madimpossibledreamer

I'm kind of sad that my favorite panel and arc are in the past, but there are things to look forward to. Like a better explanation than 'It just works'.
Also, this chapter has been sitting written since forever, because, well. I knew, basically, where this arc was going.

Main Points:
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure/Buffy the Vampire Slayer AU
Chapter Summary: Giorno appears to lend a hand.
Word Count: 1252
Rating: Teen
Note: HERE THERE PROBABLY BE BUFFY/JJBA SPOILERS.

        A boy falls and screams at the stone demon looming over him.
        “Excuse me,” a polite voice interrupts, “…but menacing an innocent, particularly a child, is the action of a coward.”
        Behind him, a golden ghost that few passersby can see moves past him to float in front of the statue. “MUDA MUDA MUDA!” it yells, punching the statue several times.
        Something strange ripples through the statue, like it’s resisting, caught in a state between life and unlife. Of course, it’s already slightly awake, having been awoken by someone else’s Stand, so imbuing it with life isn’t entirely a sensible action, but at the very least it’s not wasted effort. Something is happening, even as its new existence may remain caught between two extremes.
        “You don’t have to follow your User’s instructions, you know,” the shining blond tells the statue. “You have your own resolve now. Will you follow the will of superficial evil?”
        It appears to mull the situation over. Of course, London is not his city, and he’s the first to admit that it’s a very different place from Italy (though picking the pocket of that pickpocket, having both his wallet and the man’s turn into pigeons and fly back to him, he has to admit, was rather satisfying—almost as satisfying as outwitting those Wolfram & Hart agents), but his will to protect the innocent is still strong as ever. At last, it sprouts great wings and flies away.
        He has no doubt an actual stand-off with the actual Stand will be much more difficult, particularly as he’s not sure of the outcome of the negotiation. In fact…
        He cocks his head to the side, eyeing the trajectory of the statue’s flight. Ah. So it had merely seen more profit in going for a bus full of people once given its freedom. Well, that simply wouldn’t do. What a pity. It clearly hadn’t realized the futility of its actions, the fact that its existence hinged upon his whim and Stand from then on. “Gold Experience,” he sighs, and the demon ceases to be alive, plummeting like a meteor and breaking apart into chunks of stone as it slams into concrete, making a crater. He can hear the screams from a distance. Still, the people are alive, a better outcome than the other possibilities present.
        “Th-thank you,” the boy whispers, looking awestruck, even as he seems to be in shock and held in place, and Giorno allows a small, genuine smile to cross his face.
        He takes one of the beads from his pockets and transforms it to a clematis, offering it to the child with a continued smile. “Take care, young one. It’s not exactly safe at the moment, so bring this to your mother and protect her and yourself by staying indoors.” He’s only seen minimal building damage, and from what he can tell, that damage was caused by an actual fight—so he’s not the only Stand User (or, given the odd rules of this new world, person with power) fighting this danger. Still, they have done little to lessen the numbers of statues alive and menacing the inhabitants of the city, while still more come to life every hour or so.
        “Okay! I’ll tell her!” he shouts and runs off, and Giorno permits the smile to remain briefly before he returns his energy to the problem of the statues. This is the deep meaning of his golden dream. Moments like this make all of the struggle worth it, in the end.
        Troubling, that he’s never seen such a massive swarm Stand. True, each of the individual statues are merely a reflection of the whole, but still, the thing would be troublesome to fight. If the User or the Stand itself could be located, he has no doubt that the rest would wither away like grape vines in winter, but they might prove to be bothersome as he attempts to do that. Given his experience fighting Stands and the odd timing the statues have been coming to life, he rather suspects that the delay in bringing the fight to the Stand User is to blame for the numerous half-living statues tearing up the streets and threatening civilians. The longer they wait before taking out the User, the more statues would come to life. And, of course, the swarm might attack him as an actual swarm if he goes for the main body of the Stand or its User. He has to find a way to get the statues’ attention…something big and flashy, a distraction that even semi-animate objects would not be able to ignore…
        He spots an abandoned double-decker bus blocking an intersection. What poor parking. Moving it is only the responsible thing to do, after all.
        It takes a while, but an Indian elephant is a complex animal to create. Fortunately, the payoff will be more than worth the delay in discovering the Stand User. Such an obvious creature like the elephant wandering the streets without being one of the statues will clearly draw alarm and attention, and from what he’s seen, the statues like to merely tease and torture their prey unless the target in question registers as a threat. The elephant will most likely do just that. He’ll have to visit the zoo later and make it appear as if the animals had broken out in order to maintain the delicate balance of knowledge and ignorance necessary to the operations of such different groups as the Passione and the Speedwagon Foundation. Perhaps he will also be able to visit one of the many gardens, such as the Royal Botanic Gardens. They are, after all, famous. A trip might be wasted without visiting.
        The elephant, at last, trumpets its fear. No living animal would look upon the idea of being used as a distraction as a comforting one, after all.
        He speaks calmly, admiringly. The elephant is incredible. “Don’t worry. You are protected by my power.” Once it’s calm enough, he reaches out to rub the trunk in a soothing manner. “Anything that attempts to hurt you will itself be hurt. That is the nature of your existence, and my Gold Experience.” He’s not sure how much it understands, but given that its brain is one of the largest in the world, it’s not impossible.
        He allows for a moment of regret that he cannot simply ride the elephant where he wishes to go. It would be an amazing experience, but, in the end, after the Stand User has been defeated, there’s time enough for it, and doing so now would ruin the point of the whole endeavor. Instead, he turns the glass window of a nearby car into a raven—lack of glass would confuse any police, should they happen to be more efficient and less interested in working together for the common good—and begins to hotwire the car. How fortunate Mista had showed him how to do so. Fugo likely had known, but hadn’t been interested in showing him how, and Narancia had been too distracted chasing frogs. Whoever comes back later will find parking very easy, considering he’s just changed the rest of the cars into ravens as well. He’ll change them back later, when the police are unlikely to find the thief, considering he’ll have abandoned the car.
        It will be odd driving on the wrong side of the road, and from the wrong side of the car, too, but if there’s one thing Giorno Giovanna loves, it’s a challenge.