Tag: One Daily Tale
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Clearing One’s Mind of Distractions
Read more: Clearing One’s Mind of DistractionsFor anyone not familiar with Esperia, first roaming its streets would feel like stepping into a living fantasy. Now that the Espers finally understood the importance of preserving nature, they did their best to design their infrastructures in harmony with it. The Espers of the Five Elements continued to use their magic daily, but with…
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Good Food for Good Health
Read more: Good Food for Good HealthThe Espers of Earth were the most familiar with food production. Their Element, Earth, was perfectly suited for it, as rich soils are the foundation of good food. They were also known for their robust health, so the connection between good food and good health was quickly understood by them. And for good reason! Vati,…
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Skillful deception
Read more: Skillful deceptionThe Seven Shapes understood that until the writings of One Daily Tale reached the majority of the Espers, many would continue to act unaware of their own inner Shadow—and how it often moved on their behalf. Eklea, the Shape of Awareness, perhaps had the most difficult task: to make it clear that skillful deception by…
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Crystal Clear
Read more: Crystal ClearAll five elements had traits and behaviors that felt most natural to them. The Espers of the Wind were well known for their listening skills and for their pure character. Each Element had a place in Esperia where it was easier to grow and develop. For the Wind, there was a place known for its…
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Incomplete measures
Read more: Incomplete measuresIf there is one thing the Seven Shapes never failed to do since they wrote One Daily Tale, it was to lead by example. They understood very well the importance each individual held in creating a world of peace, and as the leaders of each Element, the Five Great Elements bore the difficult responsibility of…
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Losing sight of priorities
Read more: Losing sight of prioritiesThe birth of Atma, the Shape of Balance, when the StarDust was discovered at the end of the Chaos War, was a revelation that transformed Esperia into the world of peace whose tales we now narrate. While the Espers of the different Elements held only a faint awareness of one another, it was only recently…
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Consideration for the future
Read more: Consideration for the futureThe Espers weren’t creatures made to consider the future as their first priority.They were similar to human beings in many ways: they had to eat and rest. Esperia, their planet, also had a star it revolved around, creating a cycle of day and night that influenced when they were awake or asleep. With all these…
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Wishing for peace
Read more: Wishing for peaceGuruko and her platypus companion, Cha Cha, were thinking about how Esperia finally became a planet where peace prevailed. “There were wars for thousands of years. How come it never happened before?” asked Guruko. “The end of the Chaos War was the beginning of it all. When the Five Great Elements clashed all at once…
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To the best of one’s ability
Read more: To the best of one’s abilityThis chapter of One Daily Tale led at first to many debates among the Espers. Until then, they didn’t know about the StarDust, how to develop it, or how it could help them understand themselves better: the light created by their StarDust would enable them to see their inner Shadow, often hidden deep inside them.…
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Excessive drinking and eating
Read more: Excessive drinking and eatingKenko, the Shape of Health, knew too well that most of the Espers would not want to hear her words at first. Why? Because she knew that once one has tasted the ease of luxury, of addiction through alcohol, and forgotten the hardship of simply being able to eat every day, it requires far more…