Shards of Magic [Crafting / Solo / Complete]

[Zria]

Zria, or should we say Natalie wanted to get to know more about her Crafting Class, which was known as the “Alchemist”. Originally, she had taken the class, believing it involved making ‘something out of nothing’, therefore following the principles of so-called ‘Equivalent Exchange’ but to her dismay, found out that Elder Tale’s version of the Alchemist didn’t quite mean the same thing as she first thought it meant when she’d taken the class. However, once she had found out that it was quite possible to make Mana Fragments by merely using her own magical powers in order to be able to do so, she decided to give it a shot. Seeing that she had already caught up with some of the people in her ‘circle of friends’ who were also stuck in the game with her, it just so happened that one of them had also taken the Alchemist, and had given her a run-down explanation of how to “make” the Mana Fragments out of seemingly nothing. In a way, it’s like that ‘equivalent exchange’ thing; you make something out of nothing, but have to give something of corresponding value in return… she thought to herself as she then looked around for the best place to do what she was about to attempt; to use her own Mana in order to be able to make these ‘Fragments’. Her friend had also given her a paper bag that contained a pair of tongs; because apparently, the current structure of Mana Fragments had them dissolve on contact with human skin; as well as a pair of working gloves so that she could handle the Fragments in ‘relative safety’ as she was told, after being shown the staggering amount of Mana Fragments (henceforth known as Frags) that her fellow Alchemist friend had produced from his own innate power. She was also on the lookut for a nice, quiet place so that she could get started, and she had succeeded; she had found a deserted alleyway that was just so. Heh, at least I can fight anyone who gets too close… she thought as she quickly set up her ‘camp’, which was just a piece of cardboard she’d brought along to sit down on, as well as a second piece of much smaller board, that could hold the small ‘work space’ that she was going to be using. She then completed set-up preparations and then sat herself down on the bigger piece of cardboard, before holding out her hands in front of her. She then remembered the words of her friend, “Concentration is key! If your mind slips for a moment, you may as well end up wasting your own energy and resources. Be careful.” Heh, I’m always careful… she thought as she then poured her thoughts into a single ‘jar’, and then stared at the emptiness that was the space between her hands. She then focused her breathing as well, and then closed her eyes, concentrating and bringing forth the wellspring of magical power that she possessed; and then imagined it in her mind’s eye: it was just a small shard, after all, no bigger than a piece of broken glass. She then opened her eyes, and then saw that there was a faint crackling of energy gathering in that empty space between her hands; and a few moments later, it solidified and took the form of what she’d exactly thought of; a glowing bluish crystal no bigger than a shard of a broken piece of glass. She then moved her hands down ever so carefully, and then placed the completed form right on the smaller piece of cardboard, quite satisfied with her handiwork. She then noticed something else as well; her mana bar had taken a slight dent and was now partially drained; but the ‘lacking’ part wasn’t too much yet. She then took another deep breath to calm herself down; so that she could concentrate on “generating” the next Frag from her own power without running into too much trouble. “One down, and a lot more left to go…” she muttered to herself, remembering the list of Alchemist recipes that she’d copied down and was now sitting in a space in her Inventory, waiting to be tested and tried out once she had the sufficient amount of Frags on-hand. (719) Mana Fragments Created: 1 Health Mana

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[Zria]

Now that Nat had gotten the first part of the process down, she could feel a tingly sensation spreading from her fingertips, stopping just short of her palm. Wondering if this was the effect of the crackling energy she had tried to materialize in the existing area just moments ago, she then shook her hands out and then placed them flat on the piece of cardboard to relax them. Who knew that one small shard could generate that strange, prickly feeling through her hands? She then took another deep breath and looked around, before returning her concentration to the task at hand; she needed to have as many Mana Fragments on-hand with her as possible; because considering the complexities of some of the recipes that she’d taken note of (and some of them required more than three individual Frags) she decided to increase the output and just basically… “Heh, fine, I’ll use up all of my mana for this venture, or as much as I can manage to spare,” she said to nobody in particular, before closing her eyes and re-imagining the next Frag in her mind’s eye as she then tried a different variation of condensing the energy; while spreading her hands out again just above the smaller piece of cardboard. The Frag that she had imagined in her mind’s eye this time was somewhat smaller than the first, but also required the same amount of energy to be released in order to be able to have a physical form. She then imagined it to be more rounded and circular in shape; but with some rough edges so that it could easily be picked up with tongs and used safely. One she had affixed that mental image in her mind’s eye, she then opened her own eyes once more, seeing that there was another condensation of the rippling form that she’d seen earlier; however it did look much rounder than the roughly-shaped Frag she’d made earlier. taking another deep breath and concentrating on making its shape a physical reality, she watched as the glowing mass condensed and finally turned into something tangible; floating between the space of her two hands; she then tried to keep the Frag afloat; but instead it ended falling from that midway space, clattering against the first Frag and rolling to a near stop, at the very edge of the small piece of cardboard she was now using as a catch basin for the Frags that she was going to ‘make’. Breathing a sigh of relief, she then reached for the tongs and then very carefully transported the runaway Frag to the center of the board, before setting the tongs aside and then shaking her head; now there was a fuzzy feeling starting to wrap around her head, beginning from the base of her neck. “Tingly…” she muttered to herself, making a mental note of that observation of ‘making something out of nothing’. She then took another breath and decided to focus on creating the next Frag for her future use. (506) Mana Fragments Created: 2 Health Mana

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[Zria]

Nat was now getting the hang of ‘creating’ the small, condensed spheres of energy that would eventually crystallize in the Frags that she was now looking at; the problem was the timing of actually making them. At the current rate she was going, she could only ‘generate’ one of them at a time; wondering why she was so slow as compared to the other Alchemists that she’d seen literally spewing Frags out with each motion that they made, she sighed; before affixing that mental image in the back of her mind as determination. She had guessed that they had a better skill than she did at the moment, which allowed them to have more Frags on-hand as compared to the very old, very slow process that she was using; hell her fellow Alchemist friend had warned her that the process would take some time before she would actually be able to spit up Frags like all the other high-level Alchemists that floated around the area. sighing once more, she then straightened her posture as she held her hands out in the same gesture as she had done twice earlier, trying to conjure up another ball of swirling energy that she would need to crystallize in order to be able to actually ‘make’ another Frag. She closed her eyes, and this time imagined this Frag to be something like the first one; only with rounded edges; yet the entire surface of its body would still look like it had been chipped off from a bigger structure. Remembering what hacked-off pieces of rock looked like, but with softer ends, she then gathered her concentration and will power and then affixed the forming image in her mind’s eye. At the same moment, she could feel her fingers tingling, and resisted the urge to open her eyes to see the condensation and formation of the ball of energy that she was willing to ‘exist’ from what she was trying to do; in a way she was acting like a Summoner, but at the same time, she wasn’t one. She then continued to focus into forming the ball of energy; and once it had a definite form in her mind’s eye, she then slowly opened her real eyes to see that there was another ball of condensing energy; however the size of this one was wavering; why was it not holding its form?! She then closed her eyes once more and affixed the mental image of the Frag she wanted to create once again in her mind’s eye and concentrated on having it hold its form, and as she opened her eyes again to take a peek, she saw that it was working! Stupid, must not lose focus… she thought to herself as she saw that this time, the condensed ball of energy had a more definite shape; and with her willpower, the floating energy then crystallized; forming another Frag that looked exactly like how she had imagined it. she then let it drop gently to the smaller piece of cardboard below, where it rolled to a stop next to the first Frag that she’d conjured up earlier. At least, the way she was making Frags, her supply of mana wasn’t going down as quickly as she expected it to be. (546) Mana Fragments Created: 3 Health Mana

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[Zria]

Nat had now generated three Frags, and was wondering when she would stop making them; since even her own patience had its limits. She then realized that actually ‘making’ Mana Fragments was a test of patience in itself as well as a test of willpower, so taking the next few moments to stretch out her numbing limbs, she then rose from her seated position and promptly flailed her arms around a good bit; before walking to and fro atop the bigger piece of cardboard that she was sitting down on. Once the feeling of blood and motion had returned to her limbs, she then stretched out her hands and wiggled her fingers; before sitting back down again in a different variation of the cross-legged position that she’d assumed earlier. Now that she could feel her limbs again, she then got back to the practice of ‘conjuring’, or should we say ‘making’, another Mana Frag for her own use. She had already acquired three pieces of the Frags that she was intending to stockpile for future use, so she decided to continue with her harebrained plan of generating as many as she could possibly ‘make’ until her own mana supplies were flat-drained. Sighing, she then flexed her fingers again, shaking off that tingly feeling as she prepared to conjure yet another Frag into existence, born from her innate magical power. She took another deep breath, and held out her hands in the exact same gesture as earlier, before closing her eyes and then imagining herself floating in a sea of nothing but pure magical energy. She was going to try another kind of imagery to see if it would work in generating more Frags; so she then found herself seemingly ‘swimming’ in this juice of energy. Knowing that the imagination was the strongest source of power for one who could wield magic, she then moved her hands around in the floating, airy ‘liquid’ and tried to form a ball of energy that she could manage with her hands. She knew that the ‘materialization’ process would take much longer, since Frags had the tendency to melt upon contact with human skin, so she took her time molding the airy liquid, while affixing the notion that this liquid will eventually appear in the ‘real’ existing world. Once she had a shape and a definite form, she then willed her concentration to hold it in place, and affixed the image once more in her mind’s eye, concentrating on bringing out the ‘imagination-form’ into existence. In the real world, she then opened her eyes and saw that there was a ball of floating energy; but this one was already half-crystallized; meaning that her hypothesis actually worked! It just needed some fine-tuning, but she concentrated on its full and final form; before watching the rest of the floating ball of energy condense and form into an actual, tangible Mana Frag. She then let it slowly drop from the space between her hands, where it clattered against the other Frags that were slowly but surely starting to pile up on the smaller piece of cardboard! Hell yes, it actually works, but still needs some fixing! She thought to herself with a smirk on her face as she prepared herself to ‘acquire’ the next Frag. (547) Mana Fragments Created: 4 Health Mana

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[Zria]

Nat was now looking at four small shards of her own innate magical power which she had ‘created’, albeit with some difficulties. She knew that the process of ‘generating’ these shards was a long and tiring road, but with enough practice, she’d also be spewing Mana Frags like the other high-tier Alchemists in no time flat! For now though, she was stuck with materializing one Frag at a time, which was alright with her; since she really needed the practice in order to be able to get the ‘conjuring’ part of Mana Frags down to a science. She then inhaled once more, before closing her eyes and imagining herself swimming in the same sea of primordial magical power that every individual in Elder Tale had; some with just a bigger capacity for the magicks that existed. She then felt like she was falling through the air; befre coming to a stop in the same pool of airy liquid she’d imagined herself to be swimming in just a few moments ago. This time, she tried to gather the energy around her just by focusing her will into it; and this was proving to be quite tedious, because at the moment she only had something that resembled a piece of crumpled-up paper floating in front of her. She then poured out her willpower into the ‘sea’ around her and focused on forming a Frag that was slightly bigger than just one piece of crumpled paper; and watched as slowly but surely, the energy gathered around the small sphere that she was trying to hold together. For a few moments, she squinted through her closed eyes, and saw that the same thing was happening I the real world; slowly but surely, there was another ball of energy forming in the space between her hands; and there was also the accompanying tingling sensation whenever she tried to conjure up another potion of her power in order to form it into an actual Frag she could use. Quickly closing her eyes, she then returned to that mental image of her concentrating in the sea of energy, and then brought together most of, if not all her concentration into the ball of energy that she was trying to bring together; and the tingling feeling her hands was experiencing intensified. She then opened her eyes at that instant and saw that the same thing that had happened earlier was occurring again; she had half a Frag materialized and in crystal form; however the other half was still nothing but gas, so staring at it for as long as she could manage, she then forced her willpower into making solid what was just airy liquid a few moments ago. Once the crystallization process had finished, she then let the Frag she’d just created fall from her ‘grasp’ to join its companions that were now shining and winking up at her from that small piece of cardboard she was using as a catcher. Using the power of the imagination is harder than it looks… not to mention it’s also extremely taxing… she thought to herself as she shook her hands to get rid of the tingly sensation that was coursing through them at the moment. At least I’m getting it down to a sort-of science now… I just need all the Frags I can make! (556) Mana Fragments Created: 5 Health Mana

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[Zria]

Nat continued to shake her hands and fingers, in order to get rid of the tingly sensation that was spreading through them at the moment. She didn’t know that conjuring her innate magical energy caused it to pass through her fingertips, but the same tingling sensation remained as she tried to clear her hands in order to proceed in making the next Frag from scratch. Apparently, the visualization technique was working, so she decided to stick with that one for the next few attempts. That, and swimming through the air that is charged with magical power is very relaxing… who knew that all that power existed within us?! She thought to herself as she checked the number of shards that she’d made so far. Luckily, it didn’t cost too much to actually ‘make’ them appear out of thin air, just the fact that it drained her mana reserves by a certain percent. Soon I’ll be spewing them out at will without having to worry about my mana reserves… she thought with a fierce determination as she flexed her fingers and then closed her eyes again, lowering her mind’s eye as well as her consciousness into the same airy liquid she’d already taken a dive into twice now. Seeing as she was already there, she then continued to ‘swim’ around, looking for the perfect place to conceptualize another ball of that energy that slept within her. Finding a good spot a few moments later, she then proceeded to hold her hands out in the same way she had anchored them in the real world; focusing her willpower and concentration into the space between her outstretched hands. She then watched as a small sphere of energy slowly but surely formed, she then stared at intently, as she’d realized just earlier that the longer she stared at something, the better the chances of it actually materializing into a solid form. She continued to stare as more and more airy liquid joined the condensed ball; and watched as it slowly but surely started crystallizing; yet she continued to stare; because if she opened her eyes at this moment, the exact same phenomena would also be happening in the real world; a half-assed attempt at making another Frag without actually completing the ‘materialization’ steps first! She then felt the now-familiar tingly sensation radiating from her fingertips, but that didn’t stop her from staring as she continued to will the ball of energy to crystallize and then appear in the real world, the dimension outside this ‘place of power’ where she was currently focusing her training on. A few moments later, the ball of energy stopped spinning, and was now starting to crystallize; the process then sped up and at that exact same moment, she heard a ringing sound echo throughout the area; which then made her open her eyes. At that moment, she caught the sight of a falling Frag, hitting the other assembled frags as well; it looked similar to what she had visualized; down to the very last detail! Grinning to herself at the attest success, she then wiggled her hands again in order to get rid of that weird tingly feeling; and then counted how many frags she had already accumulated since she’d started this venture. Six fragments… not bad… but man I can hear my stomach grumbling… she thought, feeling a growling coming from somewhere near her midsection; a sign that she was hungry. (573) Mana Fragments Created: 6 Health Mana

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[Zria]

Nat then decided to take a brief time-out; she then accessed her Inventory with a few quick swipes; and then realizing that she’d picked up a few apples earlier, she decided to take one out, and a few moments later there was a levitating green apple in front of her, which she quickly caught before it fell towards the meager collection of Mana Frags that she had managed to assemble. She then powered her way through the apple, and in less than ten minutes, what was once a whole green apple earlier was now nothing but a core, which she then placed off to one side. Feeling the renewed energy going through her, she checked her mana bar and saw that it was slowly but surely trickling down. Knowing that she had to keep going, she then took another breath to relax herself, and then locked her hands in the same position above the assorted collection of Frags that she had made so far. She then closed her eyes and then searched for the same mental image that she’d been going through in order to materialize the shards faster; the airy liquid that existed within her that represented her own magical power. In a few moments, she was in free-dive, landing in that same familiar feeling as she then decided to make a Frag right at the spot she’d landed, for she was certainly testing her patience at that point! Closing her eyes as well, she then focused her concentration on the same space between her hands, floating in that same airy liquid, and willed a ball of energy to take form there. She could also feel the same tingly sensation in the real world affecting her in this ‘world’ inside herself as well, and kept her eyes closed as she continued to visualize the same shard that she’d already made several times before. No definite shape, no definite features, she just needed an actual, existing Frag to just… appear in her hands. Pouring her concentration into making the ball of airy liquid hold its form and remain solid for the crystallization process to begin, she could feel the sweat rolling down her face now; and for a brief moment, she took a peek in order to see what she had made so far. There was a ball of condensing and crystallizing energy floating between her fingers; and in the real world, the same realization was happening as well; there was a ball of floating condensed magical ‘mana’ that was slowly crystallizing into a physical form that then dropped from the point of conception. She felt the same tingly sensation spread throughout her fingers; but this time it was now travelling upward through her arms; and in the real world, she opened her eyes and saw by quick counting, that she already had seven Frags in front of her. That caused her to stop and think; what if there were more Frags that would appear the longer she made them a reality? She then did a quick recap of how many she’d made so far; and then sighed, why would something that sounded so deceptively simple take such a long time to make? She then noticed something else with the more recent Frags that she was making; they had the tendency to look like rounded pearls that were glowing a faint blue. The earlier attempts looked like hacked-off pieces from a rock, but the recently-made ones had a more… sense of finesse to them, if you could put it that way. Now that she was up to her seventh shard, she then decided to stop at fifteen; for she would need to rest and recuperate from this taxing effort of holding absolutely still and concentrating with all her might! Just a few more shards and I’m so done… she thought to herself as she continued to make the next Frag she would eventually hoard and use in making all the Alchemical recipes that existed. (664) Mana Fragments Created: 7 Health Mana

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[Zria]

I just need to hoard all the Frags I need, then I can start trying my hand at actually making those things… those recipes I copied off from the records… Nat thought to herself as she flexed her arms in order to get the circulation going again; she knew that she needed to make some more Frags so that she didn’t have to buy from the other hawkers that were selling them at a ridiculous price! Okay, just a few more dives and I’ll try another crystallization method… she thought to herself as she then closed her eyes and took another ‘dive’ into the space where all her magical power resided. Once she’d gone through the sensation of free-fall, she then came to a standing stop and then decided to try something new; by first trying to grab the airy liquid around her. Of course that didn’t work, so she then focused her will into making the airy liquid ‘obtainable’; and poured her focus into getting as much of it as she could in her hands! After a few false starts, she succeeded; and now had two separate orbs of floating liquid in each of her hands. She then clapped her two hands together; and willed the orbs of energy to coalesce into each other and then condense into a solid, maintainable form that would eventually exist in the real world as well. After a few failed tries of the orbs refusing to ‘stick’ together, she then concentrated and willed the orbs to stay together without separating; which caused even more sweat to pour down from her brow. A few moments later, she had succeeded in making the stubborn orbs of energy stick together; now the next problem was to actually make the fused orb crystallize, then exist in the real world. The crystallization occurred much faster than she would have wanted; but at least she now had a working orb of condensed magical energy in her hands; now the last part was actually willing it to exist. She then decided to try a different method of ‘materialization’, by which she opened her eyes in the real world, and stared at the space between her positioned hands. At first, nothing happened; but she then felt the tingly sensation spread throughout her fingers and arms; and continuously stared at the space and watched as something slowly made its appearance, born of her willpower; there was now another Frag that had appeared, completely materialized and crystallized, and it was glowing a weird shade o blue this time. Wondering why this shard had a different shape from all the earlier attempts, she then let it clatter to the mat where the other shards were now convening; and knew that she had to make some more shards in order to have a ready-to-access ‘hoard’ once the recipe list was more accessible… and affordable. She now had eight actual Frags, but knew that due to her Alchemist crafting class, there would be more frags that would eventually appear once she was done with the entire process of materializing and making these bits of her power tangible and real. (523) Mana Fragments Created: 8 Health Mana

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[Zria]

Eight shards down, and approximately seven more to go, Nat thought to herself as she examined the growing horde of Frags in front of her. Sure, they didn’t look anything like the more refined bits and pieces of power that she’d seen being hawked around, but at least she knew that these were absolutely safe to use; since they did come from her own magical power anyway. She then decided to try another method of materializing the power within her; she kept her hands in the same locked position; however she kept her eyes open this time and just continued to stare at that empty space between her hands. This method was going to take much longer than she wanted, but she was willing to keep trying new ideas just in case the previous ones didn’t work at all. at first, nothing happened, as expected of an Alchemist of her own level. It took her almost three minutes of continuous staring at that empty space between her hands and was already staring at a certain point in the distance when she saw that there was another faint, glowing orb of light that was now appearing there! Yes! She thought to herself; but then the orb’s brightness flickered; and almost disappeared! Rats, have to concentrate on the task at hand! She thought as she redirected her thoughts into the faintly-humming orb of energy in her hands. She could feel the familiar tingly sensation spreading through her fingers, and continued to watch the space that was flickering. Slowly, but surely the flickering orb of energy that came from within her materialized and then rapidly condensed into a circular-shaped Frag; before she heard the familiar crackling noise of the power materializing and actually taking physical form. Now that there was another piece of her energy floating in that open space, she could faintly see her own reflection on the surface of the Frag she’d just made before it dropped from the space between her hands; where it rolled and joined the rest of the gathered Frags she’d managed to make so far. Who knew that this process would be this taxing?! She then took a look at her own mana bar and saw that it was very nearly down to half by this point; but still signified that she could make even more of these fragments if need be. Note to self, if you’re going to go on a mass crafting spree of these Frags, make sure to have several Mana potions on you so that the process doesn’t get interrupted abruptly… she thought to herself as she then dashed off a mental note to buy some mana potions just in case she decided to do something this lengthy again in the near future! What with the sheer amount of Frags that some recipes need, it may be wisest to just streamline the process now so that I don’t have to d this repetitive action over and over again… she continued to herself, taking mental notes of her observations of the different processes that she’d already tried to use so far. She knew that she had to make a few more shards before flopping over out of exhaustion, so she took a deep breath and stood up again, in order to get the circulation in her legs going once again; because having to sit down for extended amounts of time was very butt-numbing, not to mention really boring! But I really enjoy going through those landscapes in my mind; it’s like there is another reality that exists within ourselves… she thought to herself as she then stamped on the ground a few times to get rid of the sudden shocking feeling that one sometimes felt in their limbs if they’d been positioned wrongly before sitting down or twisting oneself into potentially awkward position for extended amounts of time. Come on now, you can get the blood going. Next frag, next frag, and then it will all be over soon… she continued to herself as she then sat herself down once more to continue with the last leg of the crafting process. (688) Mana Fragments Created: 9 Health Mana

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[Zria]

Nat knew that with all the practice that she had going now, she could continue to make these frags until she ran out of mana; but she had to expend enough of her energy wisely so that she could still defend herself just in case something ugly came up and decided to surprise her by attacking her heedlessly. Sighing, she then squirmed around for a few seconds, trying to find the most comfortable position that she could muster without having to actually plant herself in another awkward pose! After a few moments of adjusting, she then found the desired position she needed and then planted her elbows right onto the same spots that she’d always held them across her hips, and then held her hands out again. She then noticed that she was getting used to holding out her hands for an extended period of time; however her legs were always the first to protest. Okay, shards first, complain later… she thought to herself as she then returned to the same process that she’d tried just earlier; staring at the nothingness between her hands and willing for the shard that she wanted to appear to exist in this world, outside the infinite wellspring of power that she had swimming within herself. This attempt also took the same amount of time of staring at nothingness before a flickering shadowy orb of energy appeared; she also felt her hands tingling as the energy leaked through her hands, the fastest way to produce the shards that she needed. Once the flickering shadowy orb of energy had stabilized, she then poured the rest of her concentration into actually stabilizing the energy into a usable form; she also felt even more sweat pouring down her face at this time; her elbows were also becoming quite slippery due to sweat that had also accumulated there over time. Just a few more moments, come on, I need this shard stabilized! She thought to herself as she focused her determination into the forming, crystallizing orb of energy. A few moments later, another round Mana Frag dropped from the space between her hands and joined the other accumulated shards that had already accumulated on the small mat where the frags were now piling up. She knew she needed five more fragments before she stopped popping them out like cupcakes from an oven, but what would happen if she decided to push it all the way to the limit and just make as many as possible? Not now, you need to rest after sitting in a dank alleyway for such a long time and eating only a single apple before actually contemplating on making even more Mana Frags in order to have an actual hoard of them… well making them is easier than buying them… at least you know that it’s your own power sealed within the fragments… she mused to herself as she then stretched her arms overhead in order to proceed to the home stretch of making the last few fragments that she needed! (506) Mana Fragments Created: 10 Health Mana

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Her mana display now stood at exactly half, so she decided to just end the entire thing early and make one or two more fragments instead of the last five that she was planning, because the night was deepening and the wind was starting to drop in temperature. That, plus I need to pack up and get out of here before someone thinks of robbing me! But what’s there to rob, I have no money! She thought to herself as she then flexed her shoulders in order to get the rest of the circulation going; before turning her attention back to the task at hand. She just needed to hold out a bit longer; so she then decided to return to one of the earlier-used methods in order to generate the last few shards that she needed! Taking a deep breath, she then closed her eyes, mercifully ending that short-lived method of actually staring at nothingness and just willing for it to appear. Yeah, I need to decide on what method to use before I settle down and do this in the long run… she thought as she then returned to the pool of airy liquid that she would always visualize in her mind’s eye before actually plunging in and doing the rest of the actual process. It took her approximately five minutes, but the ringing noise of crystal hitting crystal shook her out of her reverie; she then did a quick head count and saw that there were now eleven crystals on the smaller cardboard. Wondering if stacking them up was a good idea, she then decided against it and then decided to store the frags that she’d made so far into the paper bag where the tongs came in. carefully picking up the shards one by one, she then deposited them piece by piece into the paper bag; before returning to the now-empty piece of cardboard. At least she could now make a few more shards before getting out of the area! she then decided to make the next shard her possible last; but that was until something else came up and that would make her change her mind again and then resort to making even more shards than she’d originally intended to make! She then thought of the possibility of trying to have a quicker way to make these Mana Frags, but then remembered that yet another Alchemist’s words about it; that it was not possible to make them in a very quick amount of time due to the possible instability that the energy would generate; therefore causing the resulting Fragments to actually explode upon ‘conception’. (439) Mana Fragments Created: 11 Health Mana

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