Only a few seconds after Quinn sent the message, she received one back, and the anxiety that had shot to the surface began to quell:

[i][color=skyblue]You make plenty PLEASE buy the dress you look gorgeous![/color][/i]

And then, unexpectedly, another:

[i][color=skyblue]DERSS NOT GOOD HOW U GONA FIHGT IN A BLANKET BUY SUM KNIFES INSTEAD DUMB DEADGIRL[/color][/i]

She blinked at it for a moment, confused, until she got to the [i]deadgirl[/i] at the end, and her lips curled into a smile. Roaki saw it too. And that also meant that Roaki and Dahlia were spending time together, at least a [i]little[/i] bit, and maybe they'd be less oil-and-water when she got back (she tried to avoid thinking about the part that when she got back, Dahlia would be leaving right after). Still, the smile remained. Dahlia had called her [i]gorgeous,[/i] and Roaki had texted her. That was worth something, at least, right?

She fired back a quick [i][color=ffe63d]<3[/color][/i] to Dahlia, and then, after a moment's consideration, made one final text: [i][color=ffe63d]<3 (for Roaki)[/color][/i]

So, the decision was made, and the dress would be [i]hers.[/i] Reaching down again and digging through her pants pocket for her wallet after replacing her phone, she fished through that too, until she found her 'debit card,' which she didn't think she'd ever actually used before. She frowned for just a moment as she realized this dress didn't have any pockets, and she was going to need to buy a purse at some point too, which would also probably cost a lot on the Ange; it was too important that a pilot have their phone on them at all times. '

But that frown didn't last long; her mood was being buoyed back up by thoughts of Dahlia and Roaki before too long. So it was with a smile she came back out to the cashier. She'd kind of wanted to put her normal clothing back on, but...

She also kind of didn't want to take this off so soon. There was a butterfly flutter of anxiety in her gut about going back out into the Upper Commons wearing it, and the firm knowledge that she wouldn't be avoiding any kind of attention, but she'd already squared herself with the fact that she was going to get an excess of attention in Casoban anyway. Just like Dahlia asking about the bathroom had followed her, it was best if she chose where she was going to get that attention first so people remembered it best.

So as she was fiddling with the card in preparation for buying something so [i]expensive,[/i] she asked,

"[color=ffe63d]Can I have a bag for my other clothes and wear this out?[/color]"