[h2]Artorias the Abysswalker[/h2]

"I shall endeavour to prevent any harm occurring to either party," Artorias stated, affirming his duty as a knight to protect those that he was allied with--though, at the same time, it was probably a poor idea to question strangely armed strangers appearing in the middle of nowhere. One of those supposed to aid them against whatever ailed this world had run off shortly after their arrival and it was possible that they had returned.

With that, the knight rose and rushed for the gates before the more... mercenary (or outright insane) members of their group could do so, jumping to balance precariously on the entrance and looking down at the vampire before him, silently challenging the vampire to explain his presence here... and prepared to strike with full force if he made an offensive move towards the humans.

Artorias' sheer size was probably something of a natural counter to that.

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[h2]Kohinata Miku[/h2]

Miku had no chance to suggest anything to Hibiki before, as usual, being caught up in the more hectic girl's wake, but had the presence of mind to change out of her transformed state once they were clear of the room. If their escape was noted, the Symphogears' rather indiscreet appearance would make it much easier to find and track them down before they found the people that they'd been separated from.

"We should try and be subtle, Hibiki."

If that was a word in her vocabulary. Despite being childhood friends, Miku really wasn't sure...