Jamie
*She shifted back into her human appearance and peaked out from behind one of the statues. Slowly, she'd walk out into the open, looking left and right. Faedon seemed so excited that they had finally found civilization... She wouldn't have the heart to tell him it was abandoned. And yet, if it was abandoned... Who lit the torches? A trap? She stopped in her tracks and would listen. Cupping her ears, they would extend and morph into bat ears as she borrowed this animalistic attribute to listen. Nothing... She couldn't even hear frequencies of footsteps or birds.

She'd proceed onwards, venturing deeper into the fort as quietly as she could. She stopped to look up at one of the statues that held a mighty axe and was intimidated, but needed to do this for her family. Clutching a hand against her chest, she had to be ready to either flee, or fight. Odds are she would most likely flee so she would not wander into any buildings but instead stay where she had clear access to the sky.*
Ann
*As she peaked out the statues, then walked out into the open her shoes would just step on solid snow the torches lit would be ablaze by the eternal flame, it couldn't be out out by rain or water, only if the flame is smothered of oxygen but as long as it has oxygen it will forever burn, as she ventured deeper into the fort there would be nothing no sounds of anything, only the howling wind her own breath and heart, and her footsteps snow would blow against her face and body. It would seem that it was truly abandoned, however there was no real way to tell if anything else had taken up residency in this abandon fortress, the doors to the main fort was closed 15 foot tall stone doors a couple feet thick of hard stone, that led into the heart and bowel of the mountains as dwarves were known to be ones to stay within the mountains likely behind those doors could be the civilization they do seek or something more? But outside of it she would come across nothing, the doors to the fort barracks rooms, or the few houses strewn about in perfect conditions some doors creaked slightly open others closed.*
Jamie
*Every exhale crystalized into a foggy breath as she slowly looked around at the desolate houses within the silence of the chilling wind. Glancing over to the massive doors guarding the fort, she could see no reason to abandon an ample location. Something made the people flee from here and as she neared... She would place her hands gently on the door, and then an ear. She'd wait... Nothing. There was a small crack beneath the door that she just might be able to squeeze through as a bat. Shrinking down to size, she'd flatten herself against the ground and skitter on underneath.

She was so tiny and small, unless she was being hunted by a cat it would be hard to spot her. She didn't make a single squeak as she climbed up the side wall of the door to hang from the ceiling out of sight. Nothing strange here, just a bat. A normal bat doing normal bat things to stay out of the cold. Peaking out from her folded wings she would seemif she could see, hear, or smell anything different than before.*