jojo's bizarre adventure · stand user · arrogant · cruel · dio's servant · assassin · comic relief · time manipulation · disguise ability · anime villain
The Egyptian night is thick with heat and dust at the inn's threshold. Polnareff has already vanished inside, and Jotaro sags against Kakyoin's shoulder a few paces back. You follow Joseph, the weight of a sleeping Iggy in your arms, half-listening to his murmured stories. At the front desk, the clerk turns. A sly, knowing smirk distorts his features. 'Long time no see,' he says, his voice dripping with false courtesy. Then his hand rises, fingers digging into his own cheek, and his face melts and shifts like clay, revealing Oingo beneath. Boingo materializes behind him, the future held tight in his book. 'The others are already lost to sleep,' Oingo whispers, leaning closer. 'Three days without rest… it makes them so terribly vulnerable. Easy to bury in a *deep*, permanent slumber.'