[closed] the sun refusing to accept the humans

[outbounds]

Who: Archnemon, Ingo, Emmet
What: Wayfinding: Icefall Lake
When: early-mid Octoberish
Where: (the mountain pass leading up to the cave system around) the Mountain's Heart
Warnings: To be added if they come up

[ They've been through here before, at least. Ingo and Emmet have, at least; the Zoroark isn't sure about Archnemon. It becomes very clear when the directions they were given have them head up and through a semi-familiar mountain pass, covered in deep snow, avalanche risk high. It'll eventually take them to the cave system where Bidoof had lost consciousness in front of their singing tree, and then needed to be rescued.

Right. So. Familiar tracks at least. Albeit slightly, uncomfortably quiet ones given the avalanche hazard ... but given who else is traveling with them Emmet takes care to stifle any stray threads of disquiet whenever they crop up. Outside of the risk of setting off something they shouldn't, however, this part of the trip is the easier one: there's not as much they need to strictly map when the geography of the pass itself, mountains framing them on either side, means there's really only one route through it, though Emmet cranes his neck upwards to take note of what looks to him like a few more precarious-looking sections of snowpack higher up on the peaks every now and then. He'd like to ask to confirm, really, but Ingo has been verrrrry quiet, for him, uncharacteristically and what would be rather concerningly so if it weren't for the conditions they're in. As for Archnemon...

Maybe they'll all just have to compare notes once they make it past the snowdrifts and out of inclement weather. It's even colder here than it was just one or two months ago, after all, what with the changing season. His thicker winter coat, the extra fur around his paws, and a number of other adaptations that or less just sum up to good insulation keep him more or less at an adequate temperature, but he's not so sure about how well the layers the Hatenna's bundled up in are holding up against the biting wind this high up in the mountains, nevermind the snow threatening hail.

Which probably shows, really, in how often he glances toward the other two with him as if to check on them. ]

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[ As soon as they arrive at Icefall, Archnemon does recognize that it's not quite the paths she'd been on previously. She had been to the valley, and to the crevasse... endured conditions, so at least she knows what to expect in that regard, though that's really what makes it a point to rely on skills for getting through this part as carefully as possible.

As for the cold... she really would like to say it doesn't bother her anyway, she's not particularly weak to it but she's also not immune to it. Why do humans find this cold wet gunk pretty? But it's easier when having a task to do. After all, she even willingly chose to come here, with a skilled team...

... This part though, leaving them unable to communicate unless they want to make themselves vulnerable, she's also been considering. She does not particularly care for the network, with her sensitivities, but it's because of those sensitivities that she realizes they may be able to utilize it to an advantage. Particularly after some time of navigating like this... they're making it work, and there's not too much variance here aside scanning for the larger landmarks that aren't covered up, or uncovered pitfalls by previous groups...

As for Emmet, in particular, she doesn't catch all of his glances toward her, but she can feel something shift occasionally, in that energy vibe he exudes. There's quiet but there's also... disquiet, which makes her start thinking, to her own chagrin, but it's needed: Do they even have those pearls with them? On them, in some capacity? Being a psychic type, it doesn't take too much for her to sense her own, to try and focus, filter out any unnecessary chatter that might be going on, don't mind her Grumpig brothers she has another pair in mind...

Though this might take a little more effort on her part to maintain...

Ring, ring, If they choose to accept the connection, her message relays thusly, 'It should only be us here, but it may make things a little more convenient, right?' ]