theo silversong
Crystal Swan || Sugar Squad || 355/2,000
[Chapter 2 of the Exotic Flower Retrieval Arc]
This had started out as a great day. Any day that his squad was together working on something, Theo was a happy boy. On top of that, they were searching for something hidden, which activated his treasure hunting instincts. Sure, it might not be tomb raiding for valuables, but this exotic plant was important to Lester, therefore it was just as valuable as any precious metal or jewel. That, and the last time he and Rin had headed out alone to fetch that blood flower from the haunted castle, they had almost died. He still felt really bad about failing (but not so much about the making out after), so this was time to make up for it!
Except for the fact that as they had climbed the paths of the already treacherous mountain sides, it got colder and colder. While that wasn't too out of the norm, given thinning atmospheres and the dropping temps of the higher elevations, but this was a bit...extreme. It had been quite comfortable just a few hundred meters ago. Now the winds were wildly whipping at them, pelting them with the beginnings of hail and snow. Theo cast an upward gaze, seeing churning clouds of billowing darkness overtaking the formally clear blue skies. It was even darker ahead, and seemed to be rapidly spreading and gobbling up territory like a starved dog does a downed deer.
After a body wracking shiver, a frowning Theo called over the wind to his other squad mates. "This doesn't look right...or very good. The weather didn't say anything about this!" the man tried not to whine, but it really was quite uncomfortable. The path evened out and widened into a forested plateau, leading the man to search for a cave entrance or crevice large enough to get into for shelter. It wasn't bad now, but this random blizzard almost howled promises to be completely awful. Even as they walked on, everything seemed to turn to gray around them. A powerful gust of wind knocked off a loose limb, whacking Theo in the head just before a chilling torrential rain began. "Ow...GAH! This sucks!"
Notes: [N/A]