A girl performs a ritual from her favorite childhood storybook to summon a bird that only comes for those brave enough to desire more. Twenty years later, stuck in a life she didn’t consciously choose, she tries again.

The first teaser in a series of films for Company Picnic, a company that makes characters come to life. Today, we finally have the technology for having bi-directional relationships with our childhood heroes. We made a film that shows what this can mean, playing with the company’s core truth (magic is a choice), and how characters can help us choose better quests.