“Listen up.” Joseph soon gave up on trying to wrangle the huge animal, walking over to his bag on the ground. “When dealing with animals, It’s important to understand how they feel.” He said, crouching down and digging around in his bag. He pulled out an apple and held it up triumphantly, gazing at the group over his shoulder.
He stood up and approached the camel again, holding the apple out to the huge animal, “Here, doesn't this apple look delicious?” he asked, waving it enticingly. The camel took notice, the fruit catching its interest. “Come on, Come on..” Joseph urged the animal, slowly lowering the apple until the Camel sat down in order to reach it. “Good boy..”
You were actually pretty impressed at his thought process here, but… not quite as impressed with him as someone to thoroughly think out plans…. You let out a sigh.
“Look, see? It sat down!” Said Joseph, giving the rest of you a thumbs up. “If you take the time to understand the camel, it’ll sit down for you!” He said, tapping his temple and pointing at you all.
No one seemed very impressed by the antics at all.
Soon enough, everyone had seated themselves on a camel. It was decided you would sit with Kakyoin. You were behind him on the camel, your arms wrapped around his waist tightly to hold on. It was slightly terrifying being on an animal that was so tall… if you fell off, you would definitely die. It made you tighten your grip on the man in front of you.
“Are you alright, (Y/N)?” Kakyoin asked, trying to look at you over his shoulder.
“Yeah, I’m fine.. It’s just, uh, really high I guess.” you muttered, “I’ve never ridden on an animal before… this is really weird..”
“I see. Hold on tight then.” He said.
Joseph suddenly spoke up, getting everyone’s attention. “Alright, Looks like everyone got on as smoothly as planned! Let’s go through that desert, everyone!” He said, “Onward toward the northwest!”
And onward you headed. Surprisingly, it didn't take you long to start drifting off against Kakyoin's back. Even though you were currently sweating buckets, the gentle swaying of the Camel was actually putting you right to sleep…
Kakyoin suddenly spoke, snapping you out of your trance, “Something’s wrong.” He said, glancing back. “I still can’t shake the feeling that someone’s watching us.”
You turned to look behind, the rest of the crusaders also taking a look around. There was no one in sight… the desert was flat, there was no place for anyone to hide… unless they were somehow invisible…
You really couldn't be worried… it was so hot right now… you leaned away from Kakyoin, slowly fanning yourself with your hand.
“Kakyoin, I think you’re worrying a bit too much” Said Polnareff, waving his hand. “We’re covering our tracks, and we can see a great distance around us. If someone was here, we would know.”
“Actually,” said Jotaro, “I can't help but feel a presence, too.”
“Jotaro, look into it.” Said Joseph, pointing a finger at him.
Jotaro nodded, pulling out a pair of binoculars, using Star Platinum to scan the surrounding area.
“Do you see anything suspicious?” asked Joseph.
Jotaro lowered the binoculars, “No, I don’t. There’s nothing. But…” He paused, “Something’s weird. Something is.” He muttered.
“Let’s hurry up and go.” said Polnareff, drinking from his canteen.
“Yeah.” Said Joseph, but you could see the wariness in his gaze. “Let’s get as far as we can, and once the sun goes down, We’ll stop and put up our tents.” his eyes narrowed, “It’s too dangerous to travel at night.”
“But, man, it’s hot” complained Polnareff, “Look, it’s 120°” He said, showing Joseph his thermometer.
“It is hot.” said Joseph, frowning and looking down at his pocket watch, “But it’s always hottest around this time of day.” He said. After a moment, he let out a gasp, “Eight o’clock? What?” he snapped it shut, looking over at Jotaro, “What time does your clock say?”
Jotaro fished in his pocket, pulling out a pocket-watch, “Ten after eight.” He paused, before he looked up sharply, meeting Joseph's eyes, “Oy, Old man!”
“So it is..” muttered Joseph, “I-- I know we lost track of time, but what’s going on?”
You honestly had no idea what they were talking about… you felt pretty confused.. But maybe it was just the heat getting to you, “Hey, what are you guys talking about?” you asked, “Why are we still stopped, shouldn’t we keep moving?”
Joseph looked over at you, “It’s past 8:00 p.m.”
You heard both Kakyoin and Polnareff let out a gasp.
“So… why hasn't the sun gone down?”
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(Jojo / Jjba X Reader) A 7TH Stand User Joins The Party
Fanfictionaha.. You're a stand user who was under control of Dio's Flesh Bud. Luckily for you, the Crusaders realized that you were not in control of your actions and graciously decided not to beat you into a bloody pulp.... However now you have a whole new a...
