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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aethmud" data-source="post: 9624561" data-attributes="member: 6746292">Jack gins widely at the little tyke, chuckling, "You noticed!  Yes, I'm magic through and through. Well, mostly magic. There's also a bit of laughter from a dancing snowflake, half a hiccup from a squirrel, a smidgen of nonsense, and two and a third sneezes from a sleepy dragonfly." He winks at the eldest child as he adds, "Oh yes, a pinch of rainbow shadow too. I always forget that bit."He reaches behind the young child's ear and seems to grasp something hidden there, then reveals a luminescent wisp of a dragonfly in his palm. Taking the child's hand, Jack coaxes the ghostly insect to crawl in, and it circles about, inhales sharply a few times as though it were about to sneeze, and nestles down for a nap. Jack grasps the child's other hand and places it on top to make a cupped shelter for the illusory dragonfly. "You keep this one safe, now, child.""A sneaky snowman, you say?  Sounds ominous." Jack's eyebrows furrow and his eyes narrow into a much more serious demeanor.  "Y'know kids, I've never had a chance to tell anyone about this before but, you see, back in the Feywild, we once had a scandal when a naughty dryad enchanted an entire orchard of snow-covered apple trees, and the apples started hurling icicles at travelers. One poor family of rabbits even had their hats knocked right off their heads!""But your situation sounds much more dire indeed!  Let me teach you a song." Jack proceeds to teach the children a song about stranger danger at magical sledding hills:Beware the Snowman,For the rabbit traps lie bare,Just some scattered fur, and the rumors stir—Children, stay away from there!Beware the Snowman,He awakens in the snow,With his pipe alight, he stalks the night,And his hunger seems to grow.Thumpity-thump-thump,Thumpity-thump-thump,Footprints in the frost.Thumpity-thump-thump,Thumpity-thump, CountThe rabbits, some are lost!The children start to squirm and grimace, and Jack's song is plainly too on the nose for them. Recognizing their unease, he laughs and claps a hand on the eldest child's shoulder, explaining, "You must be careful about going to that hill only in broad daylight for the time being, children, and not by yourselves!  Bring someone with you.  But do not fret, our song does yet have a good ending too."Gathered the townsfolk,With adventurers in tow,With torches bright, they faced the fright,And they melted down their foe!Thumpity thump-thump,Thumpity thump-thump,No more need to hide!Thumpity thump-thump,Thumpity thump, ourHill is safe to slide!Jack asks the children to explain in detail how to get to the sledding hill, and exactly where it is in relation to the town, noting silently to himself that it could be a site to investigate once the party has a bit of extra time on its hands.</blockquote>

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