Daniel and the others spent the following few hours waiting in line for their turn, after which, thanks to Cassie's help, they were able to obtain a traveling permit from the Blackrose faction.
This permit was required by the Independent faction to justify their use of the inter-dimensional portal, and to obtain one was not difficult, as neither the faction of belonging, nor the independent faction itself had any rights in probing into a group's internal dealings. As long as the journey was roughly justifiable, one would generally be issued without a problem.
Unfortunately, obtaining the permit from one's faction was not the most time consuming part.