He showed up at her house.

Here goes nothing, Vibit thought.

Before him was a two-story simple cottage, off in the corner of the city. It was a mostly empty street, apart from the sound of birds and a feral cat wandering behind him, looking for food. Taking in the surroundings was his way of procrastinating. He had never been invited over to someone's home, especially not in such a manner as he was. Finally mustering up the nerves, he drummed his knuckles against the door.

Only a moment passed before it swung open. The same girl as before, with shoulder-length brown hair tied with a pink ribbon, and a pink and white outfit with a skirt. She gazed down at him with her bright blue eyes and a smile. Given his height, it wouldn't take much to see beneath her attire, but he tried not to think about that. She was being nothing but nice to him.

"Come inside!" Lynn said, and motioned past her.

He entered, and she gently shut the door behind them. Inside was a cozy home, perhaps for a small family. At the moment, however, it was only them.

"Follow me," she continued. "Let's go to my room, and you can show me what you have. I can't wait to study up on my asuran style technological knowledge."

He nodded, and followed behind. The two went upstairs and into a room filled with books, both on the floor, desks, and one on her bed. Much of the decor was pink, though it was littered with tomes of lore and blueprints. He didn't see many parts or machinery, so he figured she was more into the theories than the hands-on work.

As they walked in, he looked over the writings with interest. There were chapters on the Eternal Alchemy, waypoints, golems, and more.

"Sorry for the mess," she said as she pushed some of the mess aside, and cleared off her bed. "So what do you bring? You can just put it up here if you want. I can't wait! Real asuran inventions by a real asura!"

Never before had he felt treated like something so rare and special, but he didn't hate it. Though he wasn't sure exactly what to show, he did pack a bag full of various inventions--some finished and some not. They were mostly grabbed at random. With hesitation, he climbed onto the bed, and started pulling out various items to place down.

"I hope these are satisfactory," he said.

"Can you tell me more about that tiny thing you used to embarrass Taya?"

"Oh, uh. Well, it wasn't meant for that. It's more of a drone, for collecting information subtly and performing simple tasks remotely. I was just really frustrated with what she was doing, and thought--"

"You don't have to explain it. Thank you again for helping. Both then, and now. You're really sweet."

"I don't know... I was just there to collect data."

Lynn bent over the bed and started fiddling through the items presented, of all shapes and sizes. She picked up a long, metal rod with strange inscriptions, and she poked it with her finger, and eyed it over. "What is this for?"

"You probably shouldn't prod them too much. It isn't really safe. They aren't all tested for bugs."

"Why? Does this do something weird?"

"It's actually an air freshener. Unfortunately right now, it's stuck on the scent of oxygen."

"... Oh. I thought it was something naughty, by the shape."

"What? No!"

She laughed and put it down. "Just kidding. Well, what's more fun than that one?"

"I'm not really sure how fun would be defined in this context."

"I don't know. Something that'll make us happy to use, like a confetti bomb. Except maybe not that one, because then I'd have to clean up before tomorrow when my family comes back. Hey, what's that one?" She pointed at the farthest item which resembled a large ring.

How did that get in there? This isn't good. I thought for sure I didn't bring any of my inventions that she could actually call naughty. I can't let her know I sometimes make things like that, he started to think, and sweat.

"Vibit?"

"Sorry! That's nothing. Just some metal that was going to be something. I didn't even mean to bring it. Here, this over here might be fun actually."

Before he knew it, she had picked it up, and she was looking it over more closely.

"This doesn't look like scrap," she muttered.

"It's a bit more than scrap. Careful! It's probably dangerous. Just hand it over, and I'll safely stow it away."

Like a collar, she wrapped it around her neck, and it clicked closed behind her. "Oops."

Then she gasped and covered her mouth. Her cheeks turned red and her legs nearly gave out beneath her. From her lips came a soft, sensual sigh of pleasure.

Vibit panicked. Quickly, he shuffled through the buttons and switches on his multi-tool goggles and connected with the collar at impressive speed. Then, he shut it down. What she felt only lasted a few seconds thankfully. Vibit was breathing heavily, though so was she--caught completely off guard.

"It hurt you, didn't it?" he said. "Please let me take it off you, before it hurts again!"

"That didn't hurt at all... That felt like something else," she whispered.

"I--"

"What is this thing, and what else does it do? I'm curious!"