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[Okuyasu Nijimura]
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Josuke sighed to himself as he sat in the sand a few feet away from the lake, his arms resting on his propped up legs while he watched Okuyasu attempt to swim in the shallow water. Koichi wasn't with them, being preoccupied with his new girlfriend and keeping an eye out for Yoshikage, so it was just them two out on the beach while everyone else was in the main cabin where the fans and AC are or doing something else.

He kept thinking back to what Joseph told them about the Stands and how they could meet a person who had one without even knowing it. Does that mean someone he knows could be a Stand User? As much as he didn't want to believe it, that means even his friends could have the possibility of having a Stand, but he couldn't understand why Joseph didn't want to go around asking people if they had one. Sure, they'd seem a little bit weird, but they'd be able to gain a few allies and possibly get some more information on the spirits that followed them around.

"Josuke?" Okuyasu called as he walked out of the lake, his hand pushing his wet hair out of his face that had fallen when he got out of the water. He grabbed the towel that he brought from beside the thinking boy and wrapped it around his shoulders before plopping down next to Josuke. "You okay? You look like you're thinking real hard about something." The black haired Higashikata turned his head to see his friend and narrowed his eyes, Okuyasu raising a brow at the odd expression on his face.

The youngest Nijimura couldn't help but think about how strange Josuke's been acting this past week. He was alright on the first day, he had fun with him, Koichi and even Jotaro for a little while, but half way through the third day at camp he started hanging around Giorno and Jotaro more and almost avoiding Joseph. Not only that, but he seemed to be staring at that girl that Joseph was always with and being even more paranoid about Yoshikage Kira doing something.

Josuke let his head rest on his hand and finally looked away from Okuyasu, "I don't know. The missing counselors and people getting beat up has made me on edge, I guess." He muttered while staring out at the trees across the lake and occasional fish that would splash in the water. So what if he knew a Stand User, if they were a friend of his then he expected them to help him when he was in danger. Especially Okuyasu and Koichi, they've been friends since Yoshikage decided to try and start crap with them.

Okuyasu hummed and scratched his head, a frown appearing on his lips as he pulled the towel tighter around himself. "Yeah, I think everyone is. Did you see how bad that girl looked yesterday? I bet you and your cousins probably want to kick that guy's ass." He smirked but Josuke only slumped over with an aura of something the short haired teen couldn't make out. "Hm? What's wrong? If you don't want to do it, I'll go over and kick them back to wherever the bus picked them up!"

Little did Okuyasu know, the boy that made (Y/n) look like that was actually turned to dust by his cousin and his friend after finding out that he was sent by Dio. He couldn't believe that Joseph and Caesar killed someone, he didn't doubt that they probably felt bad, but that was a boy who was manipulated by their own adopted relative into becoming something that had no place in their world. Not only was he effected by the Stone Mask that Jonathan brought with him, Josuke thought he was smarter than that but everyone must make a mistake once in their life, but one of the Stand Arrows that (Y/n) found in the woods.

"Don't worry about it, Okuyasu. Jonathan dealt with him." Josuke lied, biting the inside of his lip with a pained expression on his face, and Okuyasu pursed his lips as he thought about how unreliable Jonathan was when dealing with campers. Jonathan was physically strong but he wasn't even able to prevent himself from Joseph's begging when he's attempting to get out of doing things or trying to get something.