The Ascension On Astralar II
After their short bout of fun spouting howls into the valley behind them, Rickter and the other two continued to carefully tread onward up the slopes towards the next section of the mountain pass. Before too long they'd begin to reach another jagged peak near their previous stop, where the range began to span in the form of plateaus for them to traverse as they chose.
From the looks of it, there were quite a few ways they could cross this part of the range, however, there was also the fact that light piles of snow dust already covered much of the rocky ground all around them. By now the air felt colder than before, enough to where Hannah and Telion both shivered lightly. "Told ya it'd be getting pretty cold soon." He remarked in regards to his mentioning of the drop in temperature earlier, while they were busy scaling the slopes to get where they were now.
"Yeah, so? Where's our stop big guy?" Telion teased him heartily with a wink as she approached him, looking around afterward to admire more of the scenery.
"With a bit of luck, we should find it between those crags there." He answered with a nod towards the north, at a crevice between two adjacent peaks of the mountain. "Word is there's a hot spring there we can find, it'll be useful for keeping us warm throughout the night."
"So that's your plan!" Telion remarked with enthusiasm, garnering a look of surprise from Hannah no less.
"Clever boy." The brunette remarked with her arms crossed, the trail of her breath lightly visible within the air as they talked.
"It's not the greatest idea but it works." Was all Rickter had to say in turn, before light screeches were heard carrying out through the sky. "And... it looks like getting there will be a hassle." He noted with a lofty sigh as he and the other two looked to the air above the peaks, noticing movement as four-legged creatures appeared to be flying about frantically among the rocky spires. "Great. Flyers..."
"Should've gone with Elementalism then huh?" Telion jested quickly with a lean forward, peering into Rickter's eyes with a playful grin beaming up at him. The wolf almost rolled his eyes in turn, admittedly wishing that he did in fact choose the other Rune. Though... Negation had its uses for sure, and while he wasn't able to attack at range, Rickter still had his partners to rely on for that ordeal.
"Don't worry," Hannah weighed in with her head thrown back, so that her hair would be thrown over one shoulder when she did, "whatever wretched beasts lurk up here, we can handle them so long as we work together." Rickter noticed the handle of a pistol jutting out at her waist, which intrigued the wolf since he'd never actually used one before... much less seen one up close.
"Alright then," He remarked in turn with a look towards the plateau, minding where several of these creatures flocked in turn, "we'll try to keep low and cut through there." As he spoke Rickter pointed at a point that looked to drop off, almost certain that there would be a way down if they could reach there. However, they had quite the obstacle course to run, and with aviary creatures to dodge that would be even more challenging.
"Lead the way." Hannah encouraged him as she and Telion looked to ready themselves, their faces wrought with determination as they prepared for the run. The wolf groaned lowly with a nod, the straps of his body pack adjusted so his shoulders felt less strained. Already his upper back had started to hurt from carrying everything for too long, but hopefully, it wouldn't be much longer before they reached the spring Rickter had mentioned earlier. Thus after a few deep inhales and exhales were shared, the wolf led his companions onward toward the plateau before them.
Ash 32nd, 120th, 123rd Year, A.o.S.
From the looks of it, there were quite a few ways they could cross this part of the range, however, there was also the fact that light piles of snow dust already covered much of the rocky ground all around them. By now the air felt colder than before, enough to where Hannah and Telion both shivered lightly. "Told ya it'd be getting pretty cold soon." He remarked in regards to his mentioning of the drop in temperature earlier, while they were busy scaling the slopes to get where they were now.
"Yeah, so? Where's our stop big guy?" Telion teased him heartily with a wink as she approached him, looking around afterward to admire more of the scenery.
"With a bit of luck, we should find it between those crags there." He answered with a nod towards the north, at a crevice between two adjacent peaks of the mountain. "Word is there's a hot spring there we can find, it'll be useful for keeping us warm throughout the night."
"So that's your plan!" Telion remarked with enthusiasm, garnering a look of surprise from Hannah no less.
"Clever boy." The brunette remarked with her arms crossed, the trail of her breath lightly visible within the air as they talked.
"It's not the greatest idea but it works." Was all Rickter had to say in turn, before light screeches were heard carrying out through the sky. "And... it looks like getting there will be a hassle." He noted with a lofty sigh as he and the other two looked to the air above the peaks, noticing movement as four-legged creatures appeared to be flying about frantically among the rocky spires. "Great. Flyers..."
"Should've gone with Elementalism then huh?" Telion jested quickly with a lean forward, peering into Rickter's eyes with a playful grin beaming up at him. The wolf almost rolled his eyes in turn, admittedly wishing that he did in fact choose the other Rune. Though... Negation had its uses for sure, and while he wasn't able to attack at range, Rickter still had his partners to rely on for that ordeal.
"Don't worry," Hannah weighed in with her head thrown back, so that her hair would be thrown over one shoulder when she did, "whatever wretched beasts lurk up here, we can handle them so long as we work together." Rickter noticed the handle of a pistol jutting out at her waist, which intrigued the wolf since he'd never actually used one before... much less seen one up close.
"Alright then," He remarked in turn with a look towards the plateau, minding where several of these creatures flocked in turn, "we'll try to keep low and cut through there." As he spoke Rickter pointed at a point that looked to drop off, almost certain that there would be a way down if they could reach there. However, they had quite the obstacle course to run, and with aviary creatures to dodge that would be even more challenging.
"Lead the way." Hannah encouraged him as she and Telion looked to ready themselves, their faces wrought with determination as they prepared for the run. The wolf groaned lowly with a nod, the straps of his body pack adjusted so his shoulders felt less strained. Already his upper back had started to hurt from carrying everything for too long, but hopefully, it wouldn't be much longer before they reached the spring Rickter had mentioned earlier. Thus after a few deep inhales and exhales were shared, the wolf led his companions onward toward the plateau before them.
"Every side attacks you when you don't pick sides."
