At the Wall [RP thread for aka_arya]

[snownotstark]

Being the Lord Commander's steward included running the Old Bear's letters and messages. In the days before their departure into the wilds north of the Wall, Jon criss-crossed Castle Black half a dozen times before midday. It seemed to him that the castle's resources weren't being pulled together fast enough for Mormont's liking. He actually would have guessed they should have left at least a fortnight ago but this was a ranging the brotherhood hadn't seen in a long time and the brothers were woefully undermanned.

Did Maester Aemon have his ravens picked yet? Tell Noye to double check every single horse's shoe, I won't have any more delays once we depart. Does Tarly have those maps yet?

Jon was on his way to the library to find Sam and those maps when the sound of horses distracted him. He thought perhaps it was a wagon of food bought from Mole's Town but upon closer inspection, there's too many men walking around it for that to be true. More of them actually look likes boys actually, and then he understood. Yoren was back, with his latest batch of recruitments for the Wall.

They could have come at a worst time, he supposed, though if this delayed Mormont's plans to leave in three days, heads were going to roll.