Metallica.
Akashi shook his head after he was released from the pain. That pain almost felt like thousands of ants biting all over his body from the inside.
Although he never experienced thousands of ants biting him from the inside, but Akashi can be sure that this the most fitting description for it.
After a while, Akashi regained his senses because this is nothing compared to the pain he felt when the DICE and the game recovery were battling, or the first time he merged with the arrow.
Looking over the floating message screen, Akashi saw the stand he got this time.
"..." Akashi stared at the screen for a while.
"...*Sigh*... I can finally say, I'm one of the edgiest players in the game" Akashi leaned back to the chair while saying.
"I mean just the stand name give edgy vibes... But it's really a good stand, and one of the best I could get now" Akashi said before thinking about the stand information from his memory, and the information given by the arrow.
Metallica is the stand of Risotto Nero, the leader of the La Squadra from JoJo Golden Wind. A rogue assassin from Passione's.
Metallica is one of the most special types of stands during the series... A colony stand.
A colony stand is a special type of stand that didn't appear a lot during the series, but most of them were quite unique compared to the other stands.
Colony stands exist in the shape of multiple individuals with every one of them function on his own. Because every individual from the colony constitutes a single stand, all the power is divided between them. However, with this weakness comes a unique form of existence.
The special thing about the colony stands is that any damage the colony take is reflected to its user according to the population size of the stand. The higher number of units, the less damage the user suffers after the unit is damaged.
Which allows this type of stand users to fight without fear because as long there is one unit remains, they won't die from the damage.
However, even in this rare type, Metallica is still a special case with his unique form of existence.
Metallica manifests itself inside its user body as a swarm of small metallic beings with stitches all over their bodies in huge quantities.
All the individuals have an iron color while all their mouths are shaped as though they were screaming.
His form inside its user body doesn't allow it to fight on its own, however, the true power of this stand manifests in his magnetic powers over iron. Making it one of the most terrifying assassination abilities.
Metallica is able to control iron using magnetism be it in the air or the ground, even any creature that has iron inside its body can be controlled in the range of 5 to 10 meters from its user.
With this ability, Metallica is able to make weapons from iron in the air or form them inside the enemy body to kill him from the inside.
And this isn't the limit of his ability, because it has a lot of other uses that change with the user creativity, making it a very versatile stand.
"A very good stand for combat and assassination, but..." Akashi said and looked at the arrow in his hand.
"A colony stand mostly exists because their user is someone lonely... Do I look that lonely for you?" Akashi asked the arrow before it flashed multiple times.
Akashi's eyebrows twitched a few times when he heard the arrow answer.
"What do you mean by yes... I have friends..." Akashi paused for a second in his words.
"Look D4C is my friend" Akashi said after a while but the arrow flashed few times while it sent a message to Akashi.
'D4C is a part of your soul that means he is technically you... Do you actually count yourself as a friend?... That really lonely' Akashi understood the arrow meaning before he put it back in his hand and ignore it completely.
Taking a deep breath to forget the arrow words filled with sarcasm, Akashi looked at his hand.
"But... From all the colony stands it was Metallica" Akashi looked at his hand quietly with a helpless expression.
"Every stand resembles my wishes and thoughts... It seems I'm really broken from the inside huh" Akashi said with a wry smile while he understood why he got Metallica.
Every stand has a meaning for Akashi, and Metallica isn't an exception.
If Akashi was only lonely and long for friends, he could get any other colony stand, but he got Metallica because it the most similar to his case.
Stands as the manifestation of their user's will and soul that carry most the things about their user in their existence with a lot of shapes.
Colony stands with their multiple unit means that the user soul or heart has been broken before. All the units have the same ability, but their strength is shared between them, which means that the user was supposed to have just one stand, but because of his broken soul and heart his stand turned into a whole colony.
The more the population the colony stand has the more it represent how much damage the user suffered in his life and the scars that can never heal even if they tried to hide them.
Metallica, even if he shared the same reason as the other colony stands, he also has one more special meaning because it exists inside its user body.
Unlike other colony stands that represent their user acceptance to their scars and the will to live with them. Metallica represents the will of its users to fight and heal those scars inside of him by filling his emptiness by metal.
Akashi swore he will never give up or surrender to something again, which lead him to have Metallica that fill the void inside his heart in the best way it could... As a colony stand that represents friends and filling the cracks inside of him by existing in his body.
"... I really have a long way to go..." Akashi said with a smile before he raised his hand.
"Metallica" Akashi said before a blue aura that was darker than D4C aura appeared on his hand.
Akashi has suddenly been filled with a lot of small beings that were made of metal and had all their bodies stitched while they had a screaming face.
Akashi looked at the small Metallica's that were moving around his hand in excitement.
"Are you actually trying to fix what left in me?" Akashi said, drawing all Metallica's attention.
Akashi noticed compare to the calm D4C, Metallica seems to be more energetic, maybe this is the part of a friend in colony stand.
"Loooooaaaaaad!" Metallica's answered Akashi in their unique cry.
Akashi heard Metallica cry before he laughed a bit because it was funny.
"That really a unique stand cry... Are you willing to help me with my goals Metallica?" Akashi asked his new stand.
"Loooooaaaaad!" All Metallica's answered at the same time.
"If you weren't willing, you will never listen to my call in the first place? That quite the humor sense you got there" Akashi smiled a little.
"Welcome to the team, Metallica" Akashi said with a smile.
"Looooooooaaaaaad!" Metallica's screamed before disappearing into Akashi body.
Akashi moved his hand and summoned his skill interface before choosing Metallica skill.
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Metallica [B-Rank/ Stage 1](Summon/Active):
Metallica is a manifestation of the player mental and life energy mixed with his soul and personality.
Although it's a summoning skill, it's doesn't have a way to battle directly, making it very poor in stats compared to the other powerful stands, but it makes up for it with its ability to control iron with magnetism.
Stats:
STR:5
VIT:20
AGI:18
DEX:32
INT:63
Active 1: Metallica manifest inside the user's body to block some damage of attacks and activate his ability.
Active 2: Metallica's own ability allows its user to control iron by magnetism from the air or the ground and other creature bodies that have iron in them. This ability is related to the user control and energy to reach its full potential. (The stronger the creature and the more energy it has, the more it takes from energy to control the iron inside their bodies)
Stage 1: Metallica can only exist partially inside the player's body while his control over iron and magnetism can only affect the player's body and things he touches with one meter from any contact.
Stage 2: Metallica can fill all the player's body which increases the speed and the control over iron in the surroundings and the range increase into 5 meters around the player without the need to be in contact. ( Player needs 30 points in both intelligence and vitality to unlock this stage).
Stage 3: ???.
Stage 4: ???.
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Akashi watched Metallica's skill screen before he sighed.
"...*Sigh*... I still have a long way to go" Akashi said with a smile before he stood up and moved towards the training ground.