Well, that's not unreasonable. It does look like it might get very cold during the winter seasons, here.

[ So it's probably not a bad idea at all to prepare for it in advance. Erik hadn't even thought of it, honestly. But then, he doesn't often feel cold. Even now, he's more uncomfortable than anything. ]

Messed up— as in, injured?

[ It seems a little excessive, at least when they've supposedly been invited here. On the other hand, if there's no other way to get here, he supposes it would be up to each person to decide whether they would be up for the challenge. ]

Even among the Summoned, it seems people here rely on magic and superhuman abilities a lot. I haven't met many baseline humans, so far.