yuan † 002

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Who: Yuan and anyone else who's curious enough to stop by!
Where: Espoir
Style: Either.
Status: Open!!

[ If you happen to be in Espoir this fine afternoon, you may notice a certain blue-haired half-elf on the corner of some random street, sitting, engulfed in a book. His right hand is holding the book carefully while his left is extended, producing a

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[kyudousha]

[Rita most certainly happened to be in Espoir this fine afternoon, carrying a nicely-sized stack of books back towards her dwelling. Once again taking wrong turns. Which was probably why she ended up on the corner of his random street, passing Yuan as she stumbles along reciting equations under her breath.

... Stops abruptly and backtracks to where the blue-haired half-elf is currently seated.]

... How're you doing that?

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[ Yuan pauses, mid-sentence, to spare a glance up at the young girl. He says nothing for a moment, more than likely thinking something along the lines of the locals here as far too curious for their own good but says nothing on the matter. Instead, he quirks a brow. ]

Mana.

[ and a pause ] Why?

[kyudousha]

[Mana? She suddenly decides that it would be a good idea to set her books down and take a seat across from him. Cross legged, her interest practically radiated off in waves.]

Mana? Can you describe some properties of this mana?

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[ That is certainly not a ... question he gets often. So don't feel offended if he stares at you like you have two heads or something like that. ]

It's the essence of life, what is there to tell? [ Because don't they have mana everywhere? Apparently not. ]

[kyudousha]

[None taken. She doesn't quite notice his stare, since she's too busy staring back. Blue hair... How strange. Still not a color you see everyday, but hey, genes are genes.]

Essence of life? So your life's fueled by the stuff, huh. I was hoping for more along the lines of a description, though. Does it flow? Does it have magnetic properties?

Something along those lines.

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[ Just wait until you see the slightly pointy-ears and discover he's half-elf. Though that may be harder to discover than the fact he has obnoxious blue hair ]

... [ What an inquisitive little girl; he'll never get used to this annoying 'other worlds' business. ] I take it mana isn't in existence in the world you are from.

Yes, it does flow. From the Great Kharlan Tree, to put it simply. As for magnetic properties, I'm not aware of any.

[kyudousha]

[She has her scalpel at the ready. New species? Bring it on.]

A tree of life? Is that biologically possible? [For something to... synthesize mana like that. But, then, if it's a natural process-] Is it in a gaseous state? That's what I'd like to believe, at any rate. Mana's only been theorized in my world.

Is a large dosage of mana harmful to the body?

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[ That isn't reassuring at all. ]

...Of course it's biologically possible. It exists. [ What an odd question! Nonetheless, he shakes his head and closes the 'spell-book' for the time-being ] Mana is what gives my world life. Without it, the world would fall into despair, wither, and eventually cease to exist. There is no 'over-dose'.

However, if too much mana is wasted by machinery too quickly, there may be negative side-effects.

[kyudousha]

[I doubt it was meant to be.]

... You can never have 'too much life', huh. [Seems that there in lies the difference between Mana and Aer.] A fuel for the world... And what about those negative side effects?

And what happens if your tree dies? Your world dies?

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[ A long sigh. This will be hard to explain to someone who isn't a local, but having someone unaware of the other side of mana is a no-no! Even if they'll never use it themselves. ]

The tree is usually replenished. However, if too much mana is wasted, the ground isn't fertile enough to give way to regeneration. [ Going to leave out the part about there once being two worlds and the whole Chosen regenerating that world. ]

But, if the tree were to die completely, yes, the world would slowly follow.

[kyudousha]

[Fear not, Yuan, your words shall not go wasted. She'll find a way to make use of this knowledge. Even if she has to convert aer to mana.]

Like a negative cycle... huh.

I can see both positive and negative aspects of this. Still, though, it's probably really convenient to have a source of 'life' situated in one guaranteed spot, given that trees don't sprout legs and walk off where you're from.

But it's also problematic if so much 'life' is gathered in a single place. Tree dies, you're all screwed over.

Hm. Intriguing. [Aaaand she's off in thought.]

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[ Major apologies if I'm getting any of this wrong. It's been awhile since I last played the game and looked over the finer details of mana, but alas, Yuan will continue talking and lecturing the younglings. ]

...It's essential knowledge to know.

[ Going to eye her for a moment or two before continuing ] I take it you don't know about exspheres either?

[kyudousha]

[I don't even remember if they explained the finer details about mana, so you're all good. <3 Hey, she has no problem if someone's willing to tell her.]

Never heard of them, so I'm guessing they're only native to your world. Does it have anything to do with mana?

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[ Good ♥ ]

...Not exactly, though a great deal of mana is used in the making of them.

[ He frowns, debating whether or not this topic should even be broached with a girl this age ] The particulars are gruesome, I must admit. Perhaps it's better left unsaid.

[kyudousha]

[<3 You might notice that she has something that looks somewhat like an exphere and an exsphere crest in the form of her blastia choker. Might.]

So they're artificial. Is it some kind of technology?

[She looks vaguely annoyed.] Hey, you brought it up. Go through with it. Besides... I've probably seen worse.

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[ He hasn't noticed yet, which is ironic enough in itself. ]

...Yes and no. [ Deep breath, here goes nothing ]

Exspheres are artificial ores attached directly to human flesh. Without a crest with the proper inscription on it, the wearer will slowly be drained of life. The exsphere absorbs that life and becomes not only powerful, but extremely useful. When this technology, if you even want to call it that, became easier to accomplish, an organization began indiscreetly putting those less unfortunate to work on 'Ranches', where they would secretly steal the mana from their victims, for their exspheres. ...The result of a person who was turned would be a monster.