northern attitude

Truthfully, Kaija wasn't sure if she wanted to reach the top either. At the very least she wanted to get decently high, far enough up the mountain where the terrain was more harsh and unforgiving, where she could focus on her journey and nothing else. Something all-consuming. That was what climbs like this could often feel like as you neared the end of them.

Apparently she wasn't the only one with such a thing in mind, though. She heard someone approaching far before they spoke, obvious by  the sound of the mountainside shifting somewhere below and behind. The stranger wasn't far off, and before long she'd caught up to her, shooting her a question right away. Kaija wasn't a huge fan of pleasantries anyway, so she didn't mind that she jumped right into a conversation. Swiveling around, she narrowed her eyes as she studied her from afar.

And god damn was this stranger bright. Her crisp white coat was basically a stark contrast to Kaija, whose coat was pretty dark and muted all over, but in a pretty sort of way - though she was a lot younger than her, at least that was her first impression. She was all dressed up too, with a cape and a weapon strapped to her leg.

"Honestly? Not really. Been pretty far north for a while now so I'm used to mountains and stuff, but this place isn't really… like those mountains." This place wasn't exactly teeming with life, not that the mountains in the north she was familiar with were either. But this place had a foreboding sort of aura, and an underlying smell of… burning? Something like that. She swore as she climbed a bit higher up, not that she was very far up yet, that the dirt and stones were mixed with a little ash, like something had been on fire here once. Maybe she was wrong though. "Name's Kaija, by the way. You planning on going pretty far up?" If she was, maybe she'd have someone to chat with for awhile. Adventuring was often more fun with a companion. If not, oh well, it wouldn't bother her either.