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"Hu??" The sudden voice catches his attention as the armored teen slowly turns around to gaze down. Seeing the stranger reminded him a lot of Edward, maybe it was because of his braided hair that was part blond. "Its actually my fathers! He was really into the armors." Right, he forgot that people here tend to be from different era of the century, maybe this man was no different.

"..." Shadow hadn't tried to be caught staring at the person in a suit of armor beside him. But it was too bizarre. It was a total whiteout, and he was still freezing in his winter gear, but this guy beside him was totally decked out, head to toe in metal armor?

Sharp eyes narrowed, slowllllly looking up at the person looming over him.

This weather was nothing compared to the cold freezing tundra of Briggs, but there in tbe mountains, one would be found dead if they werent careful. And he cant sleep, well, cant since he was just a suit of armor with his soul trapped in. So, being outside frequently was something he did daily, the city was much more lively in the nights, anyways. Besides the drunk people who seemed to be sleeping on the side. He would make sure theyre not frozen to death!

"I mean... this is nothing compared to a place I went to. Fort Briggs was like, ten times worse than this weather." Upon noticing the stranger's movement, he could tell theyre trying to act tough and think the weather wasn't cold for them. Much like Ed would... funny enough.

Welp. This was not what he had expected, he was a big target, a large size armor was not very hidden among other people. And the series of snowballs thrown at him had him ducking near crates. What he didnt catch on was, he was in the stranger's territory.

The snowballs chugged his way makes the teen yelp in surprise. Alphonse tries to avoid the bombarded objects, lifting his hand up to shield himself.

That is when he noticed the individual hiding behind him to avoid the attacks, not that he could tell her to move away, not when he was busy being the metal shield.

"Don't worry, we've got this! Lift up that snow, and I'll blow it at them with this!" she exclaims.

"Hu!?" He wasnt expecting such complicated machine, it was something hes never seen before. He coule practically hear Winry's voice in his head about taking the machine apart and see how it ticks. But thats not the problem he should be worried about, they needed to win this if both of them wanted to get out here.... alive.

"Alright! I got your back!" Hes never stacked snow so fast before in his life, the minute he place them on her transporter, the loud roar irrupts from the machine befoee spitting the snow out like a rocket. Alphonse widened at the innovation, it would knock back their opponents as if theyre stack of woods.

When Susie agreed to join the snowball fight, she may have gotten more than she bargained for. She was hoping to use her Transporter to her advantage, but the mini-copter had trouble starting up in the cold.

Before she can get it working, a flurry of snowballs are flung her way by the enemy team! Susie's eyes go wide for a split second —

"Yipes!!"

— and then her survival instincts kick in.

Welp. This was not what he had expected, he was a big target, a large size armor was not very hidden among other people. And the series of snowballs thrown at him had him ducking near crates. What he didnt catch on was, he was in the stranger's territory.

The snowballs chugged his way makes the teen yelp in surprise. Alphonse tries to avoid the bombarded objects, lifting his hand up to shield himself.

That is when he noticed the individual hiding behind him to avoid the attacks, not that he could tell her to move away, not when he was busy being the metal shield.