Everyone was happy at reunification, even me strangely. This was a small happy moment of joy in a place of horrors and calamity, but a good important one at that. As much as I preferred the cold over the warmth of the wavering fire, I felt as if I was actually getting some proper rest rather than relying on the cold. I almost fell asleep as everyone chattered, opening my eye when the chatter stopped and the flames went out. Everyone was leaving for whatever we were going to. Alright... I feel a bit better now. My head was a bit groggy but I could definitely hear my own head, even in all this snow.
Within minutes of leaving, we were actually already near the exit, sighting Anthony's other team-mate waving at us or something. (How strange the exit was within walking distance.) Yet, there was a considerable amount of juxtaposition and a few broken faces: by Arceus, this blizzard wasn't natural. As it settled down, there was a clear image of a huge town, frozen in bitter cold and ice. Seemed as if the whole thing came in either quickly or by malicious intent. I still couldn't see well, but an outline did the trick of saying "Dear Arceus..."
As we swooped in to ensure there were some signs of life, I was bothered by the fact stuff like this could happen and we wouldn't even know about it. "What is this place anyway?" I'll be honest, I have very little knowledge of the outside world. As I said, I used to live all my life in Davis' house in the world's worst community. I'm surprised I didn't hold any predispositions against Pokemon like Spruce, mainly because he proved himself as worthy to everyone around here.
So, anyway... this place was a land frozen in time, almost literally. There could've been some Void anomaly for all we knew. Entire houses were encased with a thick layer of ice, almost unnervingly comical as it also prevented us from breaking into them for our own gains. It was like the weather decided to take a seat and claim this entire area as its own, disregarding all life while the sun was blotted out from the sky. Seemingly lifeless statues stood in the snow, some unaware of this storm with their happy faces and berries in their hands, to those so pointed and others who held their faces in unflinching horror. I swore I saw moving figures as the blizzard continued buzzing in our ears, but that was likely the effects of the forest still lingering in my head. All this proved too much for some, with Josh calling out for someone who apparently lived around here. While I took a few deep breaths, Josh passed by many different statues, eyes locked on a particular block of ice as we followed. "You know her?" I asked, unaware this was actually his friend of sorts.
Suspicions that this blizzard wasn't natural were proven when not even Kamina could break through this ice. At first, I thought his charge was going to end badly by causing the statue of Josh's friend to break apart. More shockingly though was that nothing actually happened, with the ice cruelly defying our efforts to save anyone around here. "Well. Let's blame magic and call it a day." I let out, trying to distract from the situation while having no clues as to how to even help Josh, let alone this town. "Anyone got any ideas what's happened here? I blame an... Arceus of ice or something."