<strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">UNKNOWN ABANDONED VILLAGE; UNKNOWN MOUTAIN RANGE</span></span></strong><br/><br/><strong>Time:</strong>Late afternoon (Day 3; unknown day, unknown month, unknown year)<hr/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/rsroleplay/images/5/52/Rocky_mountain.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130607195208)</div>It has been a three days since the four of you awoke naked or in tattered scraps in the rocky crags of this mountainous region, the skies grey and the wind cold.  A few items you recognised as your possessions were nearby and you managed to gather them up and have spent the last two days wandering in a perpetual daze, uncertain of your general location or even the direction of your heading.  But on the early morning on this third day, you found a sleepy little village nestled and hidden in a valley.<br/><br/>Built on and around gentle hill, surrounded by a wooden palisade, no sentries arose to challenge your approach and soon it was easy to see why - there was nobody to be found.  The entire village lay silent and deserted, with no signs to show the cause of the abandonment.  Broth lay cold in cauldrons over silent fireplaces, possessions were in their usual places on shelves or dressers, and even meals had been set out on table but untouched or only half-eaten.  It was as if everyone had simply gotten up and left in the middle of what they were doing without a mind to their worldly belongings.<br/><br/>The daze that was clouding your mind lifted from you near midday, leaving you able to think clearly for the first time in these past days.  Thereafter, you found some other items of use in the abandoned village, which you added to your own.  The only sign of life to be found was in the form of a spirited horse that lay in the back of the stables of the community's local inn.  The creature kicked about nervously when approached by Yuki who had found it, but otherwise calmed down soon, seeming to find comfort in the presence of something else living.<hr/><br/>By the time everyone has finished scavenging for anything of value, the time is late in the afternoon, to judge from the ambient light – the grey clouds in the sky never seem to relent, with only token patches of blue that are quickly blotted out by cloudy ocean above.  The sound of thunder rolls occasionally, though with frequency, but there is no indication that it will rain and it is possible that the mountains are confusing and redirecting distant sounds.  There is very little green to be found, and most of it in the form of cultivated plants in the village. Virtually everywhere they look is stark, jagged rock.<br/><br/>For those who are not otherwise able to tolerate cold, the wind is constant and biting, probably carrying the cold air from the snow-capped mountains in the far distance and temperatures are likely to drop even further during the night.  Crude trails lead to and out of the village, though they'd not be any easier to traverse than striking out into the wild, but they may at least eventually lead to somewhere.<br/><br/>Compared to the stately masonry and towering edifices you know of from your time, the buildings in the village are downright crude by comparison - stone layered upon stone without even mortar, thatched hay for roofs, and heavy wooden logs to keep the ceilings up without even having trimmed the bark off the lumber.  Some structures are merely small lean-tos that provide the bare minimum of shelter.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">It can be assumed that everyone is gathered in the common room of the main inn to decide what their next course of action would be.<br/><br/>You can use these early posts to establish the feel of your characters and any history between them if you want.<br/><br/>It can be assumed you guys have about 2 hours to yourselves, unless you decide to do something sooner.  If you need more info or have questions, post it up in the OOC thread and I can address them quickly so you can get them up in your posts without too much back and forth.</div></div>