The first set I worked on today was for Mest. He, of course, wanted something to improve his magical capabilities. I started with a set of armor that was almost identical to the one I made for Tiddol, boosting mana capacity and regeneration. I did make several minor tweaks to it so it works better for Mest.

I also made him a staff. It took a bit of trial and error to figure out what exactly he wanted but in the end it was rather simple. I made a staff that functions very similarly to the armor, it gathers and stores mana, only with a lot more focus on the gathering than the storing. Figuring out how to directly store mana in the Astrie was surprisingly difficult, and nothing at all like storing Solar Energy inside of it. The stored mana is then consumed by the next spell to be cast through it, boosting the spell. It takes about as long as it takes me to count to ten for it to completely recharge.

The staff itself is also very hard, so it can double as an impromptu melee weapon.

Next, I made a set for Thes. I offered to make him an axe, like the one he normally uses, but he rejected my offer saying that it held sentimental value. I had considered making an armor that might be useful in restraining him when he snaps, but Mest said that they had already tried that and it doesn’t work.

In the end, I just put all my effort into creating something very flexible, very durable, and rapidly regenerating. Normal armor is usually just destroyed when he rages, if it restrains him he rips it off, if it doesn’t it ends up getting destroyed while he fights, this should fix that. Plus if he is wearing wood when he snaps and I’m around I can at least restrain him a little bit.

The last set of armor I had time for was Willow’s. I expected her to request something to improve her magic, but instead she asked for something that would allow her to move better, though the particulars about it were rather confusing. It wasn’t until I realized she gained the ability to fly that I realized what she wanted. She sprouts a pair of ethereal lightning coated wings from her back that allows her to fly when she channels mana into her back in a particular way. The armor I made for her reinforces those pathways as well as passively channels mana into them, this allows her to move faster and with better control in addition to offsetting the mana cost of keeping them active. It has the side effect of giving her an ethereal shimmer while she wears it, as her wings are always partially there.

One last thing before I go to sleep. I noticed that the mana berry bushes have completely lost their leaves. They are no longer producing Mana Berries and we have none stored away, the last was used by Tiddol while making a potion.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.