Emporio Alnino

"Don't you see it? You lost to your own "fate".﻿ Walking the path of "Justice" is true "Fate" !"

- Emporio, SO Chapter 158

Emporio Alniño (エンポリオ・アルニーニョ) is a major ally featured in the sixth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Stone Ocean.

Emporio is a young Stand User, born and living secretly in Green Dolphin Street Prison. He sympathizes with Jolyne and becomes one of her primary allies. Emporio's Stand, Burning Down the House, grants him the ability to use 'ghost objects.'

Appearance
Emporio is a presumably 11-year-old boy of average build. He has light, curly hair, and light, yellow-brown eyes.

Emporio is almost always seen wearing a striped baseball uniform (which appears to be the type worn by the ), including a cap.

Personality
Emporio is first shown as a timid, awkward boy, rather unwilling to fight.

However, as he continues to help the heroes, he is slowly dragged into the fight himself. He proves helpful by using his computer to gain information regarding the villains' powers, and in helping Jolyne out of several tight spots by hiding her in his "ghost room."

When caught in a conflict, he is not usually able to fight back due to the non-offensive nature of his Stand. The main exception to this is his final confrontation with Pucci when he is helped by Weather Report's stand.

Abilities
Emporio's Stand, Burning Down the House, grants him the ability to use what he refers to as 'ghost objects.' This term refers to objects which have been destroyed at a location in the past. He primarily uses his ability to manifest a secret music room in Green Dolphin Street Prison that contains various imperishable objects, such as a harmless gun, a computer, and a chocolate bar which may be tasted but not eaten. Emporio may grant entry into the room to other people.

Emporio is a timid fighter but proves able to follow the directions given to him by the group.

Emporio borrows the Stand Weather Report after the death of its user.

Background
Emporio was born to an unnamed prisoner in Green Dolphin Street Prison. Since then, he has lived there in secret with the help of his Stand, Burning Down the House, by using it to hide within a "ghost room" on the premises. His mother was killed by Enrico Pucci, who took her Memory Disc and/or Stand Disc, causing her to slowly rot away. It is not confirmed whether she was a Stand user or not. However, Pucci was originally unaware of Emporio's existence.

The Visitor
One day, Emporio learns that Jotaro Kujo is coming to visit Jolyne Cujoh. He confronts her and warns her not to see him or suffer a pain worse than death, omitting his name by the way. Emporio then disappears. The next day as Jolyne is summoned to the visit room, Emporior reappears again hidden in a trash bin and warns her. Wanting to save Jolyne from the evil that lurks within the walls of the prison, Emporio tells her not to go but Jolyne refuses as she believes her mother is here. Resigned, Emporio hands Jolyne his mother's bone.

Despite Jotaro's efforts to get Jolyne out of prison, the duo of Johngalli A and the mysterious Stand Whitesnake manage to perform a pincer attack and steal Jotaro's memories and Stand. Jolyne brings her to a submarine from the Speedwagon Foundation so that he can be brought to somewhere safe but stays in prison to retrieve Jotaro's memory and Stand DISCS. Emporio communicates with Jolyne with a string and is dismayed that she wants to challenge Whitesnake. Jolyne and Emporio decide to cooperate to find Jotaro's DISCS and Whitesnake's user.

Ermes' Sticker
Emporio is told to keep and eye on Ermes Costello and he confronts her on the staircase two days later. He drags her to the ghost music room so they can talk in private, although Weather Report and Narciso Anasui are present too. Emporio presents his ability to Ermes and how the ghost room works. Emporio then explains what is happening with Jolyne and asks him what she's learned from the janitor. Ermes shows him McQueen's disc but their conversation is interrupted when Ermes feels a shock on her arm. McQueen is trying to electrocute himself. To help Ermes, Emporio explains that McQueen will probably look for saline water so that he can properly kill himself. Emporio prefers not to involve himself since he would be seen and Ermes leaves and eventually manages to defeat McQueen.

Operation Savage Garden
After Jolyne calls the Speedwagon Foundation to agree on a delivery point for Jotaro Kujo's Stand DISC, Emporio calls her for a meeting in the music room, alongside Weather Report. Emporio shows Jolyne a map of the prison and explains that the way to the courtyard is blocked by heavy doors that need a card to be opened and also advises Jolyne to take Weather with her. Weathe sees an enemy and the group runs back to the corridor, seemingly evading him by hiding in a jacket. Emporio counsels Jolyne to bribe her way to the factory but steps down afterwards as he's of no use.

After Jolyne, Ermes, Weather Report, and Anasui escape, Emporio follows to help Jolyne (flying a helicopter that Romeo gave Jolyne before Rikiel's attack) before being given Jotaro Kujo's memory disc, which later causes him to pursue Donatello Versus when Weather Report recovers his memories and activates Heavy Weather. He narrowly escapes death at Pucci's hands and is trusted with Weather Report's Stand Disc after it's user's death.

Made in Heaven
After Pucci resets the universe and Emporio becomes the final remaining member of the Joestar Group, he finds himself in a universe created to Pucci's specifications and is subsequently dogged by Pucci as he is the last remaining enemy in his perfect world. Emporio runs to his ghost room and tricks Pucci into forcing Weather Report's Stand Disc into Emporio's head. Weather Report subsequently fills the room with concentrated oxygen and effectively disables Pucci. Emporio ignores Pucci's last angry pleas to spare him, saying that walking the path of justice is fate, and he and Weather Report kill the priest with a barrage of punches, after which the universe resets again.

What a Wonderful World
In this alternate timeline, Emporio finds himself right outside Green Dolphin Street and witnesses an alternate version of Ermes being kicked from the bus for attempting to pay with a fifty-dollar bill. Nearby, Annakiss, the alternate Anasui, invites Ermes to ride in their car in exchange for the money she can use to pay for gas. Ultimately, Emporio decides to join after meeting Irene, the alternate Jolyne, who invites the two to ride. Irene also possesses a Joestar birthmark, indicating that the Joestar family continues to live on. Deeply touched by the survival of his friends, Emporio gives his name when Irene asks for it. Later, the group picks up a hitchhiker, shown to be an alternate Weather Report.

All Star Battle (PS3)
Emporio makes his first video game appearance as an explanatory character for Gallery Mode, alongside Telence T. D'Arby, Leone Abbacchio, Oingo, Boingo, Ghiaccio and Wang Chan. He is also part of the stage hazard on the Kennedy Space Center stage (screaming "Watch out!" when the objects start falling on the stage). His voice is also heard in the ending text in Part 6's story-mode segment.

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Trivia

 * Araki heard about a child being born in a women's prison and thought he could include it in Stone Ocean in the form of Emporio.
 * During the year Araki introduced Emporio, the Chicago Cubs won a regional game, which is why Emporio dons baseball attire.

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