Jojo Survival Instincts

"Go on, go and 'walk' forward!" Flamey shrieked laughter. "'Walk' boldly into my 'lava'! Since you have no idea what it is, your idiotic impulses will take you right into it, and that will be your undoing! You'll make a grand example for the others and ensure they follow my demands."

JoJo paused at the edge of the burning river of flame. Speedwagon called out to him: "What're you waitin' for, JoJo? Go on and give 'er a good smashin'!" But JoJo wasn't so sure. He regarded the unknown substance flowing at his feet. He could remember nothing, absolutely nothing about it. What must he do? He had to walk forward to defeat Flame Flamey...!

"No!" His heels dug into the earth. "I may not know what this substance is, but you forget one thing, Lake of Fire Flame Flamey."

Flamey's unflappable demeanor flapped a mere moment. "Oh?"

"As a student of 'Darwin', you ought to know already. All animals have a set of preconfigured notions about the world they live in. These notions are called 'instincts'. That is why a mouse knows to run away from the cat, rather than stride boldly to it. The mice who do not know the danger of the cat have a higher likelihood of being caught and eaten, while the mice who have an 'instinctual' fear survive and reproduce, passing on that fear to their progeny. That is called: 'Natural Selection'."

"What's your point?!"

"My point is," said JoJo, his hands posed before him as he affected a stance, "that animals also have an 'instinctual' fear of fire! Although I do not know what this liquid substance flowing in front of me is, my 'instincts' tell me that it is dangerous! Therefore, I won't walk into it. I refuse!"

Flamey's mouth contorted, twisted, writhed. One eye twitched, or rather it was less a twitch and more a consistent tic, while the flames that wreathed her crown flared ever higher. Speedwagon slapped his knee and cried: "Amazing! Although her 「Stand」 tampered with his memories and forced him to forget the properties of this red liquid, with cunning powers of deduction he has recognized the true danger and evaded an otherwise foolproof trap! That's our JoJo for you, wise as a barnyard owl!"

- Voeltz Special Round