This piece was originally submitted as a response to [this post ](https://www.reddit.com/r/DirtyWritingPrompts/comments/j3kyo6/wp_as_a_fire_mage_she_was_important_to_have_along/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app) by u/Gahidus.
*All characters – featured and mentioned – are 18+*
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“*I can barely fucking see through all this snow!*”
“*What!?*”
“*I said, I can barely fucking s-*”
Jocasta’s foot sunk into the snow in front of her, the sole of her boot coming down oddly on a hidden feature of the rocky path that the three people in front of her had somehow avoided, and slipped, sending her flailing face-first into the powder.
The impact wasn’t painful… How could it be?… But the sudden lurch forward had knocked the hood of her heavy fur coat off her head, and her previously warm-and-toasty ears now stung unbearably as they were exposed to frigid environment.
Before she could react to pick herself up or cover her painful lobes, the rope around her waist went taught, and she felt herself being dragged forward through the white. Snow found its way down the neck-opening of her coat as she was dredged along, biting into the skin of her upper back and collarbone, sending brand new shivers through her whole body.