[b]Nono, Council Tower, Yggdrasil[/b]

"You can count on me too," Nono added as she stood by Saber. If that was the vow of the King of Knights, then the greatest protector that humanity (Her version) had known could do the same. It was only fair to help out, and part of her adapted programming to boot. 

That said, she settled down to listen to what the task itself actually was, which might have been a smart idea before volunteering, but she was confident that it was worth it if it was from the council. She knew that she could trust these people. 

She listened calmly, eyes widening slightly as the projector was produced to display the gem in question. She could confirm in a second that it was a perfect geometric sphere, no visible blemishes or imperfections that she could detect. Quite a piece of work then, if the thing matched up to it's picture in person.

Suspecting the Shadow Eternity was no big deal, but it left Nono to wonder what exactly they wanted with these sorts of things, if they were unique in the mutliverse. Probably nothing good, based on all her previous experience with the Shadow Eternity. 

She grinned then, flashing a salute as she bounced on her heels. "No problem Your Majesty, you can count on us," she proclaimed, much more eager than Gintoki. Well, it wasn't as if she cared about money now that she was with the UMMA, so she wouldn't complain about his attitude. Miss Takamachi would probably sort him out anyway. 

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[b]Misaka 10,032, Client World Macross[/b]

Well, Kakine hadn't objected, so it seemed that it was Marisa's lucky day after all. Given the circumstances, a breach of protocol was probably acceptable. And if not, then, well, there wasn't much that could be done about it. Misaka did make sure to communicate ahead and inform the command on the other side that they should expect a guest, so she wouldn't be zapped on sight by the guards there. 

"Deploying beacon," she informed them as she reached into her pocket, pulling out a small device that looked like a long metallic tube. A push of a button on the side caused prongs to deploy from it and a hum emitted from the device as the beacon activated. She pulled to a stop as she tossed it forward, waiting for the people on the other side to do their part.

And that they did, for a few moments after it left her possession, the space next to the tube was engulfed by a shimmering hole of air, two dimensional, in which the membrane between the universes had been thinned out to a point where they could punch through. "Portal established," she said back to Kakine before rocketing through. Time to go home.