Session 31 (Season 1)

This is the thirty-first episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Binding of Chains.

## In The Light, Part 2

Augustine and Melissa went at one another, with the shield gal unable to land a single blow as Augstine dodged at high speeds. She also dodged Jeremy’s arrow, with the thing completely going past her as she moved away. She proceeded to show the group how much experience she had using Hamon, creating this enormously long blade of Hamon from her right hand and slicing at Jeremy and Melissa. As she swung, Jeremy came up with the plan of shooting something into Augustine’s lungs. Combining his shot with the help of Mista’s Sex Pistols, he fired a bullet of ammonia at Augustine while she was swinging, taking her sword attack while also shooting ammonia directly into her lungs. With this, her breathing became much heavier and she began to cough violently, dodging at much slower speeds when Melissa went in for a shield bash followed by a punch. With her stalling speed, Jeremy fired at her another bullet of ammonia, hitting her directly in the lungs and disrupting her appearance and hair color, flashing between white and orange.

In an attempt to end the fight, Augustine prepared a massive attack, cupping her hands and bringing them to her side as she fired a massive beam of Hamon energy, calling it the true power of the Zeppelis. However Jeremy denied the attack, instead salsa dancing on top of the beam as it passed him. At this point she reverted back to her elderly appearance, losing most of her power. John attacked her with some burning thorns, and Melissa got ready for another shield throw. Just as she threw her shield, Augustine’s hair snapped back to orange and she launched her final attack: Bubble Cutter Deluxe. Something shot up into the air as Melissa’s shield landed directly at Augustine’s neck, completely knocking the elderly woman out. Retrieving the woman’s body, Jeremy decided that it was time for the group to leave before they were consumed by the fire. As they ran, they saw a multicolored light in the sky, seeing the final attack coming towards them. A long, razor sharp saucer made from a bubble. In retaliation, Jeremy threw the woman’s body at the flying disc, completely tearing her legs from her waist. Grabbing both halves of her, the group made their way back to the docks and signalled over Spruce’s boat from afar with a Hamon shield.

On the boat they met back up with Spruce and Kiss, who Jeremy prompted to stabilize the woman for interrogation. With her regaining consciousness, the group demanded to know many things about the pillar man. She answered that she knew how a Pillar Man killed her brother. She said the one on the island was just a box of organs and had ravaged the town following her taking out Guido Mista. She also told the group of the location of Apex’s headquarters: Rome, Italy. After answering some miscellaneous questions, Kiss shot the woman in the head. Jeremy left to find Fugo, seeing him moping on a bed. He surprised Fugo with the Mista head, reuniting the two and giving them some space as Jeremy left the room. Going outside, Melissa bandaged up Jeremy who was seriously drained following the fight, before resting for the night. However Jeremy would have a strange dream, seeing Ruun chat with Macy over some tea, saying some strange things before Jeremy heard a voice behind him. Here Jeremy met Dr. Mente, who talked to Jeremy about what they’re doing to Ruun, keeping him inside a tube giving him what he wants. With a “~Ta-Ta”, Jeremy woke up.

On the upper deck Jeremy saw Spruce inspecting some maps, which had 6 of the 7 islands crossed out with an x ever since Jeremy got on board, with the marked islands having the caption “ARROWHEAD CLAIMED”. Spruce asked Jeremy and an awakened Melissa to go on one last mission, head to the unmarked archipelago: the Jambo Islands. Describing it as akin to a resort area, he asked the group to go on a treasure hunt for the arrowhead, which is supposed to be buried away on the island chain. He told the group they didn’t have to start right away, telling them to take some time off if they wanted on the beaches and have a nice break...

## On The Stairway to Heaven, Part 1

Dio, Thomas, Voz, and Piero all went back to Thomas’ house in order to destroy his arc reactor, located far below the house in order to put a stop to Oliva/Alexa. Heading down the basement, an elevator took Thomas, Voz, and Piero down into a subterranean lab. Here Thomas led them past the clean site of energy, passing by several bodies of water before arriving at the reactor. The machine glowed with circulating energy around the center. Thomas wasn’t able to destroy the machine, but Piero was and the machine exploded with a shot from Piero’s gun. Flying the group out, Thomas decided it was time for his farewell and to start anew. Leaving him be, they regrouped with Dio, who was speaking to the knife lady. Piero deduced her as the Diamond Killer’s first victim, to which she confirmed. She thanked the group for their work, disappearing while also giving the group their next location, a pyramid. Readying his Stand beast, Piero and the group hopped on Piero’s winged creation, taking off for the pyramid. As they rode Piero received a recording from Oliva/Alexa herself, thanking Ruun for allowing her to exit the Turtle World and saying something grand was going to happen. Smashing his phone, Piero pressed forward towards the pyramid.

As they approached a desert, Dio told the group a tale titled “The Stardust Crusaders”, depicting a group’s adventure against the megalomaniacal Ronnie, with the main character called the Star Child, alongside his allies the Hermit, the Magician, the Hierophant, and the Chariot. Suddenly the group overheard the screeching of some strange creature, a phoenix hovering over the group shooting streams and ankhs of flame from its mouth. The majestic creature moved in to attack the flying group, leading to a fight as it scorched Piero’s construct. Kira landed a successful shot on one of the bird’s wings, while strafing past everyone else’s. It went in front to try and send a wave of heat at the group, only for Voz to shoot it’s eyes with acid and for Kira to shoot at it’s other wing. Trying to charge at the group, it was shot right between the eyes by Piero’s rifle, sending it crashing down. Landing to check on the phoenix, the bird suddenly jumped up and surrounded Kira in a vortex of heat, sending the vortex around Piero after Kira escaped. Voz finished the creature off with some acid straight to it’s skull, causing it’s head to get melted. After the fight, the group continued on flying forward, before stumbling upon grassy plains and the pyramid from all the way at the beginning of Kira and Piero's Adventures.

At the entrance of the pyramid, they saw a slot made in the shape of the Requiem arrowhead. Utilizing it to get inside, the group saw a narrow path leading to a pedestal surrounded by torches. At the pedestal they saw a screen of some kind, turning it on by pushing the arrowhead which was lodged above in a hole. Acting like a projector, the group was able to view footage of various rooms within the pyramid; Storage Room, Maze, Staircase 1-3, Tunnel, Hall, and. They began with the storage room, seeing it destroyed and how it used to contain Stone Masks, Steel Balls, and Bows. At the same time the group learned from Dio the mask’s purpose, to awaken human potential and convert them into vampires. Switching perspectives they viewed the tunnel, seeing Flavia walking through it. 1st staircase they saw Ruun walking down a massive spiral stair, 2nd staircase they saw Niente stepping from a light filled doorway, and 3rd staircase they saw Ben climbing a staircase with mist on the steps, a place Dio said they needed to go in order to reach their destination, the mansion holding his diary. Checking the “Maze” view, they rewound it until they saw Kira and Niente fighting over the arrowhead, with Fugo, Jeremy, and Ruun viewing from afar. Finally they checked “Podium”, viewing Niente laying on the ground, with three women overlapping one another as though they were translucent, standing over his body.

With the end of all the possible rooms to view, they stopped watching the footage. Piero tried to grab the arrowhead lodged above the pedestal, only to have the room shake to his surprise. The pathway disappeared, along with the floor they were standing on, and they all began to fall down...

## The Return, Part 1

Going inside the restaurant, Benjamin saw a table marked for Machiko and on the table she was greeted to a very familiar creature, a turtle with a key embedded in its shell. Freaking out at it’s presence, Nai and the others were curious by what the creature did. Ben demonstrated by dropping Umbra inside of it, leading to the others hesitantly going inside as well. Waiting outside for the group, Ben heard a voice come from the turtle, calling out to her. Entering the turtle, she saw the world around her become this black starry void, with the voice asking Ben if she remembered him, Mr. President. He welcomed Ben to the end of the road, telling her that he would be able to send Ben back to the outside world. Before that, he let Ben see an image of his companions, all laying in a puddle of rainbow colored liquid, with only Nai standing up and his hair changed to a brown color while also wearing a white mantle. Ben also got to know that she had met Nai before, back in the woods during the tournament. Losing her eyesight, Ben found herself feeling like she was falling. Only upon opening her eyes, she saw a blanket and realized she was back at her childhood home.

Immediately she checked the date, November 4th, 2019 and it was precisely 1:13 PM. Looking out the window, she saw a man standing around the front yard, noticeably wearing crocs. Heading downstairs Ben opened the door for the visitor. He greeted Ben and asked her if he was on the right street, asking Ben about the street they were currently on as well as saying he was supposed to meet a person named Benjamin. Introducing herself as Benjamin, she invited the stranger into her home. The man told Ben that his employer was interested in the Apex Cult, and specifically about the bombing of Italy. He explained how a massive explosion occurred in Rome, and although the blast didn’t kill anyone the aftermath of the blast sent a gas that spread across Italy, killing off the population or sending them into comatose states. The two talked about each other’s Stand range, before bringing the discussion of the turtle up, informing the man about it. After the man stepped outside for a moment, Ben checked online to see hundreds of conspiracy forums talking about the suspected “terrorists”. The man returned and invited Ben to lunch, to which she accepted but not before checking online for anything on Lambrusco. Online there was an Instagram page, with a person looking almost exactly like Lamb with modifications to his clothing and hair, with the latest post from a nearby Fashion Warehouse.

Following this, Ben immediately went downstairs to grab the man and head off to the nearby Fashion Warehouse, arriving at the clothing store moments later. Entering the store, Ben saw “Lambrusco” on his phone standing in a corner, except that this Lambrusco looked younger, but still sported his famous buccellati vans. Calling out to Lambrusco, Ben was met with confusion from Lambrusco who had no idea who Ben was. Although he mentioned thinking of the name Ben last night, either way Ben was ecstatic to see his old lover again. The man confirmed himself to be named Lambrusco Ghirga, even having the same Stand ability. Lambrusco was just bewildered the whole time, while Ben overloaded him with questions and statements, before asking if he wanted to help her and the man to take down the Apex Cult. Lambrusco was hesitant to get involved, but he urged to know who the stranger beside them was, to which he responded that his name is Ellis Mercia, giving a handshake to Lamb. He said he could have a way for them to get to Italy in due time after a call. While that was going on, Ben created a memory restoration potion in hopes of bringing back what was lost, only to find that they were completely gone. Lambrusco did agree to crash at Ben’s house for the time being, while the Speedwagon Foundation was engineering equipment for Italy. The group proceeded to leave the fashion store, and began to go elsewhere...