GreenGreenWhirlWind

My confession is that i like to take pictures of myself with my hand on my chin, then pretend that the "me" on the photo is someone else, but the hand is still mine and vice-versa.

The attacks all connect and leave a noticeable impact on Straight Arrow, falling unconscious, he limps over and falls...Off the screen? He clips out of the ground and into what seems to be...an endless void? What kind of Stand could even do this? Either way, it's clear that he isn't alone, there might be somepony else nearby. "Celestiadamnit, we almost had him! Either way, right now we need to focus on finding who or what made Straight Arrow disappear like that!" Stardust exclamates, when the two Stand users hear F.R.'s voice coming from the kitchen: "Excuse me, but i think we're stuck in here...I don't really know how we got here, but we are." Stardust glances at the door before brushing it off. "They're safer in there. I'll check upstairs and you check down here, what do you think?"

The user continues to speak through his Stand: "I would think twice before that: remember: The rich family are my hostages here! As long as they're in this room, they will be my shield, as long as i have them here i am untouchable!" As soon as he's done talking, Stardust tears out one of his coat's buttons and uses Star Platinum to fling it at the kithcen door right next to the staircase that leads to the second floor, punching a hole trhough the door. "What was that?" Filthy Rich asks, startled by the sound. The three get up and go check it out, and suddenly everypony whose initials aren't S.S. blacks out. When everypony comes back, the rich family seems to be inside the kitchen and Stardust is using a chair to hold the door shut. "What do you think you're doing?!" Straight Arrow asks, furious with the pale blue stallion. "So the rumors were true, huh? You really can stop time, can't you? That won't matter, my Stand just needs to absorb a tiny little bit more of heat, and it'll be ready for the metamorphosys! You're too late already!" Stardust doesn't awnser, he simply comes closer to Straight Arrow. "Heh, you imbecile! You know that my Stand will freeze you solid if you come too close, and yet you are coming towards me? What, do you have a deathwish?" The dark grey unicorn asks mockingly. Stardust dryly replies to the question: "No, it's just that... I can't beat you up without coming closer, can i?" Stardust's awnser simply makes the enemy start laughing. "Oh come on, you? Beat ME up?" He says, his Helter Skelter coming closer and standing behind him. "You can try, but before you can even think about doing it my Stand will turn you into an ice c-" Stardust then punches Straight Arrow in the muzzle before he can even finish his sentence, making a loud "SMACK!" sound and sending Straight Arrow flying across the room and into the table, his blood and teeth flying from his mouth. "So, wanna have a go too?" Stardust asks Gridia, turning to face her while Straight Arrow struggles to get up.

(I am very sorry for taking so long to reply, i've been busy later, please understand.) "It seems that you've found out about my Stand" Gridia hears Straight Arrow's voice coming out of Helter Skelter say, he's using his Stand to talk to her: "Your friend's right, you know? my Helter Skelter sucks the heat out of any closed rooms it finds itself in, once this room reaches the right temperature you'll all be frozen alive - the rich family will be fine and once i leave they'll be back to normal - but you and your bulky buddy over there will be shattered into pieces unless you get outta here right now!"

Upon looking under the table, Gridia sees it: A white earth pony wearing an eskimo jacket with sunglasses that completely cover its eyes, the left lens of the sunglasses has the letter "H" written on it with what seems to be bright blue duct tape and the right lens has the letter "S" on it written on the same way. The jacket's left sleeve has the word "Helter" written on it and the right one has the word "Skelter". The back of the pony has an oxygen tank that is connected to a mask the pony itself is using and the back of the hoodie of the earth pony's jacket has a mouth that seems to be sucking air like a vacuum cleaner. The floor beneath the pony is covered in at least two centimeters of snow, which are touching Gridia's paws and Stardust's hind hooves since they are closer, and slowly approaching Filthy Rich and his wife's hooves. The earth pony is on its knees and breathing heavily, it's possible to hear the tank whirring and pumping oxygen into its owner's muzzle. This is DEFINATELY an enemy Stand. Gridia then sees Star Platinum peeking under the table and returning to his user shortly after. When Gridia returns from under the table, Stardust mutters to her: "This is most certainly Straight Arrow's Stand...Its name seems to be "Helter Skelter"*, and its ability revolves around cold." Gridia then sees Straight Arrow simply...Looking at them, smiling menacingly. "Sheesh, Diamond's right, it IS getting cold here..." Filthy Rich says, shivering slightly. Gridia sees Straigt Arrow grab a nearby toothpick and simply drop it under the table. (*"Helter Skelter" is the name of a song by The Beatles)

(Note: i forgot to mention but Straight Arrow`s cutie mark is a bow and an arrow) Everypony goes silent - except for Diamond Tiara, who just came back with her coat and has no idea of what`s going on - and all those sitting on the table turn to face Gridia except for Straight Arrow himself, and on that moment he wears a sick, twisted grin on his face before beginning to speak: "Why, that is a great question!" He says. "I was born in Manehattan, my great great grandfather - Strait Laced - was a master in an ancient martial art known as `Hamon` or `The Ripple` who trained along his partner, Dire Heart. He seeked to master the art of the ripple with the sole objective of expanding his lifespam...But it was not enough, he needed something more powerful! The thought of dying before the right time was unacceptable to him, so he seeked the stone mask. He was close friends with Speed Wagon himself, you know? Speed Wagon? Founder of the SpeedWagon foundation and famous corporate tycoon? - anyway, back to the story - One day, Speed Wagon found something incredible: the very source of the stone mask! it was a large stone pillar with a large, muscular stallion sculped into it, and the pillar was covered in masks as a tree gets covered in fruits. He called upon Strait Laced and Dire Heart - along with their master, who trained both of them - to see it in first hand, and in that moment, Strait Laced used the stone mask, you may not believe what i`m going to say, but in that moment he became immortal. Going to Manehattan to enjoy his newfound immortality, Strait Laced ran across...Him. Hermit Bramble." Gridia could swear that Stardust`s heart skipped a bit when he heard that name, the usually stoic stallion wore a shocked expression on his face. "Anything wrong, mister Strider?" Straight arrow asks, smirking maliciously at him. The stallion slowly recovers his composure and awnsers: "Hermit Bramble...Was the name of my grandfather." Straight Arrow`s smile grows even more wicked as everypony in the room looks at Stardust in shock, he then returns to the story: "Well i`d just like you to know that your grandfather killed Strait Laced, he thought that Strait Laced was a vampire of all things! didn`t even ask questions before killing the stallion! You see, being immortal meant that he didn`t age, yes, but he still could be killed! He died and left his wife and son to take care of themselves, those were hard times indeed for them, until now! I plan on honoring the death of my great great grandfather and not only finding the stone mask, but discovering all of its secrets and use it for the best of all of Equestria! And with the funding of Mr. Rich here - who i will forever be thankful to - i will finally be able to do so!" You hear the faimly daughter ask something in a petulant tone to him: "Wait a minute! just HOW did Strait Laced become immortal from using a mask? how does that work? and what would it mean to `Enjoy his immortality`? isn`t it kind of a weird coincidence that he ran across this Hermit Bramble guy out of the thousands of ponies who live in Manehattan?" "DIAMOND!" The filly`s mother says. "Well those ARE pretty good questions." Filthy Rich replies. "I`m curious too, Mr. Arrow!" He continues. Straight Arrow is...Sweating? he looks nervous and is even shaking a little bit, he stutters for a while before awnsering the questions: "W-why, how would i know? this all happened decades ago! the only reason for me to even know about this story at all is because my great great grandmother told my great grandfather who told my grandfather who told my mother about it! This is the entirety of the version i`ve heard! Nothing altered or removed, i`m telling you!" Suddenly the room starts to get...Chilly? Yes, definately, it`s getting colder! Right now it`s just a slightly cold draft and doesn`t seem to bother anypony else except for Diamond who...Is the only one sitting right next to Straight Arrow... When the filly breathes you can even see a white fog come out of her mouth as if she was in the middle of winter and - are those snowflakes? there are snowflakes forming around Straight Arrow`s body! "Well it...Sure is starting to get cold, hehe...But it`s not a problem, let`s just go on with dinner." Filthy Rich says. Over time the room starts getting colder, to the point where it starts feeling like everypony is inside a big freezer, the family tried to light the fireplace but it doesn`t seem to be helping much. Troughout the whole thing, Gridia feels as if her paws were resting on top of...Snow? it`s as if there was snow under the table!...Will anything bad happen if she decides to look under the table?

Ok, this HAS to be against the Geneva convention in some shape or form

Once the day becomes night once again, just at the time it always does, the duo finds themselves at Filthy Rich`s house, sitting on the dinner table. The content itself is surprisingly common: there`s spaghetti, mashed potatoes, tomato salad with buffallo mozzarella(try to guess what kind of milk they use to make it), grilled hay and...Hey, are those sausages? Yeah, they must`ve known that they were having a griffon over, that`s pretty nice! They`re a tiny bit burnt, yeah, but it`s the tought that counts. A few minutes later, Straight Arrow arrives, and his presence changes everything: Before he got there, the table was anything but silent - Rich`s wife was nagging on him about inviting strangers over or something like that while his daughter wouldn`t shut up about a trashcan suddenly getting all dented all of the sudden and how some filly named "Silver Spoon" was saying that it was an alien invasion, the strange part is that Filthy Rich himself didn`t seem to be bothered that much. But in the moment Straight Arrow sat on his chair right next to the family`s daughter, everything went silent. The filly herself looked uncomfotable, nervous even, at the presence of the long-maned unicorn. The family wife was staring at him with an anger filled glare...Or is that just her natural face? Stardust was looking at Straight Arrow and sweating bullets, while S.A. himself didn`t look even slightly happy with the unexpected visitors. You finally hear Straight Arrow`s voice, it`s deep and stern - just like that of a certain hat-maned stallion - but while Stardust just sounds bored most of the time, Straight Arrow sounds sinister, menacing even, it even sends shivers down the little filliy`s spine, althought she seems to try to hide it. The voice says firmly: "So mister Rich, i see that tonight we have a couple of...Special guests." The brown stallion smiles and replies: "Oh, yes we do, Mr. Strider and Ms. Gridia over here really wanted to meet you! It seems that you are becoming quite famous around here." Arrow`s only response is a penetrating glare at S.S.`s eyes and a couple of words: "I see." [Awkward Silence] "So mister Stardust..." Gridia hears a snooty female voice say, clearly coming from F.R.`s wife. "What exactly is your profession?" Stardust awnsers as monotonely as usual: "I`m a marine biologist, i work at the Horseshoe Bay marine life institute." ...Well this explains a lot. "Oh, is that so?" The mare asks with a crooked smile. "It must be sooo fascinating to play with dolphins as a living, huh?" She continues, her tone reeking of sarcasm and cinicism. "As a matter of fact it is." Stardust awnsers, unbothered by the mare clearly trying to put him down. "Dolphins are the most intelligent marine animals on the planet, they`re fascinating creatures indeed. We used to believe that sea serpaints and marine dragons were more intelligent due to their ability to speak, but recent studies have showed that dolphins not only are smarter than both animals, but that they do speak, only not in a language that we comprehend." Gridia then hears a much younger voice speak, it`s coming from the pink filly: "It`s getting cold here, i`m gonna grab a coat" She says, leaving her seat and heading to her bedroom to grab a coat. That`s weird, it`s not cold at all, neither inside OR outside the house. "Diamond Tiara, it`s against the rules of etiquette to leave the table without asking first!" Her mother says scolding her. "Yeah, it sure is." The filly awnsers mockingly, continuing to climb upstairs anyways. Gridia can actually see Filthy Rich and Stardust Strider smirk a little bit, meanwhile D.T.`s mother and Straight Arrow almost look like they`re having a competition to see who can look the grumpiest.

Alright gringos, y`all wanna see bad consoles? Well then look no further than the beloved homeland itself, BRAZIL...Zil...zil! This handsome boy here is the Zeebo, Brazil`s one and only console EVER, made by the currently totally bankrupt TecToy. So you must be asking "What the *yay* is this?" Well this little dude here was the first console to not use any physical media AT ALL, no cartridges, no discs, no weird GameCube discs, nothing. All digital, sounds good on paper, right? Well much like flying cars, just because it sounds good on paper doesn`t mean it`s actually any good on practice: the Zeebo was way overpriced, had a limited library, had pretty bad graphics for the year it was released(2009) and overall wasn`t that good of a console at all, case and point: PS2 version. Zeebo version. #ZeeboMasterRace. Ever since then Brazil hasn`t made one attempt at creating a home console and - since for reasons beyond my comprehension, videogames are considered a form of gambling here - it probably never will. Brazil: our best is still below everybody else`s average.

If you know how to or learn how to draw at some point, that already opens a lot of oportunities: you can be an illustrator, an animator, a designer, and a lot more. You could also become a game developer and either make a really successful indie game or cheat a bunch of people out of their money using KickStarter, think of it as the real life equivalent of InFamous. Most office jobs don`t really require a lot of physical work. Plus, you could become a lawyer if you`re willing to study enough, a teacher if you can handle the stress or a psychologist if you`re good at helping people. If you`re good at math you could be an accountant, you could work with real estate if you`re a good salesperson and if you know how to sew you could be a tailor. If you write well you can be a writer, if you know how to play an instrument you could become a musician and if your voice sounds good you can be a singer. The possibilities are kind of endless, really, as long as you work and study hard. Knowing the right people won`t hurt either! I hope this repyl was helpful or at least made you feel motivated.

Last Train Home, by Pat Metheny Group, featured in the 2014 anime "JoJo`s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders".

Jailbreak releases a short but powerful barrage of punches that shatters most of the plank, leaving only the parts that were being held by Star Platinum. "Good job!" He says, patting Gridia in the back once. "We`re heading to Mr. Rich`s house as soon as the moon rises, so see you there. Until then...Could you sign this petition here?" He says, giving Gridia the petition and a pen. It`s a petition to create protected areas for...Salmons?

"The plan is simple enough: We`ll play it safe. We`re gonna stay close to Mr. Rich or his family, watch closely everything Straight Arrow does and if he acts even slightly suspicious, we`ll create a distraction for Mr. Rich`s family and deal with him on the spot. We`ll observe him closely and listen to him carefully, and in the moment Straight Arrow comes near, i`ll use my Star Platinum to grab a strand of his hair, that`ll be vital to our plan. If Straight Arrow comes after us or sends somepony after us, we`ll beat them to a pulp, simple as that." Stardust explains, walking into a seemingly empty part of town. "...Now, i hope you won`t need to use it, but just in case i`ll teach you this trick..." He says, grabbing a barrel and putting it on front of Gridia. "...As you know, my Star Platinum can release a rapid and powerful barrage of punches that can shatter even the hardest of diamonds, but truth is that any Stand that focuses on strenght and speed - such as your Jailbreak - could do that. Let me demonstrate:" Continues the stallion, summoning his Star Platinum and making it pummel the barrel with absurd strenght and speed while the Stand screams: "ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA! ORA!!" reducing the barrel to splinters. The Stand then grabs a nearby wooden plank and holds it in front of Gridia as Stardust begins to speak: "The secret here is to get competely in the zone, to focus all of your strenght in the target and forget about everything else. At first it only happens in short bursts, but after some training one can hold this attack for about two minutes, maybe even more. Give it a try."

"As long as we stay close to Mr. Rich, yes. Straight Arrow wouldn't attack somepony in front of somepony who's obliviousness is a key aspect of his plan, after that we get out we'll just need to stay alert, and if he follows us we'll kick his plot." Stardust explains, getting up from the couch "Well it was a pleasure talking to you Mr. Rich, me and my partner here will talk about it and if we come to an agreement we'll be visiting you tonight." He says, heading to the door. "Alright, i hope to see you soon!" Mr. Rich says waving to S.S.

Stardust stops to analyze the situation, and once Filthy Rich hears Gridia's question, he starts laughing to himself. "Yes, i guess when i put it this way he DOES sound an awful lot like a vampire, doesn't he? It's actually pretty funny when i think about it! In fact, that are actual ponies who believe themselves to be vampires: there's a mare in Mexicolt who made plastic surgery to give herself fangs so she could look like a vampire, and one of the former queens of Portugallop would bathe on the blood of her defeated enemies, not to mention all the cannibalistic tribes spreaded all over Equestria and the rest of the planet, there are even specific ponies with genetic defects that make them allerigic to sunlight! So in a weird way vampires - althought not the same as the ones in books or movies - kind of DO exist! Isn't that curious?" Stardust, slowly comes closer to Gridia, whispering into her ear: "I don't think it's possible for S.A. to be a vampire YET: if he had already found a mask he wouldn't be trying to get himself another one, but judging from his actions he's clearly 'training' his body to adapt into the lifestyle of a vampire, he's probably been planning this for years!" F.R. continues to speak: "I think that's all i really know about Straigth Arrow...Oh, of course! this week we took this picture together, you can take a look if you will!" He says, going upstairs and coming back with a picture, it shows Filthy Rich and Straight Arrow shaking hands, and for the first time the two Stand users see S.A. himself: His mane is long, smooth and black, his coat is dark grey and his eyes are brown; he seems to be as tall and muscular as Stardust is, despite looking somewhat younger. Straight Arrow is giving a big, toothy grin that show no signs of him having fangs whatsoever, his ears are also normally shaped and not any pointier than normal and the stallion himself seems perfectly healthy, he's not transformed...Yet. Straight Arrow shows no signs of wings and has a horn poking out of his forehead that is covered by a couple of rebelious strands of his long, silk-like mane. Filthy Rich begins to speak again: "As i said, he'll probably be here tonight, so if you want to drop by and talk to him, go ahead!"

"Oh,fascinating things! He said it was THE most powerful medicinal item that this world has ever seen, capable of curing millions of illnesses and healing nearly any wound - i've seen many wizards try the same and fail, yes, but the way he explained its functioning didn't sound quite like anything i've ever seen: he said that the mask uses acumputure to 'unlock the brain's true potential' - now, i know that most ponies think acumputure is just nonsense, but that's not true, alright? Acumputure is real and so is astrology." The host explains, eating another petal. It seems that along his various business trips Mr. Rich has gathered some "unusual" beliefs. "How would you describe Mr. Arrow's behavior?" Stardust asks, continuing to take note of everything. "It's...Curious." The black maned stallion says. "He has some rather strange mannerisms: he insists on letting his mane grow and won't cut it shorter than his shoulders, seems to be on some kind of diet that doesn't allow him to eat any garlic and - much like the tribesponies from Vietnameigh - oftenly drinks snake blood, althought he claims its for 'cultural reasons'. He also visits me strangely often, in fact, he'll probably be here again tonight".

In the next morning the two find themselves in front of Filthy Rich's house, ringing on the doorbell. The black maned pony awnsers the door, seemingly confused. "I don't think i was expecting visitors, can i help with something?" He says. Stardust introduces himself and explains that they just need to come inside and ask some questions He lets you in and you sit on the large living room:it's a large room with three couches around a short glass table anf a fireplace. The room is decorated with old photographs and paintings, even having a grandfather clock. Hanging above the fireplace there's a wooden acoustic guitar and placed on the table there's an ashtray and what seems to be a water-filled jar with roses inside it. "So" Mr. Rich says, grabbing a rose and eating one of the petals. "What do you want to know? Don't be shy, ask away!" Cleaning his throat and grabbing a pen and his notebook,Stardust begins to ask a few questions: "Have you met anypony...Unusual, lately?" F.R. scratches his chin, awnsering shortly after: "I've seen my fair share of rather 'out there' fellows in my life, but lately? I don't think so." Stardust writes down the awnser and goes to the next question: "Is the name 'Straight Arrow' familiar to you?" Filthy Rich awnsers immediately: "You two know Straight Arrow? What a coincidence! Lately i started making business with him, he said he needed my help to fund a 'big project' that would 'change the future of Ponyville', now let me tell ya: it's inspiring to see somepony as determined to leave an impact on our town as he is! Straight Arrow said that it involved archeology and some kind of ancient technology - i know, i know, it sounds like crazy talk - but then he showed me all the in-depht research he made! All of it about that stone mask, he said that with the magical properties of the mask he could end almost every problem Equestria faces today AND make more than enough money to pay me back for helping! I think i could tell you about the mask if you want to" He says as Stardust writes down his awnser.