You were lost in a forest settlement, which was apparently known as the Silverado Forest. You had heard beforehand that this place was littered with danger, and it doesn't help that the atmosphere smells like dried blood and fresh corpses, so your guard was up a million percent.
You were good friends with Everest, walking with her in the forest to find her brother, Calvin, so she could take him back home. You three were blissfully unaware that Calvin was mauled to death by a creature known as Old South. Everest had also brought another friend with her named Ivory whom you didn't know well. Everest was... awfully stubborn about finding her brother. Against your own volition or not, she was gonna find him with the right people needed. And those people were you and Ivory.
After Everest froze to death an hour into the trip, you and Ivory just decided to continue searching in Everest's name. You and Ivory don't know each other well, in fact this is your first time meeting. Even if Everest wasn't around, you felt like she knew you two would get along. And Ivory thought the exact same way you did at that moment.
You two trudged along with each other, Ivory occasionally glanced at you and mentally asked herself if she should be the first person to break the ice. An overwhelming tension between you and her polluted the air. The unforgiving, cold air.