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“Jojo! JOJO!”
A distant voice suddenly wakes me up.
Where does it come from?
Is someone calling my name?
I open my eyes but I can't see anything. Have I gone blind?
No...it’s just dark, pitch black. There’s no hint of light at all.
Where am I?
I try to rub my eyes but it’s difficult to move, I feel something close to my face. It’s hard and cold at touch, and I can't seem to push it aside.
What is this? I can't get up as well?
I start feeling confused.
“JOJO…”
That voice again...I know that voice! Caesar? Is that you?? CAESAR!
I scream but no voice comes out at all.
CAESAR! I’M HERE!!! TAKE ME OUT!!!
I yell at the top of my lungs. Nothing. Not a feeble whisper leaves my mouth.
I hit the...ceiling? Or whatever is above me, but no sounds are made, not a thud. I punch it, same result.
How can they hear me? How can they help me?
CAESAR HELP ME!
It’s cold, it’s dark, where am I, is this a room? It’s too small to be a room. What is it?
I realize it’s too cramped for me to move freely. A cage?
Why is it so cold? I’m cold. Hamon shouldn’t make me feel this cold.
My hamon…
OVERDRIVE!
My...hamon isn’t working? I can't break out of here. I feel trapped.
Is this some kind of trick? Am I being mocked? I’m the first to go for tricks and jokes at any given moment but I can't stand being targeted, and this is not funny either.
I hear footsteps and something—no, someone being dragged away. Other muffled voices...Lisa Lisa?? And...Suzie, Suzie Q! WHERE ARE YOU ALL???
They can't hear me…
The voices get more and more distant.
They’re leaving.
No! Wait! Don’t leave me here!
Find me... Free me...
Silence.
This silence is suffocating.
I'm all alone.
I can't breathe.
“JOJO!”
A loud thud hits my ears, it’s close. Caesar is close.
Caesar yes I am here!! Take me out! You can hear me right??? Why can't you hear me...
I can feel his presence outside of here, I feel his hands on the other side of this...wall.
I try to hold them. I try to feel him, and to make him feel me.
I close my eyes.
Caesar…
Suddenly, the light.
I see him now, Caesar is in front of me!
Caesar we did it! I’m free now!
Caesar look at me, why are you crying!
I am here Caesar, we’re together again! It’s alright!
He doesn’t answer me, he doesn’t look at me.
Caesar what's wrong? Talk to me!
He starts to get distant and small.
Where are you going Caesar? Don't leave me again!
I try to reach him, without success.
It's not him drifting away.
It's me.
I see him crouching and weeping.
I see people, I see dirt, and my prison from above.
My name is carved in stone.
Numbers. 1920 - 1939.
I understand...now I understand why they couldn’t hear me.
I can't do anything but accept it.
I'm relieved though. That means we did it then, Caesar! Lisa Lisa! Suzie! You all survived, the pillar men are defeated. You can live!
You can live and be happy...I'm glad I could see you all one last time.
I float away.
I'm just a memory now.
Farewell, Caesar.