"Hmm," Rainbow sighed, and inconspicuously clicked Add To Cart instead of Check Out her All-in-One HadaLabo facial set. Guess that's one month of recycling her less stellar products.

In a moment outside her character, the bespectacled girl asked loud enough for both of them to hear, glad there was a thin, chipboard wall separating them from prying eyes and ears. "Do you have any siblings, or ... girlfriends?"

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"Yeah, we do!" Murphy perked up at the mention of weapons and rocked on the balls of her feet, very pleased. "We have connections. Ghosthunting is a very serious job, you know, and there are others out there who take it serious business-ly."

Her redundancy flew by her own head.

"I was thinking, if you're free after work today, we could go grab a bite and spend some time in the arcade at Times Square. Watch a movie, if you prefer. The Conjuring 2 was premiered since last week, and my sister isn't a fan of horror."

In contrast to Noon, the pinkette was devil-may-care about her invitation, seemingly unaware that she was, in essence, asking the guy out on what others would call a date.