"Yeah, ok" Reed shouted over the winds. After only moments of reviewing the map, the other wolf was able to pick out a location and find his sense of direction to lead them on. Again, Reed found herself thankful the he was such a take-charge wolf. He started forward, breaking the snow for the pair of them. Reed quickly rolled the parchment back up, stuck it back in it's case, then pressed forward, following the path Caedwyn carved.
As the pair traveled, the storm worsened. Soon the winds were whipping so viciously, Reed had to duck her head to hide it from the onslaught of snow against her face. Even with her thick pelt, it stung as the ice pelted her. She hoped desperately that this wolf knew where they were going. At this point she was thoroughly lost and shivering. She was a long way from the ocean. He'd been right. Too far away from the ocean. The ocean. Mar. She thought about the strength of the ocean, how despite the worst of storms, it would endure and settle into a calm once more. This storm would do the same. They just had to survive the rough waves.
The other wolf called out to her up ahead. She'd fallen behind at some point, it seemed. Her legs were coated with snow and heavy. The ice underneath cut viciously at her skin and paws. She couldn't feel the cut, not with the numbness from the cold, but behind her with every step were spots of blood from her pads. At his calling, Reed pressed forward to cover the distance, panting and shivering as she lifted her head to try and find what he saw. She squinted with her one eye and thought she saw an outline of a ravine of some sort.
Movement caught her attention and Reed looked sideways in time to see the male slipping down the ledge and plummeting below. Then, just like that, he was out of her sight, taken by the white-out conditions before her very eyes. Reed started to yell after him, then suddenly realized that she didn't even know his name to call. "Awe, for the love of!" she exclaimed before carelessly leaping down after the wolf.
What Reed hadn't realized is how sheer of a drop-off it was. She slid part of the way down, but lost her footing and tumbled the remainder of the way. Once she reached the bottom, she took a moment to try and regain herself and her strength. Her body ached and hurt, and she worried if she'd broken something on the way down. "Hey!" Reed called out into the winds as she carefully regained her footing. Each step was careful, for beneath the layer of snow was ice. She could feel its sharpness against her aching, wounded paws. "HHHEEYYYYYY!!" she bellowed at the top of her lungs. The only response she got was the screaming winds as they protested her presence.
If he wasn't responding, then she'd have to try and find him. Her eyes turned to the trail from where she'd slid down the cliff. Already it was being blown away by the winds. If she had any hope of finding him, she needed to work quickly. Her nose twitched as she scented the winds and sighed. No trail. No scent. No vision. Her only hope of getting out of here was finding the stranger. She'd already gotten lost after slipping down the bank. "Get it together, Reed" she tried to give herself a pep talk. "You can do this. Just use your eyes and look around." She stepped forward, trying her best to peer through the winds and snow, each step carefully placed.
Dex Roll: Determines Reed's injuries as she slips down the cliff
Success: sustains minimal injuries and is just bruised and banged up
Failure: sustains a broken rib on the way down
Perception Roll: Determines if Reed finds Caedwyn
Success: finds Caedwyn's body as he slips into the water
Failure: Finds Caedwyn's track, but not him