[CENTER][i][b][color=f6989d]HIBIKI[/color] & [color=6ecff6]SHIZUKA[/color][/b][/i][/CENTER]

Hibiki nodded her head and saluted Regia, ignoring the fact that she identified her as the wrong sister. Shizuka was preoccupied dealing with the others, putting the queen's treasure and the intruder back into the box where they'll hopefully be safe. After those two wwere secure the sisters went about their duties as maids: preparing the room for their guests.

Thanks to their armor, the sisters were able to move heavy furniture rather easily, turning them into makeshift fortifications. The demons typically don't use a lot of range weapons except magic, so creating a defensive cover against them might prove useless. No, instead the sisters would try to use the furniture to coral the demons into a kill zone; create a sort of cage to trap them in so they could be dealt with easier. Hibiki did most of the work: she was ordering Shizuka where to put things and using her drones to fortify their position. She also laid various traps in the form of more sticky mines, which would trap any demons who stepped onto the clear adhesive. Hikibi also placed turrets positioned where they'll have a clear shot at the entrance, as well as any walls that the demons might breach. There was one past trap that Hibiki had placed around the room.

Knowing that the demons had used some sort of corrosive acidic fog against the Eliticor, Hibiki imagined that they would use a similar tactic here. Dealing with gas weapons were difficult for Hibiki, but she had one solution in the form of Warding Wind bombs. Normally used to knock enemies or deflect things like arrows, a Warding Wind should also be able to clear an area of any toxic fog that the demons might use. The only issue was that the Warding Winds made it hard for anyone inside the wind to shoot back, and they only lasted a few minutes. If they couldn't defeat the demons and survive within those minutes, it would only get worse for the Machinas.

Between helping Hibiki move things around, Shizuka was thinking about how to approach this battle. Obviously she would stay by her sister's side. They were making a cage of sorts to trap the demons in. But Shizuka knew that wouldn't be enough; once the demons learn that they are heading into a trap, they would only enter some other way, probably breaking through the wall or something. If that happened then the kill zone they made would be useless, and they would have to fight the demons up close. That's when Shizuka noticed that one of the angel's had left her shield for one of the others to use. Apparently the angels were going to help fight the demons. Shizuka didn't like this idea, but she couldn't complain. So what Shizuka did was pick up the shield and strapped it onto her back for easy access.

That's when the two sisters heard an announcement over intercoms. They knew where they were at, and now they were going to use their own allies has living shields! [color=6ecff6]"Those scum! Using prisoners as shields, those... Argh!"[/color] Shizuka was angry, starting to pace around while trying to figure out what she should try and do now. She didn't want to end up killing her own allies my mistake. Firing blindly at the enemy nearly made her kill the Queen's Treasure, so Shizuka needed to think carefully about what they should do. Gripping the sword on her hip, Shizuka had one idea...

Hibiki felt she made as much preparation as she could. They had some defensive positions to hold, traps were laid out to catch the demons, and Hibiki made sure to go around and inform her allies where the traps were so they didn't trigger them this time. She checked her equipment, made sure her guns were at a full charge, and limbered up. Hibki stayed silent about the announcement over the intercoms. One on hand she was glad that her traps are nonlethal and meant to control the area, but now she worried that her own allies would be fodder to her defenses. At least her turrets won't make the mistake of shooting down her allies, but the rest of the traps were far less discriminatory. 

And there was one last thing to do. Hibiki went up to the Valkyrie they had captured, bowing her head to her. [color=f6989d]"I know this may mean nothing to you since we are still enemies, but I want to thank you. When we survive this battle, I hope that maybe tensions between the two of us would be easier. My name is Hibiki, by the way. My sister over there is named Shizuka. May I know your name?"[/color]

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