The Ludicrous Escapade Pt.4

Snakes and Ladders

"(Y/N), your hand is bleeding!" Gappy noticed the blood dripping from your new wound. He grabbed the stopper you had removed from the tub, seeing where blood stained the chain. "Who would do something like this? The chain is sharpened into razors!"

An odd symbol took form on the back of your hand, seemingly from an accumulation of your blood. "So these appear when you're injured?" Even upon healing the cut in your palm, the symbol didn't go away. You looked to the frightened lady. "Do you know anything else about this?"

She nodded. "If he's standing directly above you and you get injured, a symbol gets attached. Then he can control it. But if it happens to all four, you're done for! There'll be no escape!"

Four... Of course it was four.

"Was this guy waiting to ambush me?!" Asked Gappy, referring to some of the conversation he had with the woman before your return. "Say my name! Am I Yoshikage Kira? Or is that the guy upstairs?" He backed the lady up against the wall. "Nevermind, just say my name! I want to hear it straight from your mouth!"

"I-I don't know..." She was feeling overwhelmed from all his shouting.

Taking advantage of the noise they were making, you took a few quiet steps away without the person upstairs noticing. Next, you brought out Kars. After mentally explaining the situation to him, and getting confirmation on where the attacker was located, you held your arm out toward him.

Kars unsheathed the bone blade from his forearm and cleanly severed your hand. He caught it before it fell on the bathroom tile.

Gappy watched in horror, unable to understand your actions. "(Y/N)... why...?"

You brought a finger to your lips, signaling for him to keep quite. It might not work if the attacker decided to move above you. You allowed your hand to grow back, the old one dissipating at a similar pace. You stretched out your new fingers, watching the back of your hand to make sure the symbol didn't appear again. "There. Good as new."

"What an inconvenient Stand ability our enemy has." Kars allowed the bone blade to refuse with his arm. "For themselves, I mean. For it to only work when directly above your enemy... They must've been planning this whole charade for a while."

The amnesiac had a lot of questions about you with little time to ask. The lady was now attempting to cut out her tongue with a razor blade and he felt he should probably stop it.

As the two kinda wrestled around with each other, you maintained your calm demeanor. It would take more than this to worry you. You still weren't sure how much you cared for this new member of the Joestar bloodline yet, either. Did you know him well enough to care if he died? Regardless, you also wanted to see more of his Stand in action.

Gappy accidentally cut himself on the arm as he dealt with being unable to control half of his limbs. "I understand now. This ability seems pretty dangerous."

You would have to respectfully disagree with him on that. Then again, you weren't the one in danger here.

Gappy bent himself backwards, out from under the attacker. "But he has to be standing directly above me to use his power?"

"So what?" Cried the lady. "It's all over now. You picked up that razor and you won't be able to remove it by your own will!"

"Do you want me to hold onto it for you?" You weren't entirely unwilling to lend a hand.

You carefully plucked the sharp object from between Gappy's fingers that he held onto like his life depended on it.

Now without the means to harm himself as easily, Gappy allowed one of his bubbles to pop. "Shh... Soft & Wet..."