You see darkness as you feel your head hurting and pounding like never in your life. The fog that is clouding you still not completely gone. All that you see is darkness. Are you still unconscious?
You then see a light, as you open your eyes slowly, your vision being so incredibly blurry that you can register anything that a white light in the room. Where are you? This is definitely not your house. What happened last night?
Then the last thing you remember flashes in your head, the memory of your skin feeling like it's on fire when that mysterious Katsumi Riduko put that talisman on your right forearm, as his words flash in your mind.
'I was going to do this to you anyway, just so that I could make an interesting game for me to enjoy. Now though, I'm going to take a lot of pleasure in hearing you squirm like a worm.' the words echo in your head, remembering the fury and disdain he held for you at that moment.
Your eyes widen as your foggy vision focuses slightly on your right forearm while you sit up, and you distinctly see something black on it. You spin your forearm back and forth and despite how blurry your vision still is, you can tell that whatever mark Katsumi put on your arm, it spread across the entire forearm.
When your vision finally becomes clear, you can definitely tell what the mark looks like. At the center of the outer area of your forearm, you see a black, trident-shaped key extending from your elbow up to the back of your hand. You also notice that the rest of the markings on your right forearm are also black in color. Around the key itself there are two black serpents that look like they are made of fire wrapped around not only the key itself, but around your entire forearm. So that's what you just saw with your blurry vision.
You certainly don't like this. You can't tell where you are at. The room around you doesn't have any windows and there is nothing on the ceiling to really make in the room. You then look around to see that there are a network of floating candles that are emanating very small light, but they still cast enough light to see things clearly in the room. You look at your bed and you finally notice how comfortable the mattress you sit on really is. It feels fluffy but also extremely light, not to mention white. Wait a minute, the mattress is a cloud.
You also notice that you are not wearing your shirt, jacket, hat or pants anymore. Instead you notice that you're wearing a white robe made of several layers of silk.
"So you're finally up, eh Jotaro?" you hear someone ask you as the voice echoes into the room from a separate room, as if there is some sort of sound network in this room, despite having no speakers. Where are you exactly?
"You finally got up. I was starting a little worried after the second night." the voice tells you as you take in the words, though your mind isn't completely clear yet. You feel you are definitely still recovering. Did he say that second night? By connotations that means that you have been sleeping for two days and two nights in a row? That now you are awake after a third day? Just what did that Katsumi bastard did to you.
Wait a minute...that voice...it belongs to a man, ad by the sound of how gruff it is, someone who isn't young. Also, you can understand what he's saying perfectly, but he isn't speaking Japanese, rather English. Not to mention that he knows your name and has a thick accent...
No...no,no,no. What the hell is he doing here, wherever this place is? Why is that old man visiting you? What sort of business does he have to do with you?
As you think all of this, an opening appears in the wall and from it enters
the old man. He walks towards you with a happy smile on his face, making you scowl at him. "It's been so long since I've last seen you, Jotaro. Come on and give your grandfather a hug." he continues to speak to you, his tone joyful which you can understand. You, however, are not going to give him the satisfaction.
You snicker at him as you look at him with an angry expression. "What the hell do you want from me, you old man?" you ask him as you show your dislike of him. Last time you saw him was a bit more than half-a-decade ago, and ever since he hasn't even kept in touch with you. Your grandma did call from time to time, but this old bastard never showed up to at least be a caring family member, like your other grandfather is to you. Why is he coming now, of all times?
This makes your grandfather from your mother's side to scowl at you and lower his hands. "Is that how you greet your grandfather, you punk?" he asks you with a displeased scowl on his face. "And I thought my angel Holly taught you some manners. Must be that delinquent father of yours. Not only did he take my Holly from me, not only did he caused her to defect from the Knights of Order and hide for years, but now I find out that he and his side of the family turned my only grandson into a delinquent punk? I'll never forgive the Japanese!" he rants in his native language with anger and disdain in his voice while you simply roll your eyes.
You completely forgot how he would rant about Japanese whenever he would come. Maybe not having him around was...Wait, what did he just say?
"What did you just say? You said my parents were knights in the Knights of Order?" you ask him, keeping the conversation in English as your eyes are now slightly wider than a moment before.
"Of course she was. You parents met on a mission and eloped together. Did she not tell you this?" your grandfather inquires as you merely shake your head, keeping a stern look on your face. This seems to actually shock your grandfather. "That's odd. She always was so proud of being a knight of the order. I don't get why she wouldn't tell you about it. Must be your father's influence." he tries to think about this as well, but when he tries to put the blame on your father again, you simply roll your eyes.
"So where are we, anyway? What is this place and why exactly are you also here? Shouldn't you be helping fighting monsters for the sake of king and country, Baron Joestar?" you inquire of him, while also sneering his title of baron and mock the usual mindset of an Englishman.
Your grandfather simply scowls at you as you can see that he isn't pleased with how you talk to him, which brings you enough of a satisfaction for now. "We are in The Solar Dimension, where the headquarters of The Knights of Order is located. However, since this dimension is so huge in size, the headquarters themselves split into smaller headquarters. We are in the Asia Sector of the order, which is-" he explains to you as you take the information into your head, trying to quickly adapt to the situation.
"Responsible of watching all of Asia and most likely solve situations like the one I git involved in, correct?" you finish his sentence with a question, just to make sure you figured it out, and your English grandfather simply nods.
"Yes." he answers your question.
"So what about you, old man? Are you with the knights as well?" you keep inquiring him, to which he simply nods as he crosses his arms in front of his chest. You then look at the tattoo on your right forearm as you inspect it for several moments, before raising it to face height so that your grandfather can see it. "So what is that tattoo on my arm? Do you know of it?" you inquire out of your grandfather with an interested tone to your voice.
"Yes." he tells you as he rubbs it's chin. "It's a Hellgate Key, ment to forcefully open and close rifts in reality." he tells you a-matter-of-factly manner.
This clicks immediately in your mind once more to what Kumido Riduko said to you before putting this on your arm. He intentionally did this because he wants to open more rifts and have you close it. He wants to have more of his own brand of fun and use you for it.
This realization makes you clench your hands into fists and growl angrily. If that bastard wants to have a fun game, then you will make sure to outsmart him.
You take a deep sigh as you look at your grandfather once more. "Thank you for visiting, if that's what you want to hear. Now if I'm here, with something that important on my arm, then I guess I have no other choice than to join these Knights of Order, right?" you ask him, already pretty sure of the answer that you will get.
Your English grandfather gives you a large grin that reaches from one ear to the other. "Technically, you're already a part of them now. You just have to sign the final papers." he tells you with pride in his voice as you simply sigh with disappointment.
"Did someone at least notified my grandfather back home about this?" you ask with defeat in your voice, as you are smart enough to know that you can't fight your way out of it and now with this key on your arm, they wouldn't let you go willingly.
Suddenly the door opens and another figure walks in. It's a tall and slender man with a large pair of white, hawk-like wings, a long, wavey, golden-blonde hair, who wears a pair of glasses over a pair of eyes with two amber pupils who is wearing a long, white silk robe, just like you are wearing. He looks at you with a calculating and serious expression in his eyes as he carries some files in his arms. You look and examine him with your eyes carefully, noting that that must be either a full-blooded Angel or a Nephelim.
"It has been taken care of, Mr. Kujo. Your grandfather in Kuriyako Town has been notified of the situation by a pair of knights and our trainees that put you in this situation, each one of them giving him their sincerest apologies." the man tells you as he looks in his files as you feel a little bit of relief over the fact that your grandfather knows where you are, what happened to you and most importantly that you are safe.
You simply stare at the man as you keep yourself level-headed as you regain your barings fully. "Are you not going to introduce yourself? Wouldn't it be rude to not do so?" you ask him with a matter-of-fact tone to your voice.
You see him adjusting his glasses before answering. "You are correct. My name is Suda Ryota. My apologies for my lack of manners, I do not tend to meet new recruits often and mostly just an administrative officer, but your family history with the order made things more complicated that it required my imput." he tells you as he looks at the files and once again adjusts his glasses.
"Now, because of Trainee Ito's desicion to recruit your help in their mission, their entire group will not be allowed to go to missions, which will give you enough time to learn the basics, since you will be now officially joined up with them, Trainee Kujo." he tells you, now refering to yourself as trainee as well. "The academy will give you the choice of to study there, though I do reccomend that you spend some time in the library to inform yourself of content that our order did not release to the public on Earth." he keeps instructing and talking to you of what your life will probably look now.
Great, just great. Now you will have to suffer that group's annoying dramas on a daily basis. At the very least you now apparently have access to ways to make yourself grow stronger in order to face that Katsumi bastard in case you'll see him again.
Then the old man decides to open his mouth. "And as for a bonus of you being both my grandson and untrained in the ways of the order, I've decided to give you a tutor to help you out." he tells you as his smug grin is still plastered all over his face.
Dammit. Does he think of you as some rich spoiled brat or an idiot who needs a tutor. God, this old man is aggitating.
The winged man then starts talking again. "Since you seem to be well by all of our tests, you are now allowed to go to your new room, which you will be excorted to. There will be a phone, a radio and an emergency button, so if you are feeling unwell or something new happens to you, please call the infirmary." he tells you as he gives you a small electronic pad that you take from him, which you notice contains an excessive amount of information.
You simply nod as a retort as you start looking at the information on the pad for a few seconds. Then you close it and put it in one of the pockets of the robe, which surprisingly has very deep pockets.
Suda then turns around towards the wall, which opens up and allows him to leave. However, before he fully exits the room, he turn around slightly so that his glance can reach you. "By the way, today is Sunday, the Christian day of sermons. You will start going the academy from tomorrow. All information is in your pad." he tells you as he turns around and leaves the room, with the walls closing behind him.
There are a few moments of silence in the room as you start thinking to yourself about the whole situation, about how your life are going to change now so drastically. How are you going to settle in this place? What are you going to do? This is all so insane and you have no answers to anything right now. Hell, you just woke up to find yourself in a whole different dimension.
"Jotaro," you hear the old man adressing you as you look at him, now sitting besides you with concern on his face. "I can't imagine how difficult all of this is, but I did my best to try and help you out here, so you won't have to do this by yourself. You will also have friends here to help you out and that kind of help is the biggest one you'll get, trust me on this." he tells you with a comforting tone to his voice as he taps you on the shoulder. Maybe the old man isn't so bad after all? When he is around, of course.
He then gets up and walks towards the opening wall before turning around to look at you again. "If you ever need a good advice or spiritual guidance, just go to the tutor I sent for you. His name is Muhamed Abdul, and I taught him almost everything that he knows." he tells you with a bit of pride in his voice as he walks out of the room as well.
Maybe you will do that if you need to. Maybe...
You enter your room through a door, which is shocking considering how strange the entrance and exit from the infirmary rooms are. Though despite it being a regular door, there are so many locks based on codes, finger prints, retinal scans and blood testing just to open this door. That's by itself is insane.
The room that you enter to looks like a regular Japanese room, with a tatami flooring and a large mattress that, much like in the room you slept in for the last three days, was made of condensed clouds. It also seems to have a modern-looking kitchen with many electronic tools. You also find a bathroom which looks a bit more high-tech than the one in your house, which is a tiny bit concerning to be honest.
You also quickly locate the phone, the radio and the emergency button before you sit on the mattress, where there are also a pack of clothes which look very similar to your black jacket and cap in the materials and appearance, but it isn't exactly the same.
Leaving that aside, you take out the pad that you were given and turn it on. When it's finally in the desktop, your eyes already find several applications: Personal Mail app, Academy Central Page app, Instructions Manual app and Social Hub Network app.
You notice that there is a number over the mail app, so you open it and see several electronic letters on the app, one of which is from the administration office, which is the first one you decide to open and read.
"To Trainee Kujo Jotaro,
We at the administration office would like to congratulate you on becoming a trainee at the Dawn Training Academy, even if it is not the best of circumstances. Though not of your choice, you must understand that this is the best way to protect you and your family.
Now as a trainee of the academy, you will be required to participate in the following mandatory classes:
- Spiritualism Class - The theoretical study of Celestial Particles, how they create souls and how they affect the body and your surrounding, as well as how to manipulate them.
- Soul Arts Class - The practicle field of using the 3 basic Celestial Particles Manipulation Techniques, which are known as "Soul Arts".
- Field and Warefare Tactics Class - Learning theoretical battle strategy and then practicing them in the form of tactical board games.
- History Class - History of the world from the beginning of The Apocalypse and all the events that transpired in it and after it with the forming of The Knights of Order.
Each one of these lessons is merely two hours and only two of these takes place on a single day. As such, you are required to pick another class which you will attend everyday and will work on a certain skill. Here is a list of these classes, please reply to us before Monday and we will arrange that you will be put into that class.
- Brewing Class - This class focuses on making different types of potions such as healing potions, cures and so one. A party must always have a supply of potions and they are quite expensive on their own. Brewing is a skill that could save lives on the field.
- Computer Operation Class - Thanks to our help, Earth has gained a milenia of knowledge within just a few centuries. Now many kingdoms and countries on Earth, as well as many antagonistic factions use things like computers to contain data and secure their facilities. Those with the ability to operate computers handily are very dangerous opponents in these times, and this class teaches how to work on computers like a professional.
- Traps Speciality Class - This class teaches studensts how to locate, escape, to booby-trap and disarm traps. Those who study this class can save lives by finding traps before they are active.
- First Aid Class - If a unit does not have a Priest within its rank to heal the rest and you are low on potions, then the third best thing is a first aid specialist, which can stop dangerous wounds and internal bleeding.
- Lockpicking Class - Many places have locks on them, especially information cabinets and secret rooms. For gaining information through paper-trails or entering an enemy faction's headquarters silently, lockpickers are the way to do so.
- Talisman Making Class - Talismen are effective tools in combat, mostly used by Priests. However, anyone can make them. They can be used to cause different effects to enemies, such as paralyzing them, burning them and so on. These packs of paper are highly efficient and could save the life of your Priest.
We thank you for your time and pray that you shall adjust quickly.
The Knights of Order Administration Office."
You look at the list that they sent you and you start to think of all the pros and cons of what each skill can give you. After a while you finally decide on which class you decide to be your fifth one in the academy. You send a reply in which you write that you want to join the...
[ ] Brewing Class
[ ] Computer Operation Class
[ ] Trap Speciality Class
[ ] First Aid Class
[ ] Lockpicking Class
[ ] Talisman Making Class
You then look outside of your window and you notice that there is still a lot of light outside, with a sun and everything. You wonder if time goes by the same length as it does on Earth. You think to yourself on what you want to do now for the rest of the day.
(Pick 3)
[ ] Go and find one of the trainees you are now grouped up with: Since you now are on the same team with them, and they probably broyght you here, you at least should go and meet with at least one of them. They are also the only people you know here right now aside from Suda Ryota.
-[ ] Ito Ami: Since he's the one who asked you to help him out in the first place and got you mixed up in all of this insanity, maybe you should talk to him, as he must be feeling the worst about your situation right now from the entire group.
-[ ] Akira Fumiko: She might be a small, annoying child (who is as old as you), but she is very intelligent and could give you the most information on the place from everyone in the group.
-[ ] Hayashida Niko: The is a giant edgelord prick who threatened to kill you, but if you're going to be in the same team with him, you better burry the hatchet and don't let past actions affect the present, especially since teamwork would be necessary from now on.
-[ ] Arakawa Chuya: She seems like a very caring person, and she would probably be relieved to see you out of the infirmary. She might also be able to explain things to you or at the very least will be a nice company.
-[ ] Mae Hatsumomo: She was a bit too flirty with you the last time you saw her, but you still own her a sparring match, which could be very fun. At least as long as she doesn't flirt too much or is close enough to Akira to start an argument.
[ ] Search for Muhamed Abdul: The old man said that he left you with one of his apprentices to be your tutor for now, or at least until you master the basics. Maybe you should meet him and get to know him a little. You have some idea with where to start looking.
[ ] Meet with Joseph Joestar: You may not like the old man, but maybe this is a good time to catch up with him a little, ask him where your parents are, if he even knows. You know that he won't stay for long, probably not until the end of the day before he goes back to the British Kingdom. It might be now or never.
[ ] Walk around by yourself: You don't have to walk with someone to find out where things are. You can just take to the scenery and maybe you'll meet someone new who isn't a total pain in the ass.
[ ] Find a specific Location: Aside from the dorm where your room is and the infirmary, you don't know where things are right now, which building is which. You should probably fix that and start by finding a specific spot.
-[ ] Dining Hall: You don't know where everyone eats their meals, or if there is a place here where everyone eats together. What you do know is that you haven't eaten a proper meal for three days and you are starving. It would be best to find something to eat.
-[ ] Dawn Training Academy Building: You would rather find the academy today rather than just stumbling to find it tomorrow when you are in a hurry to reach there. It would take a lot of pressure of your shoulders now, which is always a good thing.
-[ ] Administration Building: You don't know much about that place aside from the fact that it is probably deals with all the bureaucracy. If you ever need something from there, you should know where to go to find it.
-[ ] Church: You're not a religious person, but maybe knowing where the church in this place is might be helpful if anyone ever asks you for its location. Plus it's intriguing as to how the descendants are making a sermon.
Well, this is the update. I don't know how much you'll like it, but please just write-in in plan format for the votes.
