Frostbound

Chris

"Don't you dare bring that in here!" Abigail's cry sounded from atop the Castle walls as I trudged toward the gate.

Shrugging sheepishly, I adjusted course to right under where the Castle stood, only a few hundred feet below on the lower side of the cliff. Abigail had plans to involve this side of the cliff in the future, but they remained just that. Plans.

We didn't have a way of traversing the vertical gap right now nor was it a high priority to figure out. Eventually, when we had enough people and it was crowded enough, we would be forced to expand to down here but that wasn't the case right now.

While I pulled the much larger sled than the first I created, Gabriel came scurrying around the cliff as fast as he could without falling.

It was nearly a mile to get to a spot that wasn't as steep and could be used to traverse, but it required... finesse.

Most travel went further down until the transition was more gradual but Gabriel had enough stats and skills to make use of the rockier terrain without too much issue.

It was little surprise he came running down first while everyone else took the long way down. He knew I brought a present just for him.

Getting and capturing said present was a bitch, and took forever, but I finally managed to snag one and bring it with me.

It made the trip back longer, as having to haul a giant block of ice was easier said than done, along with everything else I brought back with me.

Pelts, furs, and hides of all manner of beasts got stacked up and packed away. The massive antlers of the Moose were a nightmare to pack around because of their wonky size, but I made due.

I'd wanted to throw them into the woods more than a few times, but I stopped myself from doing so.