Act One: Ice Statues [Open]

Songbird was at the rear of the group, same as always. It was not that he was frightened, or wishing to be apart from the company of others; no. It was merely that he was uncoordinated in this type of environment, especially with the possibility of a snowstorm. The sky looked somewhat darker than it had previously, unless it was just his imagination. The thought of the snow around them building up, and the chance of a chill that Songbird was unfit for, were a terrible set of images.

He truly hoped that neither of these things would be the case for the future, too intent on just keeping his footing at this point in time. It was a difficult enough process in itself without unneeded extras piling up. The trek seemed silent and sullen, much to Songbird's dismay. Although, Booker and Shiki seemed to be enjoying the general silence. It was as unnatural to him as the thought of no longer having his scarf to keep him company. The Biyomon hurried up to walk beside Elizabeth, who gave him a quick disapproving look, before facing forwards once more. "Falling back, are you?" she murmured. "Make sure you don't get lost underneath all of this snow." Songbird didn't bother to retaliate, counting her words as her simply being her. She was grumpy, he could tell.

Booker, meanwhile, was on the lookout for possible targets to his ease his fighting urges. No such luck so far, but there was always the chance something could stray past his vision and make for a potential foe. He flapped his wings a couple of times to keep his temperature up, Shiki seeming uncaring of the pressure of his claws that dug into her hood. The girl herself was keeping a sharp eye out, wondering if this empty wonderland of snow would actually truly present her and the others with a potential threat.

It was a couple of minutes more into their hike, when Booker noticed something strange. "What's that up there?" It was half spoken aloud, in a manner, to himself and half to the gathering of two humans and six Digimon. He narrowed his eyes, using one paw to shadow them and further enhance his range of sight. "There definitely seems to be something headed our way."

Shiki immediately halted, indicating to her team to stop too, with an open palm wafted half-heartedly in their direction. "It seems we may soon have company," she said, strangely glad of the growing shape that flew in from above. "Finally." Booker grinned. At last, they'll be initiating in a battle.

Soon after, a tall figure dropped with grace to the floor. It eyed them all through menacing eyes, its white wings folding back against its sides. There was a time where it simply regarded them, and then, as abruptly as it had arrived, it smirked and shot a freezing cold beam from its gaze, directly at the group. "Duck!" Shiki called out in a calm manner, dropping to the floor. Her trio of Digimon dove to avoid the blast. Elizabeth was the first to launch a counter-attack, whisking a blade of sharp wind at the devil with the aid of her wings.

Her Tamer fell back, glancing to Stranger and his collection of Digimon. "This one's aggressive. We'll have to coordinate our attacks, if we wish to take this one down." She turned to face their opponent once more, noting that Elizabeth's attack had barely fazed him. "He'll be a lot stronger than your average enemy, so be careful."

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"I'll have Elizabeth and Songbird attack from a distance," Shiki began. "Keep your Keramon at a distance. When you have the chance, blind the demon with smoke, then I'll order my ranged attackers to use their techniques. You do the same, except with your physical fighters." All three of her Digimon had been listening intently to her throughout her speech, and Booker was the first to pull a face at the lack of being mentioned. "What about me?" he growled. Shiki turned her cold gaze upon him. "Fall in with the Gizamon and Crabmon as they move in for the attack." "... Aight, sounds good."

Meanwhile, the IceDevimon was in the midst of preparing a counter-attack against the little floating annoyance, that dared to challenge him directly. It flared his wings wide, unleashing a barrage of icicles at the Keramon, just after he had brought up his protective aura. Many of the ice shards simply bounced off, however as the other half bombarded the shield, it was soon apparent that it wouldn't hold up for much longer. It smirked, relishing in its soon to be victory against this tiny abomination. However, that was soon reversed. Songbird flapped his wings, sending a spiral of green flames bursting out towards their foe. Taken by surprise, the IceDevimon was sent stumbling sideways from the hit. It shot a glare over at the Biyomon, who stood as tall and proud as he could manage, a fair way from his Tamer.

"I'll have Songbird keep the Digimon occupied alongside your Keramon," Shiki said, watching as the snow-devil turned on the bird. He shot another beam of ice directly at his attacker, which was dodged by hair's breadth. Songbird shivered, imagining for a moment if he had been any slower. He was glad, at least, that he had enough maneuverability to deal with the adversary.

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