The Disciples of Cirno Finally Meet!?

Steiner Franz had been one of the first to arrive at the top of the mountain, but even he had known he was not alone. Standing on the top of the mountain looking across the beautiful landscape below he wondered where the Angel of Ice had wandered off to. She was probably busy, after all she was a being with a great burden of her own on her shoulders, and he would not stick his nose into her affairs. Absent mind-idly playing with the collar of his patchwork jacket, Steiner found his mind wandering to what the others must have experienced when they met Cirno. He had felt great pain and sorrow, his mind being invaded by someone he barely understood or knew, and then he had felt relief. The relief of sharing those thoughts with a person who was open and warm and willing to talk things over with him. He grunted, letting out a deep sigh in the process that produced steam in the cold morning air, and turned to look down the path that would lead him back to the world outside of the mountain.

He had been here for long enough, spent long enough being doddle on by a lady such as Cirno, and now he knew it was time for him to return to the real world. He knew he had powers now, how to turn them on, and use them was another story entirely, but he knew they were there if he needed them. He smiled as he began to step down that all too familiar path, the enchantment placed on him to keep him feeling warm, and to keep his stamina high while he was on the mountain keeping him going. Scaling back down the mountain reminded him of the time he had tried to climb up it. The hardships that he had faced in the cold and harsh climate of the mountain that he had been called to. It caused him to remember the call of the woman who would help him become a better man, a man who could change the world, and help the people of that world from ever feeling the torment he had lived through. Steiner let out another sigh as he looked back up to the peek, he had only been walking for a few minutes now, and already he missed Cirno and the feeling of contentment that she gave him. He would have been happy just living up here, just helping Cirno with whatever task she deemed for him to accomplish, and protecting her loved one. But that wouldn't be him fulfilling his end of the bargain.

These new powers of his were given to him to protect and save others, not just the people he cared for, but people in general. Race, creed, or affiliation were of no import to that code. He would do whatever he could to stop the violence, to stop the war, and put an end to the madness, but for now Steiner Franz had to get down this mountain and begin to work on himself, by himself. That is when his eyes caught a woman walking the same path as he had. He stopped in his tracks and looked at her for a second. She had whitish blond hair, piercing bronze eyes, a scar above her nose, and beautiful tanned skin, she was attractive to a guy like him. He grinned widely as he waved at her. She was probably another potential hero on her way to meet Cirno and he didn't want to keep her for too long, but Steiner was interested in just who Cirno had attracted to the top of the mountain beside himself. And this was his opportunity to do so.

"Hey!", he found himself yelling as he began to lightly jog up to her, choosing to not go full run as he might slip on the snowy path, and fall to his death. That would be a horrible way to end this journey, Steiner thought to himself as he made his way toward her. "Are you on your way to see the champion of justice, Cirno?", Steiner said as he grew closer to her, his smile still on his face as he extended his hand. "I don't know where she went, but I would have no problem helping you get to the top. I'm Steiner Franz, someone she has already helped, and I was just on my way down the mountain when you caught my eye.", Steiner said with honesty as he reached his hand out for a hand shake. He found himself shaking a lot of people's hands recently, it was a form of respect for him, and a traditional greeting to people he had just met from where he was from. All the while he smiled and tried to be as nice as he possibly could, he didn't want to have her think he was some kind of creep, or to discourage her from completing the quest she was on.