((OOC: A continuation of Lost Little Frog))

IC:

“Oh?” Shin looked up from balling a handful of snow. He stood near the mansion’s main gates, dressed up in cold weather gear with a red and green striped scarf slung around his neck. His black coat was heavy and warm. Some might call the thing a ‘duster’. His eyes raised to the skies as a snowball flew overhead, missing him by a wide margin and splatting against the door not an inch from Iron Mouth’s head.

“Well, that was nice aim.” Shin commented at Arielle with a smirk. “Such a warm welcome.”

The door opened with a remarkable mechanical sound. While a snowball going over the head of the young man who was standing near the door. Surely who threw the snowball had no aim very good . The snowball hit the door. a bit of snow fell on the shoulders of Fausto. His stopped before doing something , his first reaction could be shout to all his royalty but in a second though he find the situation funny . why do he have to ruin a funny moment ?

Fausto kneel down in the snow and started to form a few balls of snow,he took one of them and tried to compress it as much as possible. the more compressed the more it hurts the impact and is easier to throw .the ball was small but dangerous. just like him , small but dangerous. who would guess that a boy at his age could have killed the leader of a band?
a war of snow was nothing compared with what he had lived.
He take one of the snowballs, a small one . and he put it in his mouth. as expected it has melted faster than others things . Fausto liked the refreshing feeling of the snowball melting in his mouth.
He didnt see the attacker around , he sure was hiding behind some bushes. Fausto put all his strength in the launch pointing in the direction of those bushes, so hopefully he could catch him unprepared and hit him with his super concentrated snowball.

"Hey! This is my first time! I've never had a snow ball fight! I'm from Brazil! It doesn't snow in Rio!" Arielle snapped back at Shin while adjusting her white and light blue striped scarf, along with her white puffy jacket with brown fur trimming the hood.

"And secondly, how was I supposed to know that someone was coming through those gates? It was an accid-OWE, MY NOSE!!!" Arielle's voice howled from the stinging pain of Fausto's snow ball knocking her in the face. A slew of curse words poured from her mouth, uttered in Portuguese.

"That's it! I quit! End of game!" she reverted back to English and started stomping off towards the mansion...only to trip and fall face first into the snow. "..."

“Oh dear,” Shin couldn’t help but laugh. “Here, let me help you up Ari. We wouldn’t want you to catch a chill.” He pulled her to her feet, dusting his gloved hands off after he was finished. Snow fell back to its element, the ground. “And I’m sorry. I didn’t know you weren’t as experienced with snow. I just sorta assumed you’d have a knack for it. You know, like one assumes a baseball pitcher is good at throwing rocks across the lake? If that makes any sense at all…”

His eyes drifted to the new arrivals, and he started walking towards them, hand waving all the while. He wore a big grin. “Hey, sorry about that! We were just playing around, when ‘bamf!’, you guys appeared in the path of one of our shots. Again, sorry. My name’s Shin, by the way. Nice to meet you~” He waved to the girl behind him who moments before had had her face in the snow. “And that is Arielle. Say hi, Ari." Silence. "She says hi. Sorry, she has snow in her mouth. It might take a while for her to wrap her tongue around a sentence."

He glanced at the girl next to Fausto, and tilted his head. “And who have we here?”

Kasumi smiles as she gets out with her back pack and hoddie on she looks at the snow ball fight. Soon she giggles as she runs getting ahdnfulls of snow and thowing it at Shin. Some of her red hair falls over her sholders. Her eyes eyes seem to light up "Just like home!" Kasumi calls out.

Soon Kasumi throws one at Fausto. She is ready to run at any time she will not bomb the girl that seems to be haveing truble. It is not as cold as her home yet it will do she loves snow and always will. Kasumi looks kind of out of place with just a hoddie on and no gloves. Yet she seems to be doing fine at this time.

Cold never really buged her spinding a life in the snow and cold she is rather use to it. She does not mind a snow ball fight what a comeing home gift a snow ball fight she is not wineing at all. Soon Kasumis smiles form ear to ear.

(OOC: Order : Iron Mouth / Nereid / Shard / Kasumi .)

Kasumi seemed like a little girl playing with snow. she was very happy, as far as Fausto doesnt mind when she hit him with a snowball in the head. Shin was hit too easily too , but obviously both seemed to be distracted . Perhaps she lived in any state in which fall snow quite often.
Shin exactly was hit after his introduction , and Fausto a few seconds before to do it .
Fausto had always liked the snow but he had more fun watching the endless wars of snow that their partners organize in school days.
he smiled and extended his hand to Shin as if no snowball had hit him , despite the fact he had his hair covered of snow and shoulders too.

¨Hello I'm Fausto Martense, you should know me. i am very popular here in the mansion , almost famous... oh you might not remember my name,but you should remember it in the future ... Most people call me the great Iron Mouth and the sniper girl is Kasumi, she really aim well. do are you new in the mansion? i never saw you before ... ¨

Fausto analyze him with the eyes, as who looks for a good guard dog at the store and look at every aspect of these before buy someone . this has a very long ears, the other is not so big, there's always some little detail to observe.
At first glance he looked like a young man , Shin was obviously from some Asian country. no doubt about that, only with a view you could say even from what city. perhaps Tokyo, Osaka or akibahara? Akihabara, surely.
he seemed to have a taste for fashion things , something that bothered Fausto a lot.the clothes aren't more than pieces of cloth.it should only cover and protect the body from the cold.

¨whatever , nice to meet you ...¨

Arielle had a rather annoyed look on her face while climbing back onto her feet but Shin and Fausto being whacked with snow balls from Kasumi changed her expression into an amused one.

"Shin, Piggy back ride now!" Arielle laughed running to jump on Shin's back, only to cause both of them to fall in the snow again. Her laughter filled the air, while she sat on his back laughing at the asian, who's face was now planted in the snow.

"Hi Fausto! Hi...um, did she even give her name yet...?" Arielle asked pointing to Kasumi.

Up went the eyebrow as the snowballs started flying, then down went his eyes to the point of impact. A ball of snow exploded into powder against his black coat. "Oh dear. I wasn't expecting retaliation." Shin frowned, dusting himself off. Well, at least the girl, whoever she was, seemed to be having fun.

>>¨Hello I'm Fausto Martense, you should know me. i am very popular here in the mansion…” The young boy introduced himself to Shin, extending a hand. Shin nodded, shaking it.

“Ah, her name’s Kasumi. That’s—” He turned to watch her as she ran around. “Wild.”

>>”Whatever, nice to meet you.”

“Likewise,” Shin smiled. “And yeah, I’m pretty new at the mansion—!” He was cut short as Arielle hopped on his back, shouting ‘piggy back, now’ with an air of urgency. They both fell down, and Arielle started laughing her head off. Shin rubbed his head, pinned under the weight of the girl.

>>"Hi Fausto! Hi...um, did she even give her name yet...?" Arielle asked pointing to Kasumi.

Kasumi sees the two falling in the snow as she runs up to Fausto thinking that it is a good idea to do to him "Hey piggy back ride!" soon she jumps on Fausto's back yet she is so small she might not even move him yet it still looked like fun.

Soon Kasmi looks at the two "I am Kasumi!" she seems to be so happy with the snow she can live in this if she did not get to cold. Her cheeks are a little bit red form the cold. Yet she seems to be beaming the smile has not left her face. Kasmu lets out a happy squell that is some what high pich "You two are?"

She is makeing more firends this is so nice she is loving this so much. She will always love the snow as she smiles more as she speeks "Lets make snow men!" that would be so cool even with what little she has on she seems to be doing fine even her shoes is not fit for the snow yet she does not seem cold at all.

Kasumi just keeps smileing as she looks at the other ones. She loves this place already. She will be walking in wet but she does not care, She is happy that she did get things that will keep her warm she will have to get her boots and jacket out with her gloves, scarf and hat but now she can make due with what she has.

Kasumi caught him. she jumped on his back, his weight wasn't enough to throw him but she made Fausto lost the balance.the two was almost about to fall in the snow but he hold her just in time.
Kasumi was quite small for his age, which facilitated the task .
All were introduce in their own way . . Kasumi seemed to lost the presentation of Shin.
Fausto was just knowing the girl but she seemed a little prone to lost herself and miss things , Fausto didnt know much of her . But the girl appeared to be a fun person. she was always smiling cheerfully, perhaps for meeting new people. Fausto loved to meet new people, and more if they are mutants.

¨ good idea Sumi , it will be fun to build a snowman. you seemed to be a expert with snow , perhaps you are the one that need to start it . lets make the basic form first , then we put it on the nose and eyes. what can we use for them ? ¨

Fausto put Kasumi in the ground gently while he move his hand to caught Shin and Arielle to join them.
the temperature was starting to drop but it was an acceptable price for the fun and beauty of the snow.

"I'm Arielle, and this is Shin," Arielle introduced herself and he asian companion for a second time. She couldn't help but smile at Fausto and Kasumi. They seemd so playful and cute together. Then there was Kasumi's mention of building a snow man. Arielle had heard of such an activity but she had no clue on how to actually construct one.

"Uh, sorry. Snow isn't common from where I come from. So I won't be any help from the beginning. I can watch and see how it's done and then maybe help." she laughed nervously. "You ever built one Shin? All I know about snow men is that Frosty song." she shrugged.

“A snowman? Don’t you just ball up some snow into three differently-sized balls, roll them along the ground to gather up more snow, then stack them from biggest to smallest? Then you grab some sticks, pop one in each side of the thing for arms, and pop a carrot in its face? Yeah, I’m familiar with the concept.” Shin grinned. “Here, let me get you started.”

He bent over, scooping and packing some snow into a ball, then put in in Arielle’s hand. “There ya’ go!”

Kasum was right she did not knock Fausto down. She smiles as she is sat down. Soon Kasumi nods to Shin "You are right!" She smiles more as she gets her pack off of her back and takes out a pair of snow gloves and slips them over her hands.

Kasum binds down as she makes a snow ball she puts it on the gound "I will do the botton." she starts to roll the snow around. Form time to time she stops packing the snow down and tunring it to make ir round. Soon Kasumi starts to sing Frosty The Snowman as she walks. For her singing she is not half bad.

Kasumi loves the snow as she looks at the others "We need to make a snow fort to bomb others also." she nods softly as she gets ideas. Kasumi will help with that also she loves to make forts and snick up on people them bomb them with snow and hide again. She use to do it all to her old firends. She misses them but most of the moved away.

Kasumi really does not think about it she is makeing new firnds now. She knows that it will be a good place for her. She thought that she was not going to make any but she has made three already. She smiles to herself as she keeps on the botton of the snow man.

((OOC: Iron Mouth gave me permission to go on without him for a round of posting. We’re going to try and finish this thread soon, so without further ado.))

IC:

Shin’s whistle was like a lilting little bird, streaming through the air in song. Mouth pursed in an ‘o’, he bent over to roll up the snowman’s chest, whistling along with Kasumi to their Christmas tune. No matter the time of year, peace on Earth could ascend to the heavens through song. Quickly, that small ball of snow became a decent-sized chest. Picking it up, he staggered towards Kasumi. “Are you ready for the center?” He grinned.


(OOC: Arielle makes the head. Iron Mouth can draw a silly face on it.))

"Looks easy enough," Arielle shrugged and started to roll a snow sphere of her own. Assuming her part would have to be for the head, she mad esure that it was a decent size and fit the proportions of shin's and kasumi's balls of snow. She patted the snow to make it more compact so it would not sloppily fall apart when ready to place on the snowman.

"All done here..." she called to the others, lifting the soon to be head and carrying it over to Shin and Kasumi.