[h2]Saber - Restaurant District, Yggdrasil[/h2]

Saber finally raised her head to look away from herself. Yes, she was certainly skilled in combat, there was no denying that... And... Rin had said she was pretty, and Nono as well... was it the truth? It was not easy for Saber to accept it even if she had been told it before. However, there was food to eat, plenty of food that she could not ignore. Just as Saber prepared to dig in, her communicator loudly blipped several times. Looking from her food, to her communicator, then back again, the King of Knights hesitated for several moments before finally reaching down and producing the device.

On the screen it projected a simple message.

'Briefing commences in exactly 10 minutes and 34 seconds.'

"... I..."

Saber looked from her food and back. She had gotten entirely distracted from the briefing after the conflict and heading to the restaurant. Indeed, everyone sporting such a communicator in the restaurant would receive the same message.

[h2]Kirisame Marisa, Client World 12262009-A(Macross)[/h2]

As Marisa followed, she wondered at their surroundings. Certainly, she had never previously seen anything like this in person, Gensokyo was rather lacking in such high technology on a large scale with a few exceptions. She had seen some things somewhat similar to this in the manga she nabbed from Kourin, but it was really pretty different from seeing it up close like this. Naturally, Marisa's eyes were on anything she could potentially steal. Small objects, stuff she could fit under her hat. Sure, she had the whole storage thing with her hat but this kind of thing still needed something small...

"Wow... this is awesome!" Marisa looked around with a wide grin as she investigated the suits. She did kind of want to go ahead and steal one, but there was too many ways that could go wrong right now. Instead, she kept her eyes out for anything smaller she could potentially manage to hide away under her hat or in her clothing. "I'm glad I met you, I might've missed this kinda thing if I didn't..."

[h2]Black Rock Shooter - Client World 576143290-B[/h2]

Black Rock Shooter lept back when her attack was deflected... and paused for a moment when lightning seemed to spring from no-where and strike her foe. Her clue eyes swiftly tracked the location that the electricity seemed to originate from... and found a girl, in some kind of school uniform. That was an unexpected sight in a desert, but there had already been many other unexpected sights. As her opponent ran towards the newcomer, the otherself sprang into action!

Pouring speed on to outrun the blast from her enemy, she spun herself in front of it and lashed out with her katana. The black steel clashed with the burst of energy, and there was a crackling sound as she forced the edge through it, tremors running up the girl's arm as she did. With an ear-splitting crack, Black Rock Shooter split the energy blast and sent it dissipating into harmless particles. Lowering her right hand, her left snapped up as blue light gathered to form Rock Cannon.

"You are my opponent."

The moment Rock Cannon appeared in full, the immense black barrel gleaming in the desert sun, blue energy gathered in the end and erupted out in a burst of light!

The little girl peered up over her hiding spot. Someone else had shown up? And they were helping to fight the bad guys...?

[h2]The Leader, Shadow Eternity Headquarters[/h2]

"Transport is located in the lower levels," replied the Leader, calmly, turning to face the cylinder that housed Dead Master and her consoles. She had issued her orders, and that was all that she had left to do. "I do not care how you obtain the Seat, as long as you do."

And with that, her focus left Cinder entirely. She was completely focused on monitoring her consoles. Certainly, whatever she was looking at there must have been important.

[h2]???, the School[/h2]

"Well, I [i]was[/i] going to turn up the heat until there wasn't anything left, but..." the woman sighed deeply, fishing a metallic device with several dials and antenna on it from one pocket as she did. It was now releasing several blipping sounds in rapid succession as she held it up. The woman narrowed her eyes in irritation. "That's technology for you. No substitute for magic. Why didn't it say you were here until now? Piece of shit."

She sighed. "I didn't want to light you on fire, if that's what you wanna know. Guess I'll have to deal with them more carefully... Anyway, you want outta here, right?"

The woman raised an eyebrow at Guts.