[Slice of Life] - [Twilight Sparkle]
Twilight Sparkle gingerly poked the odd package with a hoof. It was a birthday present from Sunset, who lived in the other dimension. The note that came with it read:
Hi Twilight
I thought you might like a new thing to learn about for your birthday, so happy birthday! This is a tablet. The wifi won't work in Equestria, but basic functions should probably work. I've included a stylus for your convenience.
-Sunset
I wonder what wifi is, Twilight thought.
She picked up the scissors with her telekinesis and carefully cut away the brown paper to find two boxes. One was slim, not wider than her hoof, and just longer than a pencil. The other was about the size of an A4 piece of paper. The boxes were well constructed, both made of a hard card material which seemed more plastic than cardboard (and was easy to get 'papercuts' on). Stickers placed over the edges prevented the boxes from being opened easily.
Cutting through the stickers of the smaller box, Twilight pulled out a pen-like object. The only distinctions from a pen was that it did not seem to have any ink in it as it did not write, and it appeared to have a soft, squishy, rubber like end. Huh, Twilight thought, Sunset did mention it was 'for my convenience', maybe I'll put it somewhere safe until she can explain what it is for.
Turning to the next box, she carefully opened it and extracted from the copious amount of packaging a thin item, about the size and weight of a good book, but lacking the thickness of a book. On one side there was a black rectangle that took up most of the tablet's surface, save for thin white edges and one slightly thicker edge that housed a single ovular button and two faint symbols, one on each side of the button.
As Twilight examined the sides (if you could even call the them that), she noted that there was a small button on one long, thin side and a longer button on the other long, thin side that appeared to be divided into two parts. On the thin, shorter side closer to the ovular button there was two indents, or 'ports', as they were called in the manual. One was for the charger, the other was for 'headphones'. I wonder what headphones are? she wondered silently. Also included was the charger and a charger adapter.
Twilight plugged the charger into the tablet, and then the other end into the adapter, and finally, the adapter into the wall. A logo flashed onto the formerly black screen, pulsed gently for about ten seconds and then the screen went black again, before showing a battery icon that only just had the end filled with green. It didn't take much for Twilight to deduce that this meant it was charging.
As she knew nothing about tablets, Twilight resolved to have Sunset come by sometime soon. That way, they could discuss tablets together.