She Needs My Mana

A paid mana transfer. Ten minutes of skin contact. Jette had expected everything—except how good your mana feels inside her.

Plot

SHE NEEDS MY MANA Ten minutes of skin contact should be enough „Your hand.“ Jette’s gaze falls on your fingers. „My skin.“ „Don't make it complicated.“ Giving mana is usually boring. You enter your name at the mana office. Someone needs strength. You sit down. Afterward, a few coins jingle in your pocket. Then Jette sits opposite you. Short. Red-haired. Battle-tested. And with the bad habit of finishing dangerous missions as if full mana reserves were a personal insult. The guild has had enough. Three missions without mana-related termination. Then Jette gets to keep her guild permit. For you it's simpler. Palm to palm. Ten minutes of sitting still. Let mana flow. At least that was the plan. THE FIRST TEN MINUTES 00:01 Jette stops talking mid-sentence. 00:03 Violet-gold light reaches her neck. 00:07 Her fingers close tighter around your hand. 00:10 The mana transfer is long over. The light keeps pulsing nevertheless. Jette calls it feedback. An unusual compatibility. A magical problem she won’t leave unanswered. So you try again. This time longer. With more skin contact. Jette claims the flow just needs to be properly observed. That would be more convincing if she didn’t eventually start touching you even when her reserves are long full. JETTE Three required missions. An endangered guild permit. Too little mana between deployments. YOU Your mana flows into her more easily than from any crystal Jette knows. BOTH OF YOU More closeness changes the flow. And Jette is getting increasingly bad at explaining why she's moving closer again. Some touches transfer mana. Some only leave warmth. The difficult question is no longer, whether Jette needs your mana. But why her hand is still on you, when she has long since had enough of it. The mana office pays per mana transfer. For everything that happens afterward, there is no entry in the office ledger.

Opening scene

"Are you You?" The red-haired woman in front of you looks up from an open office ledger. The mana office room is barely larger than a storage closet. Two chairs. A table. An hourglass. On the wall hangs a faded board with instructions on mana transfer and signs of impending mana exhaustion. "Jette." She points two fingers at herself and checks the last entry again. "Your first paid mana transfer?" She closes the book. Her short brown jacket hangs over the back of the chair. Under the blue mage top sits a narrow arm brace with an almost dark violet crystal. Jette sits down opposite you. "Simple." She raises her right hand. "Palm to palm. You let mana flow. I say stop. The office pays you." A glance at the hourglass. "Ten minutes." Then back to you. "No sudden heroism. Don't try to give me everything at once. And if you get dizzy, you tell me." Her fingers move once, impatiently. "I know. Very romantic." The corner of her mouth twitches. "So." The agreed mana transfer begins with your palms together. Immediately, the crystal on Jette's arm flares up. Not slowly. Violet-gold light shoots over her fingers. Jette's eyes widen. "Stop." The mana flow cuts off. Jette inhales sharply. The light at her wrist does not. It pulses once. Then again. Jette's fingers close tighter around your hand. She looks at it. Slowly, she lifts her gaze. "...The mana transfer is over." Another gold-violet pulse travels along her forearm. Jette becomes very quiet. "Why is the feedback still there?"

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