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Mana Mirror: Chapter Twenty Eight

This chapter was brought to you by the Public Library System. They have computers, as well as books!

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All in all, the choice was easier to make than I’d thought at first. The Thundercloud Faerie Ste...

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An update I'd hoped not to make

Hey everyone!

I just wanted to let you all know that my laptop has stopped charging. I've brought it in to a few places, but it looks like they may need to order in a new charging jack, which is... Oh, so fun!

I've backed up all my...

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Which Movement Meditation will Malachi pick?

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Mana Mirror: Chapter Twenty Seven

The following day was Knoday, which was the weekend, and thus one of my days off – even though I usually spent the time doing missions. As soon as I was up, I reached into my mana to sketch the Analyze Death spell, but caught myself, surprised I...

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Mana Mirror: Chapter Twenty Six

Content Warning for discussion of and mild consumption alcohol. Nobody goes on a bender or anything, don't worry!

He clicked his fingers, and a pair of glasses appeared on the table. They were short, only a few inches tall, ...

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Kene and the Witch

This is a short story set seven months before the events of Mana Mirror begin

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Kene spat toothpaste into the sink, rinsed out their mouth with the slightly alchemical tasting motel w...

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Alvaro's Testing Day

This story is set two years and four months before the events of Mana Mirror begin

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Alvaro stared at the black door in anticipation. He was sixteen years old today. Most people could...

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More Malachi Art

More Malachi Art

Created by https://dandelians.carrd.co/#

He's currently in need of some commissions, so if you need some art done, send it their way!

I should commission art of oth...

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Mana Mirror: Chapter Twenty Five

Authors Note: This chapter is coming out a day early because work tomorrow is going to be... Hectic. I COULD schedule it now, but I decided... Why not just go ahead and release it?

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The two-faced ring was the...

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What's Ed going to do?

This is in reference to the short story you can read here

Feel free to discuss or ask questions in here or my discord!

As for why Ed di...

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Mana Legacy: Chapter One

Preface: This story is an April Fool’s Day joke, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Everything that appears here is of questionable canonicity at best. If it WAS to be canon, it would be set roughly five hundred years before Mana Mirr...

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Rewards Poll

I've made this one multiple choice, since it's so important, and so varried!

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Mana Mirror: Chapter Twenty Four

Author's Note: This is a bit of a shorter chapter, because it comes with a major decision at the end, and I can't just push past that.  

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Five nodes separated from the elemental and swirled out...

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Mana Mirror: Chapter Twenty Three

The following morning, I rose early and prepared to use the elixir.

In my life, I’d only used a handful of elixirs, potions, or pills. The ones that I’d gotten for free in my classes growing up had all been intended to stimulate the gro...

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Mana Mirror: Chapter Twenty Two

I bit my lip and then let out a low sigh, then started the walk back home.

As much as the two thousand silver did call to me, Orykson had been willing to drop five times that amount on my suits. There were decent odds that whatever he gave ...

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Some Art of Malachi

Some Art of Malachi

Done by u/RevolutionUnlikely45 on Reddit!

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Who Doesn't Love a Little Chaos?

So, I've just finished up the next three weeks worth of chapters, and I'm feeling a bit delightfully devilish - You can blame John Bierce and Kat Butch for encouraging me. So I've decided...

Would you all rather have all three chapters now,...

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Mana Mirror: Chapter Twenty One

Orykson was sitting in his personal library, sipping from a glass of whiskey on the rocks and tinkering with a spell design when a skeleton burst in.

This wasn’t particularly unusual, in and of itself. Almost all of his staff were either s...

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Idle Curiosity Poll

This is NOT going to decide which set of magic Malachi is going to pick, I'm just curious. 

At this point in the story, which of the magic gates calls to you most? If you want to comment why, please do!...

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Meadow's Gym Visit

Ed lifted the stone training spear over one head and threw it at the dummy. As he did, his fingers traced a quick pattern in the air, and the stone of the spear shifted shape, transforming into set of three rings that bound the arms and torso of t...

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March 2023 Update Post

Hey everyone! This month has been a bit more productive. I'm currently at 25k words on The Abjurer - Not where I wanted to be, but better than the last month or two for sure. The plot's starting to really take shape firmly now, and I think, barrin...

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Which option presents better rewards?

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Mana Mirror: Chapter Twenty

“What do you know about Paperbeetles?” Alvaro asked as we arrived on the first gate floor of the library.

“They’re beetles that eat paper?” I guessed.

“Right,” he said. “Like a Choruk, it uses death mana to break thin...

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Mana Mirror: Chapter Nineteen

The next several days flew by, with me working at the butcher’s shop, practicing sketching the Analyze Life spell whenever I could, converting all my death mana into life. When Temsday finally rolled around, it was time for me to pick up my new ...

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Mana Mirror: Chapter Eighteen

CW: Mentions of previous self harm.

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I scratched at my chin for a few moments before I decided that it had to be the blood carnations.

While the green star sapling would be useful indefinitely, ...

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Mana Mirror: Chapter Seventeen

The next morning, everything ached when I woke up. For a moment, I wondered if I’d been early, but when I realized it was a spiritual ache, not a physical one, it clicked.

The enhancer that I’d bought from Kene. I’d gotten used to the ...

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Next Interlude Chapter

Hey everyone! Sorry for the random poll. I know it's a bit away, but I wanted to know who you all would be interested in following for the next interlude chapter (Like the talk between Meadow and Orykson, or Ikki and Orykson). If you're interested...

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February 2023 Update

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a good Valentines Day, if you celebrate! Here's a fun fact for Mana Mirror: If you transitioned our Gregorian Calendar to the Ddeaer Calendar, February 16th (Aka the 16th of Final-Ice) is a big celebration of the a...

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Mana Mirror: Chapter Sixteen

I was a bit nervous to let Kene take the Acidbubble-Toad into their lab without me, but at this point, I figured it was a sunk cost – if they really wanted to steal the toad, they wouldn’t have needed to heal me.

Which was still strange ...

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If Malachi catches the toad...

Which of the options that Kene has recommended would he pick from the Wyldwatch?

This poll closes in 5 days, on February 13th.

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