Without the magic, Pippin, Catherine and Theo start over.

No one has seen the mysterious actors from the controversial show, Pippin, for several decades. That is, until the year 2047. A young writer for the NY Times, Charlotte, writes to her sister about how she was given the task of interviewing one of the actors.

Every year they come. Over time people have forgotten the players. They are still told about in legends and bedtime stories to small children, to warn them to behave. There is a reason that the residents of the village make up the stories, though. Because they . They how, long ago, a boy named Pippin, broke a promise. And they've been paying for it ever since.