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Duality?

「ＤＵＡＬＩＴＹ」 is an automatic stand bound to a pair of heavy coins, one tarnished black and one sparkling silver. Each has two identical sides. When touched by bare human skin, the coin immediately embeds itself in the flesh. When both coins have been embedded, their effect automatically activates. While active, the flesh of each victim becomes something akin to matter and antimatter; when opposites collide, they are destroyed and forcibly release their mass as pure energy. If one person were to touch both coins, they would simply explode instantly.

The coins are extremely difficult to remove once embedded-- they become part of the flesh itself. Amputation is an effective option, and in fact the coins draw no distinction between living and dead human flesh-- with an adequate supply, the user could easily make devastating time bombs.

While extremely deadly, the stand is difficult to use repeatedly or stealthily. As a bound stand, the user is unable to easily recall the coins. What’s worse, the force of the fatal (and extremely noticeable) explosion is generally sufficient to launch both coins in opposite directions.

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「M A B A K E R」

「ＭＡ ＢＡＫＥＲ」 is a long-distance automatic humanoid stand that manifests as a thick, choking cloud of dust in the rough shape of the user. Anytime the user is consciously attacked, the stand flows from the wound along with blood or is knocked out of the user’s mouth along with their wind. Once active, the stand’s simple behavior is to pursue the aggressor and inflict “exact revenge” in the form of an identical wound or attack as that which activated the stand in the first place. When successful, the stand immediately returns to the user, leaving nothing but a pile of inert powder. Wounds inflicted while the stand is already active are ignored.

The stand is unusual among humanoid types in that it lacks direct combat ability; the density of the cloud is generally too low to physically attack or be attacked. The stand is only physically vulnerable when it increases its density to inflict its “exact revenge”, but as the stand will usually only increase the density of a hand to attack or wield a weapon, this is not a particularly feasible weakness to exploit.

Because the stand’s form and immediate vicinity can also be deadly as a simple choking hazard, the user’s best strategy may be to trick an opponent into inflicting a wound that would be time-consuming for the stand to reproduce in an enclosed space where the aggressor cannot escape suffocation.

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「Down With The Sickness」

「DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS」 is a speaking integrated stand that manifests as an enormous pair of feathery wings placed upside-down on the user’s back. Unlike other integrated stands, the user has little control of the stand’s abilities and the wings cannot be dismissed.

The wings impossibly draw air in rather than pushing it away when flapped, meaning that the user is incapable of flight. Rather, a whirlwind forms around the user with sustained wingbeats as air is drawn into a vortex centered on the user. While the stand’s winds are not very accurate or adaptable on their own, this wind always seems to draw “misfortune” into the vortex, such as a set of knives pointed directly at an opponent’s back or something as simple as drawing the wallet from a passerby’s pocket. It is dangerous to activate this stand when there is nobody else around, as all misfortune will default to the user-- which is unfortunate, as again, the stand has a mind of its own.

The stand is excellent in direct combat, combining powerful physical blows from the wings themselves with extremely strong winds and the opponents’ enhanced misfortune.

As with all conscious stands, it is hoped but not certain that the user and stand get along-- especially in this case, where the stand is always active and could easily destroy the user.

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Blackstar

「ＢＬＡＣＫＳＴＡＲ」 is an integrated stand visible only by the user’s black irises. When the user focuses their vision on any object (including a person) and consciously activates their stand ability, the focused-upon object becomes the only thing the user is able to see; it will appear as though the object is floating in an otherwise black “void”.

In addition to the remarkable capability for tracking, a secondary effect steadily builds as long as the user remains focused on an object. The “void” in which the object appears will begin to manifest imagery reflecting either the object’s own unconscious state, if it has one, or the unconscious states of anyone who interacts with said object. For example, if the user focused on a weapon and later “witnessed” a murder using that weapon, they may see the scene as a wrathful monster wielding the weapon within the void. Such images are extremely faint and indecipherable at first, but steadily grow brighter and more intricate-- eventually, overwhelmingly so.

The stand’s obvious weakness is the user’s blindness to all possible hazards as long as their stand is active. In addition, as with all stands that deal with unconscious minds or dreams, there is a danger of a user losing oneself and becoming unable to deactivate their stand.

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「ＧＲＡＶＥＤＩＧＧＡＺ」

is a stand bound to a simple, fingerless, brown leather glove. The stand imbues the wearer’s punches with “destabilization”, quite literally pushing the target off the rhythm of the fight. When punched, a target will experience vertigo and other general physical unsteadiness in addition to self-doubt and simply feeling “out of place”. Attacking a moment too early, dodging a second too late-- the target is soon full of openings for follow-up punches. Any fight will make the user look like an expert and their opponent a novice.

The stand imbues a similar but beneficial effect on the user when worn long enough, making them extremely unpredictable in movements and strategy-- strange maneuvers, dodges and attacks from unexpected stances and directions, in their case literally “off-beat” from the rhythm of the fight.

If worn too long, the compounded effects of becoming more and more “off-beat” can be intoxicating. Whether this is for better or worse depends on the user.

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「ＣＲＡＳＨＦＡＳＴＥＲ」

is an automatic stand that possesses any object passing within 10m of the user travelling in excess of 80km/h. Once possessed, the user gains complete control of the possessed object. However, the possessed object will constantly gain energy: it heats up, accelerates, and with increased momentum becomes harder and harder to control. Once the object stops moving, whether by melting into a puddle or lodging itself in an enemy, the stand automatically returns to the user.

While this stand is extremely effective against almost any one projectile or vehicle, it is only effective against any one; once an object is possessed, the user is defenseless unless they are able to immediately halt the currently possessed object’s movement.

An interesting quirk of the stand is that once a projectile has remained mobile long enough to glow white-hot, the molten material erupts outward in vicious spikes. This may be an indicator of evolution potential to control the projectile’s shape as it flies.

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King and Lionheart

「ＫＩＮＧ ＡＮＤ ＬＩＯＮＨＥＡＲＴ」 is an automatic tool stand that manifests as a sword and shield in the user’s hands when somebody nearby lies. This person becomes the stand’s “target”. However, the sword and shield are not only invisible to non-users, but usually intangible even to other stands. Though potentially deadly, they require some finesse to use properly.

When “cut” by the intangible sword, the target will be compelled to lie in their next statement. In addition, the target’s body will “remember” these potential wounds in 2 stages: if someone besides the user tells the target they are lying, the potential wound becomes an “impending wound”. When the user dismisses their stand, all impending wounds are immediately applied.

Meanwhile, as long as they hold the shield, people within 10m will be compelled to believe anything the user says. Thus, the stand becomes perfect for attacking a target’s willpower via destroying their bonds of trust with allies, leaving them extra-vulnerable to “impending wounds”. Quite a cruel stand, despite the golden ornaments-- though it is completely harmless if the target’s allies learn how it works.

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[Ｔｈｅ　Ｅｌｅｃｔｒｉｃ　Ｌａｄｙ］

「ＴＨＥ ＥＬＥＣＴＲＩＣ ＬＡＤＹ」 is an automatic stand that manifests as a small bouquet, totally ordinary to the senses (except perhaps for the unusually thorny flowers) and visible even to non-users. Individual flowers remain tangible at any distance from the user. When the stand is recalled, all flowers vanish.

Once an organic being is pierced by a flower’s thorns, the next time they fall asleep they will find themselves in a shared dreamscape. Compared to other dream stands, this stand tends to most amplify unconscious desires to act; as a result, the shared dreamscape is bright, ever-shifting, and supposedly, paradisical. Once affected, an organic being will return to the same shared dreamscape each time they sleep until the stand is recalled. As with most dream stands, death in the dreamscape is real.

The stand may be used as a private meeting space among friends, or perhaps as a way to gather a number of someone’s enemies before drawing that someone in themself. The stand’s primary weakness is that it cannot force anyone to fall asleep, nor does the user have any greater effect on the dreamscape than anyone else; if the stand is to be used offensively, it must do so perfectly, with no chance of the victim ever awakening.

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［ＳＡＬＴ－Ｎ－ＰＥＰＡ］

「ＳＡＬＴ－Ｎ－ＰＥＰＡ」 is a wearable stand that manifests as the upper portion of armor resembling a boxer’s training safety gear. More notably, the armor’s “arms” are more like enormous pistons, granting the user tremendous punching strength. 

In addition, any organic being’s emotion in reaction to being punched by the user is multiplied tenfold. Additional punches compound the tenfold multiplication. Anyone facing this stand will quickly lose the ability to reason to a rising tide of anger, embarrassment, or even pure fighting spirit. This effect wears off after about ten minutes-- often more than enough time for even a drawn-out fight.

The stand’s fatal weakness is its weight. With no lower body support, the user must bear it themselves-- and even if they are able to do so, their mobility is severely limited.

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Viva la Vida

「ＶＩＶＡ ＬＡ ＶＩＤＡ」 is a stand bound to a horribly rusted gold crown, as if it sat at the bottom of the ocean for ages. Indeed, when the stand user wears the crown, they are unable to breathe and are in danger of dry-drowning– but in return, they possess all seawater, anywhere on the planet, with extreme precision and power. With this stand, sculpting any sort of obstacle or weapon from seawater is easy as lifting a finger.

This stand is extremely difficult to hide from. The user’s optimal strategy is to corral opponents closer to themself with brief, unexpected attacks until the user and sea are able to work in sync. A quick, brutal attack before the target understands that only seawater is affected is best.

However, the user is made to experience the sensations of every drop of seawater in the world. Comforting warmth, aching cold-- It is possible that one may lose themself to this torrent of sensation and simply drown. In cases such as this or any other resulting in the user’s death, the stand remains behind and ownership passes to the next person to wear it. This person becomes the stand’s user, persisting until their death.

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「P U R I T Y R I N G」

「ＰＵＲＩＴＹ ＲＩＮＧ」 is a bound / integrated stand which manifests as a large steel ring that binds the user’s wrists. Even if surgically treated, the user would find the ring is simply fused directly to their bones. 

Initially, the user is able to “un-make” anything they can palm between their hands. Anything concealed completely by their hands simply disappears.

However, the stand has remarkable, though painful, growth potential. As the user naturally tries to destroy larger and larger things, they will naturally try to pull their wrists apart. Eventually, albeit with grinding steel and bone, the ring will slowly expand and grow, just like any body part. The stand’s second-stage ability is to unmake anything passed into the ring by the user’s own hands– with a lot of pain, a lot could vanish.

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「Lone Digger」

「ＬＯＮＥ ＤＩＧＧＥＲ」 is a humanoid stand with long, spindly limbs, hunched with a massive wooden stake over its shoulder. Its slow movements and apparently thin arms belie devastatingly powerful sweeping attacks, especially when swinging its stake. Unlike other humanoid stands, the user is able to order it to remain in one place and perform extremely simple tasks, such as “break the wall”, and recall it from any distance.

So, the stand is lethal and versatile, even before its stake’s ability: anything pierced is irreparably negated. Small objects vanish completely, larger objects have great holes carved through them. Interestingly, organic beings big enough to be only partially negated remain alive-- as long as no other force such as a spindly limb reaches into the hole and starts pulling, of course. Theoretically, this indicates that organic beings small enough to be entirely negated are somehow still alive, yet nonexistent.

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「Jekyll And Hyde」

「ＪＥＫＹＬＬ ＡＮＤ ＨＹＤＥ」 is a stand bound to an ornate revolver. The stand can fire bullets normally, and its effect only activates when a bullet made of pure gold or silver is fired.* When the bullet hits a target, the pure metal immediately begins growing and shapeshifting. The final form of the bullet could be anything, determined by the background “noise” of the unconscious whims of everyone in a 25m radius. However, a gold bullet will always benefit the struck target, whereas a silver bullet will always oppose it-- usually violently. Unfortunately, the chamber of the revolver is sealed.

The bullets particularly feed on unconscious fears, anxiety, and chaos to produce its varied hooked blades, thorned armor, vicious fangs, and screeching insects. The user could simply put six gold bullets in the gun, but their resulting confidence means weak bullets.

The user must be cautious. As a bound stand rather than a tool stand, the gun can easily be taken and the tables turned. In fact, a gold bullet accidentally striking a foe might gobble up the user’s fear of this and steal the gun for its new user.

*Happily, the gun’s chambers will easily melt and mold anything from candlesticks to knives into bullets-- though the user still must source their own pure gold and silver.

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Jukebox Hero

「ＪＵＫＥＢＯＸ ＨＥＲＯ」 is a wearable stand that resembles a tight-fitting suit of armor inset with speakers and microphone grilles. While the armor moderately boosts the user’s speed and strength and allows them to interact with stands, it is primarily suited for stealth. Unlike mundane microphones, those on the suit will absorb the sound of whatever they pick up, leaving the source muted until the stand deactivates. Naturally, the user quite literally does not even have to try to be stealthy.

However, the stand does have a devastating back-up ability. At the cost of intensely straining the user, the armor can release all sounds it has absorbed thus far in one devastating blast of thunder. WIth disciplined training, the user may be able to release only a small amount of stored sound.

The stand is conscious, and will chat incessantly and cheerfully about heroics, directly in the user’s ear while active. Whether the advice given outweighs the annoyance depends on the user’s feelings on small talk.

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[Bring me to Life]

「ＢＲＩＮＧ ＭＥ ＴＯ ＬＩＦＥ」 is a stand bound to an ornate goblet. At the user’s mental command, the cup fills and overflows with water or any other liquid placed inside before the effect is activated. 

When submerged in water or any other liquid produced by the cup, objects slowly transform into the same ornate, pearl-studded silver metal of the goblet itself. When removed from the liquid, the metal simply falls off anything living-- but as long as someone is submerged, even partially, they become numb, paralyzed, and heavy-- dragging the victim to the bottom. Ingesting the liquid is not recommended.

If the cup itself is destroyed, the user suffers severe damage whereas all liquid immediately vanishes.

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[Requiem For A Dream]

「ＲＥＱＵＩＥＭ ＦＯＲ Ａ ＤＲＥＡＭ」 is a highly dangerous integrated stand capable of manifesting only in a universe reset range of 60-120. The user is plainly unusual even to non-users by their bright violet eyes, making secrecy with this stand extremely difficult. Happily for the user, it is optimized for quick killing.

When the stand user makes eye contact with anyone in a reflective surface, their eyelids become linked– the user’s blinking will cause their new victim to do the same, etc. However, the victim will also fall into a deep coma when the stand user closes their eyes in this way. When they awaken– or if they awaken– they will remember the sensation of being surrounded by darkness, with only the user’s staring violet eyes visible.

The coma is intense enough that if the user is able to keep their victim in it for more than a few days, they will certainly die. Or, more insidiously, the user may simply wait for the worst possible time for their victim to fall unconscious.

The sensation of being stared at the victim feels while unconscious is of course because the user is staring at their victim, always– their eyes are linked. If one or the other was a skilled reader of expressions, perhaps they would gain the upper hand on the other.

Less threateningly and more irritatingly, the user could also force their victim to keep their eyes open until they were painfully dry.

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Counting Crows

「ＣＯＵＮＴＩＮＧ ＣＲＯＷＳ」is a humanoid stand with next to no direct combat ability at all. Weak attacks, weak defenses, and slow movements mean this stand is almost sure to be defeated. When it is, the user falls unconscious as the stand explodes into a spatter of inky-black shadows, apparently inert. After a short time, however, the shadows “activate”, revealing themselves as sticky tar-like creatures with powerful jaws that move along floors, walls, objects, etc. extremely quickly. As the shadows ravenously tear anything organic to pieces, the user will steadily recover. The shadows will become sluggish and fade entirely once the user awakens.

However, like all humanoid stands, this stand has great potential to improve. In this case, an improvement in power would simply bring it in line with other humanoid stands, but in this scenario, this stand lacks effective weaknesses.