And now back to your regularly scheduled plot.

Hey, even in a story like mine too much sugar is bad for you.

"Well," Jolyne said, "At least Kenzo won't be a threat any longer. But there's still that other guy back upstairs. And we still don't know what happened to that bone." She headed up the stairs, surprising Anasui by pinching his butt on the way up. "Thanks for the save," she said in a sultry manner. "Damn, I love that woman...," he muttered. Atroe headed up to join Jolyne. "Hey, Jolyne, I thought you were in a relationship with Rainbow." "That was only ever tentative," Rainbow clarified, "Sure we're attracted to each other, but we're not exclusive to girls. And our sentences are the same length. You know how it is."

Her head then jerked up. "Hey, that little guy right there at the top! I recognize him, he was playing with the bone earlier! And it looks like he still has it!" "Stone Free!" Jolyne summoned her Stand and launched its strings to grab the man, but he seemed to come apart as he twisted out of her grip. Atroe quickly morphed her hand again and fired off a few shots. "Damn! We can't let him away again!" The group hurried up the stairs to find a truly bizarre sight.

They found the man, but he was much taller than they expected. And something was growing through his spine and branching out. "Something's wrong," Wes said, "This doesn't fit with the Stand that made everyone aggressive earlier, and he's not the other guy that was with Kenzo. He said there were only four Stand users sent here, besides. There was Kenzo himself, the guard Westwood, whoever made the people aggressive, and one more person. That man with the helmet was no doubt one of the last two."

Atroe aimed her morphed hand at the man. "Hey, turn around slowly! No sudden moves!" Rainbow looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "I've always wanted to say that," Atroe said with a blush. The man was reaching up to the glass ceiling. "Sun... Light..." He slowed turned his head, causing the group to gasp at the sight of him. There was a small tree growing out of his mouth, teeth visible near the trunk. Small flowers were blooming where his eyes should have been. He seemed to be in excruciating pain.

"Jolyne, you didn't say your mother was visiting," Anasui said, "I would have freshened up." "Mom's Stand can't do this," Jolyne clarified. One of the flowers bloomed and burst open, launching pollen everywhere. Wes acted quickly. "Weather Report!" His Stand created an air pocket that caused the pollen to avoid the group. They then noticed the other prisoners had already started growing trees of their own. "What the hell is this?," Rainbow asked. Anasui spotted a few plants growing on Jolyne. "Diver Down!" His Stand dove inside her and remove the plants.

"Thanks," Jolyne said, "I didn't even realize those were growing there. But how did they start growing in the first place?" Meanwhile the other guy, D an G, had found the bone the guy had dropped. 'Looks touching either the bone or the man who touched it will do this. With the melee that had just been going on, that guy might have been hit a few times while trying to escape. The bone has a feeling like determination, as if it's manipulating the flowers, trying to give birth to something...'

Meanwhile Anasui was coming to a similar conclusion. "Pucci placed great importance on that bone. This must have something to do with it. It didn't target us first, and I think I know why... We never touched it. But Jolyne probably did when she grabbed that first guy." "But why would a bone, even one from DIO, do all this?," Jolyne wondered. "I dunno," Atroe said, "But I think it might still be under Sports Maxx's influence because it's high-tailing it." They turned to where Atroe was pointing to see the bone escaping on a root.

D an G saw the same thing. "I need to follow it without touching the bone, or else it'll infect me to." Meanwhile, Jolyne noticed something. "These plants are still growing on me." "I think it's more accurate to say your cells are being changed into the plants," Anasui clarified, "I got the impression when I pulled off the first few. That first guy was reaching for the sunlight. If we can keep you in the shade until this passes, you should be fine."

"Hey," Wes said, "I can see something in the midst of all the vines." He pointed to a small pod with some sort of fetus visible inside it. Rainbow gasped when she saw it had a familiar star-shaped birthmark. "What the heck...?" "I should probably mention," Jolyne said, "When Dad fought DIO, DIO had actually been reduced to just a head, and was using the body of Grandpa Joseph's father to survive. So far all intents and purposes, DIO was officially of Joestar blood. And the same holds true for anything born of him..."

Meanwhile, Ryusei was carefully observing DeKurliss as he made another meeting with Pucci. 'He's been coming by everyday. Casual observation should allow me to avoid his Stand. He'll be looking for anyone spying on him.' He raised an eyebrow as he noticed something while passing by Pucci's office. 'Is that... A diary? Whatever it is, it seems important from the way Pucci is looking at it.' He had long known about Pucci thanks to working at the prison for so long.

Inside the office, Pucci and DeKurliss were talking. "By now the bone is doing it's task," Pucci said, "Once it collects the souls it needs to grow, I will merge with it and complete the final few steps." "We are on a schedule here," DeKurliss said, "Are you sure you can get this done in time for the event?" Pucci nodded. "Events are proceeding at a good pace. I have confidence that, at the very least, I can accomplish DIO's formula before Jolyne Kujo and her allies can have a chance to stop me." He smiled, confident in his plans. 'The New Moon is rising soon...'