[ hol horse was here. why on earth was hol horse was here? kakyoin rounded the corner, his shoes almost slipping against the slimy tunnel floor as he skidded ungracefully to a halt, fully expecting to find a new and possibly very dangerous enemy stand user.

instead, it was hol horse.

hol horse, who had the audacity to tell him to be quiet. ]

-- you!

[ kakyoin reflexively pulled back his stand to its humanoid form to hover behind him, hierophant's tendril recoiling from around hol horse's ankle like it had touched something unsavory, but he also automatically kept his voice at a low growl. though he didn't know what hol horse was planning on doing, his body had already realized before his mind that something didn't feel right and that he should be quiet. ]

What are you doing here? This isn't your Stand ability -- is this another one of Dio's henchmen?

[ his gaze flickered from hol horse's face, to the unaimed emperor, then to the far tunnels where he could hear the distant sounds of inhuman moans. behind him, hierophant had silently braced its hands in a familiar position, wrist joints already seeping with fluids. kakyoin looked back to hol horse, his brows furrowed in thought as he pieced together the facts; though his words were less overtly hostile when he spoke again, hierophant stayed in that wary position, threatening without words to attack the moment anything was out of line. ]

... you're also in danger?