forum Crossover Shenanigans // Closed with @whathappensifidothis // Stalkers welcome

Started June 16, 2023 by @the-void-phantasmic language

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The path continues for a while. It looks like there’s a wooden fence buried under the snow wall, poking out of the sides in some places. It also looks like it hasn’t been unearthed from the snow layer in a while.

Teth wraps her cloak around herself again, still not very fond of the cold. She stays near Resh and tries to use him to block some of the wind.

Resh looks down at Teth and sighs, shifting his position to block the wind a little better. “I guess there’s one advantage to being so tiny.”

Teth glares at Resh and elbows him in the side. “Shut up, you’re just overgrown.”

Resh puts his hands up in mock surrender. “Fine, Fine. You’re tiny and I’m overgrown.” He bursts out laughing as Teth elbows him again.

(They’re besties✨)

(Love them for that)

The wolf looks back at the three, slowing down to walk along side them. It’s quite obvious the wolf’s height now, its back reaching just below shoulder-height to Teth. It makes Resh’s statement about being tiny all the more evident.

After a while, the wind does start to die down. It makes the cold just a bit more bearable than before.

Teth looks over at the wolf and crosses her arms. “Really?” She rolls her eyes and huffs.

Resh pats Teth on the head. “That thing would tower over you on its hind legs.”

Teth slaps Resh’s hand when he pats her, glaring at him. “Yeah, no shit-”

The wolf looks over at Resh with a face that could almost say “Is that a challenge?” They huff and shake out their fur, fluffing it out.

In the distance, there looks to be wooden-and-stone pillars with large flames burning on the top. Perhaps the entrance to a city?

Resh laughs a little at the wolf’s expression, then looks over at the pillars in the distance. That’s a good sign.

Teth shakes her head at Resh and the wolf, then fidgets with one of her braids as she looks at the pillars. “Oh- good. That looks like a city.”

The wolf growls slightly at the sight of the pillars, but stays with the group.

The closer they get, more details are revealed. The city is seemingly surrounded by a stone wall, with a gate wide open for people coming and going. There are two guards posted at the gate, with the same military uniforms and golden masks covering their faces as the ones from earlier. The same “capes” as well, that resemble mantas.

Resh stiffens a bit when he sees the guards at the gate. He clenches and unclenches his fists a few times, wanting to keep a hand on his sword but knowing that it would be a bad idea. Tsadi and Teth also look a bit on edge.

The guards eye them for a moment as they come closer. One of them eyes Tsadi and Resh’s weapons, but doesn’t comment. The other seems more interested in the wolf walking with them.
The wolf snarls at the guard, and they quickly look forward again.

Resh growls slightly, watching one of the guards while Tsadi watches the other. Resh just seems incredibly anxious, while both Tsadi and Teth look nervous and angry at the same time.

They pass through without problems. The city itself isn’t too much to look at on the outskirts, small stone and wood houses built in a similar fashion to the fire pillars at the entrance. Their doors are covered by a thick cloth overhang covered in snow like everything else. There’s very few people around here, but the main path they’re on leads deeper into the city and has been well-traveled.

The three of them all look around at the city. Resh moves his hand to rest on the hilt of his sword, though the movement is mostly obscured by his cloak. The gesture didn’t have much purpose other than to make him feel more secure. All three of them seem to relax significantly after making it past the guards with no issues.

The wolf looks around at the city, significantly more uneasy than in the forest. It would make sense, being a wild creature. They speed up pace again to walk just in front of the trio.

Resh watches the wolf as it moves back in front of the trio, then pulls out the map and looks at it again, narrowing his eyes. He stares at the map for a long while, mumbling to himself. Teth looks up at Resh as he stares at the map, but doesn’t say anything.