Hell in a Bottle

*This article is about Tadao Yumeno's ability.*

**Hell in a Bottle** (瓶の中の地獄, Bin no naka no jigoku) is the ability of Tadao Yumeno.

## Description

Hell in a Bottle allows Tadao to emit and manipulate a powder white mist with his hands or other portions of his body. As such, the mist comes from his fingertips. In a state where he is physically emotional, it can emit from other places such as his arms or legs, even his neck and mouth. He can not only use his hands to create the fog, but he can also breathe it from his lips no matter the temperature.

It can be difficult to see or fight in, and the cold temperature can make someone pass out within thirty minutes. The fog's temperature is naturally 25° Fahrenheit. If he doesn't continue to emit it, the fog will dissolve like fog does in nature without cold weather. The fog is mildly hallucinatory; as someone is enveloped by the fog, they might hear strange whispers that can sound like disembodied voices, or spirits if one isn't quite sane.

He can also breathe the fog, but it takes extra focus. Right before the fog comes out of his mouth, he might drool a bit, which is a drawback that could lead to his opponents knowing his plan if it is noticed beforehand.

A side effect of this power allows Tadao to function in cold climates, and he can handle chill better than others. However, he is not immune to it, he just lasts longer. Sometimes frost forms on his fingertips, eyelashes, and other parts of his skin while he uses his ability. If his power reaches an extensive use, his eyelashes will begin to turn white and he might pass out from how cold his temperature becomes. His emotions also have an effect on his power, considering if he gets overly anxious or angry, the fog will not stop emitting from his hands. In this state, the only way for the fog to stop is if Tadao calms down, or if an ability user like Dazai manages to nullify his ability before he faints, or worse, dies of hypothermia.

Wind disrupts the fog's pattern, so he does not use his ability on a windy day. When he uses too much of the mist at once, frost will coat his fingertips and other parts of his body. If his emotions are unhinged he will not be able to stop the fog, slowly dying from hypothermia as his blood runs cold and the frost covers his body. The fog spreads on its own and can extend to very great distances. However, not being manipulated by a life form. He can manipulate and emit the fog on his own, and depending on the weather patterns, the largest distance it has ever covered is 100km. The fog got less dense the further it spread.

## Unlocked State

Hell in a Bottle on its own is a truly powerful ability, yet it has another state that is only reached if Tadao's emotions control his ability out of his own volition. This does not happen frequently, as he needs to undergo a very strong mood change, personality change, or simply a shift in strong emotions that will activate his ability to become more dangerous than it already is.

Getting overwhelmingly angry, depressed, stressed out, or anxious is what causes his power to function on its own. The mist will normally only come from his hands, but also other parts of his body, all in tandem with one another, when he reaches his ability's full power. The fog will keep spreading as his emotions control it completely. His ability is somewhat driven by his mental state, which is one of the many reasons he stays calm and relaxed no matter the situation. He had trained and taught himself to the bone, to stay unaffected emotionally, so nobody can see through him and so he does not reach the peak of his ability's max power.

When this unlocked state is reached, Tadao's eyelashes will turn completely white and his eyes will appear blank, more so than usual. The white fog will continue to spread around his surroundings, even as he moves from one place to another. He still has his rationality, however, if he cannot turn off his ability, he will go into a state of panic and the situation will only get much worse. The strong power of his emotion varies on how powerful his mist becomes. The more torn down his mental state is, the colder the fog gets. If he keeps using his power, his body will slowly deteriorate and become too cold to function, until he eventually dies of hypothermia. The only way for this to stop is for an ability user like Dazai to cancel out his power, assuming he cannot calm down on his own in time.

## Moves

• **Mist Emission** (ミスト放出, Misuto hōshutsu) is the core of Tadao's ability itself. He can conjure and seemingly manipulate mist with his hands out of pure thin air. The mist itself can be exceedingly cold, often being a temperature of 25° Fahrenheit. He can spread the fog of his own free will, the largest distance it has ever spread being 100km. Such as natural fog, it starts off dense, then it thins out as it goes on and on. His body temperature accustoms to his ability, so the more he emits the fog, the colder he gets. His skin is naturally cold, due to the mist 'running through his veins'. Even with Dazai's ability, No Longer Human, nullifying it, he cannot emit the fog, but his body will remain a frigid temperature.