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

One day not too long afterwards, your grandma gets your attention at the kitchen table and asks to talk to you. She's been living in the house with you since the day of the vote, keeping busy with redecorating and tending to the yard outside—and for the most part, the two of you have led your own independent lives. Sometimes you hear her typing something in her study, the sound of whirring computers filling the hall; but usually she's walking through the house or out in the yard, smiling to herself as she gets to work doing what she loves. Since you came back from the forest, she's been about as happy as you've ever seen her.


To start with, she asks you how you're doing, and for a little while you just catch up together about some of the things that have been happening lately.


One thing you bring up is how the town has reacted to the developments being approved, and just how quickly they have already taken root in Silvertree. Although life is mostly just going on as usual, there are still a lot of people who are disappointed, or even angry, at the Town Council's decision; and there are about as many people who are welcoming gladly, and even asking if there will be more expansions any time soon. For now, there haven't been any announcements about what the Town Council is planning for the future; just that they're going to try and do what's best for Silvertree, however they can.


And when your grandma asks how you feel about what happened, you tell her that you're:


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