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[glampop]

"It looks like you've missed me. Leave a message with your name. I'll respond when I can."

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[glampop]

You.

[Sidelong look.]

You'll have me in your debt forever. No one can stop you when you put your mind to something.

[trickstar]

Exactly! And you know I'm going to make it work! And you're totally going to owe me!! I don't know what, but you will!!

[glampop]

[That's when Caesar breaks. He smiles, unable to help himself. His laugh is pure relief; they're back to being their old selves again.]

You know what? I look forward to it.

[trickstar]

You say that now, but you'll regret it!

[glampop]

That's a poor threat, Joestar.

[trickstar]

Do you want a real threat, then?

[glampop]

Oh! Go ahead! I'm all ears!

[Joseph needs to stop being able to fire him up like this. Caesar began the conversation ready for further rejection and now he can't dream of those sorry thoughts.]

[trickstar]

You must really feel guilty, don't you? The real threat here is, once we get back and I save you, you're not going to be a Casanova anymore.

[glampop]

How do you plan on guaranteeing that?

[trickstar]

Because I'm going to marry Suzie and you. I mean, I won't really be able to marry you, but you'll owe me to stay and you won't be able to say no to Suzie when she makes that puppy dog face.

1/?

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2/?

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3/?

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4-17/18

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18/18

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[That pause lasts about a solid minute.]

Marry us both-- do you know what you're saying!

[His hands clamp hard on either side of his device. Chest feels so tight.]

[trickstar]

Yeah, I do. I know exactly what I'm saying. That way, both me and Suzie can watch you.

[And there's other reasons which he's not going to say right away. This reason sounds good enough.]

She wouldn't have any complaints, I'm sure.

[glampop]

Are you really okay with me sharing your wife, Jojo?

[Seriously?

And-- and maybe it isn't Suzie that he--that he, in particular...]

Suzie and I aren't... if I were to marry, it wouldn't be her.

[trickstar]

You like her, don't you? She's cute enough.

[glampop]

Mamma mia! If I'm going to wed, it will be one person! Are you still proposing!

[trickstar]

...

No, I guess not then.

[Which is kind of upsetting. He couldn't not marry Suzie- and then ruin his future family. Jotaro, Jolyne... They wouldn't exist if he didn't marry Suzie.]

I just thought... Because...

You know about Josuke. You know I don't...

[Stay loyal.]

[glampop]

[He would have accepted. If Joseph had denied his future, he would've taken it from him the same way he's willing to put his fate in Joseph's hands.]

You need to have those children. I know.

[And Caesar, he'd never tolerate that sort of thing. Suzie may, he doesn't know how she reacts to it, but could he? From Joseph? He'd beat the shit out of him. That should be obvious.]

It's a funny thought, though. We-- as men-- would both agree to it.

[trickstar]

Dude, it's not a problem that we're both guys. Haven't you seen the world these days? Guys are getting married all the time!

...But you'd really say no? Just because I know I need to be with Suzie, you wouldn't... be okay with sharing me? Even knowing what's at stake?

[He'd accept getting the shit beat out of him. Suzie probably wound up doing that to him. But he couldn't ... intentionally choose not to have kids, especially not after knowing them.]

[glampop]

Hmm.

[Can he relent? It's not as if Caesar wants to give up on women, either. Joseph is a standalone desire (so he thinks). If there was the understanding that they would be for each other first, can't he relent?

It isn't the love story he always imagined for himself, but he had to let go of that one when he accepted his death that Joseph is so ready to undo.]

You're serious, this time?

[trickstar]

Of course I'm serious!! What the hell else do you think I am right now!!

[He's practically yelling, because damn right he's serious!]

I'm an asshole! I cheat on my wife with a woman I never see again, I have a kid I don't know about until I'm like a million years- and I don't even know if I really love Suzie or if I just get married to her because I was so lonely after you left! Fuck!

[This... is probably not a conversation he should be having over the phone.]

[glampop]

[Over the phone, no, but it's where they're having it and Caesar is heading home. He may have had an appointment, but he doesn't care about that anymore.]

Then you'll have to work hard to remember loneliness, Joseph Joestar. I accept.