[h2]Goldibanne[/h2]

Goldibanne turned entirely to face the girl when she was released, her smile growing considerably more warm as she cocked her head lightly to one side, clapping her hands together.

"Good girl, Linda-chan~" she said, brightly, "Goldibanne is glad she didn't have to ruin such a pretty face. And Goldibanne is sure you're glad too, aren't you?"

The living doll let out a light giggle. Ah, she would have regretted bathing her attacker in molten gold, she had to be honest. But she also wouldn't have hesitated for a second. It wasn't the taking of a life that bothered her, rather the fact that her assailant was fairly cute. It really would have been a shame to kill someone like that, wouldn't it?

"In any case, it's nice to meet the both of you," Goldibanne continued, sticking her tongue out and winking as she curtsied, "Goldibanne's name is Goldibanne. That's Kamijou Touma-san, Othinus-san, and Komeiji Satori-san."

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[h2]Konapaku Youmu[/h2]

Youmu was quick to step to the side the moment the dagger came out, and when it was throne she darted in and used Hakuroken, swung in an arc, to send it skittering off across the ground. However, to her surprise, the blonde woman that was her opponent proceeded to follow up by lunging in and attempting to bite her?! The shock wasn't enough to make such an obvious, frontal attack successful, however, and Youmu was quick to dart backwards and interpose the silvery length of Roukanken between herself and her enemy. Why was her first instinct to bite?! Surely that wasn't a very effective method of attack in such a duel, was it?

Youmu tried to consider the possibilities behind such an attack. There was a natural assumption that this enemy was not human, but what did that imply? Some sort of yokai? As far as she knew, scant few yokai in Gensokyo ate humans any longer, and even some that claimed to met with no actual success in that avenue. But this was hardly Gensokyo. Was her enemy a vampire? She didn't exhibit any of the traits Youmu recognized as vampiric, but it couldn't be denied that she attempted to bite her.

Regardless, Youmu felt she had the edge here. While for the moment this was a duel with blades, she could easily take to the air and utilize more ranged capabilities if she needed to. An honorable duel did not mean she would not use everything at her disposal.

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