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[ Since returning to Ellipsa, he has been thinking quite a lot about how to contribute meaningfully to their mission. He wants to live like he has nothing to return to. It's selfish, maybe, but he has given every moment of his own existence to a dying way of life. He can tell that's why Autumn is so comfortable for him. The steadiness of it all, but also the change in the wind.

He wants to live for himself for as long as Ellipsa will allow him to.

So he volunteers to help with tests. It will also give him a playground to learn about some of the mechanics of this world. His Tokyo is so mundane, with only a few ghosts or oddities, but very little magic it has always stymied him.

Which is why you will find him on the outskirts of Nightwake testing different abilities.

Earthquake shockwaves eminate from the area.]

EARTH_WOOD_METAL MANIPULATION

[ He's worked hard for the aim and accuracy he has with his gun. He wonders how he can employ the skills in his arsenal to use that skill... He makes a selection of projectiles from stone, from wood, and repurposes some bullets he has on him for the metal set.

He starts by getting them to move at his whim, and then he works on getting them to spin around his defensively, and then finally he sends them shooting at various trees and rocks to see what penetrates. ]

TELEPATHY

Hello? Is anyone getting this message?

ANIMAL FAVORS

[ This particular skill in the tree makes him feel like a Disney princess, and it's weird, but he tries it on some nearby birds,]

Hey, could one of you guys go scout ahead beyond those trees?

[ He points up the road. He gets an affirmative chirp, and Daigo stands there in disbelief and watches until it is out of sight. ]

[ He tries a dog as an initial, simple attempt at this. He makes a very fine chocolate lab. The absolute familiarity of a dog makes this reasonably easy for him to return from, although he struggles at the end to shake off the ears and lolling tongue.

But he's back to human.

For his second attempt, however, he picks an eagle. A creature not as well known by him, and it comes in pieces and parts. First, however, is the extension of wing and brown feathers. It is a slow stretch into the right shape.

And then he is there on talons in the grass blinking curiously, ]

Think I can fly like this?

[He does eventually set out into the Autumn segment to actually test some of these abilities in combat. He's grateful for the chance to just test them in peace, though, it's taught him a lot more about how things work around here.

He heads west towards the Airship Station and Abandoned Mansion, along the way managing well enough with the local oddities that are disturbed by the Darkness simulation. But he is near the Mushroom Sanctuary when the Darkness reaches him and provides him with his own boss battle.

So many yakuza from his past. Some of them dead, some of them alive. Some friend, some foe, and some in between-- but they are all coming for him now,]

Daigo-san.

[ He freezes, unwilling to fight many of these specters.

He needs help before he gets overrun. ]

[[ooc; if you need some quick visuals, here is a video with the yakuza boss battles. ]]

Go for it! I'm game.