Despite the magic that covered Halo in a warmer embrace, thanks to Frey, it was still fucking cold. The cold was exacerbated by their work -- digging through snow and cracking ice, failing, slipping and falling. Even with the demigods strength and endurance being higher than that of most of his fellows, there was sweat beading on Noah's forehead through the work, and it caused a chill in his spine. Gritting his teeth and biting the inside of his cheeks, Noah continued to work with the deepest bred Halovian tenacity that there ever was. The civilian at his side did so, too, his determination unshaking by their hardship. Vi'dore snorted and stomped his feet, but he didn't stop digging even when it was hard.
Finally, despite the chill in their bones and the way their hands were numb, the weapons resurfaced. "Deimos, can you give us a little fire first?" Noah asked. If he did, the Sentinel would remove his gloves and warm his hands over the flames before he set to work. If not (if the Sword wanted to wait for later, that was), Noah would set to work anyway. Pulling off his gloves for a moment to shake his hands and breathe into them, Noah would take a few seconds to register his entire body as if assessing if any parts had fallen off due to frost bite, before getting to work.
Before he placed any arrows, or let anyone else place arrows, Noah assessed the weapons. He was familiar with them enough to know what they should look like. furrowing his brow and lowering himself to the base of one such ballista, Noah lifted a hand. "This one is busted!"
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Noah
1. Asks Deimos for fire. If he gets it, he warms himself up momentarily. If he doesn't he does what he can to get his fingers working and then
2. Inspects a ballista and finds that it is broken
Finally, despite the chill in their bones and the way their hands were numb, the weapons resurfaced. "Deimos, can you give us a little fire first?" Noah asked. If he did, the Sentinel would remove his gloves and warm his hands over the flames before he set to work. If not (if the Sword wanted to wait for later, that was), Noah would set to work anyway. Pulling off his gloves for a moment to shake his hands and breathe into them, Noah would take a few seconds to register his entire body as if assessing if any parts had fallen off due to frost bite, before getting to work.
Before he placed any arrows, or let anyone else place arrows, Noah assessed the weapons. He was familiar with them enough to know what they should look like. furrowing his brow and lowering himself to the base of one such ballista, Noah lifted a hand. "This one is busted!"
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Noah
1. Asks Deimos for fire. If he gets it, he warms himself up momentarily. If he doesn't he does what he can to get his fingers working and then
2. Inspects a ballista and finds that it is broken
Noah
the sentinel of the north
