Frostbound

Chris

"Run that by me one more time. What did he say?" I asked.

"He said to 'Fuck off and leave him alone.'" Hal repeated.

It took Hal a while to find the Beastmaster in question and, apparently, he didn't turn out to be a very friendly guy.

"Did you explain our offer to him?"

"Yes, I did. Believe it or not, he did not want to go on a months-long trip to Northern Canada." Hal answered with heavy sarcasm.

I knew the proposition didn't sound very good which was why I was going to pay him. In goods or equipment we could make from the crafters we had, or if that wasn't good enough, coin when we found out how to acquire it.

With our lead on a Beastmaster going up in flames, there was nothing else keeping us here. Everything was already prepared and we were ready to move out. The only thing we were waiting on was if the man would join us.

Anyone with any remote connection to anyone present was already gathered and there was no one else to search for. At least the people that were nearby.

"Alright then, let's load up!" My voice sounded out among the camp.

We would have to manually pull the carts now but we were prepared for that. Some final shuffling occurred but nothing too dramatic before we were ready to set out.

Being one of the few who could pull a cart single-handedly, I walked over to the one designated to me. Abigail had asked which one I would pull and added a little more to that one saying, "You can handle the extra weight."