Cam S1E1: "Fresh Fallen Snow"

## Episode Guide

**"Fresh Fallen Snow"** is Cam's first episode of the Skyline: REM series.

## Summary

The demanding nature of Cam's job leaves her stressed and going to bed during the early hours of the morning, but she is finally able to close her eyes and rest. She wakes to find herself falling from the sky, but before she has a chance to process her predicament she crash lands in a snowy forest. Once she manages to crawl out of the small crater she made upon impact, miraculously unharmed, she finds herself standing on a path. Upon discovering the pair of white wings upon her back, Cam fears she's died and gone to heaven.

A stranger happens upon her panic and does her best to calm Cam down, assuring her that she's not dead. She introduces herself as Amanda before proceeding to give Cam a run-down about several of the races found in Rem. She then offers her some questionable food and a longsword with which to protect herself. Amanda returns to her cart of goods and they both bid each other farewell, intent on parting ways when a bandit group emerges from the undergrowth and surrounds them both. The bandits make it clear that they're here to rob Amanda, and without thinking Cam steps forward boldly to intercept the first attack directed Amanda's way. The two women are swept into the fight, fending off the bandits the best they can. Partway through the battle, Cam suddenly unleashes a blast of ice, unnerving the bandits. With a bit of effort, Cam manages to call upon the ice again, and together she and Amanda manage to fend off the bandits.

The two take some time to catch their breath and discuss their next move, deciding that it would be safer if they both traveled together. Amanda gets her wagon back on track, and together she and Cam continue onward, eventually arriving at a small Aeros trading town known as Runswick. Amanda explains that she needs to get her wares set up at a stall, so she provides Cam with some pocket changes and sends her on her way with the instructions to come and find her after a while. Cam browses the various stall for a while, before purchasing clothing more appropriate for the weather. She buys herself a jacket, a set of gloved gauntlets, and some jewelry. She changes before reporting back to Amanda.

While browsing, Cam had come across a booth that sold crystals she figured Amanda would be interested in. Upon telling her, Amanda and Cam hurry over to the booth. The crystal merchant wore a hood but did provide Amanda and Cam with a map and a beautiful diamond. The merchant tells them of a cave rumored to have potent ice crystals, and Amanda becomes determined to get her hands on some.

After some minor preparation, Cam and Amanda depart and begin searching for the cave. They eventually find it, but discover that one of the bandits from earlier is hanging around the entrance. Amanda manages to knock out the bandit through sheer luck, and she and Cam are quick to venture deeper into the cavern. Soon they encounter peculiar crabs that have crystals growing from their shells, and these crabs are not pleased with their intrusion. The crabs pursue Cam and Amanda, who hurriedly retrace their steps before being forced to flee deeper into the caverns to escape the crabs. In their efforts to escape, they stumble across a huge beast slumbering in an inner chamber and make the wise decision to keep their voices down.

Cam and Amanda turn down a side tunnel and find themselves in an open cavern where they have an encounter with the leader of the crystal crabs. The encounter turns hostile, and they're forced to once again fight for their lives. After a struggle, they defeat the crystal crab's leader - and accidentally take the position for themselves. Their newfound crustacean army eventually wanders off, content to let them be, allowing Cam and Amanda to continue exploring. Eventually, they come across a section of the cave that suffered a past cave-in and figure that if they can get past the blockage, they might just find what they're after. They wrangle together a small amount of TNT, having spotted it earlier, only to once again run into the bandits. The bandits hold them at knifepoint, but a spark of inspiration provides Cam with the perfect solution.

Cam summons her new crustacean army, and they swiftly handle the bandits. With their path clear, Amanda and Cam ignite the explosives and successfully clear the blockage, however, the loud explosion wakes the slumbering beast. They flee further into the cave they just unblocked in a last-ditch effort to escape the creature, but while crossing a bridge Amanda loses her footing and tumbles through one a gap, plummeting into the darkness. Alarmed, Cam launches herself after Amanda. The women grab ahold of each other, Cam wrapping her unfamiliar wings around herself and Amanda, and down..and down they fall.

Cam wakes to pain, having sprained her wing in the fall, but Amanda is fortunately unharmed. With some effort, Cam tucks in her wings, not wanting to slow them down as both she and Amanda begin exploring the caves they'd fallen into. They eventually come across a mysterious shrine but discover no way to return to the caves they'd fallen from. In a moment of desperation, and running out of ideas, they decide to slot the diamond into the shrine's statue. The world fades to white.

## Locations

* Runswick, Aeros
* Ruins

## Trivia

* During the crab chase scene, all of the backstage crabs were making their own unique clicking sounds while aggressively chasing Cam.