"MLJ: SAM CH16 THAT NIGHT, UNDER A STARLIT SKY PART 1" By Creamymemedaddy (https://pastebin.com/u/Creamymemedaddy) URL: https://pastebin.com/YDv3vtjC Created on: Tuesday 13th of December 2016 08:12:21 PM CDT Retrieved on: Thursday 29 of October 2020 06:34:13 AM UTC MY LITTLE JOJO: STANDS ARE MAGIC CHAPTER 16: THAT NIGHT, UNDER A STARLIT SKY PART 1 OPEN THE GAME! >Well, this is stupid >Stuck in the clink with some dumbass who won't stop whining like a bitch >And his brother who's not even trying to stop the unending tide of bitching "Wouldja quit bein' such a baby? Gettin' thrown in jail ain't the end o' the world, ya know." >F -"Says you! I've never been in jail! Who knows what sort of horrors my brother and I might face?!" "Ugh, we ain't in some maximum security prison, just some holding cells! You think the bad shit happens HERE?" >F -"And how would YOU know that?" >*CLANG* >"Keep it down in there!" >A hush falls over you three as the guardpony seated in a chair near the cell whacks the bars with her nightstick >Well, at least his babblin' stopped >You try your best to get comfortable on your bench in the cell >The silence that follows is heaven compared to just a few minutes before >F -"You're trying to sleep? Here?" >*sigh* It was fun while it lasted "Better out here than in the cold." >A few minutes pass with more of that sweet, sweet nothing before- >F -"Welp, I'm done being stuck in here. We're breaking out." "We?" >F -"Yes, we. Would you rather be stuck in here?" >You turn to face him "Yeah. A roof to sleep under, three square meals a day while we're here? Better than outside, trying to scavenge what ya can." >F -"You sound like you know what you're talking about." "Well, ain't you a Perceptive Perry?" >He backs off from questioning further, rubbing his arm like you hit it >Oh, NOW yer feeling remorseful >... >... >'Kay, now the silence is more awkward than heavenly "So, uh... who are you two?" >F -"Excuse me?" "I asked WHO ARE YOU TWO?" >He reels >F -"Eesh, no need to yell." >He clears his throat >F -"We are Toccata and Fugue Mignore, son of the late Father Diatoni Mignore of the Manehattan Church and Choir of Luna." >Wait... >Church? "She has a church?" >He gives a sigh like he's heard that line a thousand times and then some >F -"Yes. Though you might be one of the only ponies who knows it's a church. At this point it's basically just a choir service." >T -"No one ever comes to pray, considering how... unpopular she became after her banishment." >F -"So at this point, it's basically just a choir service. And the only thing left of our father's legacy." >T -"We've been trying to keep it together but..." >F -"No one really needs a choir service. And this was... basically the only shot to really keep the thing going." >So they were willing to kill a pony to keep their dad's church going? "Seems like an odd way to get money. How desperate were you? Couldn't you just get a normal job?" >F -"You think we didn't? It was a drain." >Things went quiet for a few seconds before he spoke back up >F -"What about you?" "Huh?" >F -"You. Who are you?" "Not much to tell. Lived on the streets most of my life. Figured it'd be a good way to get some quick bits." >F -"And YOU couldn't just get a normal job?" "Shut up." >It's not that you couldn't >You could totally get a job >It's just... >Shut up >F -"So, rather than take the opportunity of killing the ponies we've been contracted to kill and getting the money, you'd rather just bum around again?" >... "Good point." >You summon your Stand, slinking over to the nearby guard and grabbing a key ring from her back pocket >After testing each key, you find the right one and unlock the cell door >Just as you step out- >F -"*whisper* What? You're just going to step out and leave?" "You think this place has any actual security?" >F -"I'm pretty sure they'd increase security for Stand Users." >He's not wrong "So what do we do?" >A podium of white roots pops up from the ground, and he touches your foreleg, leaving an odd mark on it "What in tartarus? What's this?" >F -"It's a part of my Stand. With it, I'll be able to see things from your perspective, maybe help you point out things you miss." >Oooookay, whatever >Stepping as lightly as possible, you sneak your way through the building >If you remember correctly, this entire building is circular, and the holding cells are near the back, furthest from the entrance >YOU could easily sneak your way out, but... >What about the other two? >Hmmm... >You look around for any sort of thing you could use to cover more than one pony >Each of the nearby rooms are all different offices, none of which hold what you need >The next room you enter is some sort of office supply closet >Markers, staplers, a corkboard with a bunch of sticky notes and tacked on papers >"Feeling that corkboard were something that no pony could ever live without, Wooden Bit grabbed the one off the wall." >What are you ge- >Oh >Fugue, you brilliant son of a bitch! >Grabbing the board and using your Stand on it, you bring it back to the cell >With an easier way to escort another pony, you bring Toccata along (since Fugue still needs to keep watch with his Stand) and walk behind the corkboard against the wall >This makes the whole ride a lot smoother, and you both make it to the front of the building >The only things standing between you and freedom were a group of guards stationed near the front desk, talking amongst themselves >Should be easy enough to slip by >The two of you silently trudge along the wall, ensuring nopony sees you behind the corkboard >Almost there, just gotta get past the coat rack and- >*BUMP* >"What was that?" >Like lightning you grab the coat rack with your Stand >"Bah, it was probably nothing." >*Phew* >With little resistance from there on out, the two of you manage to make it out into the night, where two guards are standing at attention >After slipping behind them and leaving Toccata to hide in a nearby bush, You make your way back into the building >With a route through the building secured, you go back and lead Fugue out the same way >Toccata joins you two as you keep the board up behind you three towards the guards and gain some distance, eventually hiding yourself in a nearby alley >SUCCESS >Well, now that that's over with, it's time to finish what you started >F -"Well, that went... easier than expected." >T -"Yeah, right?" "Why wouldn't they try and maximize security around here?" >"Oh, they simply don't understand the power that Stands have..." >A deep voice sends a shudder down your spine >"...but they will." >A foreign appendage places itself onto your flank, and you quickly jump away >It's... >It's HIM! >"Good evening, Wooden Bit, Toccata, Fugue. What might you be doing up so late?" http://pastebin.com/KGa8L21W <=====TO=BE=CONTINUED===== Thanks for reading!