(forward dated, from the boats in route to rescue) see he can be serious

[nullificates]

This is Osamu Dazai.

I'm going with the rescue team for our friends and family. I'm a specialist in war and battle strategies, so please say so now if you are willing to take my guidance in this trying time. If you change your mind during the conflict, move your charm to be worn as a necklace. I will instruct those who will listen to help regardless, but it is easier if we are together. I will not be in the front line myself, I'll be working from elsewhere, moving around as Nikolai will provide me with assistance. If anyone's abilities come into disarray, I will also be able to be there to touch and nullify them while he takes the wheel for the time being.

I'll also be able to provide medical assistance and Nikolai can transport any injured.

Be mindful of your abilities, take care of each other, and let's get our people back.

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[laserguy]

[Scott's glad to hear from Dazai, especially since he's taking this very seriously. Not that he really expected anything less, not with Kotone being one of the people kidnapped. She's his favorite mentee.]

I'm going, Dazai. [...] If you got any advice, I'm willing to listen. I wanna make sure that I'm at my best.

[So he can rescue all his friends and stuff.]

[nullificates]

Charm around your neck. I'll be giving you instructions from elsewhere, but I'll be watching everything, and I'll be sniping as well.

Being in the middle of it would be a waste of my skills, I'm better suited above, but I will have Nikolai's Overcoat as an aid, so don't worry. You got this, Scott.

I'll be instructing you were to laser. Keep your nerves in check, ok? Don't be rushed.

[laserguy]

Got it.

[Sometimes it is nice to just take orders from a person that's led before, someone who has so much experience and knows what they're doing. Dazai can be... Dazai, but he's a high ranking mafioso for a reason, right? Scott trusts him.]

You can count on me, I... I got this. There isn't anything more important right now than rescuing everyone. [He wants to say Kotone, but Scott still deeply cares about the other missing people. So, he can't mess up, he won't, not when people's lives are on the line.]

[nullificates]

You're capable. Control your nerves, and go.

[laserguy]

[Dazai's so calm and certain, and it helps. He feels like he can breathe a little easier.]

Okay. [...] Thanks.

[nullificates]

Get our girl back, yeah?

[laserguy]

[This is definitely a shonen moment--]

Nothing less.