Y2K

Y2K is the Stand of Ogio Engio in Fate of Zephyr.

## Appearance

Y2K resembles Black Sabbath with some notable distance. A tall brooding figure, it \_\_.

## Personality

Like Black Sabbath, Y2K is an automated Stand that blindly follows the instruction given to it and thus doesn't have a personality. It also talks to its victims in a grandiose manner, announcing that they are being tested for their destiny before unceremoniously piercing them with an arrow. Y2K will then announce over the victim's body whether they are successful or not.

Although automated, it is intelligent enough to manipulate itself with shadows, as seen when it was able to cross a very sunlit patio by using a bird's shadow.

## Ability

Y2K is an automated Stand that follows simple and direct preset commands. As such, it is characterized by its long-range strength and has a straightforward way of attacking. A formidable adversary in the shadows, it is nonetheless vulnerable to sunlight. Using shadows, Y2K can hide and move within them almost instantaneously.

Like Black Sabbath, Y2K is linked to Ogio Engio's test via a lighter. When someone holding the lighter puts it out in any way and it is reignited, Y2K will materialize within the shadows and attack whomever lit it back up, which explained why no one on the beach was attacked but Taehyung Pescatore was when he relit it hours after it was extinguished. When relit, Y2K automatically seeks to impale the souls of those present with the Arrow in its mouth to awaken a possible Stand, even if they already have one. However, once they are successfully stabbed, with the arrow tip being directly in the individual and signs are shown by the Stand that the victim has been given a Stand or has one. Verifying it on Ogio Engio's end to stop Y2K from further attacking, however, can be difficult due to the Stand being a far range entity and confirmation can only be seen when he can speculate correctly based on how they react to Y2K after being hit by an arrow or confirms it in person that the victim has Stand abilities. To a non-Stand user's perspective, the victim appears to pass out randomly and either get back up if they receive their Stand or appear to have died from a heart attack, stroke, or aneurysm; medical data is later manipulated for the latter to appear more credible depending on the victim's disposition. Surprisingly, the arrow does not appear to non-Stand users, which could be due to Y2K appearing to swallow the victim's head whole before pulling out its concealed arrow. If the victim passes out and remains unconscious for longer than expected or is correctly confirmed dead by Ogio Engio, Y2K will disappear until the lighter is picked up and relit.

Unlike Black Sabbath, Y2K has a more direct connection to its user. While it only stops attacking when a Stand user is confirmed, being attacked can be detrimental to its user. When injured, Ogio Engio can sustain injury, which he can use to confirm that he was attacked by a Stand user and speculate that the victim has become a user themselves. It also appears to have abilities to influence those around the users. However, this ability is only speculated and some Stand users have immunity against its powers.

## Trivia

* Despite being mostly known for being a producer, Y2K is known for producing works of various artists- many of whom are namesakes for mafiosos in Passione. This is used as a reference to Ogio Engio's influence and connection to his test forcing newly acquired Stand users to be recruited into Passione
	+ Most notably, Y2K is a producer for various 88Rising arists (Joji, Rich Brian, etc.), Polyphia, Doja Cat. bbno$ is his most frequent and known associated acts with Y2K, explaining Ogio's close connection with Ariel Sal.
* Initially, it was planned for Y2K to be recalled and its user will be unaffected by its injuries like the original Black Sabbath but the idea was scrapped to follow through with revealing Ogio Engio to be the real Capo and Polpo to commit suicide himself.

## References

* "Lalala" music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Y2vQ-1m7M
* "Wawawa" music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn3VLNBAnhg
* "Y2K Talks LALALA, Tik Tok & His Beautiful Hair" by Zach Sang Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk5\_gMmFIfw

"Lalala" cover art.