[@boomlover] your guess is as good as mine unfortunately.  I don't want to delay the story any longer than it has due to schedules, people dropping out etc. But when Arena told me originally that they were going away, I thought at most it would be 2-2 1/2 weeks. And I believe we're going on 6 weeks now? I do hope all is alright [@ArenaSnow]!!

Otherwise I will have to make due.  

[@The Harbinger of Ferocity] I figure the journey up the mountains will give some more chances of character development and interaction before the next battle.  Getting up the mountain should be a task in itself. But I would like to wait for everyone to post and get together before moving onto that as well :)