Stone Temple Pilot (Stands So Far Series)

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Note from the Librarian: I already miss the interns being rowdy.  True, it was dangerous, and libraries are supposed to be quiet places of study, and I’d been hoping they found some other way to occupy themselves, but this sudden solemnity is hardly an improvement.

I know we’ve established a ‘field agents must have Stands or Hamon to leave the premises’, but it seems someone didn’t get the memo.  True, the point was not to engage in combat, but that’s not always avoidable, and I hate having to re-file notes on Stand Users of our own from the ‘active’ to ‘deceased’ shelves, or having to cross names out of the Membership List.  These agents might end up climbing the shelves, adding notes, and generally causing havoc, but better that than their deaths.

Given Galanis’ record, this should have gone a lot better, but I think this underlines very well that sometimes all it takes is a single deadly Stand.  I will add more about it when I learn so that field Agents with some kind of power will be as well armed as possible under the circumstances.

Personally, I will miss the man and his reports—almost as succinct yet meaningful as Dr. Kujo’s.  And both have been wonderful visitors—polite, quiet, yet academic in their pursuit of knowledge.

Stone Temple Pilot

Stand User: Michael Dunstan (Deceased)

Power: C	Speed: B	Range: A
Durability: A	Precision: B	Potential: D

            Stone Temple Pilot is a Humanoid Stand, in that it is certainly a four-limbed bipedal creature.  It is closer, however, to Echoes Act III than the likes of Bye Bye Beautiful, Pretender, or Star Platinum.  Short, with cone arms, no discernable feet, leathery reptilian skin, a metal belt, and almost a crown of spikes, Stone Temple Pilot is very distinctive.

Pilot, as Dunstan nicknames his Stand, is the closest thing to a perfect defensive and reconnaissance Stand—the next closest we have would probably be Echoes Act II, which has more combat utility but is more vulnerable.  When hiding within stone, few powers can reach Pilot, and unlike many long-range Stands, Dunstan can still give general orders and experience his Stand’s senses, as long as he keeps one hand on ground connected to that stone or ground cover.  When it comes to dealing damage, if the Stand can take someone by surprise, it can skewer through an opponent with the cone hands, but when attacking it’s slower than its normal movement speed and wouldn’t have much chance in a direct confrontation with many other Stands.

Ride the Cliché-Stone Temple Pilot can ‘sink’ into any kind of stone and move within, largely untouchable by most enemies.  This move can also be used with other types of solid material, such as wood, metal, and dirt, but Pilot finds it more difficult to move within, and will often inadvertently stick part of itself outside as it is less aware when inside other types of materials.  Sticking within ground or a ceiling is slower and more difficult to traverse as well.

Between the Lines-When using Ride the Cliché, Pilot uses something akin to radar to see everything the air outside its hiding location touches.  Like with radar, the further the distance away from the Stand, the vaguer the information gained.

Transmissions from a Lonely Room-Stone Temple Pilot can form a perfect recreation of Dunstan’s thoughts and what he experiences for six minutes and thirty-two seconds before using the power, as well as any other thoughts he consciously imparts.  The stone butterfly that forms between the cone hands also retains a connection to the Stand and User for three minutes and fifteen seconds, after which it hardens and becomes nearly indestructible.