Tell Pearl about the Juicer

You can't hold it back anymore. You tell Pearl about the Juicer.

"Okay. Okay okay," you say, breaking out into sweat again. "You're never going to believe this, but you have to."

Pearl gives you a straight-faced glare. "Try me."

You tell Pearl all about the Juicer Max, and what happened since its discovery.

"So I turned pink when I drank the Bimbo Juice," says Pearl, disturbed.

You nod.

"And when you attempted to turn me back, I transformed into a nothing-woman."

You nod again.

"And you're saying we weren't significant others before?" asks Pearl.

"No. We were best friends, but this..." you shake your head.

Pearl seems disappointed, but doesn't dwell on it. "Otherwise, this is how I was before?" She gestures to her goth self.

"Mostly, yeah," you say, avoiding eye contact.

"I was totally different, wasn't I," Pearl surmises.

You meekly nod.

Pearl inspects the Juicer Max, checking all its dials and settings, and then looks over the empty can of Goth Juice she just drank. "So in drinking this Goth Juice, I went from nothing, to... well. Goth."

"That's about how it looked from my side," you confirm.

"I don't see why that would make us fall in love," says Pearl, in thought. "Unless there's something about reading books, liking black, and hating people all my life that made me want my best friend to push me down and ravish me."

Your mouth goes dry. "You... are you serious?"

Pearl ignores you, reading the can closer. "This is only 90% purity. Not 100%. You said I was nothing after I drank the Cleanser," she says, frowning. "I always thought being with you felt out of the ordinary. In everything else, I've always totally identified with the word Goth - but with you, it's always been different. I assumed it was because you were my soulmate, and you brought out a different side of me, but no. This makes more sense."

"What makes more sense?"

Pearl sets the empty can aside and stares into your soul. "The missing 10%. Despite appearances, according to the machine, I'm only 9/10ths goth," she says. "My missing 10% isn't missing at all - it's a part of me still."

You don't follow. "The 10% what?"

"10% of me must still come from the brief nothing period between when I was Cleansed, till when I drank the Goth Juice," explains Pearl. "Whatever caused our relationship, my feelings for you, must have occurred during that time."

You sweat more intensely.

Pearl folds her arms, still in deductive mode. "During that time, did anything happen that could have affected the outcome of the transformation?"

Besides fucking Cleansed Pearl so hard her boobs almost bounced off her chest? Crap.