Everything hurt, his neck itches and he felt small bruises everywhere. He couldn't remember a thing. All he remembered were blank traces of what had happened last time he was conscious.

Jotaro tried to think back on the last thing that had happened, not really exiting his dazed state yet. He tried to remember the situation he was in, the things he remembered last, he had gone home from school, finding somebody passed out on the floor. He got kidnapped later.. That happened.

Then he remembered hearing Kakyoin's voice before he went unconscious.

Kakyoin.

He then remembered almost all of it, a small panic set in. Was he alright? Did he get hurt? He was fairly unsure of it. He tried to sit up, but then he realized he couldn't. Was he tied down..? He noticed he could move his arm, since apparently they were untied. He reached up, feeling some sort of band around his forehead "Star Plati-" Before he could finish an electric jolt ran through him, making him wince as well as making what he thought was going to be the manifestation of his stand, disappear..

Shit.

He looked at the roof, what the hell was gonna happen to him? Was this the end? Now wasn't the time "Who the hell did this!? Is anyone there?!" He yelled out, trying to get something's attention. Yet the room went silent again.

Now would have been a good time to give up, but he wasn't about to lose hope this quickly, definitely not. So he decided to call out again, this time he tried a name of the last person to have seen him.

"Kakyoin are you here!?"

It once again went silent, before a voice spoke up "Yeah.. I heard you the first time. I just couldn't get up.. You sound close, where are you?" He asked, while Jotaro to say the least and was relieved to hear the voice of the red head. At least he wasn't alone, it wasn't that much better but he could do. "I'm just over here, I don't know where you are but I think i'm a few meters to the left." He responded.

"Well could you get these binds off of me?"

"No.. I'm bound down too.. Fuck."

That's when they both realized there was probably no escape, Jotaro didn't know if Kakyoin had tried to summon his stand yet. But if he did he'd probably get that same shock Jotaro did. Where did the shock even come from..? He'd worry about that later.

Jotaro opened his mouth to say something, but he was interrupted by a ringing. A phone..? What the.. It wasn't on him for a fact, it was a bit too quiet for that to be the case "Kakyoin.. Can you check your pockets, for the ringing?" He asked, glaring at the ceiling

"Oh right.. Let me do that, apologies." He murmured, just loud enough to be heard before the sound of rustling with something was heard, eventually the ringing was stopped with a small click. Jotaro just assumed he answered it, not really paying much attention.

"Hello?! Why are you calling.. Who are you?! Help us, plea-"

"Beginning voiced guidance.." The phone spoke, somewhat scratchy, like an audio recording.

That caught Jotaro's attention, he listened in again, a bit curious to what the 'guidance' was.so he decided to listen in, attempting to turn his head to see Kakyoin and the phone, but it didn't budge at all. So he just sighed under his breath and thought for a moment or two.

"The First Trial will begin. Jotaro Kujo, and Kakyoin Noriaki. Find the hidden key in this room. Then, remove your restraints."

First trial..? Hidden key..? What the hell was this?

He obviously was a bit panicked, he hadn't heard the complete message yet but he still got stressed out. Yet his face remained unmoved, almost bored looking or at least disappointment at some measure. Like usual, his mood was always undetectable from his face.

"If you cannot find the key before the time limit the device on the beds will activate.."

"And your bodies will be crushed with a thud!"

Kakyoin froze when he heard that.. Crushed..? He wasn't one to imagine death, but hearing it said so.. Calmly. Even if it was over the phone, it gave him some chills. Yet he gulped his fears down and tried his best to stay determined, I mean if he gave up there was a possibility that Jotaro could die too.. Right?

The message continued

"By all means, please enjoy this thrill with all your body and soul. The time limit is a healthy five minutes."

"Five minutes..?" Kakyoin said, mostly out of surprise. Confused to say the least, raising an eyebrow as he shook his head, surely that would be enough time to save them bo-

His thought was interrupted by the last line of the message.

"And note, that there is only one key, please discuss who will use it."

With that, the call made a small click noise, signifying the end.

A deadly silence remained through the room throughout the entire time period, neither of the two knew what to say. The idea settled in both of their minds that only one of them would make it out of here alive, yet it was just how it would be they couldn't change it. Yet the silence continued on for what felt like another minute. (Had it even been a minute? They really should be paying attention to this.

"Kakyoin.. You take the key, don't even try and argue with me." Jotaro finally said, his voice was stern. Even the idea of arguing didn't come to mind until he had mentioned it. Yet that made it much worse. Kakyoin didn't want to take the key, did he even have it?

"I'm only taking it if the key is on me Jotaro, I won't risk throwing it to you and losing it."

He didn't respond, maybe that was for the best.

After a few minutes (With the odd sound of somebody shifting around in dead silence) he finally said something "I don't have the key." Those few words were enough to get his heart to stop. That meant most likely, Kakyoin had the key.

Yet he didn't want to use it on himself, since if he was right.. That meant Jotaro would die. He tried to think of a logical way to excuse this, say they'd both live but there was nothing. It wasn't some harmless prank, they were kidnapped. This wouldn't be the time to test it as 'true or false' on how dangerous it was.

The red-head got lost in thought, searching for an answer that made sense.

It didn't work.

After what was probably too much time he finally said something back "Alright then. I might have dropped something when I searched for that phone, so i'll-" "Check if that's right. You better have the damn key.." Rude to interrupt, but basically what he was about to say. So it will pass this time around. A small sigh came from Jotaro as Kakyoin began to tap around where his pocket was, trying to see if there was something he missed.

For a few minutes he couldn't feel anything, just the weird material of whatever he was strapped against. There was no way he didn't have it. Yet as the seconds ticked by his anxiety rose. Surely he had it. Just as he was about to open his mouth to say he didn't have it, it paused as he felt something, grabbing onto it.

"I found it.." He said, almost upset. So he was safe. "Are you sure you shouldn't use the key for yourself, Jotaro..?" Kakyoin asked, just getting another, more annoyed sigh from Jotaro "And let you die? Noriaki listen to yourself for a damn minute." Jotaro responded, Kakyoin knew Jotaro couldn't see him but he could still feel him glaring daggers.

Kakyoin just nodded before he finally said the last thing "Well i'll find a way to make sure you don't die. I promise." Then it fell to dead silence, besides the small metallic sound of it something being unlocked.

After removing his restraints Kakyoin looked around, no expression besides confusion and worry, the room was blank besides a few odd details. Jotaro strapped against what looked like a stone bed, a piece of.. Sand paper? Well whatever it was, it was hanging from the roof. Plus some sort of box against the wall next to a door, he couldn't really figure out what it was though he could spot an 0 shape on it. Four times. Finally standing up he got one last look around the room before he headed over to his friend. Looking down, trying to be logical like he always was.

Jotaro finally saw Kakyoin, a bit relieved. Ignoring the fact his friend didn't seem to have the same relief despite being safe from death currently. Odd, but he was probably just worried about Jotaro's life, it made sense since he was still tied down.

The red head tried to insert the key (Which he just noticed was red) Yet it didn't fit, it didn't even go into the keyhole. Taking a deep breath in an attempt to stay calm he backed away, looking at the wall. Then he noticed some numbers on the wall.. Numbers? He quickly read over the four digits reading 1-3-7-4. What did numbers have to do with anything? Then he thought back for a moment. An idea coming to his mind.

Quickly heading over to the box, moving the first digit that read zero. Once he turned it, it said '1-0-0-0' He began to change the numbers.

1-3-0-0...

1-3-7-0....

1-3-7-4!

The machine made a small 'click!' and the door next to it creaked open. Noriaki looked back at Jotaro, until he realized he was still bound down. How much time was left? Surely maybe two minutes.. Would he have enough time to save Jotaro? It was beginning to get more anxious by the second. He looked at the key once again as he was about to try and force it into the keyhole to try and unlock the restrainants.

"What the hell are you doing?" Jotaro said, speaking up once again and offering a half glare towards his friend. "What do you think i'm doing? Trying to save you." Kakyoin said, frowning at him. "Just save yourself, i'll figure it out." Jotaro said, mostly wanting Kakyoin gone before he died.

But he didn't get a response, he just heard footsteps walking off. "Kakyoin?" He asked, this was a bit unlike him to not even offer a small response. Maybe he did, and Jotaro just didn't see him nod his head, or smile and walk off.

Kakyoin on the other hand had figured something out, while he was trying to force the key to unlock, a small piece of green stuck out from the top. Rubbed off by force, so it gave an explanation to the sandpaper if he was right. Grabbing onto the sandpaper and beginning to rub it against the key.

A smile formed on Kakyoin's face when he saw the key again, the top half was completely green now, and much smaller. This felt.. Too easy now. But he was happy about it for sure, he'd much rather it be too easy then too hard.

Walking a bit quicker then normal when he headed back over to the bed his friend was bound down to, eyes landing on the lock for the restraints. Crouching down before he put the key by the keyhole.

It took a moment, but the key went in as he began to unlock it. Feeling the weight of anxiety vanish at the click of it being unlocked. Beginning to remove the now loose restraints from his friend. "The hell?" Jotaro asked, now sitting up as the last of his restraints were removed. Just surprised that whatever the mystery was here was figured out. "You're welcome." Kakyoin said, jokingly with a bright smile on his face.

Jotaro just shook his head side to side, why was Kakyoin smiling? It isn't like they escaped. Standing up and glancing down at his friend. Not saying anything for a few seconds before he let out an exasperated "Thanks." It was the least Jotaro could offer to Kakyoin since the redhead is the reason Jotaro doesn't have to die.

Yet to his surprise, Kakyoin just hugged him. Jotaro didn't hug back, just raising an eyebrow at him. "Good grief.." He murmured. For a few seconds, there was peace.

It didn't last long, because what only felt like a few seconds later, a loud crash noise was heard. Causing the two to look at the bed that Jotaro was on maybe, less than a minute ago. Instead of laying flat, it had snapped together. Whatever was on there must have been crushed. Kakyoin had just held his breath while Jotaro stared at what could have possibly been his own death. After considering it for a moment he turned away "Good grief Noriaki, nobody is dead stop looking so scared." Jotaro commented, getting a small stare from his friend before Kakyoin shook his head.

"Not my fault I can't remove my emotions, plus it's still frightening to think what happened, even if we both got out alive." Kakyoin said, crossing his arms "But you're right, we're both alive. Let's just try to get out." He said a few seconds after, heading towards the door that he had opened and pushing it a bit wider to reveal a black hallway.

Kakyoin sighed, being unable to see where he was going would be a problem so he'd need a guide "Heiro-" He started, but was interrupted by a quiet painful shock, quickly hitting against the nearest wall. "You can't summon your stand." Jotaro commented after, offering a frown as he headed in front of Kakyoin. Would of been nice to warn him beforehand.

Jotaro just continued on, the hallway was dark, but he had a hand against the wall so he'd know when it would turn off and such. Kakyoin quickly followed after, grabbing onto the back of his jacket "Don't just abandon me after that." Kakyoin said, even in the annoyance he still had a bit of relief in his voice.

"Right, sorry Kakyoin." He said, sighing under his breath. Taking a moment to glance back, before realizing that he couldn't see anything due to how dark it was, shaking his head with a frown as he continued on.

After minutes of silent, slow walking. It felt like the two were getting nowhere, it was taking too long. Did the hallway even have an end? Were they going the right way? How much longer of this slow, cautious, hand-on-wall walking, will it take till they see the sun again?

Neither of them knew, sadly, they just had to keep walking until something happened to them. Minutes would pass, and nothing happened. The hallway didn't get any brighter, and nothing new seemed to pop up. It was torturous, there was nothing they could do, at any moment something could pop out and kill them and they'd just have to accept it. Since for some reason they couldn't use their stands, and they couldn't even see anything.

After what felt like a complete hour (Which was wrong, but perception of time by now was a complete joke) Kakyoin finally decided to speak up with some half baked idea (Which to be blunt, was better than no idea and continuing what they were doing) "I know you won't like this idea.. But nothing has happened, we should just run for it." That was enough to catch Jotaro's attention. "If you want to try it, go ahead and run in front of me. I'm not getting myself killed." He responded after a moment.

And Kakyoin didn't even wait a few seconds before he passed Jotaro, the only sign he passed him was when the two brushed shoulders, and then he ran. (Or what could be assumed from running from the sounds) Jotaro just sighed and put a hand up to his hat, a frown on his face. He didn't want Noriaki to die either (Especially since less than half an hour ago he saved him from death) Yet his own safety came before Kakyoin's.

So he just kept walking slowly, but a bit faster now. Just to keep up with Kakyoin, who was already so far ahead of him, Jotaro could barely hear his footsteps.

So for a couple of minutes, that's just what happened. And so far nothing bad seemed to have happened.

Until something happened that scared Jotaro to the point he was frozen in place, the ear piercing scream of his friend, and the loud exclaim of 'help' alongside a few other pleas to whoever was merciful enough to listen, and suddenly he didn't hear it at all. Not even waiting a second before he ran after. Anxiety of what could of happened to his friend ran through him. Was he hurt? Did somebody attack him? Was this another joke? Did he die?

He would rather not know this answer, if Jotaro was being honest with himself. Since he knew well enough,even if Kakyoin did joke, he wouldn't do it if it was a serious situation. Plus, that scream was far too accurate to be a joke recreation.

Yet in Jotaro's panic, he didn't notice how careless he was being.

Because a few moments after whatever happened to Kakyoin happened, Jotaro felt the ground underneath him disappear, quickly realizing he was falling. He didn't yell, but he went wide eyed and looked up, expecting to see only darkness. Yet he recognized the shadow of a figure, which definitely wasn't Kakyoin. Someone else?

He didn't have enough time to think before he hit the ground, passing out on contact.

An unwelcoming darkness flooded his head, and he had no choice but to accept it, clueless with no thoughts. No sense of time, just.. Pure nothingness, forever or a second? You could never tell, it was just.. Silent.

Of course that forced peacefulness of darkness and nothing, faded out. Leaving him to suffer the tortures of being awake once again. (As well as having a major headache!)

Jotaro's eyes opened, groaning quietly as he pushed himself up. Taking a glance at his surroundings for a moment. Everything was.. Blue? An odd color choice but.. It was the location confusing him more, everything was in a tiled pattern, with too many doors for him to count surrounding the sides of the room. Then when he looked to his other side, he went into a small state of surprise before emotion was wiped free from his face.

People. If he counted correctly, there were nine of them. He didn't really pay too much attention to who these people were, he didn't even recognize most of them. Getting up and heading over to the side of the group, taking a glance at the three people in this.. Mini group? Section? Who cares about the right word. Two of them were talking, and one.. Girl? Boy? He honestly couldn't tell.

Well whoever they were, they were sitting on the ground. Shaking in fear, looking like they were on the verge of tears. The other two were men. One with annoyingly pale blonde hair and a headband, the other with some messy brown hair and a.. Really ugly jacket. Whatever.

Jotaro didn't stick around long enough to hear whatever the hell the two were talking about, still taking a look at who these people are. The next person his eyes landed on, made him just sigh of genuine relief. He had never been so happy to see that cherry hair color before.

"Oi, Kakyoin!"

That got his friend to stop talking to whoever he was talking to, and turn around to face Jotaro. Tilting his head to the side "Oh. Glad to see you're finally awake, are you doing alright?" He asked, offering a small smile. Way to calm for the situation they were currently in. "Good grief.. Should you be asking me that? I remember you screaming at the top of your damn lungs.." He offered a small glare, but he was still, majority wise, relieved.

"Well it isn't my fault I got surprised I was suddenly falling, surely you'd have reacted the same, Jotaro." He said, offering a pout wish only lasted for half a second at the least, soon a small, genuine smile on his face "But glad to see you are doing alright now, you scared me when I woke up and you were still passed out."

The response was just a nod, as well as Jotaro pulling his hat down, hiding whatever expression was on his face. Kakyoin took it as a good enough response and nodded back, before turning away without another word, continuing his conversation.

"Kakyoin? So that's your name, odd why you kept your wits on telling it. Yet, I won't judge, you have no reason to trust me." The man Kakyoin was talking to had said, Jotaro had barely heard it, glancing up and taking a glance at the person. Nothing too notable about the man besides his odd outfit, a red robe on top of his clothes as well as his fairly big necklace. The only two details that caught his attention were the squiggly line marks under his eyes. Were they scars? Birthmarks? It was odd.

He just stared for a minute, it didn't matter, but it was odd. So he just continued his look around of everyone else who was apparently trapped here. Well, he didn't know if they were trapped, but if they weren't he guessed everyone still wouldn't be gathered here. The next person who he glanced at (Who had that same, annoyingly pale blonde hair color), he had longer hair, a fairly concerned look, and this time Jotaro couldn't definitely tell there was a scar on his face. Yet he didn't bother much, likely he got into a fight.

Whoever the person with the scar was he was talking to someone taller than him, blabbering about where they might be, what happened, while the person listened. This guy had blue hair, and he was probably the biggest guy here.. Literally made of muscle. He took a mental note not to mess with him.

The next two he noticed were also holding a 'conversation' (Really it looked more like one talking allowed while the other stared in confusion), one had the weirdest hairstyle here, looking at it was just concerning. How much gel did he need to put in his hair to get it like that? While the person he was talking to, while still looking odd, looked more reasonable. Almost looking like a priest with his outfit. (Though, his hair was also styled weird now noticing it, the patterns shaved into his head set something off for Jotaro)

The final person seemed to be a pretty average teen, nothing too notable about him besides the green cap on his head and how he seemed to be the shortest person here.

Jotaro sighed quietly, shaking his head. He took a random guess that somebody here must be involved in whatever got them trapped here, yet nobody seemed to show any signs of that. They all looked the right amount of confused or scared. He wouldn't be surprised if apparently none of these people were bad guys, it's just hard to suspect people you don't even know the name of. (Excluding Kakyoin.)

So he just retraced his steps back, standing right beside Kakyoin now, not really listening to what he was saying, just staying nearby.

Minutes passed, a small tension grew in the room. Most of the few conversations had ended by now besides whatever conversation Kakyoin was having. Silence made it eerie, it was anxiety inducing. Nobody would be surprised if somebody had a panic attack.

And after the final conversation ended, somebody spoke up, loud enough to catch everyone's attention. (The same person Kakyoin was talking to) "Everyone. I understand how you must feel, from what I've learned, nobody here seems to know anything about how they got here." While talking he was looking around at everyone who was suddenly staring at him.

The man crossed his arms, not sparing a glance at anybody but it felt like he was staring at them all "And I would rather not see any false suspicions become a conclusion in someone's mind, so to lower suspicions of others, why don't we introduce ourselves? If anybody would like to go first and say something about themself, please take the lead." He finished, at least one person nodded in agreement from what Jotaro saw in the corner of his eyes.

Then it fell to silence for a few moments.

Was nobody going to speak up? Jotaro knew he wouldn't be the first, but was everyone else thinking the same? Not a single person would volunteer.

"I'll go first, it would only be the responsible thing to do." Someone said, the man with blue hair if specifics mattered. "My name is Jonathan Joestar-" He started, in the midst of straightening his own tie before he was rudely interrupted.

"Hold up! Joestar!? Jonathan.. I've heard that before." The interrupter said, going from a face which looked like his jaw would genuinely drop, before changing posture to upright, a hand on his chin like he was thinking. "Jonathan.. Jonathan.. Jon-a-than? Where did I.. Oh wait!" He said, pointing a finger up in conclusion.

"You're Jonathan Joestar, my brother! Good to see ya again, been a bit since i've been in Britain in case you forgot i'm-" "Joseph, I should've recognized you. You look a lot different since you moved away, yet apologies for not recognizing you, yet I barely see you." Jonathan finished, offering his 'brother' a smile. "Yeah, yeah, don't apologize. Anywaaays. You continue doing what you were doing."

Jonathan just shook his head, taking a small breath before he continued "Like I was saying, my name is Jonathan Joestar, I'm an archaeologist and what you. I assume that is enough for a simple introduction." He said.

"Welllll I already got my name spoiled so I guess I gotta introduce myself next. Man Jonathan, ruining my amazing introduction." He said, offering a laugh and a smile before continuing, putting some finger guns up (Who was this fool..?) "Heyyo, my name Is Joseph Joestar! Anddd currently I'm a Hamon trainer with my buddy here." (Hamon..? Jotaro didn't know what that was.) He said, much louder than necessary, putting an arm around the blonde next to him, who let out a loud exhale "Hamon Trainee, Jojo." The blonde corrected "Trainer, Trainee, nobody asked for the difference!" Joseph said, frowning now.

Then the room fell silent again, besides the small shove of Joseph poking his shoulder into his friends chest, as if he was nudging him to go next. The blonde on the other hand looked like he was about to snap and probably attack Joseph instead of talking. Eventually someone else spoke up "Well if everyones going to go silent, i'll take the pleasure of introducing myself next." The only other blonde said, tipping his hat over his face with a polite seeming smile "Robert E.O Speedwagon! A close friend of Mr Jonathan Joestar here." Gesturing to Jonathan with the flick of his hand

After a moment, nobody else spoke up. Seemed like that was the end of that, most of the people here still didn't trust anybody else to start saying personal details.

Jotaro just glanced over at the man who suggested the idea, thinking for a moment. Pointing a finger for a moment "How come you suggested the idea, yet didn't even bother to go along with it yourself?" He asked, before shoving his hands in pockets once again, as if they'd fall off if they weren't there every second.

"You haven't introduced yourself either, so perhaps you should do that before you point fingers."

He frowned, sure it wasn't the best argument Jotaro had heard, but it definitely worked. He had no real right to judge this man for wanting to keep his own name hidden for a bit longer. Yet if he wanted an answer to this guys name, he'd have to sacrifice his own, it would happen anyways. Hard to keep your identity secret forever. So he just sighed and thought for a split second before he spoke "Fine then, Jotaro Kujo, highschool student. There, now I can tell you to introduce yourself.."

The person was a bit surprised at how blunt Jotaro was at revealing it, before shaking his head and nodding "Well, I assume I must." He said, regaining the composure he lost for a second. "Mohammed Avdol." He said, offering a half smile, half serious face to Jotaro.

Jotaro just shook his head, turning to the side Kakyoin was on "Oi Kaky-" Jotaro paused mid sentence, realizing Kakyoin wasn't there beside him anymore, that set off a small trigger in Jotaro's brain, not wanting to risk the red-head disappearing again.

Scanning over the room, starting from right to left.

For a minute, he didn't see Kakyoin. Panic was already beginning to rise in his mind, ignoring whatever was said until his eyes landed on the familiar color of his friend's hair. Forcing himself to calm down quickly as he shoved his hands in his pockets, one ending up in his pant pocket, the other in his jacket. Before beginning to head towards Kakyoin, taking a glance at what he was doing.

Kakyoin was currently crouching down next to the on kid who looked panicked the entire time, a frown across the red heads face as he quietly said things that Jotaro couldn't pick up on, Jotaro just gave the two a half glare, once he was close enough he tapped Noriaki's head "Kakyoin what in the world are you doing? You don't know this kid!" He whispered yelled, trying not to start a loud argument in a situation that was already tense enough.

Kakyoin turned his head to look at him, frowning as he pat the person's head before standing up, just giving Jotaro a genuine frown "Look, I just felt bad.. I don't know why he is upset, but I just felt bad, seeing a kid so upset reminds me of my own childhood." Kakyoin explained, slowly looking towards the floor as he talked like he had got caught doing the worst thing in the world.

Yet a pang of guilt ran through Jotaro once he heard the reasoning for it. Sure, getting close to someone you don't know, so quickly was definitely a bad idea, but he also knew his friend didn't like it when kids were sad, he didn't know why though. Something to do with his past, Jotaro guessed. "Good grief.. Just don't waste too much time with this kid."

Kakyoin just stared for a moment at Jotaro, but he nodded, before crouching back down and talking to the younger boy again. Jotaro shook his head before looking back over to the main group, another discussion had started while he was distracted with Kakyoin. Might as well listen in now.

"-And so I was wondering, if I could ask some questions about what everybody was doing before they were brought here, I mean figuring out a common clue could help us out of here, right?" A teen said, the one with the uh.. Weird hair is the easiest way to describe it.

"Yes, that is a surprisingly knowledgeable plan from someone of your age." "Oi, Fortune magician or whatever, just because i'm younger doesn't mean i'm stupid!"

Avdol sighed at it but nodded "Right, apologies." Yet the teen seemed to shrug it off gaining a goofy smile pretty quickly. "Alright then, no objections? Then i'll go ahead and-" Jotaro interrupted before he finished "If you already said it, can you repeat your name?" A blunt statement, but he wasn't really in the mood for 'Sorry' or 'thanks' or any usual polite greeting.

With that the blonde jabbed him in the side with his elbow, causing the victim to recoil in pain with a loud, unmanly cry. "Just because you trust everyone immediately, doesn't mean I trust them. So keep me out obuffoon." The blonde snapped, glaring at his 'friend'

"Alright! Next time ask before you try to give me a bruised rip!" He exclaimed, before rubbing his side with a childish pout. "Well I was with my amazing, not rude at all, definitely would neverrrr hurt me pal right here. At a bar, I don't remember much of what happened, though I do remember he left half-way through. Guess you can't handle a drink or two?" The brunette said, a smile on his face as he nudged his friend who just sighed quietly.

"Joseph if you could refrain from acting like a child for a minute I'd appreciate it." The blonde said, to which Joseph just laughed and looked back at Josuke "Does that help?" Joseph asked, still holding a proud smile despite the fact everything he just said was, utterly useless. "A bit, uh.." Josuke turned around in a circle a few times, trying to find someone else to ask.

" Good grief.. How about you, Higashikata? What were you doing before you got here." Jotaro asked, tilting his head to the side "Man, no need to be formal! And do you just ask the owners of a question the question they asked all the time?" He said, rolling his eyes with a half chuckle.

Jotaro just shook his head and waited for an answer. "Man, not talkative? And I thought I was just about to get a cool emo friend.." Josuke semi-complained, pouting a little bit before shrugging "Oh well, uh... last thing I remember was heading home from my friends house.. I remember seeing someone in a nearby alley but I didn't get a good look at their face. Oh well, good enough?" The answer almost made Jotaro pout. He shook his head and turned away.

Taking a glance at Avdol "What were you doing before you arrived here?" He asked the man, but before he could get an answer a certain teenager interrupted "Hey don't just take my question!" He complained, loudly. Jotaro just took a deep breath and resisted the urge to punch him, who knew someone he knew for five minutes at most could get on his nerves so well?

"You're too slow at it, if we want answers we get the discussion done quickly. For efficiency's sake i'll do it." He said, giving a shrug of his shoulders when he gave the half-explanation. "I.. That is not.. I! I am not.. Yeesh just don't be so blunt next time." With that, Josuke crossed his arms and frowned. Jotaro gave nor response and turned back to who he was questioning.

He didn't say anything, or make a gesture. He just expected the question he asked to be answered now that the interruption was over. It took a moment for the Fortune teller to figure it out. "Ah, well.. Thinking back on it I don't remember much, I just remember talking to my final customer for that night, the next thing I know I'm being informed of something called 'The first trial'." He said, using only one vague hand gesture, unlike the few others who have spoken so far.

"Was anyone with you for the first trial? Or did not everyone come in pairs?" The teenager asked, out of genuine curiosity, surprisingly. Knowing if that was the same for everyone or not might be helpful. Avdol just responded after a moment too long with a simple 'No'.

That gained his curiosity, he wondered what trials the others have had. "Did anybody here have the same trials or were they all different?" He asked, taking a glance at the people he knew the names of, and those he did not. "Well, pardon my interrupting but, what exactly would be a reference for similar trials?" Jonathan had spoke up, tilting his head to the side.

Jotaro turned towards Jonathan at the question "Let's go of mine then, I was with Kakyoin over there," He gestured towards the direction Kakyoin was in "And we were both strapped down, told there was only one ke-" "H-hey.. I had something like that!" A voice, Jotaro didn't recognize spoke up.

He murmured curses at being interrupted once again and glanced, before realizing it was the kid Kakyoin was talking too. Taking quick details into account he noticed the kid was holding what looked like a hat in his hand, a weird one too. "I was with.. My friend-d he.." He froze for a moment "Sorry! Just to answer your question people-e did have the same trial. H-heh.." They finished off, before looking down, suddenly so much more sad looking then they were when they spoke up.

"With who?" Jotaro asked, was it someone here? He took a glance around with his eyes, before noticing Kakyoin was glaring daggers at him. He took the hint to shut it, Jotaro could guess what happened, now thinking about it. Keeping a shiver from running down his spine at the thought he opened his mouth to continue. Yet instead Kakyoin spoke "Hey.. How about you introduce yourself?" The redhead asked the pre-teen, giving him a gentle pat on the back. And just getting a nod in return.

"Right sorry.. Narancia Ghirga!" He said, offering a fairly forced smile at everyone. Jotaro just nodded, about to turn away before he heard a murmur, yet he couldn't make out on the words.

So he just ignored it but casted a glare back towards people in the general direction, before hearing a voice "To add on, I had that trial too." Jonathan mentioned, which just caused the teen to sigh. Not out of annoyance, but just with the knowledge of knowing more than one person went through that "Who was with you if.." Jotaro didn't finish that sentence.

Jonathan didn't give a verbal response, too polite to say something out loud that might be painful for the so far only person suspected to be in a trial that caused someone to die in front of them. So instead he just pointed to Speedwagon who nodded at it. Good enough to know.

It took barely a few moments for the next person to speak up, this time it was Joseph "Well I didn't have that as my trial! I uh.. Shoot where did I put it?!" He asked out loud, looking around. "Caesar did you-" But then Joseph ended up getting interrupted mid sentence "Jojo! I-.. Nevermind, Of all things to accidentally do you say my name? Jesus christ." 'Caesar' sighed, before just pointing at the wall "You left that stupid box over there."

Joseph just gave his friend a pout before heading over to the wall. While the blonde just held onto the bridge of his nose for a moment, thinking for a second. "Well no use hiding my identity anymore if Joseph over there is just going to force it anyways. Caesar Zeppeli, I hope we can leave before you get accustomed to it." He said, yet taking a glance downwards.

Joseph came back over, a box in hand and a smile visible on his face. "Found it! Thanks Caesarino!" He said, patting his friend on the back "This was my first trial.. To bring this box I guess." He said, gesturing to the box in one of his hands. "Looks like it could fit a watermelon in there." Speedwagon commented. "Yet shouldn't we finish with names before we figure out what is in that box." He said after.

That was one of the few things Jotaro agreed with there. "Avdol, you choose who goes next, i'm done with pointless discussions." Avdol looked like he was about to say something in disagreement to Jotaro, yet he just nodded "Alright, Kujo."

So far, mostly everyone has introduced themself. Besides two (unless you counted Kakyoin who's name has only been mentioned) The priest looking one, and one of the younger people in the room.

"You two, if you would, could you introduce yourselfs?" He asked, the two seemed surprised at the fact they were called out despite staying silent the entire time. Just for a moment neither spoke up, but then the younger one spoke up. "Eh, fine. Call me Smokey Brown, though you can just call me Smokey." He said, pulling his cap down with a frown.

Avdol just nodded "Alright then, Smokey." He said, before turning to the priest one, who looked almost nervous, yet it was just for a split second, before he offered a neutral, poker face expression. "Yes, Mr.Avdol?" He said, almost monotone. "I was just hoping you could introduce yourself."

He just sighed, staring at Avdol for a moment, as if he was thinking if he should answer. "Fine, my name is Dio." He said, putting his hands behind his back. Avdol just raised an eyebrow at the lack of a last name being given, since Dio was an english name, so he doubted it was his last name. Though, he wasn't one to judge. With that, everyone was introduced, so the mysterious box came back into the equation..

By now, Joseph was trying to pry open the box. He had paid enough attention to hear the names, but he'd rather figure out what was in the box. "Need some help there..?" Josuke asked, heading over "Yeah! This thing won't budge.." The brunette complained, frowning at the box.

So, the two definitely most reasonable people here, both silently agreed to grab the box by top and bottom of the box. "Ready?" The brunette asked, a confident smile on his face. Josuke's response was a simple "Definitely."

Then the two tried to pull the box apart, grunts and groans as they pushed backwards "Man this thing is really stuck!" The teen complained as he huffed, pulling a bit harder. Of course the hamon user took it as a challenge, pulling harder himself.

Inevitably, after a few more moments of baffled stares from everyone else, and common sense, they lost their grip, the box launching into the air as the two fools fell backwards onto their backs. The box almost hit Joseph, instead it landed two feet away from him. "Both of you are complete fools.." Caesar commented, sighing as he picked up the box.

The two both went to argue before Caesar said something else "Neither of you happened to notice the box had keyholes on it?" He said, frowning, gesturing the the locker on the box, with three key holes. That got the two to shut their mouths before they said something. Caesar just shook his head at the lack of response, turning away from the two "Well, does anybody happen to have a key?"

Jotaro thought for a moment, heading over to his cherry haired friend. Would it be possible he still had the key? If not, then it was unfortunate they wouldn't be able to find out whatever was in this box.

"Hey Noriaki, do you still have that key?" Jotaro asked, not minding the fact he was interrupting a small conversation between Kakyoin and Narancia. Kakyoin just glanced over "I think I left it in the trial room but.. I can check my pockets." He said, before patting his pockets.

Surprisingly he had it, a smile on his face "Here, Jotaro." He said, handing it over as Jotaro quickly took it. Though, as Jotaro turned around to hand the key over, he heard Kakyoin say something 'I swear that wasn't there before'. Yet he ignored what he heard, heading over to Caesar and offering up the key "That's one.." Caesar said while putting it into one of the key holes.

Then Speedwagon said something "Oh! I have one of those from my trial with Mr. Joestar." He then reached into his jacket's pocket and pulled a key out, handing it over to Caesar with a half smile. They key fit nicely into the next hole. Two keys down, one to go.

Knowing the pattern of who had the keys, Jotaro was the first to glance at Narancia. Kakyoin looked concerned to say the least, one small, yet terrible thing was obvious: The first trial this kid had, someone close to them died in, so mentioning it was a terrible idea.

Kakyoin decided to be the one to confront the subject, it wouldn't be easy, but he was confident he could at least do it without messing up too badly. Bending his knees just a little bit to stand at Narancia's height. "Do you have a key on you?" He asked, trying to sound normal instead of some sort of fake tone.

He froze at the mention, before regaining his demeanor a moment later "Yeah, why? And don't try to take it! I.. I don't think I can let it go." Narancia said, a frown now forming on his face. That was a bit unfortunate yet it was no reason to give up immediately. "Why not? Can we at least borrow it for a moment to open the box?"

Narancia thought for a moment before shaking his head again "I can't.. Mi- He wanted me to keep it so I could be safe.. And then.." Naranacia froze, panic shone on his face for a moment like he was reliving something that had happened before. You could probably feel bad for him even if you weren't looking. Narancia just quickly tried to calm himself down, not wanting to panic or cry in front of, basically, strangers.

Kakyoin took a moment to think, he didn't exactly know what to do to convince Narancia. "What if you used the key yourself then? We just need to unlock the box." He said, trying to reasonably figure this out. The younger thought about it for a moment, frowning before just giving a weak nod "Fine.. It won't kill me-" He paused at his own phrasing, stopping just as he was about to take a step. Glancing sadly at the ground, before heading towards the box, not taking a breath.

The final key, despite not being sanded down, still fit well. The box made a small, barely hearable noise when it registered being unlocked.

Caesar just nodded at Narancia, who walked away, frowning. Now that the box was unlocked it could easily be opened. So, he did the usually predictable thing and opened the box, yet as soon as he lifted the lid up, he jerked back in surprise, dropping the box.

And what came out was a slightly horrifying sight, a head. Jotaro didn't recognize the face or whoever's head it was, yet it broke his calm demeanor long enough to let his face contort into one of shock, surprise, possibly fear. Though he regained it quickly enough once he heard Joseph exclaiming "Oh my god!"

Though, through the gasps and noises of surprise, shock, or fear, Jotaro heard a laugh. Of al things, that was the most surprising. And when he looked to see who it was, he was more surprised to realize it was Kakyoin who laughed. Before he had the chance to say something, Kakyoin stopped laughing, yet he kept a smile. "Apologies, sorry for laughing." Kakyoin excused, before heading over to the item that fell

"I'm surprised some of you were actually scared." He commented, picking it up "Why wouldn't we? A head just fell out of that box right there!" Speedwagon exclaimed, looking the tiniest bit aggravated at what Kakyoin said. The red-head just sighed quietly "It's an obvious fake, a real head would have more blood, or at least.." He turned the head so the bottom, that would connect to the neck usually.

"Wouldn't look like a doll where it's supposed to be human innards. Really, it's more obvious than you think." And Kakyoin was right.

The head was just smoothed out on that part, besides a small peg that would usually let it connect to something (Perhaps the dolls body?), Jotaro was a bit surprised at how quickly his friend figured that out, he knew Kakyoin was smart, but to notice something he didn't? A little surprising, to say the least.

It took some people a bit longer to shake off the fact that a head fell out of a box, even if it was fake it could definitely scare some people. Though life would continue on after that. Jonathan headed over to the dropped box, kneeling down to pick it up "What are you doing?" Caesar commented, shaking off the rest of his shock.

"Well, i was just thinking how there might be more in the box, surely they wouldn't give us this head for no reason, right?" He reasoned, before opening the box back up.

With that the subject was dropped for a few seconds as Jonathan opened the box once again, fishing around the inside to see if there really was anything inside, and after he was done he pulled out a neatly folded piece of paper with a smile "I see my guess was correct." He said, before reading the note, his eyes going over the words at least two times.

"Well? What does it say Mr.Joesta-" Yet the question was interrupted with the sound of something falling, or more precisely someone collapsing. Jotaro quickly turned in the direction, slightly wide eyes when he saw one of the youngest in the group, laying on the floor, poor Narancia.

"What happened to the poor boy?!"