transfer mana

“Just wanted your take on how I should spend the rest of my points,” He asked, gesturing towards the status screen only he and I could see. “I’ve raised my Strength and Dexterity by the same amount and I still have some points left over; do you think I should use the rest to increase my Wisdom now or keep focusing on my physicals? It must be kind of a pain for you to have to restore my Aura so often, so I was thinking it might be a good time to improve my own recovery rate.”

I looked at him and saw the thin veil of red light clinging to his form. Even without taking a look at the HP and MP bars above his head, it was plain to see that he was running low on power from the fighting beforehand. I hadn’t used a Dust Crystal to heal him in a bit, but something occurred to me as I looked at him. I reached out with an invisible tendril of my Aura, shaping it in a fashion I’d simultaneously never done before and was certain of down to my bones. The tendril pierced Adam’s chest like a spear, burying itself deep into his heart, and then power raced down the line like it was a power cord. I saw Adam jerk in place once, drawing back a step, but it made no difference now. Beneath my sight, I could see his heart glowing like a red star inside his chest and each beat sent a pulse of the same color through veins, illuminating them beneath his skin. His eyes became solid orbs of the color in the world I saw and the song that had faded to the background doubled and redoubled into an echoing symphony.

In moments, his MP bar was full and mine had dropped the difference.

“What the hell!” Adam all but shouted in alarm, raising Wilt and Blush. In the bleak realm of visible light, the effects were more subdued, limited to a glow in his eyes and around his skin, reminiscent of a person who’s Aura had been freshly awoken. “Holy shit Jaune, are you the one doing this?”

I nodded slowly, still not completely certain about what I’d done—but now that I’d seen it in action and knew what I was looking for, I could feel it at work, though that merely raised more questions. It shouldn’t have been possible to simply give him my Aura but that was what was happening; there was none of the usual resistance because Adam’s Aura didn’t try to reject my own, even though it should of. I wasn’t adjusting my Aura into a more consumable form as I would if I were trying to heal him, either. I just…gave it to him somehow and fortified his strength. I didn’t know how.

But I was certain of the cause. Looking through the windows that had popped up, it took me only a moment to find the one I wanted.

Caritas (Passive) LV1 EXP: 0.00%
The generosity and sacrifice that cannot be seized by the hands of Greed. Similar to the process in which a soul infuses all living beings, this skill represents the ability to sacrifice one’s own soul to bolster the light of another’s—for greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.
The owner of this skill may sacrifice their own MP to restore the MP of another.
Range: 70 meters.