[h1]Gintoki[/h1]
Gintoki's rolled his eyes as Nanoha came up and chastised him. How predictable it would be, then, that the girl also seemed to flare up at his comment. What did he have to go kissing up to people these days? Where did the times of 'friendly banter' and 'offhand jokes' go? There was no way that kind of thing was already gone...

As Gintoki stared at the ceiling in boredom, the mention of jewels immediately caught his attention to rubber-band back to him, snapping him awake. Jewels? She said jewels, right? Money? He could use some money. That'd be nice; he could go play some pachinko without having to worry about Otae yelling at him half the night about his rent for a while.

"As long as I get paid, whatever works." he said, a smile creeping onto his face. "Don't give a damn about what I'm facing or where it is, so lead the way, vamp loli."

[h1]Suwako[/h1]
"Alrighty then, everyone! Just leave it to me!" Suwako declared proudly before rubbing her hands together. Taking a deep break, Suwako quickly placed her hands against the ground.
A few seconds passed. Nothing happened.
...
"Wait for it..."

...

And suddenly, the desert around them immediately sunk. No, that wasn't quite it; rather, the ground they were standing on rose high into the air as the desert sands below began to violently shift around in order to ascertain the general direction of the gate.

"Mmm... There! It's gonna be somewhere there!" Suwako declared, pointing her finger in what she felt was the right direction before forming the shifting sands into a giant slide, with little boats made of leaves and a torrent of water stemming from the oasis running down it.

"Come on, then! This isn't going to last forever!" she exclaimed, hopping into a little boat and beckoning the others to hop on with her. "The journey's more than half the fun!"

[h1]Kakine[/h1]
Kakine nodded in response to 10032's declaration, quickly using some Dark Matter to create a copy of Marisa in her suit and sending it flying off in a random direction. Though it did take a chunk of his reserves, creating a decoy to ensure their safety was of the utmost importance. If he was lucky, he's be able to retrieve the puppet...

But that was very likely the last possible thing that should've been on his mind. What mattered now was getting to a safe location and throwing their pursuers off ASAP.

"Tell me when they've got the transport ready. For now, we need to stay low so the dupe can do its job."