>>6336827After exchanging a few more pleasantries, with some invasive questions that you avoid answering, you finally manage to leave this place.
You exit into the forest, where the teal trees slowly transition into more normal colors. You find yourself once more, near the river, having exited a wooded area that was impossible for you to be in, given the direction you entered in and the relatively straight path that you took through that weird place.
It seems that your wound has gotten infected, but not in the strange pus kind of way that is common in deep puncture wounds like the snake's bite. It seems that the cold in that place had seeped into your bones in a way that makes them ache. You get the feeling that ointments and painkillers wouldn't be enough to make this go away.
You now walk with a limp.
There may be other consequences for walking through that fairy-tale space that you don't yet know about.
You return home, limping all the way and it takes you longer than you expected to make your way from the river back to your house.
You think you'll need to take a few days' break before you go on an adventure like that again.
When you return, your mother seems to be in a much better mood, despite the late hour. She's cooking some stew, the same stew you've had for the past few days, with ingredients added to replace the ingredients that had been taken out. The flavor of the stew changes day by day, so you haven't gotten tired of it at all.
>You have three downtime actions, before you're ready to go on an adventure again.For your downtime actions, you may:
> Examine one of the magic items you have that you haven't figured out yet.>> Wolfjade Bangle>> Denim and gold trousers>> Wolfleather Sandals>> Gem Green ShirtAs these items are fairly low power, they don't have much nuance to figure out.
>Socialize with Lock, Shock and BarrelThe local troublemakers are always up to mean pranks. Thwarting them will increase your reputation as a helpful child, while helping them might help you pick up a couple of tricks, while tanking your reputation.
>Socialize with the schoolchildrenYou're not enrolled. Your mother couldn't pay the tuition on a widow's budget. That doesn't stop you from trying to socialize with others of your age group. Exchanging stories of your adventures here yields child lore fragments that can be useful in future adventures.