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None of the crew ever saw so much white. 
The golden mare led the crew further into the wilderness. It appeared that each time the crew would have a rest, she waited for them to follow again,
Mari was torn inside wether he could trust his feelings to keep following her, or to listen to his mind, which kept telling him this is insane.
Whenever they stopped Mari took out his compass and map, to realize they were still within the circle he drew, as to how far Lyo could have come
from the cliffs. The weather was changing soon and the storm that earlier raged on the coast was now hitting the mainland. It grew way
darker than all nights before, yet the snow made it possible to still see. 
There was constantly a howling sound in their ears and they saw the snow dancing in a fast turning walz along the snow covered surfaces. 
Soon the high winds swept everything into their way and made gaps in the ground hard to see.
There was a point Mari stopped to doubt, they were now too far from the route he planned,
to turn back to it. He pushed Svavelkis further and the grullo mare could feel the certainty grow in her rider, it motivated her greatly as well.
Somehow...crossing the snow dunes like that almost resembled breaking through waves with ships on these large horses,
it was not so different from chasing down another ship...now and then having involuntary rests when the wind was gone. If it wouldnt had been
life threatening, he'd have ordered to drop weight off their horses to make the run easier for their mounts....
The crowns of a couple pine trees rised on the horizon, laying out a whole Forest at their feet as they dashed down a steep hillside. 
Sven was starting to be nervous below Sirius, the stallion had his ears in all directions and tried to smell the air. 
Sirius swallowed hard when he spotted a black Hototo in the distance, still being chased by a horse that seemed to be Zlatobor, Lyo's fearless mount.
"LOOK!! IT IS ZLATI!" Mari yelled back without slowing down for a minute. "Not only him though.." Nört added and saw Sirius and Sven equally struggling
more with each step. The horses appeared to run into the same direction... maybe the Black Hototo was not chased by Zlatobor.. but being led?
It dawned the crew...that maybe it was true that Hototos were the saviors of this island, always helping out the lost creatures back to their "herd",
maybe the dark Hototo's instincts kicked in at last...and led his rival back to his kind. If that was true, Mari thought, they had to keep following the
golden mare. The storm made it hard to see but the deeper they ran into the forest, the more the trees blocked the wind. 
She had slowed down, more often making a stop to have a look around before trotting into a certain direction again. 
Mari could spot vvery faint tracks in the snow and gasped, he crossed himself and hoped he was right. 
They kept walking towards the labyrinth of trees 


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yes i successfully forgot Sven's marking. 


BG Ref: sta.sh/01ouh0kwzdks
Sven, Mari, Svavelkis, Zlatobor © by the Cursed Pirate
Hototos by Jullelin