Sequoia Coast break your world

vague vague vaaague @ lots of stuff, but looking for some new threads while i slowly catch up >_> she's just beginning to get into ravensblood, so most of this is actually happening in the flatlands/edge of the woods -- this could be bumped to the present if anyone would still like to join it! (i'm flexible)

The storms had taken their toll, ugly and wild across the landscapes. She'd watched them play out when she could and sheltered the rest hidden in the mountainside, hoping that it may treat them kindly. And, it seemed they would be spared from the worst of it all. An ugly scar across the landscape had looped from north of them, then east, then south to back west, with them in the center -- although she did not yet know these details in full. Afterward, smoke rose from horizons distant and near.. and they were left to regroup what little they had.

She mourned accordingly, and revered nature for its power.

While the mountain suffered its damages, she had yet to find dire circumstance. It was still habitable, at least, which was more than she surmised some territories could say judging by the linger of smoke on the wind. The eastern slope was prone to rock slides, the waterways swelled dangerously, broken trees were scattered haphazardly. She worried, certainly, but slowly the days crept forward and she found the mountain without catastrophic incident. But it still didn't feel right.

There was always more. In the pre-dawn hours, she gained speed into the flatlands and beyond. For several days she had waited to hear from them first, and especially since she knew they were out here somewhere. It had been a time since she had heard from @Rain, and now in the aftermath of this weather, she was finding herself restless regarding her most devoted outrider. Even Nishu occurred to her, because it was thanks to him that Ame ususally didn't fret much about her comrade's travels, so by extension, he was involved too. However, she guessed that one was not far from the other.

A fleeting scent had brought her this far, but she doubted how much longer to search; the mountain needed every bit of strength it could find these days, especially with their numbers slim (and Jace presumably more withdrawn in the aftermath of his sister's leave) and the neighboring flatlands having suffered from fires. She shouldn't be away for long but she pressed onward still, even going as far as to loose a soft howl on the off chance Rain or Nishu may be within earshot somehow.

Meanwhile, she admired the damage she crossed so far, from broken limbs to torn apart sceneries. She was making dual use of this time away, and took care to memorize as many of the changes as she could -- the naturalist in her was ever-hungry for information.