Through the east door lay the remnants of a campsite of some sort. A small, blue, partially fallen down tent was set up in the middle of the room. An open backpack was laying on the ground adjacent to it with some bagged snackfood scattered in front. Nobody appeared to be present. The lack of life was made even more unnerving by a skeleton on the right side of the room. It's species could not be easily determined, as it appeared to be missing is head.
Leetzan picked up one of the bags of food. "The 3xpiration date hasn't even passed. You know what that means?"
"The freshness seal is still there?" Uberbob asked.
"No," Araches said annoyedly as she walked over to the skeleton, "it means there was no time for the corpse to decay. Whatever killed this guy ate his bones clean." I couldn't help but notice a slight trace of frozen-over cracks in the icy ground below the body. "He's been here four or five months, at most."
"We should salvage what we can and keep our guard up," I said, "We could be here a while, and might not be alone."
The room itself was made of ice and dome-shaped. Two more doorways were on the north and south walls, with a pale blue light eminating from each.
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