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[wintershepherd]

[ Guess whose internal almanac confirmed that today is officially the first day of Autumn? That's right, this guy! Who's currently bouncing around his treehouse like an over-caffeinated grasshopper while Baby Tooth peeks in the corner of the console screen with an expression like welp that's Jack for you. Whether viewers can perceive them, especially the newer arrivals, will remain to be seen. ]

WHOOOHOOO! Goodbye Summer, goodbye! Have a good vacation! Don't hurry back!

[ And then with a final whoop of joy, the feed turns off! Yeah, that's all he wanted to share. ]

Comments

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[wingedwarrior]

[Wow that's. Loud. And enthusiastic.] I'm guessing you must really not like summer.

[Which is weird, since that pale face could use a little color.]

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[wintershepherd]

I'd like it fine if it was about 50 degrees colder!

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[wingedwarrior]

Then it wouldn't really be summer anymore, it would be winter.

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[wintershepherd]

Exactly!!

[ omg someone who understands! ♥ ]

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[wingedwarrior]

I'll never understand all the hype about a little cold weather. [NOPE.]

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[wintershepherd]

Because it's great! It's not muggy or sticky, there's no sunburn to deal with!

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[wingedwarrior]

It's also freezing cold, and there's all the rain and snow to deal with. [You know how hard it can be to fly in bad weather.]

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[wintershepherd]

Okay, I can maybe see your point with rain but snow is perfect and you can't convince me otherwise.

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[wingedwarrior]

How can you get this excited over a little frozen water?

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[wintershepherd]

[ He takes in her wings and draws a parallel. ]

Think of it like... you spend three quarters of the year underground, where there's only a tiny bit of room to fly. Doesn't open air look pretty great to you after that?

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[wingedwarrior]

[Just the thought of being trapped underground makes her gut wrench, but she doesn't show it. She hasn't had to worry about her claustrophobia for ages.] You have no idea.

So winter's like that for you? Must be pretty important.

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[wintershepherd]

Yeah... that's pretty much exactly what it's like. I'm used to being able to move wherever winter goes but being here, I'm stuck.

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[wingedwarrior]

[And the importance factor was just upped by ten.] Do you need winter to survive or something? Moving from place to place just to go with it.

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[wintershepherd]

I... kind of... am Winter. Spirit of, that is.

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[wingedwarrior]

[Her eyebrows raise in surprise a little, but nothing more than interest is on her face.] That explains a lot. I imagined a winter spirit as a bit... older, though.

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[wintershepherd]

Yeah. I get that from pretty much everyone.

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[wingedwarrior]

[She shrugs.] Hey, I never said it was a bad thing.

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[wintershepherd]

If I'm gonna be permanently stuck at the same age, there are worse ones to be than 17.

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[wingedwarrior]

Yeah, like thirteen. Forever stuck at the beginning of puberty.

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[wintershepherd]

[ he laughs ]

See, that's exactly my point!

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[wingedwarrior]

So what exactly can you do?

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[wintershepherd]

As a spirit? Well... I don't age. I can talk to the Winds. Kids normally can't see me unless they believe in me, back home... adults not at all.

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[wingedwarrior]

Why not? [She suspects weird magic bullshit at hand here.]

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[wintershepherd]

It's just the way things work for spirits. It's a dumb rule, in my opinion.

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[wingedwarrior]

For all spirits? That doesn't make much sense, why bother being invisible?