Stars And Tiaras

6

He couldn't have been any more wrong.

The recognisable voice of one of his Consiglieri echoed into the young man's ear, his name?

Phillipo Riva.

"Hello? I apologise for asking, but is the boss available today? I have rather.. unpleasant.. news." Strained the man, talking with urgency but hesitancy in a single sentence.

After a second of silence, it seemed to be now Giorno's turn to speak.

"Yes, speaking. What's wrong?" Giorno replied, believing that the only thing that existing in the world right now was him and the phone with the muffled ticking of the clock. Finally letting himself breathe a short silent sigh of relief.

"Oh- Buongiorno signore Giovanna. I regret to inform you.." Shortly and quietly huffing into the microphone before continuing. ".. that new traitors have appeared to threaten and break the policies that prevent selling drugs in our territories."

"I heard. Is there any success in stopping these traitors?" Giorno questioned bluntly.

"Yes there have but unfortunately it's only temporary. They have made it clear they want additional revenue selling illegal drugs, knowing that it goes against your policy. " The man detailed further. "I am very sorry to say this, boss..." Carefully constructing his sentence so it won't be too much of a burden to ask.

"..may I have assistance to take down the traitors from l'unità speciale?"

Contemplating his answer, Giorno pondered to himself; who would be fit for this type of mission?

Definitely Bruno.
He has experience and has mastered his stand's abilities. Also has a natural leader trait that can prove to be useful in most situations.

Narancia? Probably... not?
He does have an amazingly unique stand that allows him to see the position of enemies, BUT, they could be in an environment where there's lots of interfering anomalies that could mess up Aerosmith's tracking, also, he has school in less than half an hour.

Fugo? Definitely not.
Giorno was impressed by Purple Haze's spontaneous generation and spreading of disease. However, he is mindful of Fugo's resistance to use his own stand.

Mista? Absolutely.
The gunslinger is known for his improvisations on attacks using his gun and stand but also just his talent of using a manual revolver is unseen anywhere else Giorno could think of.

Trish? Yea, sure!
Trish's use of her stand is useful for settings where enemies are and aren't stand users, allowing her to quickly change to a defence position if she is outnumbered or the attack position isn't in her favour.

Abbacchio? No.
Abbacchio... might not be the best choice for this mission. Sure, his stand has a useful ability to view the past through one person, but that isn't needed in this mission.

Zoning back into reality, blinking a few times, Giorno responded.

"Sì, you can. Where is your location right now?"

"Right now I'm in Libeccio, signore."

"Alright, they'll be there in around 10 minutes."

Placing the phone back into the rest of it's machine Giorno swung his head around to tell the group of the incoming mission was met with silence.

Uncomfortable silence.

Everybody was staring at him. Their faces held shock, concern and one held mild anger.

Just then, one spoke.

"What was that about, Giorno?" Questioned Bruno, his speech drenched in deep concern.