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[b][color=ea590c]Edward Portsmith: Level 6 (16 cells) [/color][/b][color=ea590c]//////////////////////////////[/color]//////////////////////////////// (30/60)
[b]Location[/b] Snowdin
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In some ways the strange double chain setup the wagon had actually worked out, at least for the moment, as Edward had his copper golems slide their spears through the chain’s loops and could then simply have them mindlessly march forwards. It was a slow process, of course, but the metal constructs did not tire in their match towards the center of town.

They weren't going to be suitable for pulling it at any kind of practical speed however, especially under load, which meant it was a good thing Heismay managed to track down a pair of mounted locals, and information about both about where they’d acquired these Reindrix and how they’d tamed them.

[color=ea590c]”What useful sounding devices”[/color] Edward commented upon learning about Pal Spheres, before suggesting that  [color=ea590c]”We’ll have to ask the other Seekers if they’ve found something like that in town. Assuming the similar sounding objects that some of them use for monster storage aren't usable for that same purpose at any rate. I believe I have seen… Roxas I believe his name was… using such devices, though they were red and white rather than blue if I recall correctly”[/color] 

Still, that ment they’d be hanging around in the cold till the others did return, which was hardly a recipe for a good or productive time. They did have their new carriage for shelter, of course, but its wooden benches didn't exactly provide comfortable seating, nor was its interior decor particularly pleasant to be around.

Peering through the snow and dark for somewhere nearby to go, Edward spotted a building called the [url=https://i.imgur.com/maDItJ9.png]Snotel[/url] which claimed to have rooms open. 

[color=ea590c]”Hmmm. Perhaps the original owners of this wagon stayed, or are staying, there?”[/color] he pondered out loud, before suggesting they check it out, vaguely saying it would be  [color=ea590c]”Best to get ahead of things”[/color] he himself having not decided what they would do if someone tried to reclaim their property.

Leaving his golems to keep an eye on their transport, the pair headed. Then, after pausing outside to shake off his wings and stomp his feet clear of at least some snow, Edward pushed open the front door, and entered the establishment, seeking answers or, at the very least, and perhaps more so if you boiled it down to base needs, warmth. 

Inside was a plain but practical [url=https://i.imgur.com/O5l8dwc.png]reception[/url] whose desk was manned by a pair of [url=https://i.imgur.com/5ajaKUL.png]odd fellows[/url], one green and one blue, when went by Clark and Stanly respectively going by their name tags. Both beings waved enthusiastically to Edward and Heismay as they stepped inside, while Clark specifically called out “hello friends! Come in come in”

[color=ea590c]”Good morning to you”[/color] Edward said, as he finished de-snowing his boots on a welcome mat, before striding over.

“Looking for a room?” Stanly asked, just a little to hopefully.

[color=ea590c]”Ah, no I’m afraid not. I just have a question regarding the carriage outside”[/color] Edward apologized, causing both beings' shoulders to slump in disappointment, before setting about quickly explaining/asking [color=ea590c]”You see we just dug it out of the snow, and where wondering if the owner might have passed by here seeing as they had been deprived of their, hmm, home away from home so to speak?”[/color]

Not that it was the best place to live inside, but still, that was a future problem, and frankly all the more reason that they might have come here.

“Hmmm, no sorry, don’t think so” Stanly replied, to which Clark added that there where “Not many people coming out here recently”

[color=ea590c]”Ah, how unfortunate”[/color] Edward said, before asking [color=ea590c]”has business been slow?”[/color] out of a mix of politeness and as an excuse to stick around indoors for just a bit longer

“Yup”

“Basically none”

“We’ve got whole cupboards of stuff that’s fresh as the day we got it” Stanly said with a sigh, only for Clark to insist that “it’ll all pick up once summer comes along! Then it’ll all be worth it” which Edward highly doubted was the case.

[color=ea590c]”And that will be?”[/color] 

“Any day now! It's been snowing for what feels like forever!”

Empirically speaking, Edward thought, that implied that it would probably keep doing so. The region being called the Frozen Highlands certainly seemed to indicate as such. Plus with the way it managed to exist between two temperate regions and parallel with a desert, it certainly didn’t seem to be a natural state of affairs, now that he considered it. Not that anywhere was, of course, it all being glued together by Galeem, but if he was to hazard a guess he’d say that seasons were likely not a factor in the current weather. 

At any rate, it didn’t seem like he’d be getting much information out of these poor fools, but, he thought, after a moment, maybe he’d be able to help them help him, and in doing so keep them afloat for a little while longer.

Till Galeem’s world inevitably swallowed them up (something was keeping the clock in the center of town nice and fed after all) at any rate.

[color=ea590c]”Well, till you do see the weather improve, perhaps I can divest you of some of your excess stock? Pillows. Blankets. Toiletries. Candles. That sort of thing? We need to furnish our new transport, and perhaps a new home if we can locate one”[/color] he asked/suggested. 

“Oh you would? That’d be swell” Stanley said, to which Clark nodded in enthusiastic agreement and then offered “I can go and see what exactly we’ve got right away” 

[color=ea590c]”Before you do”[/color] Edward gently interrupted, before glancing at his companion and asking if there was [color=ea590c]”Is there anything else you think they might have that we could use, Himsley?”[/color]