All the years and no one heard

Had she been paying attention, it would have been evident from quite a ways off that all was not well with Ashen. Trails that had been well worn just a few short months ago now lay faint and faded. Just like around the Cedar Falls, it was evident there had been a pack here... had.

On their way back from their short vacation, they were in the area anyway, so Modesty thought to try and surprise Jael with something that was not chickens, but could still give her the eggs she was after. She was hopeful her Uncle would be able to provide her with some, partially tamed, or even eggs to try and hatch, Modesty certainly hadn't expected to stumble on... this.

Her first instinct was to worry, Ashen had seemed eternal, stretched back beyond her living memory. Ashen had always existed, and yet.. Maybe they had just moved? But she would have heard if that were the case, surely. Deluge was nosey enough and personable enough that not much missed her ear. “We should look around, see if we can figure out what happened here...” She suggested to Gilgamesh. Things seemed too ordered for it to have been the same as whatever had happened to Norad, so far.

“Speech.”