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Upon exiting the forest, the gnomes are nowhere to be seen, but hey, there's some more students over there! They look a bit ragged, but maybe one or two of them would make a good traveling companion? There's three paths to take and hmmm...the southernmost one looks like fun!

You cross a long wooden bridge and find yourself on a snowy island. At first it seems deserted, but then you think you see something running out of the corner of your eye. Not finding anything, you suddenly hear a giggle behind you. In the far off distance you hear what sounds like roaring, and you wonder if you accidentally got sent back to Halloween without even noticing.

((Here be Ickis!))

The decision hadn't been too hard - the mountains were cold. Colder even than the cursed forest they'd only just escaped... so the only clear choice was the path that led towards this odd snowy island. (And the plague doctor had to admit that the sign reading 'Isle of Misfit Toys' did sound somewhat intriguing. Weren't cracked dolls, in particular, one of Halloween's own signature creatures?)

Malodore's feet clattered on the bridge as it ascended. It did feel a tiny, tiny bit less cold here than it had in the forest... but not much. Luce capered alongside it, obviously relieved to be done with trees!

((Ickis Group))

So they were heading the way of the Misfit toys -- kind of an apt decision, considering the rag-tag bunch of Halloween-ers who clearly didn't belong in the winter wonderland. In the end, it was probably a better decision than the other choices -- there had been expressed concern about the extreme cold of the mountain path, and they had been adamantly told that Candycane Lane was a very bad decision. Neither of these really worried Nuk, but he'd really not had much of an opinion on where they should go. Surprisingly, the only stipulation had been that he'd wanted to go with the rest of their little group that had somehow formed via the Ickis car, having somehow, in the course of the last few days, formed friendships with the other students.

Although Shehk was much less likely to cuddle up to him, now that they were in a slightly (very slightly, it seemed) warmer climate, he sucked it up.

Nukpana followed Malodore across the bridge, his own moccasin'd boots making heavy thudding noises against the wood, his not-mutilated hand shoved into one of his pockets. The other, still distinctly warped in a grotesque mixture of bear, human and wolf, hung heavily at his side, his human-like fingers curled around the base of his Snowball launcher.

After the forest, crossing a bridge had been easy, and he followed the crowd. He could see only one person he recognized at the moment, and he sprinted briefly to catch up to the Basilisk boy.

This cold weather had to be killer on him, he knew that snakes were cold blooded and needed heat.

"I'm going to stick with you for the moment" Myr announced, grinning at Sepheran. "Tell me if I start to annoy you or you want me to go away."

He would leave the other boy alone if he asked him to, but he was really really hoping the other boy wouldn't mind his company.

((Ickis! 1-10 shift))

It didn't take too long to catch up with the group ahead. Along the way, Jericho practically ran, which helped warm him up a fair amount. Occasionally he would fly for small spurts at a time to help cross the land a little quicker as well.

"Hope the ride's not too rough," he said to his rider as he began to slow down. The name of this area amused him, and it made him wonder if they would at least be running into some more interesting and worthy creatures aside from those blasted trees.

Upon catching up with a few of the familiar faces, the dragon found himself on all fours on the ground... though in humanoid form once more.

"Ah.. dammit," he grumbled. Well at least they had caught up now. But here he had lost his intimidation factor by a chunk.

"Did we miss anything?" he asked the others around.

Myr grinned. That was a relief. He would much rather be with someone he at least kind of knew rather than just strangers, since it seemed like others had joined them on the path. "You know, I don't think I've managed to catch your name this whole time, and I have no idea if you know mine either."

He was babbling a bit, but who could blame him. Things were really different here, and he hadn't screwed up even once yet. Sure trees had attacked them, and the train had crashed, but those hadn't been his fault. Or at least he was fairly sure of that.

Standing up, Jericho let out a sigh before glancing behind where Riley had slipped off. That was the other issue with his form popping back and forth at random times.

"Sorry about that. I can't really control when I shift," he frowned while stepping towards her to try and help her back up. It was his fault she fell anyway.

Glancing back, he could see the outlines of Malodore and Nuk on the bridge close by. One the plus side, he'd have an easier time walking across in his humanoid form. Still, the random shifts were a tad aggravating.