Chapter 4

The Horsemen, Part 1. is the fourth chapter of the Apocalyptic Souls RP.

Summary
Notarou decides to get a coffee, and happens to find Matthew, the son of the Pastor of the New Meggido Mega Church, and his girlfriend, Luca. Notarou questions them about Stand Users and the Horsemen his father mentioned yesterday, and they point out where the Horsemen have been seen last time. He decides to go there to investigate further, but runs into Rin Speedwagon, and she joins Notarou in his investigation. Jack, who also happened to be at that coffee shop, decides to follow them after listening to their conversation.

Transcript
Jack wakes up with a hangover.

Jack: "Yeah, uh, shouldn't have done that..." He says to himself as he goes out to the cafe and gets some tea and waits for the hangover to eventually go away.

Notarou walks the streets. He stops in at a coffee shop where he spots Mathew and a girl sitting at a table, laughing over their cup of coffee. Notarou walks up behind Mathew and pats him on the back.

Notarou: "Powerful message your father preached yesterday. It shook me to my core." Notarou says in a shaky voice. Mathew nods.

Matthew: "I'm glad you enjoyed it."

Notarou looked at the girl.

Notarou: "Forgive me, I don't think we've been introduced."

Girl: "I'm Luca." She says. Notarou bows a bit.

Notarou: "It's a pleasure." Notarou looks back at Mathew. "When I was listening to your father preach, he spoke of the Four Horsemen. To be honest, I've come to this town to investigate."

Mathew shakes his head.

Matthew: "Who are you even?"

Notarou's face seems to lack the light of knowledge... Until it doesn't.

Notarou: "Oh! I'm sorry. Where are my manners. My name is Notarou Higashikata." When Mathew can't seem to repeat the name, Notarou says "Just call me N."

Mathew nods.

Matthew: "Okay, N. What were you saying?"

Notarou continues.

Notarou: "I came here to investigate some weird happenings in town. They said that you witnessed some strange things? The Four Horsemen?"

Luca nudges Mathew.

Luca: "Tell him. He could be here on God's work."

Notarou points a finger at her.

Notarou: "Yes. God's work." He looks back at Mathew. "So please, tell me."

Mathew shakes his head.

Matthew: "I didn't see much. I just saw a white, red, black, and pale horse in the fields not to far from here. They turned a man insane. He started sending in dog sized bugs or something... That's all I saw before I ran."

Notarou nods.

Notarou: "Hmmm..." Notarou slowly lets his stand out without motioning to it. He looks to both Luca and Mathew who react in surprise. "So you can see it, then, Matt?"

Matthew: "Y-You're demon possessed!"

Notarou shakes his head.

Notarou: "No. Not anymore than YOU are. If you see it, then you have one too. The same goes for you girlfriend there." Notarou pulls out a chair. "Perhaps I should sit down so we can continue this conversation..."

Rin is sitting in the coffee shop, sipping on a cup of lemonade. She spits it out when she hears these demon claims.

Rin: "Pssst. Hat time, FogHat… They're gonna exorcise Notarou. Them peeps are scary."

Notarou: "Show me." He says, sitting down in the chair. They look at each other in confusion. Notarou takes a sip of one of their coffees and gags a bit. He flags down one of the waitresses. "Can I get a hot cocoa please?" She nods and leaves. Notarou looks back at the two. "If you can see my Stand, then I assume you ALSO have a Stand too. Show it to me."

Matthew: "I don't have one of THOSE."

Notarou looks up at his Stand. He looks back.

Notarou: "Well, you must have SOME strange ability. Tell me, show me, help me understand."

Matthew: "I've never had anything like that. I've never had a Demon, or some unnatural ability." Notarou sighs when he hears this.

Notarou: "You don't have to hide it from me. I won't tell anyone, nor will I accuse you of being possessed. A demon and a Stand are two totally different things. There is nothing unholy about having this psychic ability."

Matt looks at Luca.

Matthew: "Have you ever had one of those?" She shakes her head. "We don't have one." Notarou is completely confused.

Notarou: "If you don't have one, then how do you see them? Only a Stand User can see a Stand."

Matthew: "I don't know. I just see it. My father says I have blessed eyes and can see things that others cannot. He says I am a modern day prophet."

Notarou scratches the side of his head and takes his hot cocoa from the waitress.

Notarou: "Okay, you can see a stand but don't have one yourself. Well, how about the other users in town? You've surely seen them. How did they get their stands?"

Matthew: "The rider on the white horse shoots them with his bow. Then they appear as if they are dead... but then they aren't. They come back to life possessed by a devil." Notarou sighs once again.

Notarou: "It's not a devil. I have one and was shot with an arrow. It's not evil."

Matthew: "Well, whatever you called it. A  'Stand' . They come back with one of those. Some people use it for good, others for evil. That's all I know."

Notarou looks around at the rest of the cafe to make sure that nobody else is listening to their conversation.

Notarou: "Well, where do these horsemen appear? Where are they most commonly seen? Where did you see them last?"

Matt points to the west.

Matthew: "On the outskirts of town in the wheat fields. That's where I saw them." Notarou stands up from the table and calls back his Stand. Matt looks up. "What are you going to do?" Notarou looks down.

Notarou: "What I came to do. Investigate." Notarou leaves the cafe. Rin finishes her drink and leaves the cafe, following Notarou.

Rin: "Whassup?" She says, right next to him. Notarou turns around.

Notarou: "What do you want from me?!" He pulls out his wallet. "Is it money? Is that what you want?! Here, take the whole damn thing, just leave me alone!"

Rin: "I-I don't want money." She says, shaking her head. "I j-just heard that you were investigating something about people with these weird imaginary friends that some people can see." She said, pulling her hat down a little. "This town is kinda boring, up until a couple months ago when I got shot by some creep with a bow." She says, lifting her shirt a little to show the scar on her side. "I just want to help you. You seem like someone familiar. I just wanna know what my sweet little Foghat is. I don't want something to happen that would make him go away!"

Notarou looks at the scar.

Notarou: "So... you have a Stand too?" He looks at it silently for a moment. "What's your name, kid?"

Jack was nearby Rin and Notarou, and he was looking for Stand Users, when one sensor picked up their conversation, so he started watching them from the coffee shop.

Rin: "R-Rin Speedwagon!" She said with a bright grin. "Your name is Jotaro Higashikata! I remembered!"

Jack: "Looks like today might not be boring after all." Jack thought. "Rin Speedwagon and Jotaro Higashikata. Better remember that."

Notarou: "Not well enough it seems..." He said to Rin. "My name is Notarou, not Jotaro. If it's too much to remember, then just call me 'N'." He looks at her. "You said your name is... Speedwagon? Hmm... There's a foundation with the same name. Are you related to that guy?"

Jack: "Notarou Higashikata, huh?"

Rin: "Yeah! He's like, my many times great grandpa. He didn't know that he got my many times great grammy preggerd, because she was a street walker in London and he was a thug." She blinked a couple times and pointed. "Don't you look down on grammy! She had to make a livin'!"

Jack: "They have stands, no doubt about it, but what do they do? That, I need to find out." Jack thought. "I should probably try and question them now, but I wanna see this conversation to its end."

Notarou smirked.

Notarou: "I don't look down on her. It could be worse, your father could have been a Vampire... or Hol Horse. That would have sucked."

Rin: "Weeeeell, about that......" She said, scratching her head awkwardly. "Grammy had twins. Hol is my distant cousin.....Heheheh. He's nicer than he seems. Makes a good sweet tater pie at Thanksgivings."

Notarou: "She's a Hol Horse too..." Notarou thinks to himself...

Rin: "Yeah. He showed me how to do this with my Foghat!" She pulls off her hat and it transforms into a massive revolver and aims it at Notarou. "Hol is such a sweet guy. He didn't even call me a freak for having an invisible friend at age 17!"

Notarou pretends not to hear the last part about "Sweet Hol Horsie."

Notarou: "C'mon then. Let's go 'vestigate." He sighed.

Rin: "Yay! 'Vestigatin'! Wooooooohooooooo!" She says while jumping around gleefully.

Jack gets up and pays, and starts following the two discreetly.

 To be continued… 🡆