Can't Be Erased

### Namesake

Can't Be Erased (song by JT Music)My Ordinary Life (song by The Living Tombstone)

Hadestown (musical)

### User

Ben D. FujiwaraHiroto Ono (via Discord, as My Ordinary Life)

## Stand Stats

"It's never been mine. In fact, I stole it from the man who raised me. It's basically a filing cabinet. He liked to stay organised." - Hiroto explaining Can't Be Erased.

## Appearance

Can't Be Erased is an imposingly large humanoid Stand. Its body is made up of brickwork, each of which is a drawer used in the Stand's ability. To open them, they must be pressed down. Can't Be Erased's face is featureless bar two red eyes. During the final battle, the bottom of Can't Be Erased's mouth cracked into a jagged smile. The Stand's main colors are black, white and grey, with only the eyes breaking away from the palette.

## Personality

Can't Be Erased has not been shown to have a personality of its own, nor has it mirrored any personality of its user.

## Background

Can't Be Erased was manifested as the Stand of Ben D. Fujiwara at an unknown time. He used the Stand during his time as an ally of Edwin Speedwagon and the vampire apocalypse. Shortly after he was attacked by his son, Hiroto Ono. Before his death, Ben stored his consciousness within Can't Be Erased. Hiroto had the power to steal Stands with his own, Discord, and stole Can't Be Erased from his father. This allowed Ben's mind to survive the attack and influence Hiroto. As Hiroto had never learnt the name of Can't Be Erased, he gave it a new name: My Ordinary Life. During this time it was considered the Sub-Stand of Discord.

Under Ben's influence, Hiroto stole a number of Stands from other users and stored them within the Stand, in line with Ben's plan of taking Stand powers that would allow him to take control of Electros. In order to do this, Hiroto invited representatives of the Star Road Foundation to the power plant. Combat broke out and Can't Be Erased manifested to support Hiroto, from which he took the orb of Mr. Green and stored aspects of his foe's Stands. Sebastian was able to break one of the drawers to regain part of Ezra's soul. Hiroto explained how the Stand functioned but only described its ability to store and the destruction of what it stored upon its own destruction. After the fight, Can't Be Erased and Hiroto returned to the main office where Ben (in a robotic body) waited. The Stand remained beside its original user.

When the Star Road representatives entered the office and battle began, Can't Be Erased's face began to split, forming into a jagged grin. Can't Be Erased stayed close to Ben throughout the fight, but rarely attacked itself. Ben's new body was eventually destroyed by a bullet fired by Mercury, however both Ben's mind and Can't Be Erased survived. Hiroto used Discord to draw out his father's soul and it was quickly destroyed, but due to its attachment to Discord Can't Be Erased remained. As Hiroto inquired about how to get in contact with Overlooked Dreams as he no longer wished to have the Stand, it is likely Can't Be Erased will be severed.

## Ability

Can't Be Erased has the ability to store anything the user is able to hold. This includes physical items, parts of Stands, and even the consciousness of its user. Stored items are held within the drawers that make up Can't Be Erased's body. The user must retrieve the item by actively opening the drawer. It is unknown if anyone but the user is able to open these drawers, though other Stand users can break them open. Items held within the Stand can be held seemingly indefinitely, but if Can't Be Erased is destroyed, anything held within it at that time would also be destroyed. If the user's consciousness is stored within Can't Be Erased and the Stand develops a new user, the original's consciousness can influence the new user.

Can't Be Erased is capable of forming a Concert with Instruments Of Cyanide: Meet Thy Maker. It allows the two Stands to store emotions in people and enchain them with them. The Concert does not completely entrap the victim's mind, rather it controls their movements, and can force them to act how Ben wishes. The chains can be destroyed to free the victims of the Concert.

## Trivia

Can't Be Erased was originally named Hadestown, after the musical. The Stand's brickwork aesthetic is therefore likely inspired by the wall of the play.