[h2]Tachibana Hibiki, Holding Determination in her Fist[/h2]

The swordsman's reaction only gave her pause for a moment. Hibiki stepped up swiftly, spreading her arms out to the sides as she did. He seemed a little standoffish so... she had to explain herself! They could talk, after all, so that meant they didn't have to fight when they could work things out! And because of this, there was only one response the girl could make when she saw him draw his sword like that. She had to explain.

"This place seems like it's really bad, but there might be other people trapped here and need to get out!" she explained, "So we came back to help you!"

She paused for a moment, and then took a step closer to the armored man.

"I'm Tachibana Hibiki," Hibiki continued, introducing herself, her arms still held spread to her sides as she spoke.

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[h2]Goldibanne, the Face of Innocence[/h2]

The animate dead who had crawled towards her found itself sliced in half vertically, the molten gold drawing itself back into her hand. Goldibanne glanced over her shoulder, noticing that the vampire and Artorias were conversing amongst each other. Sharing information or something? Well, she wouldn't be left out of this.

Smiling, she approached.

"Are we talking about our pasts?" the living doll asked, brightly, "Because Goldibanne wants to share, too~!"

Without waiting for a response, Goldibanne continued.

"I was built by my lovely and beautiful mistress in order to run the mansion when she's not feeling well," she said, brightly, before taking a somewhat sour expression for a moment. "Which is far, far too often..."

Without skipping a beat, her cheer returned. "But she did a great job, didn't she~? Goldibanne is so happy about it~ So now I help protect her and watch over the other dolls~ Only, now I'm here helping Lydia, but that protects Mistress too."