Category: One Daily Tale
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Irresistible Innocence
Read more: Irresistible Innocence“The circle of life,” Gurumin said with a smile, knowing those words would awaken childhood memories in some hearts. “A new generation arrives, and the older one passes on its experience, its knowledge, and its skills.” “Then it becomes their turn to teach, and the cycle continues.” Yet this obvious truth had gradually faded away,…
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The Flexibility of Mind That Builds Dialogue
Read more: The Flexibility of Mind That Builds DialogueLune Lune, our cat companion of the water element, now accompanied Guruo to his lessons. At first, he had been reluctant to go, but the teachings given in the Great Library of Esperia truly spoke to him. There were many things to learn, of course. But one thing had changed since the Seven Shapes had…
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Balance with Nature
Read more: Balance with NatureJust like Shala, the Shape of Time, the end of the War of Chaos had revealed to the Espers the existence of Atma, the Shape of Balance, born at the moment when the most powerful magics of the Five Great Elements merged and illuminated the entire planet with a new light, which came to be…
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The Corridors of Time
Read more: The Corridors of TimeIf Shala, the Shape of Time, had now become one of the Seven Shapes, who had gathered to build a civilization living in harmony with nature and in peace on Esperia, very little was known about her past or her origins. Her mysterious identity made her unique, almost divine, and recalled the ancient beliefs of…
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A Magnificent Humanity?
Read more: A Magnificent Humanity?Cha Cha, our little platypus companion, gazed once again into the magic mirror at this unknown civilization, which nevertheless had many things in common with that of the Espers. This civilization called itself “magnificent.” But as Cha Cha became more interested in their planet, their history, and their evolution, “magnificent” was not really the word…
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I Can, Therefore I Think
Read more: I Can, Therefore I ThinkFaya, the Shape of Willpower, was well known for never mincing her words and often saying aloud what everyone else was only thinking. Like the other Shapes, she had begun applying the principles of One Daily Tale to develop her own StarDust. She therefore had to develop her Water element, connected to Wisdom, and, to…
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Adapting to an Ageing Population
Read more: Adapting to an Ageing PopulationThe use of magic had greatly improved access to healthcare and had, as a result, significantly extended the life expectancy of the Espers in a remarkably short time. The downside was that the Espers did not seem to have considered the consequences such an achievement would bring. The massive increase in population was indeed creating…
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Doing Your Best
Read more: Doing Your BestEven though the Seven Shapes had become symbols that helped the Espers develop their StarDust, none of them was perfect. Each had her own strengths and weaknesses, yet each did her best every day to strengthen her qualities and overcome her shortcomings. Eklea, the Shape of Awareness, who seemed to see the world differently from…
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Trust as a Fundamental Value
Read more: Trust as a Fundamental ValueGurumin, the Shape of Empathy, had been entrusted with the extremely complex task of becoming the symbol of a peaceful society, regardless of the element. Until now, the Espers of each element had seen others as potential threats. It therefore seemed obvious that a shift in paradigm regarding the trust placed in others was essential.…
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Choices and Priorities
Read more: Choices and PrioritiesThe end of the Chaos War had nevertheless, despite the ecological and civilizational devastation it had caused, brought with it perhaps, at last, the solutions needed to build a society living in harmony with nature and at peace. Vati, the Shape of Wisdom, then spoke. “When the Eclipse cast a veil over the StarDust that…