Jasper and Willow, two new siblings, discover anomalies centered around the Town Square spruce just before the annual lighting ceremony. Jasper’s new weather vane is frozen in place, and Willow notices the red wiring leading to the lighting panel has faded to pink, mirroring the ink fading noted elsewhere in town. Jasper realizes the silver charm in his pocket is unusually warm, suggesting the magnetic resonance is highly concentrated at the spruce, threatening the Star Seed planting ritual. Willow heads to the maintenance shed to find non-metallic felt padding, hoping to dampen the localized energy field so the weather vane can function and the ceremony can proceed.