event: portal four | the mountain

[mayfield_mods]

The fourth portal, as might be expected, can be found atop the hill known as Makeout Point. The other side of the portal isn't altogether that much different from the side you're entering from, save for the thicker trees and somewhat darker lighting.

The other side of the portal is significantly colder than the Mayfield side; frost covers the ground, and although it's not quite freezing, you'll want to bundle up. A glance at the sky reveals what you might have been dreading: glitch holes, in varying size, litter the skyline. The sun is hidden behind a set of thick clouds, creating a melancholy atmosphere.

The landscape around you is relatively flat, and you can't see too far beyond the forest ahead of you. It isn't until you turn around, facing the portal that you entered from, that you see the rising slope of the ground. The mountain rises high, higher than you can see from its base. There's a rough, primitive path heading up its slope, and for now simply hiking will be sufficient. As you get further, however, simply walking won't be enough: you're going to have to climb...

Somewhere, closer than you might prefer, a single wolf howls, and is shortly joined by more.

Better get moving.

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[thebeastwithout]

[He breathes a sigh of relief at seeing her begin to regain control of herself. Everything was too frenetic right now for him to really think; it was like viewing the scene remotely through a screen. All he wanted was to get them all back through that hole and back to Mayfield. Beast Boy leans forward and gives her a quick hug before releasing her with a soft whisper.]

You did great.

[Behind them, the rock dam cracks once again...]

C'mon. C'mon! ...We're gonna get the happy ending we deserve this time if it kills me.

[He glances towards Gentarou and nods as he begins to shepherd Terra back towards the portal.

...Everything was going to be just fine.]