He sure hoped that it didn’t meant that he would live forever… then again, the bird was somewhere inside of him per Esperia’s explanation about Takeover Magic. A beast or high entity that was somehow hidden inside of you, which you could draw power and magic from. The only issue was that she also said that one could converse with their beast, and yet this lovely phoenix never seemed to have the time to even say ‘hello’ or ‘so we meet’ to the poor hunter. It definitely clawed down Daiko’s expectations of this wonderful creature from all the stories that his mum told him when he was younger.
He was still at the rocky beach. He kind of leapt his way to the main streets due to how light this transformation made him. His limbs were thinned out, and the feathers provided some buoyancy during each hop. His wide, majestic wings folded out to soften his landing each time only to fold in again when they weren’t used. To think that he had become some kind of birdman was, genuinely, ridiculous. However, now he could relate to Coda in many more ways.
Once he returned to the main streets and cancelled his transformation, which turned him back to normal with the exception of the two, large holes on the back of his jacket, he hurried over to a strange man who was transporting a lot of bricks. A good deed on top of another good deed that was heavily necessary due to the damages that still lingered in this town… just like Orchidia Town back then. The strange man had a trailer that Daiko supported up front with his back, in which he was greeted with words of gratitude: “T-Thanks for that, I almost lost balance there…!”
Once when the bricks were brought to a broken wall, Daiko lingered in his thoughts as he watched the workers recover. Man… first Orchidia, now Astera. And there was a portal, too… and yet, I can’t see any pattern. What place would they attack next…? Coda landed on his shoulder and pecked his head violently as he was lost in thought.