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Dragonfell... wasn't much to look at.

It may have only been a couple day's travel away from Amityville, but you could see why nobody ever talked about it. The entire landscape was bleak and almost solidly white with snow and ice and the occasional bones that cracked when you stepped on them. Once or twice there may have been eyes watching from a distance, or a feeling of being watched, but if anyone was out there they didn't want to be seen. About the only real danger was sinking into a snowdrift. So far, it was kind of the opposite of adventure. All you've done is hike a circle around a mountain. Wasn't this place supposed to be, like, evil? You can barely remember the superstitious-sounding rumors.

Near the front of the group, Aymet was unfolding a huge, old map that began to catch the wind like a sail. Unless he was asked, he wasn't volunteering much information about where they were going, or what had happened to him at prom. He 'needed another phylactery', whatever that entailed. Around one particular mountain there were a few Xs in red ink all around it, with one of them circled. A treasure map?

"It should be here..." he mumbled, half to himself.

You spot it before he does. A diagonal crevice in the rock, wide enough for several students to walk right in, and protected from snowfall by an overhang. It's definitely no ordinary cave - someone's taken the time to pile skulls on either side of the entrance. Now, that was more like it.

Inside the cave was a short cliff and a huge chasm too dark to see the bottom of, taking up most of the visible space. On the other side of the void lay a set of glassy-looking blue doors. The only way across was a bridge of ice connecting the cliff to the entrance. You did sign up for action and adventure - it's probably here if it's anywhere.

(( Once you're ready to proceed... ))

The trip had been fairly inconspicious so far; the rather large group had been travelling for a few days time by now, and Leo was quite enjoying herself. She finally felt some sort of school spirit from participating in things! Although, to be honest, this wasn't really a class-related trip, but more of a help-out-a-schoolmate-with-his-vague-but-important-quest. Which was totally fine in her opinion, because helping out other people was always important; and it was a good opportunity to meet new people! Plus, well, the promise of an adventure wasn't too bad.. She couldn't quite deny that that was an attractive prospect in this whole thing too. What teenager didn't like adventure?

So all in all, Leo had been pleased as punch these last few days, even though the snow in this place was horrid. She'd had to keep to other people's footsteps most of the time to avoid getting snow all over, but that wasn't so bad in a group as large as this. She just kinda stuck to the back and voila, a nice path emerged! Yep, this was definitely an easy adventure.

Really, she could keep doing this for days. Leo, apparently, did not set high standards for when something was 'fun'. Although, well, she had expected a bit more excitement and perhaps even some battle action.

But it seemed now she'd get some of that excitement! The skulls by the cave had been a nice touch, and inside she admired the blue doors on the other side. The ice bridge wasn't too bad either! Personally she felt that things might be livening up now that they were doing something other than hiking in a circle around a mountain. Not that she'd disliked the hiking, mind.

And so she made her way across the bridge with the others. Or well, tried, because soon the thing was ominously shuddering and cracking all around them. "Oh Bloody Mary." She felt slightly queasy - that was not a nice-looking chasm. It was times like these she envied those of her peers who had wings. Still, she had to make an attempt to get past!

((ignore the roll, Tess has wiiiiings and is carrying Legs~))

She wasn't sure what she was doing here, just that she knew this would be an instance that would force her and her lower half to work together. But to be sure, she had managed to convince her boilfriend to come along. She stayed close to the dragon boil, mildly wary of their surroundings and of the cold.

Oh Jack that bridge did not look safe. And the ominous crack proved her right. Rather than risking it and making a break for it, the ghoul severed herself, causing the wings to rip out of her back in the process. She hoisted her lower half onto her shoulders, relieved when Legs did not put up a struggle as she flew towards the other end.

"Sheridan?!" she called out.

Oh boy! An adventure! Siobhan's eyes were the size of saucers, her smile reaching her ears. The banshee squealed and frolicked the whole way, burying herself in snow or simply skipping along behind the group. The cold didn't bother her in the slightest, despite her attire.

Once they found the cave she was even more giggly. This really was an adventure! She followed after the others over the amazing Ice Bridge, stopping to admire the pretty cracks as they formed and made noises.

"Woooooow! This is so coo--OOOOOAAAAAYEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!"

Banshee fell down the hooooole.

((Tseng falls!))

"WHOOOOOOOO! Adventure! But sooo cold," Tseng shouted before shivering, rubbing his arms furiously. The bridge started to crack, but that didn't sound like a problem. He just tried to flip towards the ending.

He almost made it to the other side. Unfortunately, the ice where he landed cracked and he ended up falling straight into the darkness.

"AAAAH!!"

Ulmuka had just been too curious about the dragon boil who fell to pieces at prom. He was glad to see he was fine but the curiosity remained when he learned that he could pitch in a hand to help him. Exotic Halloween locales? Well not exactly exotic, dreary and cold was just as nice and the strix had taken to his natural form to protect against the elements while they'd trudged through the snow. White stuck to his feathers and a bit of ice decorated his brows.

At the bridge he simply quirked and watched in distress as students proceeding him fell into the depths. "AH!" He extended a wing, squawking, but when he took off to help he realized they were gone. Would they be okay? He couldn't see the bottom!


Better safe than sorry. Ulmuka simply flew across the gap and shuffled through the doors.

Did those skeletons just move? On the other side he patted Petro on the arm with a grin. "Safe and sound, hmm?"

((Sibyl made it across!))

To some, Dragonfell wasn't much to look at. To Sibyl? It was incredible. It was just like home but a little creepier and with a lot less water and beaches. She didn't care about rumors, she didn't care that it was supposed to be evil, all Sibyl saw was that this place was made of ice and snow. It was made of things to play with. Slide on. Dance in.

She was a very happy ghoul right now.

She snuggled into her furry cloak and skipped alongside Aymet and the rest of the group, singing a happy little song with no real rhyme, reason or even lyrics to it until they reached the ice bridge. She blinked, looking down and watching as student after student fell through the bridge. Sibyl gasped, mittened hands flying to her face. Oh no!

It came her turn and she swallowed hard, looking all around. An idea. She needed an idea..

She clutched at her pelt for comfort, whimpering quietly.

...Waaaaaait..she's got it!

Sibyl ran away from the group, disappearing through the path they had just come from.

Where did she...?

"WHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~!" Suddenly she was back. A blubbery 3-foot-long seal with her clothes tied to her back sliding down the path. She hit the bridge, using it as a ramp to throw herself to the other side.

Like a boss.