[Ding! Maya gently touches your cheek...]
[Ding! Maya laughs softly, while shaking you gently. "Baby, wake up. You're really cute when you sleep."]
[Ding! Maya...]
"Nina, do you see that? In front of me."
"???. No, I don't see anything. Are you really okay Jina?"
Do I really see that window? Am I the chosen one? The one who's going to save the world?
"Info. A new traveler has returned from a new planet called..."
Yes of course… I must have become a traveler, but my unique skill seems, well really unique. I know that all unique skills are unique but many are similar even if they're not used in the same way. But mine… Really unique. I have to go home.
"Nina, I think I'm going to go home, I really have a terrible headache."
It's not a lie, I have a real terrible headache, I thought it was for the cans of beer I drank but now I'm pretty sure it's for my character who's on Star Luna.
"Okay, I'll tell the boss, go ahead."
I nodded, grabbed my stuff and I left for home. Before anything else I wanted to get my character out of bed while doing some research but my headache was only worse... it's going to be hard. I lay down on the couch and let my thoughts go to my character.
I woke up and looked at the woman. I smiled softly at her.
"I don't have my morning kiss?"
The woman was surprised before laughing. She approached me, kissing me softly. When we parted, she winked at me.
"Happy darling?"
"Yes !"
We got out of bed together, now that I feel my character, she seems refreshed for such a wild night, maybe having a woman like... By the way, what's her name again? When we got to the table, she was really full and very good too. While we were eating, I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
"So uh... What's your name again?"
The woman in front of me seemed very surprised by my question. Before blushing completely.
"Haha... It seems like we haven't introduced ourselves?" She couldn't help but mutter to herself. "Even after this delicious night."
"Alright, I'll start, my name is Maya! And you?"
I thought about it, it doesn't seem like I named my character? And I don't want to give my real name. Simply because, once a traveler goes to the planet and comes back, this planet merges with our world to become a global continent with the ocean around it. This can take more or less time. And I really don't want to have, I don't know how many Jina!
We don't really know why this happens, but each god or planetary spirit can communicate with the inhabitants of their world often say: Our god/spirit has indicated to us that they have accepted this fusion after speaking with the primordial star. We don't know who this primordial star is but it seems to be very influential for all the people it contacts.
Well let's find a name then... The only one that comes to mind is Nina, but I don't want to use this name, too much confusion with my colleague. So Mina!
"My name is Mina."
"Nice to meet you Mina."
"Likewise."
"Before our beautiful night, we talked a lot about masks, so I thought you could be my tester, of the masks I make. You see, because I'm a craftomancer."
"A craftomancer is a magician who uses the objects he creates by infusing them with magic. It can be puppets, weapons, and anything that is created."
"My specialty is masks, we are also called maskomancers."
She showed me all her creations that she put in a room at home. There were mostly puppets and masks. She snapped her fingers and the puppets moved showing some simple technique and movement.
"Actually I lied a little, I really want to specialize in masks but no one wants to be my tester."
"Why?"
"Being a mask tester can be really dangerous. Not only does the mask have to have the affinity of the tester but also the tester must be compatible with the mask. If neither is good, the tester can be seriously injured or even die."
"How to be compatible with a mask?"
"Simple, you really have to love or believe in the mask."
"Simple, not really, how to trust a mask?"
"Well, simple in words but I never said it will be in practice."
I just couldn't find a rhetoric.
"Then why are you asking me?"
"Because you love masks so much, I've never seen anyone like you who loves masks so much!"
"I always thought I loved masks a lot but you... That, your love for them, is something I've never seen!"
With my talent I would even say that no one can love masks more than me. While I think about it, she showed me these masks, normally for it to be effective a human is necessary, but with puppets it is possible that it works too but that is at 25% to 50% of the total power of the mask. There is everything, to a werewolf, a monster and even an angel or at least, a human with feather wings behind and on his arms. As for the last one...
"Oh! So beautiful!"
"Really, do you like it?"
Maya's eyes seem to light up at my compliment. She showed me a Western doll mask. A dress with frills, a high hat and DQS shoes all blue, in her hand she has an umbrella with full frills also blue. I fell in love with this mask. Or rather Mina fell in love with the mask.
"I agree but on one condition!"
Maya seems surprised by my condition and even a little panicked, she has always dreamed of finding someone to improve herself and now that she has found her she does not want to let go!
"Which one?"
"I want to, if you improve the mask Doll! I fell in love with her!"
Her eyes widened, then she laughed softly.
"Okay, that's fine with me. Anyway I created it so I don't mind continuing to work on it."
"Before we start, I'm going to tell you about the craftomancers and more precisely the maskomancers. So -"
She started by telling me about the mages of this world, just like a human needs a heart for blood to circulate, a mage needs a heart of mana to circulate mana. How to do it? Simple. Mages use runes, whether for spells recorded in a mage grimoire or in their mana heart. And as for spells, the heart is made of runes, elemental runes. A heart with an element can make spells of this element much more powerful, and that of spells of the same elements can be stored in the heart. And for spells with a different element, they are recorded in a mage grimoire.
After a mana heart is created, mages have levels, the beginning is level 0, this level is for those without a mana heart. Then level 1, these are those who have managed to have a mana heart and who have created a rune circle of the same type as their heart. Then the level rises when the rune circles become more numerous, 2, 3, etc. The highest magician was level 8. Leveling up becomes much harder as you go along. This applies to all magicians. So what's the difference for craftomancers?
Simple, rather than spells recorded in their mana core, it's their creation.
Craftomancers use runes to create and improve their creation. In concrete terms, the spells of normal mages are worth the creations of craftomancers.
Understand what Maya is explaining to me, I nod.
"How can I know my affinity?"
"Simple, we use a mana sphere."
"Where can I find one?"
"Hehehe. I've been looking for a tester for ten years, I've absolutely prepared everything!"
"Follow me Mina darling."
We both went to a corner of the room that serves as a magic repository. There, a transparent sphere is placed on a tripod.
"Touch it. Once the color is projected, we'll know what your elemental affinity is."
I nodded. As I got closer I felt a little nervous. What if I can't be a magician? What if my element sucks? With many doubts I put my hand on the sphere. At the moment of touching it, a light was projected.