[center][h2][color=ed1c24][b]W A R  N O T E S[/b][/color][/h2][/center][hr][center][h3][color=000000][b][color=f49ac2]?[/color] [color=ffffff]?[/color] ?[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr]Despite the mysterious sharktoothed girl's best efforts, the opposition of the Cadets was more firece than she anticipated. Perhaps she should've maintained the surprise element for more time, perhaps she could've brought an ally to back her up. Who knows? It might have worked if she did it in another time, but now it was a failure.

Before she could've been caught by them, she still managed to escape, kicking Althea against Leblanc and using the flurry of snow to mask her retreat back into the darkness. Who knows, maybe she was really a ghost, a collective hallucination that sought to derail the Cadets into the deathly grip of the icy valley bellow.

The only thing that was certain is that the last sight anyone would have of the mysterious girl would be the wicked shine of her shark-like teeth in the last slivers of moonlight before she disappeared in the same darkness from which she came from.
[hr][center][h3][color=ed1c24]G R A D O N  G I L T W I T H[/color][/h3][/center][hr][color=ed1c24]"And now it's two,"[/color] Giltwith said as he swatted another wolf that came to attack from their side and immediately moved to cover Esther's back even as the storm seemed to grow more powerful.

[color=ed1c24]"Don't worry, Esther, I won't allow any of these overgrown dogs to get you,"[/color] he said, scanning the area around them in search for more of the cunning predators. He was just in time to hear the Captain's order to push their way up the hill and go through a shortcut. [color=ed1c24]"Here, let's go this way,"[/color] Giltwith said as he grabbed Esther's hand and began to pull her on the direction the Captain called from.

Another wolf jumped on them, but was pushed out of the way with a swing of the boy's Vessel. [color=ed1c24]"Are we still counting?"[/color] he asked Esther while helping her climb the rugged hillside. It was just a matter of moments before the two of them were reunited with the rest of their group, around the downed Wagnil. [color=ed1c24]"And what do we do now?"[/color] Giltwith asked the others. For one reason or another, he seemed to be unaware that he continued to hold Esther's hand up to now.
[hr]*: Posting for [@TheWindel]