Contingency:
>Head towards the light in the underground cavern, but stay out of sight of anything sentient
> You have your tendril continue through the cavern, now starting to explore it rather than simply diving deeper down...
> "Sorry I'm late." You hear another person, as a similar figure to the vampire's rushes to her side, though with much weirder wings. "Where's Patchouli?"
> "Not here. Probably asleep or dealing with her own issues, if I had to guess." The vampire replies, forming a spear above her, before launching it at the drummer.
> The projectile pierces through the drums in the way, though the target grazes it just barely.
> Only for it to explode behind her and break the spell card.
> "You should go help Meiling and Sakuya." The vampire speaks. "I have this."
> "You clearly missed though! I had to help out." The weird winged one chimes. "I live at our mansion too, so I'll also help against them."
> "They seem to just be tools and ghosts. It won't be that bad if you end up breaking them."
> "...More disrespectful creatures." The drummer starts to prepare another spell card, this time forming two drums that immediately begin shooting danmaku and lasers from both ends, while also beginning to rotate.
> The red and white of the trio of musicians are supporting the violinist's attacks, which seems like it might be too much for the gatekeeper.
> The maid, meanwhile, appears to have beaten one of the other duo, but faced a loss against the other.
>_