“What the hell? A stand arrow?” Joseph asks, bewildered.

Ray nods. "Yup, a stand arrow. It's said to be an arrow created by an ancient civilisation that has a chance of granting those stabbed with it a stand."

The news confused both Joseph and Lucio. They'd never heard of such a thing, and had just assumed that stands were a thing that came naturally to people.

"Waitwaitwait- a chance?" Lucio asks.

"Yeah, apparently not everyone is compatible or something, and so if you're stabbed with it and don't awaken to a stand, it'll kill you." Ray goes on. "It's why it's so dangerous- if someone is going around stabbing people with the arrow, then that means that loads of innocent people may die. Not to mention that just giving people stands all willy-nilly is probably not a good idea anyways."

"Buuuuut that's just a rumour, right?" Joseph asks, convinced it might be a load of bull.

"It's likely, but you never know. It'd really help if you two could go and investigate further." Ray says.

Joseph and Lucio stare at each other, and nod their heads. They both know that this is what their stands are for, so they may as well use them right.

"Alright, where were these reports?" Lucio asks Ray.

"In the general area, but not too far out. Shouldn't be difficult." Ray's phone begins ringing. "Oh, shoot, I need to go, but if you don't find anything by the end of today, just let me know so I can call off any further SPW investigations." He says as he walks out the door, chatting to the person on the phone.

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Joseph jumps out of his seat and strikes a mighty heroic pose.

"ALRIGHT LUCIO, IT'S TIME!" He shouts.

"Time for... What?" Lucio asks, slightly scared about where this is going.

"WE MUST SEIZE OUR DESTINIES BY FINDING THE MYSTERIOUS STAND ARROW USER!" Joseph shouts throughout the whole pizzeria.

"Ay ay ay, can you keep it down please? My head's been hurting a bit." Louie shouts from the kitchen.

"Oh, sorry Mr. L!" Joseph shouts back.

"Alright, we'll investigate, but can we at least finish our pizza?..." Lucio asks.

Joseph stares at the pizza for a moment, considering whether it's worth staying for or not.

"Yeah, why not."

The two continue to eat the pizza and continue their previous conversation. Before long, they finish their pizza, say goodbye to Louie, then head out of the pizzeria.

"Alright, where do we start looking for this mysterious arrow person?" Lucio asks Joseph.

"Not gonna lie to you, but I'm not sure. But my soul tells me... THIS WAY!" He shouts.

Joseph begins running down the street, giving everyone a good lookdown before passing them. Some people see this when walking up, and cross the street right before talking to him.

While looking and checking down people, Joseph runs into a woman, and she drops her bag. Joseph suddenly panics.

"OHMYGOSHIMSOSORRYMA'AM!!" He says at an incomprehensible speed.

The woman scoffs, picks up her bag, and begins walking ahead.

"Dumbass.. Watch where you're going!" She says.

"God, you're such an idiot, Joseph. You need to watch where you're walking." Lucio says.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. What matters right now is this person with the stand arrow!" Joseph yells.

And so the two set off to find the mysterious arrow user who threatens Manhattan...