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@KoL

Nice to see you back. I hope the twins could still talk to Diana after all of this is over.

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@Rune_Alchemist

If it's about Diana getting captured, that's kinda my fault actually. I wanted to have some interactions with her so I asked KoL if it'd be alright for my sisters to have captured her and turn her to the side of the Machinas.

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HIBIKI & SHIZUKA

The sisters took Bastion and Diana out of the cargo hold to somewhere safe. And the only place they knew that was safer than the cargo hold was the brig. They had facilities to hold onto demons and angels of great power, not to mention a lot of heavy security. Of course Hibiki was almost certain that one of the traitors were there, and they might sabotage the defenses. "We'll have to make sure these two are safe first, and then we'll plan a counter attack. So no heroics just yet, okay sis?" SHizuka only nodded her head, more focused at the task on hand. She kept her sense sharp for anyone friend or foe, knowing that the former could easily be disguised as the latter.

Fortunately the drones Hibiki sent out came back, and with all their equipment too. The sisters were able to gear up quickly, the maidens now looking like proper soldiers. As they were about to resume marching Shizuka took Diana's sword. "Sorry. I'll give this back once we're done here." Shizuka could tell that this weapon was blessed somehow, as The Iron Maiden armor was weakening it's power. If the demons were really on board than Shizuka would need to get rid of the armor to be at her full power, but she hoped it wouldn't come to that. Being at full power meant she was in dire straights, or worse, something happened to Hibiki.

But there was something else the Drones told Hibiki that distressed her. They had picked up a powerful demonic aura not too far away. Certainly too close for the two girls to run away with their guests. If they made too much noise they would easily be found, and even geared up like this they wouldn't be able to fight something as strong as these readings indicated... "Change of plan's sis. There are powerful demons near by, we need to head back with the Sorcerers. I'm getting four different readings... They'll be too much even for her to handle. Right now the safest place would be with her after all." Shizuka nodded her head as she set up her Cerberus rifle. "Let's go."

Soon the four returned back to the cargo hangar where Regia, the other angel warrior, and some from the Bondage and Discipline Unit. Most whom were stuck in Hibiki's sticky trap. "Eh heh... Sorry about that. Sis, if you would please?" Shizuka went to help free the caught members while Hibiki approached Regia, the prisoner and the Queen's Treasure far away from the Valkyrie's reach. "I have troubling news, Arctic Sorcerers. My drones have picked up a powerful demonic reading near by. Only a few, but each quite powerful. They must have used our traitors to figure out where the Queen's Treasure was at. What should we do?"

@Rune_Alchemist@Lonewolf685@TheWindel@KoL

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@Lonewolf685

Hmm... Mexican standoff does sound fun, but Hibiki and Shizuka have been ordered to take the two away somewhere safe... How about this: Hibki learns from the drones that the demons are near by, and after gearing up they return to the cargo hold? Since it's too far to get to the brig and frankly, the safest place would probably be with Regia. At least this way they could fight together.

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@TheWindel@Lonewolf685@KoL

I was wondering if it's okay if I make some details about the Eliticor's brig. I figured they would have a facility where they could keep angels and demons prisoners and limit their powers. This way Hibiki would have a place she can put Diana and talk to her. I'd also imagine that the brig is heavily fortified with a lot of defenders. Hibiki and Shizuka should be able to get there quickly since they know the lay out of the fortress, but if you want to intercept the two in transit I'm okay with that too.

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@TheWindel

I try my best to avoid this conflict, though I don't like the three post thing either. I know some of us don't post often, but I feel this is kinda limiting what we can do without collabs. But that's all I have to say on that.

As for ways to end battles, how about a more definitive win condition? Like either scoring an objective or a TPK against the enemy groups. If Bastion is the goal, than whoever has her and escapes would "Win" the battle. Alternatively, whoever can eliminate the others first. So if the Angels killed or captured all the PC's on both the Machina and Demon's side at once, they would automatically win the battle. Which I know sounds nearly impossible, but this way we can have our characters focus on fighting and we won't run into logical problems like how we manage to get through the Elicitor so easily.

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@KoL

Cool. I also peeked at Diana's CS and noticed that she could grant the power of the mantle to anyone she see's. It's a bit meta gamey so I won't act on it, but maybe Diana could use the mantle to help Shizuka fight against the demons?

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@KoL

Would it be effective against demons in Shizuka's hands at least? She is a Holy Spirit. If not that's fine with me too, she just needs something better than a knife and her pistol to use against the demons. Also, I'll be fine if your demons do end up fighting Hibiki and Shizuka soon. Though I should warn you that when I do post they'll be in their full combat gear and much tougher than they would be without it.

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@KoL is it okay if Shizuka uses Diana's sword? I think she might need it.

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@Lonewolf685

That would be nice. Just so the sisters don't get blamed for killing their own allies or something.