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When you were a kid, you lived with your grandmother in the small town of Silvertree, on the edge of a magical forest. Grandma is a witch, and she taught you how to use your magic to affect the natural world, too. “Magic is a part of you,” she always told you. “Learning how to use it means figuring out who you are.”

Now you’re 19 and on your own. After years of living in the forest while you perfected your witchcraft, you’ve returned to take care of your grandmother’s house and crow-familiar while she’s gone. Figuring out who you are feels more important than ever - not to mention, figuring out what Silvertree is. A lot is just as you remembered: the friendly generous next-door neighbors with a kid just your age, the proud town council, the quaint little shops with quirky punny names, the gentle shadowy forest full of magic.

Stone in the shoe

As Dina raises her voice again to try and reason with the crowd, you start to notice a steady stream of people appearing from neighboring streets to see what the commotion is—and at the same time making it even harder for people to leave the area, trapping the whirlwind of a crowd in a confined space.


"Everybody, please stay calm!" Rana calls again. "I think we should all try and gather back on this side of the street so we can work out what to do."


Most of the people around you don't seem to hear her. At the same time, you can hear Dina trying to direct people to stay where they are, not seeming to realize that the protesters aren't deliberately causing trouble. Meanwhile there are people on the sidelines clamoring for information from people in the crowd—but among the onlookers you spot Maxie and Zoe, both obviously drawn away from work by the noise. From what you can tell, they seem to be trying to persuade the new influx of people to move away so that the crowd of protesters can get off the street.


With so many conflicting instructions, the crowd is growing more confused than ever. You can tell that if the pressure isn't lifted soon, this protest will come to a fairly unpleasant end.


What can you do to try and bring things back to normal?


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