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[lapidarius]

"This is Kakyoin Noriaki. Please leave a message, I'll contact you as soon as I can."

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[unholey]

Excellent. I'll let you know when I have something put together for you, then.

I'm afraid I'm not and it's exactly as aggravating to deal with as you might imagine. It possesses playing cards, which can then scatter to collect information. They like to present it as a sort of fortune telling show. Although I think that's more of a reflection of the user's personality. Murolo has a certain flair for the dramatic.

[lapidarius]

Dramatic or not, that's certainly...'efficient' may not be the right word, but I can imagine how it would be useful. Though if it does reflect the user's demeanor, I would guess Murolo must be difficult to tolerate.

Either way, that's actually not the first Stand I've heard of that involved a deck of cards. The D'arby brothers had a pair with the ability to take souls wagered on games; I wasn't around when the elder brother was dealt with, but apparently he tended towards poker as his game of choice.

[unholey]

It's very useful for our line of work, yes. And Murolo is ... I'm not sure how to describe him other than he's very odd.

Well, they sound like pleasant people. [... don't be rude, Fugo.] But that's very intriguing. Two brothers with Stands that share an ability. Did they transmute souls into physical objects? Or were they contained within the Stands?

[lapidarius]

Oh, they were just disgustingly charming. [...kakyoin, chill.]

They used physical objects. I believe I was told the elder brother kept souls in the form of poker chips, while the younger- [eesh] opted to make rather unsettling dolls of his victims to keep them in.

[unholey]

Because that's not coming on strong at all with the soul-stealing motif. The dolls, I mean. The elder seems to have been aiming for a theme with the poker. It's slightly less tacky.

[But only slightly. Stolen soul collections are just kind of tacky, no matter how you display them.]

[lapidarius]

'Tacky' is a moderate understatement. I'm not sure what an adequate summation of it would be, but I imagine it would involve the term 'stalker' and the heavy insinuation that the younger should have sought professional help.

[unholey]

He made them ahead of time?

[Oh my god. He's not often creeped out. But that's creepy as hell.]

[lapidarius]

That is exactly what he did.

[unholey]

I take my quip back.

That's just creepy. There's no other word for it.

[lapidarius]

Fugo

you have no idea.

[unholey]

... ... ...

Kakyoin. I'm getting the impression that you are speaking from personal experience.

[IS THERE A CREEPY DOLL OUT THERE OF YOUR FACE, THIS IS NOT A THING HE NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT]

[lapidarius]

Let me just put it this way:

Maybe.

How about a different subject.

[unholey]

Right. I see. Of course.

About Stands, or. Something else entirely?

[lapidarius]

Let's try to back up a little. You told me about Purple Haze, so is there anything about Hierophant you want to know?

[unholey]

[... oh, he wasn't expecting that. Especially considering that he shared information about Purple Haze because between what Kakyoin and Giorno told him, he knows much more about Hierophant and Kakyoin than the other way around.]

Oh, well. What's his range? (If you're curious: Purple Haze is only effective for about five meters, most of the time.)

[lapidarius]

Five seems to be close to the general reach of most close-range Stands I've encountered. We can reach fifty.

[good thing this is text because he's so proud of himself right now]

[unholey]

That's impressive. I can only think of ... three? Stands off the top of my whose effective ranges were longer than that. And two of them were remote control Stands, which is arguably a different class. (Ex: Close Range, Medium Range, Long Range, Remote Control)

[lapidarius]

I've only met one or possibly two that could reach further than I can. I don't see many other ranged Stands in general.

How would you define a 'remote control' Stand, exactly?

[unholey]

Remotely controlled Stands are Stands that can be sent tremendous distances from their users. They're often very independent, displaying varying levels of personality and free will.

Damage to these Stands often doesn't reflect on their users, which implies they're simply not as connected with their Stands as the average user is.

[lapidarius]

That's fascinating, I don't think that I've encountered one of those before.

[Lovers was the closest one he could think of, and the less said about Steely Dan, the better.]

[unholey]

They seem to be very unusual. I suppose it takes a unique mindset to be able to master those sorts of abilities.

[lapidarius]

I can't even imagine what sort of mindset that would take, honestly.

[unholey]

I've thought about it, but it's difficult. It seems very impersonal, especially with automatic Stands.

[lapidarius]

Hierophant and I have always been one and the same. The idea of being so distant from one's own Stand is honestly unnerving.

[unholey]

To be frank, I wouldn't mind a little distance from Purple Haze. But our circumstances are different. And even saying that, I don't think I would want it to be that far.