Sunday, April 22, 2018

Freezing sounds



What did she just hear? Just the wind? An animal which can give her meat and fur? Or wildlings who will capture and abuse her?

Still, the only things she can glimpse through the blizzard are even more miles upon miles of snow and ice covered mountains.

A young Red Sonja had departed on this long journey several weeks earlier, on a late summer day. However, after just a few days, while crossing a river, the poor girl managed to loose all her clothes and equipment, except for her spear. Utterly naked, at her most shy and modest age, she has since tried to avoid contact with whoever other people she might happen to encounter.

As the late summer turned into autumn, she discovered that the nights were getting surprisingly uncomfortable as they gradually became longer and colder. In a reckless move to shorten the torments and reach her destination some days earlier, the young and inexperienced girl decided to take a shortcut over the wild and desolated mountains.

But that doesn't save you any time unless you already know the path pretty well. She didn't. Actually, after a few days, she realized she hardly had a clue. 

And she never expected the even worse that was still to come. That at this altitudes and latitudes, winter may arrive so suddenly, so brutally.

Deeply despaired and immensely suffering in the freezing cold, what are her options now?

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