still into guys, so I wonder if she'll eventually find a new boyfriend." Jotaro sighed. "Gimme a break..."

"So yeah," Jolyne said, "I've had my Stand since the day I was born, but I had trouble controlling it at first." "Reminds me of One Piece," Rainbow noted, "How Devil Fruit users tend to have trouble controlling their new powers until they practice with them a bit. But I seem to be pretty used to I'll Fly's powers already." "Don't get too excited," Jolyne said, "It's hard to determine I'll Fly's full potential within the confines of the prison. And practicing it out in the yard is too risky."

They were walking near the phones. The whole "one phone call" you often see in media was actually just a gag. In reality prisoners were allowed whatever calls they needed to make, provided they had the change to keep the collect call going. "Hey," another female prisoner called out, "Can either of you spare some change? My call's just about to run out, and it's kinda far to my cell." Jolyne dug into her pants. "Sure. How much do you need?" Meanwhile Rainbow was trying to get a phone of her own, only for a rather large woman to try butting in.

"Sorry, I already reserved this," the woman said. Rainbow narrowed her eyes. I'll Fly appeared and shoved the woman out of the way. "First come first serve, sister. I just need to check in with a friend of mine. Won't take five minutes." "Can you believe that crap?," Jolyne said as the other girl finished her call and let Jolyne have the phone, "Month's waiting time. And for a call that's only supposed to be a few minutes long!" "Hey...," Gwess said meekly as she approached the two girls.

"What do you want?," Rainbow said, a twinge of annoyance in her voice. After getting the crap beaten out of her, Gwess had pretty much become a toady to Jolyne and Rainbow, rather the opposite of what she wanted but it was clear she couldn't match them. They were too strong and too resourceful. "I just wanted to warn you about lending things out here," Gwess explained, "You need to find some way of collecting it back, or else the other girls will walk all over you."

"Did you not see me shove aside a women twice my size?," Rainbow asked. "I think we can keep people from thinking we're soft through muscle alone," Jolyne pointed out. "You know it and I know it," Gwess admitted, "But rumors like that take time to spread through the prison, and you'd have to visibly out-muscle quite a few girls for it to sink in. Look, most of the girls here are like me. Sweet at first glance, but they get real pissy if things don't go their way. You'll need to lay down the law to minimize trouble if you're serious about keeping ahead around here."

Jolyne decided to catch up with that girl at the library. "Hey," she said, "Remember that dollar I lent you? I need to make sure you can pay it back at some point." The girl eyed Jolyne. "Yeah sure, I remember saying that don't worry." She then grabbed Jolyne's collar and gave a threatening face. "But I can't really pay it back just yet, see. I'm kinda tapped out." She then got a sweet smile again. "By the way, I may need ten dollars a little later for lunch." "Sorry," Jolyne said, "But until I can get confirmation that you've already paid what I gave you earlier, I ain't lending out anything else."

Gwess was nearby, watching as Jolyne used her Stand to melt part of a coin, then tossed it to Rainbow who had flown up to a higher level unseen. The copper and iron from the coin dripped from the tip of I'll Fly's wing down into the girl's mouth, causing a touch of stomach problems as Jolyne walked into the nearby bathroom. Gwess couldn't help but smirk as Jolyne held the bathroom until the girl agreed to pay ten times the amount she owed just to get inside.

Gwess opened a nearby book and subtly coughed to get Rainbow's attention. She looked to see Gwess had written a note hidden inside the book. Rainbow read it aloud in a low voice, which Jolyne picked up. "The smaller girl with the pink hair clips has the very problem I was telling you about. Focus on the older woman with the dreadlocks." When Jolyne picked this up, she spotted the two girls mentioned. She walked over to the meeker girl, the one with the hair clips. "Go head inside the bathroom. Another girl is going to appear. It'll be up to you whether or not you get back the money extorted from you."

Gwess watched as the woman she indicated suffered the same problems as the meeker girl went inside the bathroom. 'Some girls in this prison really are as they seem. That poor lady is one of them. She's as nice as Jolyne, but doesn't have the guts to stand up for herself after one shot of getting pushed around. But I learned the hard way... Try to push Jolyne or Rainbow around... And they push back hard.' Rainbow floated down to the first level, and spotted a baseball rolling near the cell door to the library.

A young kid in a baseball uniform went to pick it up. "Who's the mini Babe Ruth?," Rainbow asked. "Dunno," Gwess replied, "But this prison does have a section for juveniles. Maybe he's a prisoner too." Jolyne walked over to see what all the hub-bub was. The boy turned to look at them. "Jolyne," he said, "Tomorrow at noon, someone's going to come to see you. But you can't. You can't go see him... No matter what!" Jolyne looked surprised that this kid, whoever he was, knew her name. 'What's his deal...?'

Short but important chapter. We'll get into real story next time.