<em>"Hey wait for me!" </em><br/><br/><strong>"Keep up then!"</strong>Ry shot back over his shoulder as he navigated the sloop with caution, the last thing he wanted to do was take a tumble down down a mountain. He played games before, and in the case of man versus mountain, the latter usually won when falling down one. He didn't want to be another statistic. That is, after all, assuming that a lot of people took spills down mountains wherever he was. He stopped then for a second when his foot slipped on what he considered gravel, and skidded for a second before he managed to regain his composure. Was it him, or did the temperature suddenly take a hit? Then again, he wasn't used to the weather here - wherever here was - so it might have been the usual thing. Warm day, chilly night. Like a desert. His thoughts were interrupted when the other member of their apparent party voiced his opinion.<br/><br/><em>"Hey do you really think it's a good idea to just walk in a random direction?"</em><br/><br/><strong>"As opposed to staying still?"</strong>Ry shot as he slowed to a stop again, at least this time on a part of the mountain side that wasn't as steep. His calves were already starting to burn, since even though he looked physically fit, the man never really kept up with a normal exercise routine. He crouched down to rub at them as the others caught up to him, before sighing and looking back up at the sky.<strong>"Fuck yes, I think it's a good idea to walk in a random direction. Please tell me I wasn't the only one to see that behemoth in the sky?" </strong>Blue eyes flicked from one to the other, only now really getting a good look at the two of them, before another sigh left his lips.<strong>"Besides, every which way is a random direction here. So why not explore? Plus I thought I heard water this way, and I want to get this gritty taste out of my mouth."</strong>Water would have to wait sadly, since as soon as Ry finished talked, chaos erupted in the form of frenzied panic and what sounded like glass forming a spiderweb crack. Ice. Perfect. Lovely. Just what they needed on a decent down a mountain, so in order to proceed, Ry figured that getting as close to the ground and inching along was the best course of action. Well, for him at least, the others could do as they pleased.<br/><br/>Of course, maybe the descent was a bad idea. While he had originally wanted to get down the mountain to escape the chance of being cobbled up by one behemoth, good old Murh decided to fuck him - them - again in the form of a monstrous icy being. Chilling sapphire eyes turned towards the trio and Ry who was closest to the ground fell on his as and tried to scoot his way back up the mountain. The mountain, on the other hand, wasn't having it and decided it was best for him to slip and slide where he was. Fucking ice. Maybe this thing was causing it? Which was what Ry would have thought if he hadn't been trying to put some distance between himself and it. the god's eyes flashed, blindingly bright, and just like that the golden clad fuck vanished as soon as it had appeared. Forgetting, of course, the mess of ice it had left on the mountain side. Bitter thoughts filled Ry's head as he compared the being with some unsavory characters he had encountered in his life, but kept them all to himself for a second before pushing things out of his head. No longer panicking, his eyes were transfixed on the other thing that had been left being. Ry allowed himself to slide further down the mountain towards the object, before fighting for purchase on the mountain side in order to hold it. At least it wasn't fuck all freezing to the touch. It was cool, rather, and nice.<strong>"Hey look at this!"</strong>he called back to the others, competing with another voice as he did as a wave of an intoxicating flowery smell washed over him. He'd take it over the biting chill that filled his lungs any day.<br/><br/><em><strong>"Hurry!"</strong></em>the voice commanded, following by the scampering of feet and jiggling of bells in the distance. Ry's eyes drifted towards the source as he took a defensive stance - or what felt like one rather, he had only been in a few fights in his life and he wasn't the best. His size was usually the winning factor in most cases, but in some it also caused him to lose due to dirty blows - only to relax for the most part when he saw the gaggle of weird creatures rushing up alongside redhead with a modest chest and a not so modest attire. She stopped as soon as she spotted the group and the creatures around her tripped and tumbled on by and Ry barked out of a laugh at he sight. Did he mention that she was kinda sorta floating? Upside down too.<em>Am I going fucking crazy? I must be. Right?</em>Either that, or this was the weirdest damn dream he had ever had, which he ruled out when he remembered that you couldn't physically hurt in dreams and both his legs and ass were screaming in pain.<br/><br/>A question was posed, followed by another and a pout as she looked back down the mountain, and Ry finally stood up to brush his pants off. The glowing fragment was still in his hand, but he slowly inched back to the group. He would have approached the woman, but her little army of critters were probably protective whereas she didn't seem to really have a care in the world. Well, that was a lie, since she seemed to care about missing whatever the hell it was that just happened.<strong>"Did you miss what?"</strong>he finally asked as he made it back to Madison and Farren. He passed the hunk of ice to them so they could get a closer look at it - since he was trusting that way, and really didn't have a reason not too. They were brothers in arms at the point, three people from Earth tossed into wherever the hell this was - before he let his eyes fall back on the redhead. While trying not to focus on her ample cleavage, Ry cleared his throat and continued,<strong>"I mean, uh... the giant behemoth in the sky? Or the gigantic ice creature? A lot has happened in the last few minutes, so its a little hard to process which it you are asking about."</strong>He chuckled now, mostly from the delirious feeling that was overwhelming him, and he entertained the thought that maybe he had gone crazy. Everything that had been happening was borderline information overload, so he was way out of his element here. Then again, strangely, this was the most alive he had ever felt. It was almost as if this was who he always was, where the time before was him being crazy. Was that weird? Ry thought it was weird.<br/>