"Raw logs for Rain" By White_light (https://pastebin.com/u/White_light) URL: https://pastebin.com/kPYjD0Lk Created on: Sunday 7th of June 2015 03:03:03 PM CDT Retrieved on: Monday 26 of October 2020 09:59:31 AM UTC It had been roughtly two hours since White's arrival to Mist Veil now, donning technician uniform with two full bags of food and canteens, her longsword which's pummel and part of the leather clad grip poked out frm under the overcloak, at her sides there was both a bulky, heavy crossbow, trademarked ursa innovations on the barrel, and a small iron cylinder container on the other side keeping her map. dangling by some leather strapes she had spoke with the sentries poster at the palisade and whomever adressed her after but the mare mostly kept to herself after having spoke with the pony presumably in charge of the little base just reportingon her findings and asking what was up simply, before giving her farewells and finding a empty cot to lay on in the main hall of the fortress, it had been a while she was here last and it still looked so familiar... The glowmoss on the walls the dampness and the mist of the tunnels she walked through to get to the main hall, lanterns and the miriads of cots and tables made her a bit nostalgic really, and while her eyes were busy takng in the pretty caverny scenery she quickly strided her way across the main hall careful with her weapons and other things rattling and dangling around as she walked... "Man... I kinda i brought back Mew now... huh..." -*- WhiteLight|PMifneeded sighed, stopping for a moment to ruffle her disheveled mane around just because, sending all the hair to stick up, tangle and fall on her muzzle in the process as she began to quickly head off to an empty cot and take a seat, starting to undo all the leather straps wrapped around her chest and waiss, nervously and visibly glancing down at her map every now and then... ... unfamiliar, to say the least, was the feeling of chilliness that was swirling around the tail of one of the lonely ponies who limped into the hallway... Even in the damp environment in here and itchy hot weather outside with summer's onset, the lanky grey stallion felt the odd cold cloudiness through entire day. Not that he wasn't prone to catch different ailments here and there? Or sneezes and runny nose that would usually appear at this time of the year due unknown grasses blooming outside, not unlike back at home? The pin-pointy sensation of needles itching their way through the length of his tail, however, was something new... or distantly familiar. -*- WhiteLight|PMifneeded , strap by strap, she carefully starting taking off all the straps wrapped around her front half and quickly grabbed onto the heavy crossbow with both forehooves to gently heave it down on the ground next to the cot, setting the 'butt' of the thing down and balancing the underside of the barrle on the cot... Casting a quick, cursory glance around the place to see what the others were up to or if peple were giving her waves and looks while she didn't see... She noticed a... Gray? Pony limping through into the hall and she paused for a second to squint her eyes at him as something struck her as familiar for some reason... But out of fear of exchangig him for someone else she just kept quiet, frowning slightly as he looked back down to her chestplate again, taking out the 4 bolts from the front pockets next to her insignia to put them down next to the crossbow... The cylinder down near it... And taking out a canteen from the left bag under the overcoat. peple were giving her waves and looks while she didn't see... She noticed a... Gray? Pony limping through into the hall and she paused for a second to squint her eyes at him as something struck her as familiar for some reason... But out of fear of exchangig him for someone else she just kept quiet, frowning slightly as he looked back down to her chestplate again, taking out the 4 bolts from the front pockets next to her insignia to put them down next to the crossbow... The cylinder down near it... And casually taking out a canteen from the left bag under the overcoat to take a few sips ending up staring off into space towards the eastern wall as she did... <-> Sei ora conosciuto come WhiteLight -*- Able_Tome limped through hallway's entry gate, breathing in and consequenty coughing from time to time, the watery, steamy environment of Mist Veil and high humidity getting to his lungs, grumpily reminding the green overcloak wearing stallion about dust from the past, "... should've used bandages.", he quietly grumbled out to himself while grey horn was illuminating dim, glowmoss-glowing -*- Able_Tome space in front of him with ghostly, white light. The stallion's gait wasn't impressive, showing signs of fatigue after good hours of trotting through woods, his burn-scar-split face looking tired and nose effectively clogged and sniffling... the first week of the summer wasn't his favorite of times - not strolling outside and 'round wilderness at least - as the short period of time was -*- Able_Tome often nagging him with an annoying allergy. The fur itself and the twitch wasn't leaving him alone either... Sighing to himself, the tired brown eyes couldn't help, but take a glance around the interior. The reclaimed diamond dog made architecture always had an odd vibe to it, the rudimentary machinery, gears at the gate, polished walls, grates and that golden-hued arch, a posh entry -*- Able_Tome into the room with engravings? Hmm... lavish for something as small as this? The weary gaze would've stared at that very same arch as he approached it with measured steps, his leather scaled armor under clothing quietly squaking and being noisy... "Right... Now..." White, after having laid down the longsword under the cot but keeping the hunting dagger's sabbard strapped behind her left hoof out of lazyness, WOULD have collapsed back on the cot and passed out right there and then, but, just a she jerked her body back to lay back her eyes inevitably fall on the stallion limping it, now that he was a it closer it was considerably more obvious who it was from the scarring of the face, the limping gait and all of that... She double taked, blinking and slowl ypulling herself up as she rolled her shoulders and tiredly rubbed the back of her aching neck with her boot-clad forehoof... "M-Mr Able Tome...!" She quietly and timidly called out to him, giving him a little wave in the hopes he would turn to notice her, "H-hey! S-- Hm." -*- WhiteLight chewed on her lips to make sure the 'sir' didn't come out of her lips, her ears folding slightly with embarassment as she jerked her head to the side to move the unruly tufts of hair out of her face. "Huh...?" would've came out from under the stallion's breath as his head would've turned in direction of the voice from the section of cots... a-ah... The stallion had a tendency to zone out during most of his walks, be it outside, inside, venues... even when visiting guests, his attention tending to cling to an immediate thought or a thing while sacrificing focus on other - much to his dismay and embarrasment, "-- oh... uh--", he coughed a bit and turned away from the gateway on the side of the hall to face the mare, his attention taking it's time to switch to her, culminating in a tired, thin smile, "-- g'day, miss Light..." -*- Able_Tome would've lifted his hoof up to return a wobbly wave, making the wolf-pelt reinforced green fabric from inside, too warm for outside's weather, to crinkle and stretch -*- WhiteLight couldn't help but giggle heartily to the distracted stallion's behaviour when responding, unable to stop herself from smiling widely to him as she lifted her left hoof simply sporting a black leather boot as it is custom of the vault's uniform, along with a tiiiiny addition of a broad scabbard strapped aorund behind the sleeve with a rather big hunting knife sheathed in it, to wave back "Sorry, don't mean to distract you i just wanted to say hi, long time no see..." She said, her voice rather cheerful and peppy actually, as she slowly leaned back to lay on her back over the cot with a sigh of relief. wanted to say hi, long time no see..." She said, her voice rather cheerful and peppy actually, as she slowly leaned back to lay on her back over the cot with a sigh of relief, quetly restinf her forehooves over the chestplate of her black leather scale armor, the overcoat quickly parting to drape itself backwards over the cot as she stared silently towards the ceiling again. -*- Able_Tome 's smile widened up if only for several seconds a he slowly approached her, in his measured, somewhat strained looking steps, "... it's alright. After hours of getting t'here one could use a rest or what not...", her reached one of the empty cots opposite of her's and tried to seat himself on it, the magical aura pulling his hood and letting disheaveled mane loose, while another -*- Able_Tome spark enveloped his longsword's handle, pulling entire thing and saddlebags off him, "Long time no see, indeed... 's been weeks, eh?" -*- Able_Tome oof'd when the weapon lifted up, eyes switching their attention to the wobbly thing and directing it back on the cot, behind, before taking a glance over her uniform, knife 'n equipment... a lil' smirk cradled up on the corner of his lips, "Decided to go fir a lil' camping trip?" -*- WhiteLight casually pulls one of her forehooves back over her head to pull all the, much like Able's, unruly and unkept blue and crimson striped mane back over the cot as she quickly turned her head around to the side to listen closely, her smile cheery and friendly smile still lingering on her lips, "Yeah, i... Think? Agh..." She sighed to herself as her smile suddenly turns a bit bitter for a moment, her eyes shifting down towards his sword... "I should try to keep in touch with people but i keep forgetting... And yeah I guess you could say that." She nodded, smile picking up again as she makes eye contact again, "I'm... Actually up to towering mountain to visit the sanctuary since i don't really have much to loose anymore, heh." sword... "I should try to keep in touch with people but i keep forgetting... And yeah I guess you could say that." She nodded, smile picking up again as she makes eye contact again, "I'm... Actually up to towering mountain to visit the sanctuary since i don't really have much to loose anymore, heh." -*- Able_Tome blinked at the last statement with his smile starting to wane at her words... ahh... not to mention a clump-of-a-feeling that began to emerge somewhere around his stomach "... you--", but silence dawned upon him while he sat frozen on the cot's spot, besides his aura that proceeded to peel his overcloak off... Seconds have passed before he breathed out, "... -- I see... ahh..." -*- Able_Tome With another sighing breath, he lifted his eyes from the floor to look at her, "-- there are ponies out here and out there that know ya, both from this land and land out there, at this point..." "There are things to loose...", he said and offered a weak smile back, "-- and keeping in touch is a subjective thing... some of us keep everyone close to our memories, even when separated? Neighbors and not, when the interest sparks up, there are-- ah, but traveling to sanctuary with that sentiment--... reminds me about my own trip to there, of sorts..." -*- WhiteLight 's smile turns into more crooked, confused one for a second a she noticed his wooly expression and pauses, slowly turning to lay on her side and resting her head on the pillow as she stayed expectantly quiet to listen even when he seemed to pause for a good few seconds as her smile finally fades, the thought of him not really knowing dawning on her making her look a bit saddened... The mar eonly really replying after that he spoke that sentense, "Eh, i... Guess. Feels more like i mde the wrong choice than anything, pretty much traded my own happiness for... Everyone else's i think, maybe... Which... Isn't bad bit it doesn't help that i feel like a sack of shit for having done it." Her voice suddenly rises a bit with a tone more upset than cheery... And then paused to listen to the rest in silence while she pursed her lip bitterly against her cheek, "I... KNow i have /something/ to loose but.. Its... Not as important you know?" after that he spoke that sentense, "Eh, i... Guess. Feels more like i mde the wrong choice than anything, pretty much traded my own happiness for... Everyone else's i think, maybe... Which... Isn't bad bit it doesn't help that i feel like a sack of shit for having done it." Her voice suddenly rises a bit with a tone more upset than cheery... And then paused to listen to the rest in silence while she pursed her lip bitterly against her cheek, "I... KNow i have /something/ to loose but.. Its... Not as important you know? Because their life doesn't depend on what i choose to do all the time..." -*- WhiteLight leaned her head forward on the pilow to quickly glance back towards the bulky, almost rifle-sized crossbow resting against the side of the cot and the gates behind them... "And... Pfff i just wanna talk to people... I feel like i should go out of my way to know how people are doing but i don't feel like doing things..." -*- WhiteLight clicks her tongue, "Sorry for rambling Mr Able_Tome..." -*- Able_Tome shifted on the cot, sniffing several times while he listened to her, giving a nod or two to her words before nngh'ing at the last statement, giving a stopping wave with his hoof by the end, "Don't be sorry for it... as it is perfectly fine to express own thoughts to others, especially about something that truly bothers you, alright?", he said with with the slavic accent and slowly -*- Able_Tome lifted himself up on his hooves with another oof, green cloak's brought back and off him, a rare sight outside his residence, revealing the armor and two small saddlebags off each one of his sides, the white aura proceeding to work on peeling those off him. Shabby mane and fur looked messy and somewhat unkept, more so than usual, while stallion stabilized himself on his legs, brown eyes -*- Able_Tome inspecting the hall, "...something abjectly wrong with the thought of 'others are burdened as they are'... depends on ponies, characters and variables, of course, but--", he pauses himself and looks at her with a tiny smile, "- see, not a saint m'self in this regard?" -*- Able_Tome 's smile soon fades when he turned his attention to own armor piece and proceeded to unstrap it piece by piece with magic, "... depression, apathy, rut... 'tis a quicksand one can think about, but not get out alone, or so the say? Letting one body rest while others slowly help out rekindle purpose, course of action, ideas... or just spend time in company to thwart that loneliness... -*- Able_Tome Sadly easy on paper in words, but different in implementation...", the stallion rambled himself his focus drifting over garment -*- WhiteLight 's ears seem to fold as her smile grew slightly as she looked up to him again as he interjected after her quiet and sincere apology, one again going silent as she shifted her attention to him and listen closely as she simply went limp over the cot... "Y-yeah, i guess... The only thing that really bothers me is how Light took it afterwards, Ehh, i've had friends around me ever since really Maple's invited me to sleep over to her and Rain and Hoof were really cool about the whole thing... Its just... Bitter feelings that i can't get off my chest." She quietly remarked, not wanting to distract him too much as she take snotice of his attention moving from her to his clothes, "But... Hey... Can we talk about something else before i manage to drown you in all the bad feels and all of that...?" and Rain and Hoof were really cool about the whole thing... Its just... Bitter feelings that i can't get off my chest." She quietly remarked, not wanting to distract him too much as she take snotice of his attention moving from her to his clothes, "But... Hey... Can we talk about something else before i manage to drown you in all the bad feels and all of that...?" -*- WhiteLight chewed on her lips for a moment as her eyes seemed to squint and look up towards the ceiling at first, quickly rolling aorud to lay on her back again with the two canteens and msall bundles of food rattling inside from the movement as he quickly reaches down into the bag to look for something, "I actually managed to find somethig cool while i was out there coming here, its uh.. A mask, with runes, and then i also found like breezies apparently, not sure about that... I can show you later i guess." found like breezies apparently, not sure about that... I can show you later i guess, maybe if you haven't seen then." -*- WhiteLight , after a few seconds of rummaging into her right satchel bag on her side and a faint "Where... Ah...", Produces a wooden mask like she had said, fashined form mostly seemingly aged bark and wood, the beak of the muzzle was chipped off and mostly absent, the rest of its front rapressenting a rather angry looking face, brows furrowed into a scowl and frowning which... For some reaosn looking at its front actually sends a feeling of strange unnatural unease... "This! Its got runes on the back so i... Wasn't sure what this is could be a kashver mask but iiii have no clue..." sends a feeling of strange unnatural unease... "This! Its got runes on the back so i... Wasn't sure what this is could be a kashver mask but iiii have no clue... Doesn't look like one but... Its pretty spooky." She finishes on a slightly amused note, turning the mask around to show the weird arcane runes carved into the back of the mask. -*- Able_Tome wanted to interject her on the matter of bitter feelings, but his attention sure was grasped by the item she brought out, blinking and observing it from his spot with light weariness setting over his expression, "Uh... --huh.", he slowly worded out while he watched the thing, "... it... does look a bit like the one mask in the storage? The cultists' perpurtrator's one? Judging -*- Able_Tome by the word of Mr. Deck, who was affiliated with them, as well as others from Redwood, they can only be worn by someone who was properly mentally conditioned to a personally tethered mask... those untrained and non-associates of the cult however... it's mortally dangerous to put these on." -*- Able_Tome glances up at White, "... you found it in the forest?" -*- WhiteLight turns the mask back around to look at the fornt of it for a few seconds, the gears in her brain slowly turning a she worked her memory to remember what the mask in storage looked like, scrunching her muzzle slightly as she slowly nodding her head to him "I haven't really seen the mask in storage that much but it... Is pretty similar yes, at least on the... Fact that it has funny looking symbols on the back of it." She said, lowering the mask to rest it on her cot while she shifted her eyes back to him, "Yeah, i actually found it in a hollowed out tree filled with leaves, i... I was just curious because there was this one hollow tree in a clearing and apparently this mask here was hidden in there." it." She said, lowering the mask to rest it on her cot while she shifted her eyes back to him, "Yeah, i actually found it in a hollowed out tree filled with leaves, i... I was just curious because there was this one hollow tree in a clearing and apparently this mask here was hidden in there." -*- WhiteLight quirked her brows as she started nervously rubbing at the back of her neck, "It wasn't even that far off from here i think..." "Hm... very interesting. You don't get a random member of the blood cult t'hide their main symbol of affiliation and, somewhat, power, in a tree, just because... of course if it's what it is and not something else. A TD scan over runic scripture should show show if it's enchanted or not...", the stallion sighed and after stretching his legs let his body sit back on the cot.. just about the time when his armor's belts clicked off and the leather chest piece came off, letting the aura grasp on and pull the thing off on the ground, revealing scarred body, "Mm... they did had a change in the 'management' when their previous leader expired..." -*- WhiteLight slowly nods in agreement to that statement, slowly nesting herlegs in over her chest and belly as she listened and talked with the stallion sitting on the cot across from her, the mare glancing absent mindedl glancing over the pony's scars, the sight making her tighten her lips to not comment as she hastily looked back up to his face which... Wasn't any less scarred but still. "Uhm, Would you like me to bring it back to Ground Zero to scan it afteri finish with the sanctuary? I might be stuck in there for a while so i was wondering if you could take it from me so i wont loose it..." She said,souinding a bit bashful to ask him such a thing, "Err, also on a... Side note i REALLY wanted to mention this to you at one point but i never got around it, My friend, Maple Leaf, has had a knife, which can apparently break runes and absord hteir power and basically uh... Imprint the knowledge that went into the rune to you so you know what it is and means, sorta." Ground Zero to scan it afteri finish with the sanctuary? I might be stuck in there for a while so i was wondering if you could take it from me so i wont loose it..." She said,souinding a bit bashful to ask him such a thing, "Err, also on a... Side note i REALLY wanted to mention this to you at one point but i never got around it, My friend, Maple Leaf, has had a knife, which can apparently break runes and absord hteir power and basically uh... Imprint the knowledge that went into the rune to you so you know what it is and means, sorta." "So... If... Uh just in case, if you wanted to check that out or have me borrow that for things later... First thing i thought when i aw that thing is how we could use it on the runes of these masks..." <-> Blueshift è ora conosciuto come Blueshift|Dead -*- Able_Tome 's lips tighten up at White's words, hearing about the... his features tensing up... until her bursted up into a small chuckle, "... oh my... that sounds like quite a 'handy' tool right there... With all that arcane manipulation of neural pathways, hah. Sure, I can pass it over when I'll depart from here... just had to take a look 'round for one of rattlecats and crystals in the -*- Able_Tome chamber...", he shakes his head and presses both his forehooves together, "All this still makes me wonder if neural networking between neurons in this world works the same way, given all memetic factors that ponies 'round here experienced... from memory imprinting, to flushing memory out, to more, heh... hopefully something to learn 'bout on big earth back in mainland, quite soon..." "I kinda wish i had a single clue on that subject right now." White Snrk'd a little to her words, draping a foreleg over her head as she seemed to finally relax and smile a little again... "Oh? Are you going to be leavig for the mainland too...?" She asked, sounding a bit saddened by the news despite still keeping a wide smile on her lips. "A-and what about the rattlecats again? Are... They giving problems around here? Nothing i can help with right...?" -*- Able_Tome stretched and rubbed one of his forelegs with the other one with a nod, "There are plans, yes... though it's still being arranged... There's a need for several letters to be sent to old lot from the past, go and talk with Mr. Logic if he's still around and take tour around places, before relocating there.... can't really do much of anythin' without setting up a foundation there -*- Able_Tome with a big family. 'Tis a different world out there..." -*- Able_Tome let his hooves descend down on the bed from both sides, "... not to mention the Fellowship... I don't know how things will piece out, but giving this... well, 'independence' that was chosen up, it seems only right to set kids up and those who wish to be there, now, while working on the knowledge preservation..." -*- WhiteLight "Hm..."'s at the mention of this 'Mr Logic', the name making her slowly quirk her brow inquisitively due to not having heard the name before, or so she thinks at least, "Miiiister... Logic?" She asked curiously at first, the forehoof draped over her head slowly lowering to her eyes to start slowly rubbing the lids while she spoke again "Where can i find him then? I guess while I'm here i can go meet him, if he's here and not back in town that is." back in town that is." -*- WhiteLight paused for a second, her lips slowly crooking in a sort of unsure kind of frown before piping up again before he could answer, "W-well, in... That case I'll just let everyone know in advance that I'd like to... Stay here with my friends until they all decide to leave, a-as much as I'd love to come with in equestria where its actually safe and... Err, nice and pretty and all... I think i still have things i need to finish, i don't know but i feel i should't leave yet..." but i feel i should't leave yet..." She said, sighing out with her boot-clad hoof dropping limp beside her head over the pillow, lazily dropping her muzzle over the hoof to kepe her eyes on Able_Tome in the meantime, "But maybe in the near future if my help wont be needed here anymore..." [Able!?] "Ashen Logic and Iron Hoof... the hornless unicorn mage 'n a minotaur. Old time adventurers. Both might still be around Hillside cavern maze, but we haven't ordered any anti-vis coatings in a while, so I'm not sure if, if they moved out or not.", the stallion said and let his body descend back on the cot with a grunt, "Mmm... your help might be needed out there, too... I was thinking about querying if authorities have some sort of locality communes, ghettos or what not, already formed out there...? If their relocation policy places one into one of such places, which might be the case given how this entire 'colonization' effort was managed so far... or something more dispersed." "Ahuh..." She grunted softly under her breath in response to the first statement, blinking and tighrening her lips a tiny it as she seems to ponder something, but before she could ask about it he begins to speak again... Double taking when he says that she could actually help in a way, "... H-how can i help exactly again...?" She asked, taking in a sharp breath through her nose... "I mean if i can find a map i can definitely go off to meet with Mr Logic and ask about place and stuff... But then... Hm, I dunno..." -*- Able_Tome heh's, "I'm not sure about Ashen... given that he seemingly never had a place of his own for more than 20 years, but he should know stuff about Equestria itself, towns, locales... well, additional information? Not that we haven't asked him in the past... Embassy should have more on this... I just wonder what their relocation policy's about... planned to ask them more after sending -*- Able_Tome more letters to to Equestrian lot on mainland." -*- WhiteLight slowly nodded her head once he head stopped talking, and she stays quiet for a few seconds with her eyes narrowed and lowered towards her crossbow... "Hm, well, we'll see twhat they sa and then we can discuss it with the others and everything... Just uh..." Sh epauses to quickly look back to him, her smile faltering away as she cotninued "Let me know when you and who ever comes with leaves because I Would love to say goodbye at least, if you don't mind." love to say goodbye at least, if you don't mind. Until i-i-- I come over as well! Maybe. Uuugh... By the way before i run out of things to say and make this awkward can i ask about what you saw in the mountain...? The sanctuary even." <-> Mary[Mobile] è ora conosciuto come Mary_ONette[Mobile] "You didn't meet any weird... Monsters or the like in there right...?" -*- Able_Tome smiled at the mare's quiet words, though last mentions about the sanctuary made if thin out, shifting his expression once more to the one of contemplation, "Hmm...", the scarred stallion rested his head on the cot, stretching his body over it and letting it wearily collapse on in... something that could've rarely been observed outside... uncharacteristic for him, "... mountains -*- Able_Tome 'n starcross sanctuary... hm... besides wolves and that odd presense around this forest? Reports of that critter that go on ya? Hmm..." -*- Able_Tome paused as his eyes closed down, the tired pony letting his unscarred part of the face rub itself against the fabric, before "... the only odd thing that I do remember was connected with Fort Unity, I suppose? Back in the day, almost two years ago... many dead bodies of Equestrian scouting legion buried under snow a kilometers away from at least one and a half centuries old -*- Able_Tome fortification carved in the mountain. Same mountain as the Sanctuary, but one thirds way up to the peak, near the base." "The forested area around it just felt odd when we were passing it and that finding was morbid... one needs to pass that territory, somewhat, until you find the staircase..." "Uhm...", he thought and looked up at the glowmoss covered ceiling, away from the mare, "... two kilometers or so, more, past Fort Unity's vicinity?... it's all a long trot up and easy to miss that spiraling thing... then around five kilometers up along it with winds and only 2 meters in width away from unsecured ledge into the abyss...", the stallion said and side glanced at White, looking over her resting self and equipment, "... maybe it's going to be easier if a crew of pegasi will give ya a lift? Anypony from the weather team?" "Well if someone will be available to give me a lift I'll take it for sure? But i haven't really othered asking to be honest..." She said, chewin gon her lips as he finished talking leaving her with a pursed lip in uncertainty and worry, a hint of fright as well as she stared at him while she talked, "Ufff... Well, I'm probablt going to be alone for this and i might even have to climb the thing on my own but uh... Maybe if there was a pegasus technician somewhere that could help? But i don't know with all this gear on me..." She finished, sighing out as she glance dback down at her excessive weaponry and armor for a moment... -*- Able_Tome hmms with a slow nod, something that translated into cheek's brush against the cot, "... three to two ponies would work. One to carry equipment. One or two to carry you up there... There are protocolites monitoring the zone, most of whom are pegasi for convenience's sake... shift's change usually happens in one to two days, uh..", he stops and thinks for a moment, "... first week -*- Able_Tome of the month... Groups usually converge at Mist Veil on late morning, so... if you'll spend a night here, they should be here tomorrow." -*- Able_Tome stretches and shifts on the cot, "... and... I wouldn't recommend going the alone. By hooves 'n traveling, at least... Ascending up there is a challenge for several hours and you'll start to feel that altitude in your lungs rather fast. Plus, there's one tricky spot with a cracked stair, snow tends to accumulate there, some slippery areas with glazed ice. All in all, having a -*- Able_Tome partner by your side is a good idea..."