Cold Cocked by the Cheating Enchanter [Genzo]

Ruairi nodded. They didn't have to go visit any Gorons now, they were busy! With the ice mission! And if the only two paths they could see were these options, it was better to take this one. Surely it would be the right one leading up to this… Temple. If they had to transport ice from there, it was going to need a proper road, right? But the snow kept falling, and the paths would soon be swallowed up, if no one else kept them open. At first Ruairi had worried about the wagon, but now he had to wonder if they would be able to even walk if there ended up being too much snow. The falling snow was showing no signs of slowing down, however.

And that other Goron they had seen wasn't the only one with issues, either. As they kept walking, they came across another… Encased in ice. Only his head was still poking out, and that… Didn't look like normal freezing. The Rito didn't consider anything strange about the weather – like Eve said, it was winter, and they were climbing up a mountain. But according to the Goron… Something was off. He did agree that the weather was probably getting worse. The wind had been picking up. But instead of it being natural, the Goron was certain something in the temple was doing that!

"Hmm… If something is wrong with the temple, maybe that is why the store hasn't been getting ice, either. Or something," Ruairi hummed. That would make sense. He didn't seem to be too worried about freezing Gorons or the Kokiri getting really excited to use a hammer to free one from their icy prison, as he pondered about this new revelation.
"Well, we're going up there! So I'm sure we'll find out just what is happening at the temple and if it has anything to do with the weather. We must make haste before the weather gets even worse and we're the next ice sculptures around here!"

Ruairi had crossed his arms as he nodded along. Yes, of course. That made perfect sense! Some kind of temple issue with the ice that had stopped the shipments. Eve focused on getting the Goron out of ice, but once that was done, they had to keep moving. If people were already freezing over, it was very possible that they would be the next victims, if they didn't get this under control soon. The air didn't feel that cold to him, though. Yes, he had a thick coat on, but the air didn't feel that nippy when it came to his face, either. Was something else happening here than just a mere temperature drop?

The Rito was quick to get back on the road and continue along the path. The snow had started building a thicker layer, his boots sinking in deeper. The wind had picked up again, blasting his face with freezing shards of snow. Now that definitely felt cold. It was getting harder to see, so it was no surprise that Ruairi had managed to miss the Goron walking along with them until he actually turned around to look.
"Wh– h-hey, we're going to the temple! And we are professionals. We can't just have anyone tagging along with us, you know!" He spoke to the Goron, and it was hard to say if his words were very heroic and worried about the safety of a bystander… Or if he just didn't want the responsibility of someone getting hurt on their watch. Or if the mere idea of babysitting someone annoyed him.

Ruairi frowned. The Goron looked like he didn't even hear, ignoring all of his warnings and worries! How rude. There was no response and the Goron just kept following them without a worry in the world.
"Well, I warned you Don't blame us if something happens to you," he huffed and turned to face the direction they were walking in. The Rito was now an expert at dungeons and temples, and the problems within! At least, according to himself. Ignoring the fact that it wasn't too long since he stepped into a trap-filled temple for the very first time himself, of course. Such a thing didn't even fit into his memory anymore.

The cliffs no longer remained as close to them, slowly and steadily giving them a wider path until they flared out into a problem clearing… That unfortunately was a deep pit from where they were standing. Ruairi had to shield his face from the icy wind, the visibility quite poor as the snow kept falling, like a white curtain that was pulled closed in front of them. He could see a land bridge continuing over the pit – but he couldn't say where the bottom of the pit was, as it disappeared into the whiteness. There were no guard rails in place, either. Maybe it wouldn't have been that bad, if the first few steps Eve took didn't suddenly force her up into the air with an amazing gust of wind! A wind like that would easily push either of them off the bridge and into the abyss – and the Kokiri was lucky that she landed back on solid ground, even if that meant she was forced back.

But despite how strong that wind was, the Rito did not feel it hit against him. Sure, he had braced himself, but… But it didn't make much sense. He should have felt it. Even Eve sounded rather confused by what had just happened.
"Well you are going to have to be a bit more specific! What happened?" Ruairi asked, eyeing the bridge up ahead. He couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. There was no protection from the wind that they could use, either… Actually, maybe the falling snow was acting a bit strange up ahead?
"Is it just me, or is the snow falling… Well, not falling all the way to the ground there?"

He didn't quite know how to put it into words either, like the hypocrite he was.

Ruairi squinted. Though the mere suggestion that someone would have been standing there should have been wild… He was starting to feel like he had to actually agree with that. The way the snow acted, it most definitely seemed like it was outlining a vaguely humanoid shape. Now he had no idea what Eve meant with some magical lens, but if this person was invisible… Were they a wizard?!

The Rito already had tensed up as he prepared to handle the repercussions of this revelation. The revelation that is was someone Eve knew was less impactful – though what did she say? Holiday Moblin…? No, Moblin… Holiday? He didn't really get it. But the mystical wizard person spoke – could Gorons even be wizards? They didn't feel particularly wizardly. But this one was big, invisible and could create gusts of wind. Probably.

"Well, no, I can't see anything!" Ruairi replied to the Kokiri, being the smartass he was. Of course this was somehow Eve's fault. He could just squint his eyes as he stared ahead, not even knowing if he was making eye contact with this… Goron Jones.
"Well… Why?" He called out to the Goron blocking the road.