Magic Story - Born of Aether - The story of an aetherborn named Yahenni. This seems like another case of a character created too late to get a legendary card.
* Aetherborn know exactly when they will die (of old age), and are thus able to plan out their lives.
* They can sense the emotions of people nearby.
* People think that they invented the aetherborn, but the aetherborn prefer to view it as them inventing themselves. Yahenni is a bit sad that aetherborn haven't actually invented anything since then.
* At a party they're holding, Yanhenni feels thrills from the happiness they're bringing other people.
* Depala is there with her pet hyena.
* Yahenni used to invest in inventors, but they retired once they had 60 days of life left.
* Depala asks if they really aren't going to try to put it off. Yahenni is one of the rare aetherborn capable of draining energy from people. They considered it, but want to go out the natural way. Depala says that a few extra days probably isn't worth the guilt.
* Oviya Pashiri, Chandra, and Nissa come in to the party. Yahenni thinks Chandra is way out of fashion, but they're fascinated by Nissa. Yahenni has no interest in romance, but rather thinks it will benefit them socially to pal around with an unusual and interesting person.
* They head to a private area. Pashiri tells them about Chandra being Pia's daughter, and Pia being captured. Yahenni's surprised they didn't know that.
* They don't know where she would be imprisoned, and they apologize for not being able to help. Chandra angrily states that if it was one of their parents imprisoned, they'd help, but Yahenni flippantly points out they have one of those. Chandra feels foolish, but it doesn't bother them.
* A group of reveling aetherborn burst into the mansion, carrying a dissolving aetherborn on a chair. They shout that it's their penultimate party (the last one before dying), and they go to the main party upstairs. Chandra decides to join the party upstairs, to maybe get more information, but Nissa would rather not.
* Yahenni detects her distress and talks with her. Nissa talks vaguely of celebrations her tribe had on Zendikar, in places that no longer exist.
* Yahenni doesn't find anything odd about her not knowing about aetherborn. They appear to only exist in the city, so a "country girl" wouldn't know much about them. They describe how aetherborn work, with them being born of the aether, living from 4 weeks to 4 years, and "families" of aetherborn laying claim to certain areas known to produce them and adopting any that stumble out of there.
* Nissa says this reminds her of nature elementals. She has a hard time accepting something "natural" like this could come out of a city. Yahenni remarks that even in the city, nature is still all around them. After a bit, Nissa is able to understand how nature works on Kaladesh, in a cycle.
* A consulate officer comes to the door, seemingly looking for Nissa and Chandra. Yahenni gives the two a plan. Nissa knocks the guard out, and Yahenni interrogates him about where Pia is being help. They do this simply by asking him about various prisons and detecting the change in his emotions.
* This way, they discover that Pia is at Dhund Prison. Baral is stationed there. Chandra, Nissa, and Pashiri leave.
* Yahenni turns their attention back to the aetherborn who was holding their penultimate party. They're just a minute from dying, and are choosing to do so in an empty bathroom. Yahenni notices a security anklet, showing that they had escaped from prison. The officer was actually here for that aetherborn.
* After the aetherborn dies, Yahenni goes through their belongings, and sees that they were arrested for petty theft.
* Yahenni thinks that it's unfair that they'll die soon too, and how much of a waste it is that the Consulate is arresting aetherborn for minor crimes, given how little time they have.
* They start to have the thought that they could use their energy draining to get revenge for the aetherborn that just died, but they dismiss it. They go back to the party, announce their biggest one yet after the conclusion of the Inventors' Fair, and feels alive again from the revelry.
R. It's actually great. If you have the time check it out, Magic stories are much better when they're about worldbuilding and character exploration like this. There's no action, it's just a nice quiet story. I love it.
