In the clothing store, Luna was enamored by the selection and choices that she had to choose from, but she was still worried about Midnight and his disturbingly-named game.
"Tell me, does midnight blue compliment my fur?"
Midnight looked at the variations of the same dress she chose.
"I don't know. Hold it up to yous."
She held it up to her body, but still couldn't come to her own decision.
"What do you think?"
"I think..." he said, trying to word his thoughts the right way, "I think it just looks good. I'm not one to come to for fashion advice, though, but you look nice wit it in my opinion."
She had four dresses chosen from the store, ranging from indigo with a cerulean neck to vivid indigo with a violet neck.
"I believe this completes my selection. I noticed, by the way, that you didn't get any clothes. Are you not supposed to?"
I just didn't want any more than I ahready have."
"Well then, with that being said, is there anything else that we need to do?"
"Well, we need da get you some tech, trust me, you'll need it around some of dem in da south."
"Okay," she replied as he paid for the clothes.
When they were almost to Midnight's 944, Luna finally came out and asked, "What is this game you call 'Nerve'?"
"Yous take a knife and stab between ya fingers. If you hit one, den you lose. Dependin' on ya knife and how hard ya stab, you'll also bleed."
"Oh," she said, coming to the realization that she would have to have an accident when he needed blood, "Oh, that. Why can't you just bite me like earlier? Would that not be more sanitary and pose less risks than a blade?"
"While yeah, it would also scare and piss 'em off, thinkin' dat I'm a bloodthirsty cannibal. Dis way," he opened the car and put her clothes in the back seat, "Dis way, especially since dey've seen me suck on a cut before, it won't look as bad," they turned to get back on the street, "Though dere's still gonna be questions raised.
And before yous ask, yes, sucking on a cut can make it stop bleeding if it's not too bad."
"I see. And pray tell, where did you learn this again?"
"From a movie."
"Do movies always contain such information?"
"No, but sometimes you can learn some neat tricks from 'em."
"I see."
A few minutes later, they passed a Chinese Buffet, a scent that enamored Luna and reminded Midnight that it was time to eat.
"Would ya like to eat here for lunch?"
"The exotic smell is food?"
"Yeah."
"I believe it would be nice to try a variety of experiences while I'm in your world," Luna said, going to the door.
"Let me," Midnight said, opening it for her.
"Is it common courtesy here for couples to do medial tasks for each other?"
"Just for da guy to do for da girl."
"Oh, I see. Though I still find the extra attention unnecessary, as I am not a princess in your land."
"Well, good luck stopping me."
"We shall see," she replied, holding a hand to her mouth as she chuckled.
A minute after they sat down, their waitress came and took their drink orders.
Midnight motioned for Luna to go first.
"Dr Pepper," she said.
The waitress looked to Midnight.
"Dr Pepper, too."
"Okay," she said, placing two sets of cutlery on the table.
"What do we need to do now?"
"Well, we go and serve ourselves."
"I take it that I should go and make my own choices?"
"Dat's how it works."
They both went and fixed their plates, coming back and digging in.
"What is this?" Luna said as she bit into a piece of something.
"Chicken."
"Why... does it taste so good, then? As a pony, such things have a repulsive taste in a literal sense."
"Well, my guess is dat it's because you're part human.
"So long as I don't develop a fixation for meats if I ever return to being a pony."
"Don't lose hope, Luna."
The duo enjoyed their meal with Midnight paying for it, seeing as Luna didn't have any money, then the two went to Pine64 to get her everything she'd need to get connected to the digital world.
"Luna," Midnight said as they went into the store, "Prepare to be mindblown."
At first, she seemed unimpressed by the electronics, but that changed when a Pine Expert came over to them.
"Can I help you?" he said.
"I'd like to get a few things for my girlfriend," Luna blushed, "And probably upgrade my own tech, too."
"Okay," he said, "I'll let you two look around for a bit, then come back to you."
"Why does he assist people in such a matter? Is it not a simple choice?"
"Well, considering dat dere are so many different combinations, dey don't show them all on da floor, only da base-spec ones, most people won't know da difference between v7 and v8 processors, or DDR2, 3, and 4, or SSD and Flash."
"...I see your point."
"Now, to make everything easier, I'm gonna get you everything all specked out. Now, which screen do you want? 12-inch at 800p or 14-inch at 900p?"
"What's the difference?"
"One's bigger."
"Ah. Now, how do we acquire one of these?"
"Well, you take a slip of paper and fill it out according to da ones behind the plastic barrier."
"May I look on?"
"Sure."
PINEBOOK
Screen: 12-inch
Processor: 1.4 X 8
Memory: 16 GiB DDR4
Storage: 1 TiB
OS: Arch Linux
Desktop: MATE
"This only appears to cover the laptop computer."
"Well, dere are different sections for da different devices."
"I see," she said as they made their way to the phones.
"Now, dere are, again, two sizes. Five-inch and 5.5-inch. I'll let you decide," he said, getting a slip of paper for the phone.
"The larger seems as if it would be easier to use."
"Ahright."
PINEPHONE
Size: 5.5-inch
Model: Ultimate
Plan: Prepaid Unlimited
"And now we have the selection for the phone?"
"Yeah."
"You said you needed new technology too, right?"
"Yeah," he replied, going to a table with what were seemingly just screens, rather than computers, "I think I want a Pinedesk. I don't really have space for three computer towers."
"What advantage do these have?"
"Well, da desk variant has all of da components housed wit da screen, similar to da laptops, whereas da box variant has da components in a separate box. Da tradeoff, something dat doesn't really affect me, is dat I can't use whatever screen I have laying around at my house."
"And the procedure is the same?"
"Pretty much."
PINEDESK
Screen: 17-inch 900p
Processor: 1.4 X 8
Memory: 16 GiB DDR4
Storage: 1 TiB
OS: Will transfer
Desktop: Will transfer
After he tore off the slip, they went to the counter where the Expert set everything up.
"$435.67," the guy said after configuring and boxing the devices.
Midnight paid with a card, something that Luna knew she would have to question later. For now, they just had to worry about getting the stuff back to his apartment and Midnight teaching Luna how to play Nerve.