PlayerOliver

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

Your grandma rarely shows this kind of excitement—and for that reason, you know this plan must be a good one. She's far too practical, and far too cautious, to let herself believe something could work without good reason.


And you almost can't wait to see how it's going to happen.


Before you have time to think about it any more, your grandma taps her hand against the desk and glances at the row of monitors.


"What I hadn't anticipated, of course, was that you would be here to help me," she tells you as she pulls over a mouse and clicks between the screens. "It should make it much easier, having two of us rather than just one, but it does mean there need to be a few adjustments."


You expect her to start typing again, making whatever changes need to be made. But she doesn't—and instead, she shifts her chair over a few inches and pushes the keyboard towards you.


"Now—I know it might seem like it would be as simple as pressing a button," your grandma says, nodding towards the words Click to Execute Code. "But that's not really how it works. This isn't ordinary computer code—I've studied a little about it, of course, but I wouldn't have a chance in hell of making something work on a normal machine. The benefit of having magic at your disposal, of course, is that you get to bend the rules a little."


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