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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]

[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?

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[wintershepherd]

[ he shrugs kind of helplessly; it's not by choice ]

Old Hills told me once... spirits fade out when they're not needed any more. That there are a lot less than there used to be.

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[wingedwarrior]

And who gets to decide when they're "not needed anymore"?

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[wintershepherd]

Wish I knew that, but I don't. I guess you'd probably have to ask someone who's been around longer than I have, sorry.