"What should I do, what should I do...?"
  Those words were repeatedly mumbled over and over again as Jougan frantically moved his head all around, scanning the area repeatedly in case he finds something that he could possibly use.

  "Wait- no- calm down!"
  He yelled at himself inside his mind, slapping his cheeks using the both of his hands to snap himself out of the panicked state that he was currently in, and he put his right hand on his chin, holding it as he began to theorize.

  "First, that thing took my 'radio'"
  "Well, it could have been my fault and I just dropped it somewhere, but that's beside the point"

  "What I do know is that this stand is able to 'turn invisible', or maybe even 'teleport'"
  "However, if it was able to do that, then it should have been able to finish me off easily, like by 'breaking my neck' before I'm even aware of what's happening"

  "Instead, it only appears whenever I try to 'contact someone', this would most likely mean that the fact my radio is gone is also that stand's fault as well, since I was trying to contact 'him' using it"

  "Then what about the door? It refused to open, and I couldn't break it even with [Mercury Blues], is that this stand's doing as well?"

  "..."

  "...'contact someone'..."
  "...'the door'..."

  "Could that thing possibly be..."

  Just before Jougan had reached a conclusion, a shuffling noise from the floor right above startled him, it sounded like someone was walking around- or maybe even dragging something.

  "Shit!"
  "I need to keep moving, who knows what that thing would do if I stay in one place for too long!"
  He reminded himself, as he began to run towards the stairs that led up to the second floor- and turned just before he reached the first step, his aim was not to go upstairs, it was instead to go through the door right beside it, both to keep moving and as a means of confirming his theory.

  "A hotel like this... no, all buildings with the 'intent' to be lived in should have one of those..."

  He continued to open the door, the fact that it opened at all being a surprise to him, considering how that fared with the front door, after he did so, he charged into the room inside.

  A kitchen, well, that's just a very loose usage of the term, as this room is more so a mix between a storage room, a janitor's closet, and a kitchen all in one, on one side there's a counter with all the basic necessities to cook, while on one corner just sits a few random boxes and a couple cleaning supplies.

  But that wasn't what Jougan was here for, what he was looking for was the thing that's on the back of the room.

  The back door.

  "...If I can't open this door as well, then..."
  He inched closer towards the back door, and tried to turn the doorknob, but to no avail, as the knob here had also refused to turn, punching the door using [Mercury Blues] also showed the same result as the front door.

  "...I see..."
  "...for some reason, somehow, that thing is determined to keep myself 'inside' of the building!"
  "Is this stand an 'Automatic Type' that affects everyone who enters the hotel? It's movements definitely signified an automatic type, 'simplistic and unintelligent'"

  "...no, if that was the case, then this place wouldn't have been able to hold itself together"

  Jougan continued to walk towards the counter, and grabbed a carton of orange juice from the collection of beverages that sat on top of the it.

  He rotated it around for a bit, before he stopped, and put it back onto the top of the counter.

  "...yeah, the stand must have a 'condition' that must be fulfilled in order for it to go after someone"
  "That carton of orange juice was brand new, it's 'expiration date' is due a long time from now, and the 'cap' hasn't even been opened yet!"

   "...but the problem is, I have no idea what that 'condition' is, or what it could even be"

  "All I know, is the fact that that stand wants me to stay 'inside' of this building"
  "But... for how long? Weeks? Months? Either way, I'm not going to waste my time here"

  "...I need to get out somehow..."
  "...what if...?"

  Jougan fully released [Mercury Blues], the sound of a car engine can be heard roaring as the metallic ghost appeared behind him.

  "If I can't open or break down the door..."
  "...then I'll just go 'under' it!"

  He then commanded his stand to do a swiping motion upwards from the surface of the floor, and a small line similar in appearance to a highway road extended from the point of the floor that touched [Mercury Blues]'s hand and began to extend towards the door.

  "It doesn't matter if I can't open it or break it down, since there will always be an opening, a 'gap', under the door itself!"
  "...and [Mercury Blues]'s lines are able to go under them!"

  The line continued to extend further and further towards the door, however, just before it could go under, the line instead began to travel upwards, almost as if it was climbing something invisible.

  A second passes by, and the blue humanoid from before manifested in front of the door, the part of it's body that caught [Mercury Blues]'s line being it's hand, the way it manifested was peculiar, it was upside down, with it's hand blocking the area of the gap under the door that the line was heading towards, while it's head and shoulders slumped over the rest of the gap, it's lower body, especially it's legs dangling in a rather uncomfortable fashion.

  "!"

  "That wont work either!?"

  Seeing the stand appear in front of him, Jougan immediately backed up by a few steps, and ordered [Mercury Blues] to get into a fighting stance, the line that was shot out being retracted and vanishing at the same time.

  The blue humanoid's appearance began to flicker, almost as if it was a broken light bulb or a TV screen with bad signal, after a few flickers, the humanoid's position changed from the awkward position that it was in into one where it was standing up menacingly, it's fists held up in the air in front of it's chest almost like a professional boxer getting ready for a match.

  "...so it's looking for a fight..."
  Jougan was, to be honest, taken aback, he has no idea exactly how powerful the stand in front of him is, but seeing as this is a golden opportunity to defeat the user once and for all, and in turn, let him out of this place, he decided to accept the challenge.

  "Bring it on then!"
  He yelled out at the humanoid in front of him, at which point it threw a punch... or at least what seems to be the stand's attempt at a punch.

  It was... pathetic, slow moving, and weak, even when the fist hit [Mercury Blues]'s body, it did next to no damage.

  "..."
  "...you're joking, right?"

  While this was a good thing, Jougan couldn't help but feel a strange sense of disappointment begin to well up within his chest.

  "Let's just... end it"
  He thought to himself as he commanded his own stand to throw a punch, one that was at full power, just so this incident can end as soon as possible.

  The blue humanoid was sent towards the door, carrying such a large amount of kinetic force that it could have easily broken down the door that it hit should it's ability not be in effect.

  However, if Jougan was disappointed by the humanoid's lack of power, then he would certainly be impressed by something else.

  The humanoid's head was completely fine, not so much as a scratch can be seen on it.

  "Good durability, impressive"

  "Wait, no! This is no time to be impressed, if I can't do so much as scratch it, then I might as well just drop the idea of killing it!"
  "What to do, what to do...!?"

  As the humanoid in front of him began to brush itself off and stand up again, Jougan could see something in the corner of the room flickering.

  It was another one of the blue humanoid, it's appearance being exactly the same as the first one.

===To Be Continued==>