Broken Grounds

Broken Grounds is a Roleplay story created by **Zellaus** and **Power Houz**, continuing the adventures of the Desert Blood posse after their initial adventure.

## Synopsis

Six months after the events of Desert Blood, Def Leppard along with Brandon Davis and Tomie Fervor go out on an adventure to rediscover Def's memories and past life, encountering several Stand Users who are actively attempting to prevent Def from discovering himself. In the process, Brandon Davis goes through intense mental trauma, leaving the group and disappearing for a year.

## Story

### Introduction and Beginning

Def Leppard since the ending of Desert Blood has been seeing flashes of his past memories, particularly about the girl in his pendant. From what he could recall, he was Italian. Per his request, Dave and Tomie joined him on his journey to Italy, but not without a few setbacks. There were met on a train headed to New York by two enemy Stand users, being Pesci and Prosciutto, who were attempting to kill Def and prevent his passage to Italy. This didn't work, however, as Dave's natural life-giving Hamon could counteract Prosciutto's Grateful Dead. What happened after the group won was being given keys with specific dates on them, promptly killing themselves. After a crazy suggestion, Def plugged the keys into his head which "unlocked" more memories, helping him figure out what he was missing. During their time on the train, the three ran into Midas, who was wandering the states, and ended up coming along with them.

### Main Story (Middle)

This process was repeated throughout the group's entire endeavors going to and in Italy. They were attacked by Captain Tennille and his Dark Blue Moon alongside Forever, which revealed the boat they were on was Strength. They managed to force the Captain to get Strength to get them to Italy, but it was off course as a way to keep Def from easily getting where he needed to be. It was decided that they try traveling as much as possible. They encountered more enemies along the way such as Anubis and Alessi's Sethan, followed by Mariah. During this time, the group meets Joseph Josuke Joestar Junior, a real-estate agent for Joestar Realty on a mission to find more real estate as well as follow up on reports of Stand Users. He joined the group after finding out their situation. Throughout all this time, Dave had been entering Tomie's mindscape, introduced in Desert Blood from time to time, attempting to help her remember her own past. The Marshal Nathan Lee also arrived with them, claiming to be on a mission learning about Spin, having traced its origins back to Italy. The group also came across two brothers which they only heard be referenced as Oingo and Boingo, doing nothing but plant seeds of doubt in them.

### Late Story and End

The group then came across a bird who attacked them with ice powers. Only after hurting then healing it was it made tame and docile, answering only to Def, giving him a key just like all the others. It used its ice to reveal its name "Pet Shop" to everyone there. From there they arrived at a large mansion, meeting two brothers at the front section, one named Daniel, the other named Telence. They refused access to the group unless they beat them in poker and chess respectively. Dave attempted to win against them, but failed, forcing Midas and Def to use a few tricks to win against the D'Arbys. As they continued, they were greeted by a butler named "Nathan" who was another enemy, picking them off one by one using his stand, Geb. After a brief fight with him, they encountered Billy and Kyle Nelson, who each had their own stands, The Hand and Bad Company. The group also managed to fight them off, leading to the reveal of the mastermind of the whole operation, Teodoro Lombardi, and his stand, Whitesnake.

Teodoro revealed his ability against the group, which was to create keys that unplugged from someone's head, stealing their memories and even their Stands. He reveals that Whitesnake was the Stand of his uncle passed onto him by way of this ability. Teodoro easily dismantled the group's ability to fight him, even using a false key to make Dave his lackey and fight Tomie, only willing to have a fair fight with Def. Def agreed to the terms, and the two had a tough and long fight. Only after using the Golden Spin technique in conjunction with his stand, Fed Pardlep, he entangled the now battle-obsessed, deranged Teodoro in fauna and plants, defeating him.

When Def returned to the mansion, he discovered a litter of keys in the room Teodoro was in, the most of them being his own, which revealed the conspiracy that Teodoro used his Stand to manipulate affairs between Def's family and another to gain the wealth of both, faking Def's death in the process, which revealed why he was in America.

### Post-RP and Teasers

Dave went through severe mental trauma after Teodoro was defeated. His heinous acts with the false memories alongside laying a beatdown on Tomie made him think he wasn't worth their relationship any longer. He still had one key which would tell him why, but was so traumatized that he didn't use it. Later, he was on a ship straight for America, off to do something to keep his mind off of it, tossing the key away. However, Midas was on the same boat, having followed him, and caught the key. However, he didn't plan to ask Dave what was going on.

## Extra Information

* Teodoro Lombardi used the keys to find out personal elements of people's lives, which allowed him to see Dave's intent of a marriage proposal to Tomie. He later taunted her with this information as Dave was under his control.
* Def learns the girl in his pendant was a lover from the past, Romina Lupo, and his and her family were in good relations. This is the family Teodoro manipulated. He used Whitesnake to alter their memories so he would be in good favor with them.