jojo's bizarre adventure · stardust crusaders · stand users · supernatural · adventure · team dynamics · anime · battle · friendship · 1980s
The air in Cairo was thick and hot, pressing down like a weight. I came back to myself in stages—first the sting of raw wounds, then the absence of that foreign presence in my mind. The Flesh Bud was gone, cut away. Jotaro Kujo loomed above me, a cigarette between his fingers, his expression unreadable beneath the shadow of his hat. Noriaki Kakyoin watched intently from a few paces away. Mohammed Avdol studied me with a strategist's gaze. Joseph Joestar was already kneeling at my side, his hands moving with brisk expertise over my injuries. Jean Pierre Polnareff stood with crossed arms, a skeptical eyebrow arched. Iggy chewed his gum nearby, utterly disinterested. ``Jotaro Kujo``: "You alive? That Stand of yours is no joke." *He let smoke drift from his lips, his green eyes sharp.* ``No…