[h3]Vaughtar[/h3]

Basically the gargoyle's whole ascent up the mountain could be summarized in a single outcry he never spoke out: Arrgh, that damn sun! As long as it was still morning and not past noon, he would become weaker - and he already was. Vaughtar felt like a sick man, a humongous sick man, breathing heavily and trailing behind when it went uphill. Additionally, even though he was wearing an impressive set of sunglasses, the combination of cloudless sky, fresh, reflective snow and cold, dry and clean air was overloading his eyes with brightness. It hurt, and if these glasses would drop right here he would be almost blind. At least he was proficient about covering his footsteps, smudging them by halfway dragging his feet through the deep snow. He had been told to do so, because nowadays virtually everyone had a camera in his pocket, and there was Youtube and other platforms. 'DINOSAURS NOT EXTINCT ? LOOK AT THESE CLAWS' or 'Chernobyl aftermath ? Giant wolves prowling in russian wilderness' were no fun media events to deal with.

The good thing was however: The castle was at a distant location. When they would have arrived there, it would possibly already be much later in the day and he would feel better, no longer having to feel like a burden for the rest of the team. The gargoyle let himself drop onto a bulge in the snow cover that appeared to be hiding a smooth rock beneath it. "We have to get rid of the snow without damaging any evidence first. Do we have shovels ? And we need to get there first, hopefully there really isn't anyone around anymore." Vaughtar asked, not speaking towards anyone in particular. There was still the bloodshot imprint of Wolfe's knee across his face, but at least the one on that enormous trunk that his thigh was couldn't be seen, being hidden beneath his cloak. The creature was wondering if anybody would ask where he had acquired this new... facial expression.

"Should we wait or get there as soon as possible ?" A major part of Vaughtar was hoping that they had not climbed this mountain just to have a good view through the binoculars and then go down again.