::A shaft of light appears bringing Ryo with it. Erin approaches the man.::

"Hello, Ryo. You okay down there? Might want to stand up."

::She smiles.::

::Ryo stands slowly up.::

"Hi."

::Ryo smiles back at Erin, with a slightly confused look on his face.::

"So, you're a shapeshifter. How does that feel?"

"I don't know. How do I do it?"

::Erin frowns.::

"Well, you need to find the trigger. It'll probably be some emotion that sets it off first, maybe anger or fear. But once you know what it is, you can learn to control it and improve as you use it more."

"Sounds easy enough."

::Ryo looks around.::

"So, where to now?"

"You can follow those paths-"

::Erin waves towards two pathways.::

"- to the forest or to Quake where you can get something to eat."

"I think I'll go to Quake. Thanks."

::Ryo waves goodbye to Erin before taking the path to Quake.::

[Ryo is dropped from twenty feet in the air onto the ground.]

::Erin sighs and glances up only for a second.::

"Don't go back until you can visit every day, hm?"

::She returns to doing her nails.::

::Umph.::

"Yeah, I think I'm good now."

::He brushes himself off all sexy-like and heads, once again, through the door to Quake.::

[Ryo is deposited with Erin again. Remember, stay until you can get on enough.]

"Ugh."

(Why do I keep ending up back here?)

::Once again, he heads to Quake.::

[Blah ryo.]

::Ryo heads back to the Hallway.::