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Not quite a Halloween fic...
A year ago, someone on one of the FMA comms posed the question 'What would the characters of FMA wear for Halloween?'

Well, inspiration struck a few weeks too late, so here it is this year instead.  Feel free to add your own!

~Quill

Disclaimer: Not mine.  But we all knew that, right?




Edward borrowed Breda’s Major Armstrong costume, complete with fake moustache and sparkles. He had a little difficulty staying on the stilts all night, since no one should be that freakishly tall.

Alphonse went as a knight of the round table, because what else is a soul bound to armour supposed to wear? He still spent most of the night apologising to anyone and everyone for how unoriginal his costume was.

Colonel Mustang went as a Xingian maid. In a miniskirt. And heels. And fishnets. His own fault, because he’d been rather lazy and had stupidly chosen a very bad day to tell Hawkeye to pick out a costume for him. He spent the night glaring at anyone who dared to suggest he’d be very pretty, if only he smiled once in a while.

Hawkeye went as an elf princess. She’d secretly fallen in love with the soft, delicate gown she saw while picking up Roy’s costume, and really, it was so nice to feel pretty now and then.

Major Armstrong wore a gown eerily similar to Hawkeye’s. Yeah, don’t ask.

Havoc went as a cabbie, because he figured he spent enough time driving people around anyway, so why not dress as one?

Falman came dressed in a deerstalker hat, a checked caped coat and a pipe, and instructed everyone to call him ‘Holmes’.

Breda went as a dog, because his therapist suggested he overcome his phobia with gradual exposure, and you can’t get more exposed to an animal than to dress up as one.

Fury wore a rather awkward book costume, because he had a hopeless crush on Scheska and figured it would be the only way to get her to look at him.

Scheska went as an alien, just in case there really were aliens there, so she would blend in.

Hughes went as a dancing bear, because Elycia was currently besotted with teddy bears and she squealed herself silly when he tried it on.

Gracia very wisely dressed herself and Elycia as Mama Bear and Baby Bear, so Maes didn’t look quite so foolish.

Winry came as Goldilocks because Gracia convinced her that it would round out the group quite nicely. She pushed Ed off his stilts when he started laughing at her.

Fuhrer Bradley came dressed as a motion picture director, although not even he could tell you why.*

Izumi Curtis came as a female warrior, and was quite perplexed as to why everyone avoided her all night. Ed didn’t have the heart (or guts) to tell her it was because of the sword.

Sig Curtis didn’t dress up as anything. Strangely enough, no one called him on it either.

Fletcher Tringham made Russel wear a tree costume, which he most definitely did not appreciate. Russ spent most of the evening avoiding either Edward taking advantage of his current height to shake Russ’ branches and snicker about Russel rustling, or Fuhrer Bradley offering screen tests and calling him River.* (Oddly enough, Russel also kept as much room between himself and Breda as possible. He had a busy night.)

Fletcher came as his usual, oddly dressed self. No one blinked an eyelid.

Envy and Wrath didn’t bother with costumes at all – Envy insisted they were cooler than the Pipsqueak as they were, anyway. Lust, obviously, didn’t need a costume either – since her gown amply showed off an ample chest, why would she bother with something else? Sloth, on the other hand, came wrapped in wavy blue silk. When asked what she was, she smiled slyly and said, “A puddle.”

Frank Archer came in an old-fashioned military uniform, complete with epaulettes, braids and a chest full of medals. If anyone asked what he was, he’d smirk and say, “Guess.” (Yeah, he didn’t know either)

Kimbley came as himself, because bad asses like him don’t need to dress up as something that goes bump in the night for Halloween. They are the something that goes bump in the night. (Usually followed by a booom!)

Hohenhime came dressed in Renaissance clothing. When someone commented on his ‘cool’ costume, he looked puzzled and replied, “Costume? What costume? This is my best suit.”*

Scar was left wondering what in creation this was all about, since godless, ghoulish festivities were a disgrace to Ishbala. He eventually realised he should actually be affronted, but it took ten glasses of that strangely enticing fruity drink in the bowl. By which time he couldn’t stand up anyway.

(No need to wonder who spiked the punch, or who he smuggled it inside in. The real question everyone wanted to know was how someone who looked that under aged managed to get hold of the booze in the first place … at least, it was a question until Mustang tried to raid his own bar in the aftermath of the evening and found it empty.)


The biggest surprise of the evening, though, was the annual Officer’s trick-or-treat … er … treats. When they went to hand out the candy, it was missing. Apparently, Gluttony found the bowl. The whole bowl. And the table. And the food trestles. Oh, and that lovely little statuette in a niche in the wall. And the band platform. And the band. And…



* Bonus points if you get the references! ^_~

PS I hope to have the next part of Perils of Dating up in the next day or 2, for anyone who's wondering