Frozen|Khelek Crystalands

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Marks shown in the snow from where someone had walked over it, a flaw in an otherwise perfect blanket of white. If you fallowed the footsteps far enough you would eventually come to the source, a brunette sixteen year old girl. The girl shivered and pulled her thin jacket closer to her, desperately fighting hypothermia. Hunger pangs tore at her stomach, she hadn't eaten since she woke up in this frozen place two days ago. She had woken in a cave with enough natural insulation made by the snow to keep her from freezing, however hunger eventually drove her from the shelter, forcing her to face the cold. So far she had been walking for about ten minutes and already she felt like collapsing. The girl was lost in a frozen wasteland, if help didn't come soon she would surely perish.

OOC: The character is Keri, I have an idea for a mini-plot for her. Basically she has amnesia and is lost out in a frozen wasteland in the Crystalands. How this happened will be revealed IC. I don't care who/what comes, as long as its not a rock.

[Skittlebug]

A sound begins in the distance, faint, but it's soon recognizable as barking. Not long after she could hear shouting as well, sounding like a group of men. Once they get close enough she can make out some of what they're saying.

"Get that dog of yours back here, it's scaring away all the game!"

"What's the matter with him anyway, just taking off like that?"

"I told you, he can smell someone!"

"No way there's someone all the way out here, your dog's gone daft!"

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When the sounds of dogs barking reached the girls ears she broke in to a grin. This was it, maybe she wouldn't freeze after all. She broke in to a run towards the sound, moving as fast as her frozen legs could carry her. As she ran the brunette called, "over here, help!"

[Skittlebug]

Her shout is met with enthusiastic barks as the dog zeros in on her location. The shaggy white creature leaps over a snow mound and rushes over to her, circling her a few times and barking back in the direction he had come from. He looks to be at least half wolf, but his behavior is friendly enough to assuage any worries about this being a wild beast.

"I told you lot, Brutus wouldn't be wrong." The speaker comes into view, though she can't make out much more than his brown eyes past the coat and hooded cloak he's wearing. As soon as he catches sight of her though he immediately looks concerned. He rushes down the snow toward her as the rest of the group catches up. "Hey, are you all right?"

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Relief washed over her when the dog ran over to her. The girl held her hand out to the dog, offering it the chance to sniff her and get her scent. When the man approached her a glimmer of joy passed over her eyes, she would survive. When the man asked how she was the girl managed to stammer, "c-cold but alive."

[Skittlebug]

"Forces, how did you get out here like this?" He quickly pulls off his cloak, wraps it around her and picks her up out of the snow, revealing shoulder length brown hair to go with his eyes. Brutus, for his part, circles around the whole group as if herding in the stragglers, happy that he'd done a good job.

"Well you're certainly not the game we were looking for, but it's a good thing we found you." The oldest man of the group comments, "We'd better get you back somewhere warm. Comon boys, trip's cut short."

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The girl did not answer when asked how she gout out in to this frozen land, honestly she did not know herself. When the man put his cloak on her and picked her up she went limp, sinking in to the warmth. "Thank you", she quietly said. She owed these people her life.

[Skittlebug]

He offers her a tight smile, concerned about getting her somewhere warm quickly enough. "You're all right now," he says despite his worries, "I'm Ricard, what's your name?"

The group turns to begin back the way they came. They all have Ice signs, and so they walk easily on top of the snow, making good time where anyone else would struggle.

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The girl frowned at Richard's question. What was her name again? Kiata? Kenya? Kody? Meri? Eeri? Keri, that was it! With a small smile she whispered, "Keri, my names Keri. I forgot what my last name is..."

[Skittlebug]

Ricard frowns at that, "You didn't hit your head did you? Can you remember anything else?"

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Keri shook her head before announcing, "n-no, I'm sorry. I just woke up in a cave two d-days ago."

[Skittlebug]

Two days? "That's all right, don't worry about it for now, we'll get you somewhere warm soon."

Walking over the snow it isn't too long before they get back to Malagard, though Ricard is starting to struggle to keep both himself and Keri on top of the snow. He and the leader of the group get her to the same healer they go to if they every have accidents while hunting.

Being one of the few Waters living in the city she is one of the best healers, though also much in demand. She tries to scold them for bursting in until they explain that they'd found her out in the middle of no where.

Keri is brought to a spare cot in the healers home and the woman begins looking her over for frostbite, checks her pulse and asks her to preform a few simple coordination and reflex tests to check for hypothermia.

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Once Keri began to warm back up she felt the pain that was her blood de-thawing. Along with this came a new wave of drowsiness, the urge to sleep and bring strength back in to her body. However while dying of hypothermia in her sleep was no longer a threat there was still a chance of her falling in to some sort of coma, her body had been under a lot of stress after all. A few of her toes had light frostbite and she had a mediocre case of hypothermia, however considering what could have happened she got out rather easily.

[Skittlebug]

"You just lie back now, we need to get you warmed up." The healer 'tsk's and uses a small amount of healing water on the toes that have frostbite, enough to help if they can be helped. She gets more blankets to pile on top of Keri once she's settled down and points Ricard to the fire that would need to be fed. "How did you end up out there so long?"

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The girl nodded and let out a relieved sigh when the healer used healing water on her. It felt nice to feel some of that pain sapped out of her and her body beginning to repair. The sixteen year old happily snuggled in to the blankets, letting herself fall in to their warmth. When asked how she got there she responded, "I don't know, I just woke up there."