Poisoned Water Through Time

Shattering The Ice-Cold Exterior Part 1

Giyu woke up in the butterfly estate, On one of the medical beds resting, his injuries completely gone.

His head hurt.

He looked around, checking to see if anyone else was in the room.

When he was sure He was alone he closed his eyes and spoke.

"Shizen." Giyuu called out.

Suddenly a astral projection of Giyuu with a high but small man bun with earrings looked at the bedridden Hashira.

"Fuck you want, meat-bag?"

Giyuu just stared blankly and asked; "Why are you speaking so deeply now? If I could imagine your voice in text, it would be in bold."

Shizen shrugged, "I just felt like distinguishing myself."

"I see," Giyuu responded, looking around the room.

"Anyways," Shizen said, changing the subject. "We're in your mind-scape, makes it easier to talk to you here especially with what's going on out there."

"You changed my mind-scape to a room resembling one from The Butterfly Mansion?" The Water Pillar asked.

"No, I found it like this."

"Oh–ok, were you able to kill Upper-Moon 2?" Giyuu inquired.

"Can't say, for now at least." Shizen replied back.

"Why not?" Tomioka asked.

"Why should I?"

"Touché..." Giyuu responded, before backtracking a bit, "Wait, what is going on out there?"

"The dwarf is tying you down to one of the hospital beds for interrogation."

"...What?"

"I meant Shino—."

"I know who you meant, I'm asking why?"

"Listen, I'm not going to pretend to understand the mind of a deranged Poison Master who can't even reach the soy sauce out the top drawer."

"She's not deranged."

"She LITERALLY BOUGHT her younger sister and groomed her to be a child soldier, and began to eat wisteria poison like it was a goddamn xylazine addiction, and that isn't even the tip of the iceberg."

"She had her reasons." Giyuu responded, deciding after a minute of thinking, and ignored the latter part of Shizen's statement, and instead focused on the former part instead.

Shizen rolled his eyes at Giyuu's poor attempt at a defense, "Name them."

"Pity."

"Ya—no, REAL original, Do you want one gold star, or two for originality?"

Giyuu stared at the astral projection of himself, "you know, you're being difficult."

"So are you, Mizen." Shizen responded

"I'm not Tamayo's husband."

"Your stoic and emotionless disposition isn't helping your case, Jonathan Joestar." Shizen said, as he waited for a bit. He waited for a little more than a bit actually, in some vain attempt to solicit a response from the passive suicide idolizing pillar. When he realized what a futile attempt this was he continued.

"I'm head out now, I have a fight to narrate, have fun trying to convince Elizabeth Liones out of molesting you."

"She's not going to 'molest me'."