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Gabrian was so very obviously not okay.

As Alessa approached and crouched down beside him, he coiled up and hid his head under his coils, looking as embarrassed as a large snake ever could. He even concidered telling her she was fine, that he'd live, but his own advice came to mind, and he sulked in the relative safety of his coils before finally allowing his head to emerge, "It hurts," he said simply, his voice coming out in a mix between a grunt and a whine; moving actually really hurt, but it had a lot less to do with injury (the snowman had barely actually touched him) and a lot more to do with what he hoped was not frostbite.

He was feeling way too hurt and way too weak to make any sort of comment about her tail or the fact he could have probably seen up her skirt if he'd set his mind to it. It was obvious though, that his mind was not on that task, because his eyes lidded and his gaze lowered to glare half heartedly and miserably at the ground.

Full of Fail. That's what he was.

His gaze lifted as Faint (whom he recognized from his car even if he WAS in tiger form) approached them, "That would be-" he never got to finish his phrase, for the tiger was suddenly attacked by a wayward snowball, which Gabrian only just barely managed to duck away from. Offering the new snowman a threatening hissssss, he moved just barely to press the side of his body against Alessa's bare legs. From there, he watched the tiger's rather swift battle, but before he could answer the large feline once he was back, he felt that familiar tug in his stomach, signalling a shift.

He was soon enough sitting on the ground, looking rather pale, "I thank you for the offer," a pause, "Faint, I believe? I don't think I know any other tiger-fellow..." he let out a sigh and tried to push himself off the snow, failing miserably, at which point he looked up at Alessa, "I think I'm going to need a bit of help. If you don't mind anyhow..." then he turned back to the tiger once more, "I would have taken your offer, but short of forcing you to sit on a rock, cuddling with me right now... there's nothing you can do."

As much as he'd have loved to sit and curl up under the tiger, even in human form, he didn't think it wise to stay here and... get separated from the main group, "We should probably move on; here, alone and separated from the rest, we're but sitting ducks," and that said, he lifted his hand up to Alessa, looking for all the world like he was sorry and miserable as all hell.

Welp, he had promised in his own way. Miraculously, West didn't even glare at the sloth demon, he just jutted a thumb over his shoulder.

"Back? Or shouldai carry ya in myarms like a lil' pumpkin? Or throwya over m'shoulder like a kidnappin'?"

Who knew what he was talking about really.

West punched his fist into the palm of the opposite hand and began rearranging his pack and EXTREME SNOWBALL LAUNCHER 5000 to accommodate his future passenger.

In as dignified a tone as possible, Barth said, "The first."

He just had the bell, so there was nothing to rearrange except himself, which he was extremely grateful to do. He could nap in all three positions, but the first option would leave West's arms free.

For all the climbing Barth would most certainly not be doing.

And also for punching things, which was important. Finally, finally he could get some rest without deducting travel time. Barth waited patiently for West to juggle his inventory.

"Buuhhh..."

Faint just kind of stared. He was saved from acknowledgment by the arrival of someone with a bell... which was promptly jingled over Gabe's head. Saved by the bell. Hm. Faint loved that bell.

His tail swayed behind him softly and he tilted his head with a flick of his ear. "Feeling more fit for travel, now?" He hoped so. He didn't want to get left behind again. He was afraid of being stuck in another shift without someone to watch over him.

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Alessa was really uncertain what to make of Gabe looking...so thoroughly miserable. It was odd, because he usually was (infuriatingly) good at just taking things in stride. To see him so beaten down just felt wrong. She could have teased him about it, or made some kind of sticking comment, but she sensed there was just...nothing to be gained by that. Not now. So she took his hand without a second thought, yanking him up to his feet. In the same motion she situated herself under one of his arms with one of hers around his waste.

"Hey, you help me, I help you, but let's just not worry too much. I bet we'll be there soon if we just keep going, right?" She offered optimistically. She felt like the needed some optimism now. She smiled widely at Johan too, remembering what the bell had felt like. It must have helped Gabe quite a bit too. "See? Now lets just get off this mountain so we're a bit warmer."

She took one careful stride off in the direction the others headed, keeping things slow because if they were going to go together, well, he needed to be ready too. But if they got going now they'd be off this mountain in no time.

Kilometer leapt into the air due to the sudden outbreak in laughter. Oh Jack how that was loud and sudden. Landing back into the snow Kilometer arched his back. It just wasn’t his day, ending up with someone who giggles and laughs this much. She was a loose cannon and could fire at any moment.

Still in his alert yet scared posture he watched as she shifted yet again. Maybe she’s the broken one here... he thought to himself in response to his early concern that he was the broken one. Yup. She was definitely the broken one.

Letting out a mix of a meow and a hiss Kilometer batted back at LWs tail. His gas mask made the sound sound... odd.. to say the least. He made a small hop to get closer to the tail and then he alternated from his skeleton paw to his fleshy paw then to a mixture of both in a rapid fire fashion; Bat... bat... batbatbatbatbat! That tail was in his sights now. No way was he being surprised hit by it again! “I’m not being a baby!” He rose his voice back.

“And you don’t need to worry. I’ll be fine.” He reassured after she mentioned about finding something to keep himself warm. One of the good things about being dead is you can’t really freeze since there’s not fluids inside to get frozen! Kilometer could compare himself to a rock or something else that was solid yet dry if he wanted to.

Trot trot trot trot; Kilometer proceeded to follow behind LW again via the path she was plowing. Sometimes following someone who was larger then you had it’s good points. It’s be even better if she was a lava monster or something. He could follow the trail of heat.

Heat.. warmth.. “I’m more likely to believe that it’s just getting colder,” Kilometer mopped as he tried to listen for other voices in the distance. Frozen ears could faintly hear the rucks that happened up from and from behind. “More students must be being attacked. I guess this path isn’t safe either..” Just what everyone needed, more annoyances..

“I’m fine.” Kilometer replied back to her offer. In all honestly he would have been warmer being carried but he.. yeah.

Dismayed at her painfully less than enthusiastic response to the mountains, the yeti got up and reached for her again, "NO LIKE MOUNTAINS?! OK! THIS WAY IS CANDY CANE LANE. DON'T GOT THERE! AND HERE IS A TREE! THEY ARE FRIENDLY!" It seemed to be pretty desperate to get a positive reaction out of her. "YOU LIKE BEACH? WE HAS PRIVATE ISLAND! THE LOCALS VERY NICE!"

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