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Moe blinked, and suddenly she was somewhere else. A restaurant, by the looks of it. Her girlfriend was sat across from her and everything was coated in a soft blue lighting, it didn't take the clown long to figure out why.
This was an underwater restaurant, apparently. With air, of course. Plants front the land decorated the glass building – it was like a greenhouse.
> WHAT D0 Y0U TH1NK? TH1S PLAC3 HAS R3ALLYY Y G00D PASTA.. 0R S0 1'V3 H3ARD.
Honk honk!
QR smiled and leaned back a bit. They were at a table for two, with a window curving a little ways overhead. Moe could see the occasional fish pass by but the outside looked to be mostly empty plateau. She wondered how QR had even found out about this place.
Honk honk, honk?
> BY WAY 0F 3XPL0RAT10N. TH3 S3A 1S MY FAV0R1T3 PLAC3 T0 V3NTUR3..
Honk!
> H H3H THANK Y 0U
QR flustered so easily, it brought to question how used she was to being complimented. The entity fluffed out her bowtie and averted her gaze.
> U M, Y0U 3XPL0R3 T00. WHAT PLAC3 1S *Y0UR* FAV0R1T3?
Moe put a hand to her chin for a moment, to be honest she had an entire list – but in terms of overall favorites..
Honk Honk!
> R3ALLY? 1 W0ULDN'T HAV3 3XP3CT3D THAT FR0M Y0U.
At that Moe only winked with a sly grin. Before QR could ask any more about her adventures, the waiter showed up. It was some guy in an old fashioned diving suit.
QR ordered for both of them since most people couldn't understand her girlfriend, they both decided to share the pasta per QR's earlier suggestion.
After taking their order the diving suit guy left the table leaving them alone once again.
QR absentmindedly poked the coral in the vase on their table. It was dead and gray, purely ornamental, but it reminded Moe of flowers. Oh, right!
Honk, honk honk!!
> A MAG1C TR1CK..?
Moe nodded enthusiastically and reached into the sleeve of her suit, pulling a bright blue rose out of seemingly nowhere, (seemingly nowhere being her pocket dimension of clown tricks) and presented it to QR.
> 0 0H,-!
QR blushed again. She took the rose and twirled it around a bit, examining the petals and their intricacies.
> T HANK Y0U U. ITS V3 RY PR3TTY Y.. H0 W DID Y0U KN0W MY FAV0R1T3?
Moe shrugged, still grinning, she just had a sense for these things.
The entity examined the flower for a moment longer before placing it into the pocket of her tuxedo. Moe was happy that she liked it.
After a minute of the two doing nothing but listening to the white noise of the restaurant's hustle and bustle, QR cleared her throat. (Or at least imitated it) She clasped her hands a bit awkwardly on the surface of the table, fidgeting her thumbs a bit.
> 1, M3T Y0UR R00MAT3S 3ARL13R, TH3Y S33M-
A brief pause.
> ..TH3Y AR3 N1C3. D0 Y0U HANG 0UT W1TH TH3M 0FT3N?
Moe was equal parts concerned by QR's tone and excited about the topic of conversation. She did remember Regect seeming kind of.. Riled up. Earlier. Moe decided to address that first.
Honk honk??
> 0H N0 N0 1TS 0K 1 JUST,,
Moe's expression shifted to one of worry.
> THAT 3NT1TY AND 1 JUST HAV3 A B1T 0F A H1ST0RY. N0T N3CC3SAR1LY A BAD 0NE BUT Y0U KNOW..
QR shied away and brushed the rose a bit with her thumb. Shifting a bit awkwardly, Moe looked back out the window. She loved her friends but she wouldn't put it past either of them to have other rivalries besides just eachother. She hoped it was nothing too serious..
> .. UM, Y0U *D0* HANG0UT W1TH TH3M, TH0UGH, C0RR3CT? 1 1MAG1N3 1TS FUN T0 3XPL0R3 W1TH A GR0UP.
Moe brightened up again at that and started sharing stories about her misadventures until the waiter came back.
The man in the diving suit set down two empty bowls and one big plate of pasta on the center of the table.
Once he left QR grabbed the big serving spoon from the plate and started dolling pasta into her bowl. It looked good, Fettuccine alfredo with shrimp and some herb she couldn't recognize.
After they finished talking and eating they paid the bill and decided on the next location of their date. This time, Moe was gonna pick.
Once again holding her girlfriend's hand QR teleported both of them away.