Hey, you've reached the voicemail of Carlos [heavily distorted feedback punctuated by sharp clicking noises], leave a message after the collective screech of eight different kinds of buzzards.
i'm still not afraid of you, though! some people deserve
[Carlos is not a liar.]
well, i don't know if anyone really deserves that kind of thing, but there are some people who've done worse and will keep doing worse until someone makes them stop. i think that's a good way of putting it! i don't like seeing it or hearing about it but it is what it is and all that
i wish you'd explained all this to me, though. maybe then i wouldn't have been so rude about it (which, by the way: sorry sorry sorry)
[Fugo has a great deal that he would like to say about Volpe that he can not talk to anyone about. He's full of bile and hate and his fingers hurt, from holding so tightly onto the watch. His chest hurts, too, from not saying anything. Homesickness claws at him, less for Napoli itself and more for the people who are there and not here-- who would understand a little of this ugliness in him.]
it's whatever. you didn't know and it was my choice not to tell you. don't apologize sharing information about stands isn't commonplace where and when I'm from it's particularly dangerous for us because of how purple haze and I (don't) function but it's not safe. and I guess I didn't believe
[In what, exactly. Carlos' desire to understand Stands for the sake of it? His ability to keep himself safe? To keep his mouth shut? To leave him alone and not hound him for more information after?]
nevermind the point is that I was being purposefully difficult and vague I don't blame you for wanting to know given your positive experience with other stands or for things you said because you didn't know so it's whatever. it's just whatever
i totally understand...but, like, in a not-really way. outsider's understanding? i obviously don't know what it's like for you but what you're saying makes sense, mostly, from an emotional perspective! i've been trying to be better at understanding emotional responses because of some recent received feedback.
anyways, um
yes, i think i do, but only if you're comfortable with it! i don't want to pressure you into anything you wouldn't like
1. giorno asked me to call him giogio back home. if I had known it would lead to this I probably never would have started.
2. I got stabbed with an arrow
[note] it was a particular sort of arrow (ancient, mystical, made from a meteorite, arcane bullshit, etc.) someone didn't just shoot me with a crossbow or whatever
I don't think you have the answers for any of the questions I want to ask. I'll think about it I guess
2. STEP A: get stuck with the arrow. STEP B-1: if you have the potential, your stand will wake up and the wound will heal even if it's fatal. STEP B-2: if you don't, you die even if it's just a scratch.
if you want to know about where the arrow comes from or how it works, I don't really know.
3. ok
[There's a long, long pause as Fugo struggles to think of something to ask Carlos about him through the fog that seems to come hand-in-hand with his nastier nightmares.]
do you have a surname or are you really just "the scientist"?
2. are there multiple arrows in existence? would it be possible to hypthetically create one, given the right materials, or is there something special about the process? do you know any of that?
3. i do have a last name! but "the scientist" really describes me more, i think, and it's kind of become a surname in its own right, so i just use it more. i'm a bit estranged from my family, as well, so i don't like using it when i don't absolutely have to
1. no, it wasn't cute and no, I'd rather you not call me gogo. I don't like nicknames, most of the time it feels like people use them to talk down to me.
2. yes, there are multiple arrows. I don't have any information about the latter, but I believe it has to be possible considering that the arrows are obviously manmade to begin with.
3. oh... I get that, actually.
I hate my name and the way it connects me to my blood relatives. but, three years ago, when I did something that would have badly damaged our family's reputation, my grandfather cut me off and tried to make me disappear. and I refuse to give him the satisfaction. he doesn't get to make me just go away when I stop being convenient to him.
I know that you do all kinds of science. but do you have a favorite?
1. i get that last part, and i won't use it, but the other thing is inarguably cute. scientifically speaking
2. that's interesting! do you know of any other artifacts that have the same effect? like, um, a special stand sword, or something
3. i don't think that i hate my family so much as they don't want to talk to me! but that makes sense. i don't think i could do the same thing, though, but i'm glad it works for you. i have a new family as well so it balances out, more or less, kinda, sorta,
~*!!!GEOLOGY!!!*~ which i don't get to practice back home because it's illegal
1. Purple Haze spreads a flesh-eating virus that has the following qualities:
- It's initially contained in six capsules on his fists, three per hand between his knuckles. When the capsules are broken the virus is released. It takes 24 hours to regenerate a capsule. The capsules can be removed or discharged but they're very delicate. - It's an airborne pathogen that can also be transmitted by physical contact with someone/something infected. - It infects anything organic, including Stands. Purple Haze himself is the only thing that appears to be immune. - Average time of death is ~30 seconds, if the virus has been inhaled and spreads throughout the body through the lungs. - It's weak to light. Sunlight is the best and fastest way to kill it, but any kind of light will weaken and eventually kill it.
I killed Volpe by hiding a capsule in my mouth, which I broke when he was too close to run away and spat it at him. I believe I survived because when it was in my mouth, the virus was so strong it consumed itself before it attacked my body.
2. That sounds illegal. The law itself, not geology.
1. scientifically speaking, that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but i guess that's pretty par for the course in this line of study! i've seen weirder things. a self-consuming ouroboros of a virus isn't really the MOST bizarre!
can the capsules sustain themselves? ie, if you retract your stand but have removed a capsule, will it stay behind? hypothetically.
2. it is what it is. it's not like i let the law stop me from doing my job! i have a pretty good reputation around town anyways
1. I feel like that was meant to be comforting but honestly it just makes me worried about what you've seen that counts as weirder than a "self-consuming ouroboros of a virus"
That being said, it's never behaved like that before. Eating itself I mean. I don't know if that's just how it behaves in complete darkness or if it's because something about Purple Haze has changed. He's been acting kind of funny lately.
About the capsules: I think so yes. I had to pull him back when I first approached Volpe to make it seem like I was reacting to his attack rather than leading him into a trap. The capsule stayed in my mouth when Purple Haze disappeared, but he wasn't gone for long. But other than that I haven't really experimented with it because that's not sort of the thing that's a good idea to have just lying around.
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[Carlos is not a liar.]
well, i don't know if anyone really deserves that kind of thing, but there are some people who've done worse and will keep doing worse until someone makes them stop. i think that's a good way of putting it! i don't like seeing it or hearing about it but it is what it is and all that
i wish you'd explained all this to me, though. maybe then i wouldn't have been so rude about it (which, by the way: sorry sorry sorry)
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it's whatever. you didn't know and it was my choice not to tell you. don't apologize
sharing information about stands isn't commonplace where and when I'm from
it's particularly dangerous for us because of how purple haze and I (don't) function but
it's not safe. and I guess I didn't believe
[In what, exactly. Carlos' desire to understand Stands for the sake of it? His ability to keep himself safe? To keep his mouth shut? To leave him alone and not hound him for more information after?]
nevermind
the point is that I was being purposefully difficult and vague
I don't blame you for wanting to know given your positive experience with other stands
or for things you said because you didn't know
so it's whatever. it's just whatever
do you still want to know about him.
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anyways, um
yes, i think i do, but only if you're comfortable with it! i don't want to pressure you into anything you wouldn't like
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I don't want to do an interview in person. If you have questions, ask them here. I'll either answer them or I won't.
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2. how long have you had him
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2. three years
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2. was there a specific event that triggered it?
also, i feel kind of weird asking you questions without you getting anything? do you have any questions you need answers for??
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2. I got stabbed with an arrow
[note] it was a particular sort of arrow (ancient, mystical, made from a meteorite, arcane bullshit, etc.) someone didn't just shoot me with a crossbow or whatever
I don't think you have the answers for any of the questions I want to ask. I'll think about it I guess
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2. can you elaborate on this arrow? i think i've heard of a similar artifact.
3. any science fact you could want to know! or just a carlos fact! those are two kinds of facts i am good at!
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2. STEP A: get stuck with the arrow. STEP B-1: if you have the potential, your stand will wake up and the wound will heal even if it's fatal. STEP B-2: if you don't, you die even if it's just a scratch.
if you want to know about where the arrow comes from or how it works, I don't really know.
3. ok
[There's a long, long pause as Fugo struggles to think of something to ask Carlos about him through the fog that seems to come hand-in-hand with his nastier nightmares.]
do you have a surname or are you really just "the scientist"?
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2. are there multiple arrows in existence? would it be possible to hypthetically create one, given the right materials, or is there something special about the process? do you know any of that?
3. i do have a last name! but "the scientist" really describes me more, i think, and it's kind of become a surname in its own right, so i just use it more. i'm a bit estranged from my family, as well, so i don't like using it when i don't absolutely have to
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2. yes, there are multiple arrows. I don't have any information about the latter, but I believe it has to be possible considering that the arrows are obviously manmade to begin with.
3. oh... I get that, actually.
I hate my name and the way it connects me to my blood relatives. but, three years ago, when I did something that would have badly damaged our family's reputation, my grandfather cut me off and tried to make me disappear. and I refuse to give him the satisfaction. he doesn't get to make me just go away when I stop being convenient to him.
I know that you do all kinds of science. but do you have a favorite?
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2. that's interesting! do you know of any other artifacts that have the same effect? like, um, a special stand sword, or something
3. i don't think that i hate my family so much as they don't want to talk to me! but that makes sense. i don't think i could do the same thing, though, but i'm glad it works for you. i have a new family as well so it balances out, more or less, kinda, sorta,
~*!!!GEOLOGY!!!*~ which i don't get to practice back home because it's illegal
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2. as far as I know it's just the arrows
3. why... is geology illegal? who the hell outlaws the entirety of earth science.
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2. can you explain to me the extent of your abilities? i saw a lot but not enough to really discern what was happening.
3. city council's whims are unknowable and terrible
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- It's initially contained in six capsules on his fists, three per hand between his knuckles. When the capsules are broken the virus is released. It takes 24 hours to regenerate a capsule. The capsules can be removed or discharged but they're very delicate.
- It's an airborne pathogen that can also be transmitted by physical contact with someone/something infected.
- It infects anything organic, including Stands. Purple Haze himself is the only thing that appears to be immune.
- Average time of death is ~30 seconds, if the virus has been inhaled and spreads throughout the body through the lungs.
- It's weak to light. Sunlight is the best and fastest way to kill it, but any kind of light will weaken and eventually kill it.
I killed Volpe by hiding a capsule in my mouth, which I broke when he was too close to run away and spat it at him. I believe I survived because when it was in my mouth, the virus was so strong it consumed itself before it attacked my body.
2. That sounds illegal. The law itself, not geology.
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can the capsules sustain themselves? ie, if you retract your stand but have removed a capsule, will it stay behind? hypothetically.
2. it is what it is. it's not like i let the law stop me from doing my job! i have a pretty good reputation around town anyways
had
whatever
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That being said, it's never behaved like that before. Eating itself I mean. I don't know if that's just how it behaves in complete darkness or if it's because something about Purple Haze has changed. He's been acting kind of funny lately.
About the capsules: I think so yes. I had to pull him back when I first approached Volpe to make it seem like I was reacting to his attack rather than leading him into a trap. The capsule stayed in my mouth when Purple Haze disappeared, but he wasn't gone for long. But other than that I haven't really experimented with it because that's not sort of the thing that's a good idea to have just lying around.
2. Well good. Laws like that are stupid.