JJBA fluff/One-Shots

Set In Stone

Hey guys, I'm back again, but not with a real chapter. Instead, I have the bare bones of a project I'm planning right now and I wanted to test the waters with the idea before I spend Tons of time on this. For this project, I was going to use a more experimental writing style, kind of a cross between George R.R. Martin and Dan Simmons. A much more sophisticated writing style than the one I use in this book.

The reader is an archaeologist (might wanna include a little bit about why they're in the area they find themselves in). They find an old Greco-Roman temple tucked away in an Italian hillside. (Include details about the town and how they came across the temple, possibly an entire chapter) They decide to explore, as they would find out later, against their better judgment.

They find all 4 pillarmen encased in stone, alongside other statues as well. They believe that the pillarmen, despite looking Very out of place, are the most beautiful and masterfully carved statues in the cavern. Reader accidentally pricks their hand on something (no idea yet) and their blood slightly awakens one of the pillarmen (Probably Kars). They are stunned, but somehow not too surprised. They converse with the pillarman, getting little useful information about his being despite his painfully long monologuing (yeah its Kars). Kars convinces the reader to fully awaken him. Shortly afterward, he awakens the other pillarmen, simply brushing reader's existence aside.

A reflection chapter (probably a really short one) in which the reader thinks about their new discovery and how it has/will impact them. Reader is outraged about being completely disregarded and demands the pillarmen tell them their story/origin. (Santana probably tries absorbing them at this point) Kars turns the question back on them and interrogates the reader for information about the modern day world. After some protests and maybe a little back and forth arguing Kars decides to take reader with him and the gang.

Reader is furious. What about their team? Their equipment? Their Job? They soon realize that they have to no choice but to go along with what the pillarmen say after a quick demonstration of one of the pillarmen's powers.

Night comes quickly and reader leaves the temple with the pillarmen, escaping into the mountains under the cover of darkness. Reader soon decides that they will embark on a quest to find out all they can about these strange men and their origins (especially their powers).

Some cool chapter about traveling with them through the mountains, kinda like filler except Esidisi warms up a little bit to reader and shares a little bit of information about his past. Esidisi and reader bond a little bc of reader's need to stay warm up in the cold mountains (humans, am I right?) and they make idle conversation about different topics that I have yet to decide bc I'm stupid. Reader creates a bond with Santana because of their shared curiosity. Wamuu says they have good spirit (for a human). Kars has nothing positive to say about his new captive.

( Filler chapters ™) Some wild chapters about challenges they come across in the mountains. Maybe a hunting chapter featuring Dadsidisi and Santana. Kars and Reader set up base in a cave and reader is able to coax a little bit of Kars's past out of him. After a week or a little longer, Wham invites reader into his hunting party and teaches them how to hunt.

Reader has a crisis after Kars reveals, during an argument, that they could have eaten them a long time ago. Reader questions why and Kars only gives vague answers, prolly some mad scientist bullshit. Esidisi reveals Kars's backstory a.k.a. why he's such a prick.

Reader tries to leave. It doesn't go over well with Kars. He finally explains why he wanted them to join the Pillargang™. (He wanted their archaeology expertise when searching for the red stone just in case he would end up needing it. After all, they did discover the pillarmen.)

And that's as far as I'll get until I start writing. I think Reader's bonds with the pillarmen will grow so strong that Kars makes them a vampire. That could lead to multiple endings, a betrayal where reader dies, reader and the Pillargang ™ find the red stone and become ultimate beings, they find the stone but Kars casts reader aside after using them to help them find the stone, etc. Tons of endings.

I was thinking of writing this out with three sets of pronouns but that would take a lot of time. Not only would that mean finding and replacing all of the pronouns, but I would also have to change phrasing, important details, and possibly entire story arcs.

This was a prompt that Ghost gave me a while back that I've had a long time to think about and I really want to make it a reality. I just need a little feedback to get this going in the right direction.

~Your author, Jade

A/N: I'm still working on Abbacchio, Mista, and Deigo chapters! I just haven't had a lot of time to work on them :/