This was not the post I was looking forwards to. I know you can do better than that. Even with the absence of a plan, it would still have been possible to write a more substantial entrance than a few simple lines. You've still got a character. Perhaps a bit of IC elaboration on your break-out from the icy hell- that would have taken at least a paragraph. Then Emily's feelings about returning to the surface. Then, when finding a place to sleep, you could possibly find somewhere marginally better to sleep than the exact point you appeared at, or at least provide some reason to just nodding off on the spot (eg. exhaustion from portal casting). That post could easily have been made more meaningful than just "hey, I'm here now. goodnight". She's free! She's got to feel something!
Ok, I know I said that even a half-sized post would do, but I was hoping for half a good post, not a half-hearted post. Do better in future, OK. Maybe even edit that first post into something up to standard.
But regardless, that's still a post. Go ahead and have your new creature, Cav. And where's Gecko and Kangutso? Kangutso's still figuring out his Keeper, but Gecko should be capable of posting.
If things don't pick up from here we might have problems.