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Gentle Secret's head was getting more stabilized as she pointed at the "Amazing Spider-mare." That sounded interesting enough. Did she know what it was remotely related about? Absolutely not. She knew zero bits about any of these movies or any movie in general.

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Yeah! Down with Oscorp! Let's do it!" Midnight beamed and started to walk. "Come along now. Hold on..." If she hadn't gone outside for like... 3 years, how did she... "Do you know what Spider-Mare is about? You know, considering you haven't gone outside much..." He shrugged. "Just asking."

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[Demirari 454]

"Uhhh, something to do with a mare turned spider or spider turned mare?" Gentle Secret guessed, before shrugging. One can tell she was clueless by her tone and her eyes looking up in the sky, as if in thought. She was really hopeless when it came to society.

 

Unknown to all, an alien was creeping along. Why was it there? A meteor from three days ago. Cliche? Yeah. Going on, it watched the ponies move around. It was nearly ONOMNNOMNOM time for it. And boy does it have an appetite.

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Midnight shrugged. "Good enough. Shall we?" He glanced up to the sky as well and then continued to walk. "This mare got bit by a spider, and now she has the ability to shoot webs out of her hooves and whatnot. She protects Manehattan from supervillians while constantly being hunted by the authorities."

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Gentle Secret followed along and nodded her head. Sounded strange enough to her already. Hopefully it'll be entertaining and not a waste of her time. The movies she had watched before being employed were horrible, she slightly cringed at the thought. Maybe it'll be as entertaining as documentaries… as if!

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"Sooo, Secret. I know you're not really one for small talk, but, uhhh... besides work, what else do you like to do? I want to get to know my colleague better." He looked at her. "Remember. Besides work. Any hobbies or anything? Besides work? Remember, it has to be something other than work."

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Gentle Secret's face was blank for a while. Was there even a hobby besides work? Oh! Wait a second. Her facial structure forming a soft smile before she responded, "Calligraphy!" Ah yes, the fine art of making letters into glorified letters. "Reading too!" And reading, a hobby any mind should be invested in.

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OMNOMNOMNOM. That was delicious! The small worm like alien mowed down on a now-dead pony in a dark alleyway. Its name was Riptip, belonging to the Leviathan fleet, far away, and far more intelligent than its cousins.

Its thoughts followed along this, "This meat container is delicious! Why, I a ripper could eat four-wait! Nine of these! Why am I called a ripper? That makes me feel sad. I'm adorable ripper that makes others laugh! They should call me cuddly!" Thus was the simple being called Riptip's thoughts as it OMNOMNOMNOMed on the poor pony.

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"See? That's cool. I love reading. I don't do much calligraphy, however, but... what's your favorite genre? I like historical fiction." Midnight stopped. Oh, look! We're here!" The movie theater was a nice looking building with a swarm of ponies constantly moving in and out of it.

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"Scientific," Gentle Secret then focused on the massive stream of ponies. To her, it looked like ants scurrying around. Quite interesting actually before she turned to her colleague, "Should we go in?" By all means they could stare at the sheep and watch them get mowed down in thirty minutes. After all, Riptip was a very, very hungry ripper.

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"I think so." Midnight said. He took Secret's hoof and pulled her through the crowd, past the doors, down the main hall, and into the line for tickets. It was extremely long, so Midnight's attention turned to a large automated machine that sold tickets, with absolutely nopony waiting there. "Hey, should we try that machine?"

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Gentle Secret nodded at that. It was perfect and quick and required zero social contact. She didn't understand why others didn't use it. It was rather strange. The machine would always run at 100% efficiency while its biological co-workers would wear down.

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Midnight brought her over to the machine and looked at it. "Alright, credit card..." Midnight made his wallet appear and then floated his card out of it, and stuck it into the machine. Before he could continue, however, a mare with a young filly and colt beside her walked over to the two. "Awww, you two make a cute pair!" She remarked. Midnight was surprised at the comment, wondering why she said this. Then, suddenly, he realized that he and Secret had been holding hooves not only for the gallop in, but also for the two minute duration they waited in the line. They were also holding them as he thought. "Ummmm... Secret? We're holding hooves..."

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"Is there an issue with holding hooves?" Gentle Secret raised an eyebrow. Was there something wrong with holding hooves? Was it a taboo? Remember, she was socially clueless. And the pair part didn't help either. There was zero symbiotic relationship or any morphing going along.

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Midnight quickly came to the realization that she had no idea what that meant. "Ummm, well, traditionally, holding hooves with the opposite gender your age means... love... romance..." He gulped. "We can keep doing it if you want, though..." Midnight looked back to the machine. "Oookay... right. Amazing Spider-Mare, two tickets..." He pressed several hoof sized buttons on it. Midnight suddenly grimaced, however, when these words appeared on the screen: "If you want your tickets, you must answer my riddle! The more of me you have, the longer your life. The more of me you have, the less you have left. What am I?". Midnight didn't take kindly to this, as his credit card was still inside the machine. "Excuse me, sir?" He asked a stallion who clearly worked there. "This machine has my card and is asking me to solve a riddle!" to which the stallion replied, "Oh, yeah. That's the riddle machine. The owner ordered one of those and was sent this one, which is programmed to ask riddles. We can't open or move it, so I guess you're just gonna have to solve the riddles. Sorry."

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Gentle Secret cocked her head at that before nodding slowly, interestingly enough. Then she smiled mischievously before holding Midnight's hoof tighter. If she knew about closing in between two bodies, she would had done it. Again, socially clueless. Then her ears flickered a bit before she spoke, "Heartbeats?"

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Midnight felt the sudden force on his hoof and looked towards Secret. He blushed and then looked back towards the machine. It read: "Heartbeats? Yes, very good!" to which Midnight replied, "Okay, may we have our tickets and my credit card back now?" to which the screen replied, "What? You still have 846 riddles to go!" to which Midnight fumed and kicked the thing. Some sparks jumped out of it, and then the screen changed color. "Whenever your ex says, "You'll never find someone like me," the answer to that is, "That's the point.". "Oh, great, now it's telling jokes." Midnight responded. Nopony cold tell if he was turning redder from holding hooves or the machine's trolling.

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Gentle Secret smiled at that, it was quite wonderful. Her plan had succeeded in making Midnight embarrassed. Indeed, though the machine now was annoying her, probably not as much as her colleague. Lifting her free hoof, the one with the TACPAD, she started linking it to the machine. Tapping the screen with her magic, she forcefully made the automated annoying piece skip everything and make it go "completed."

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"Right... TACPAD..." Midnight said, chuckling and taking the tickets and his card. "Thanks. But, ummm... why are you trying to embarrass me? I mean, I'm not complaining, holding hooves with a beautifu-" He suddenly paused, noticing that several groups of ponies around them were looking at the two, smiling. He also realized what he had almost just said. "Why can't we ever express out love that openly, Henry?" Said one mare, who was then kissed on the lips by her companion. "Ummmm... okay, look. Do you want to stop holding hooves, or are we going to keep doing this? I'm not complaining, just so you know..."

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Gentle Secret was confused at the couple'a action. How does she not understand such things before her introduction to the research company was a profound mystery. Then she finally spoke, "Shouldn't we go and watch the movie now?" She looked at Midnight for any confirmation of advancement of watching entertainment.

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"Oh, right... the movie. Yeah, let's go..." Midnight pulled her over to the concession stand. "Okay, what do you want? Popcorn? Daffodil bites? Wow, there is some pretty good stuff here. Midnight said, spotting a mare working at the concession stand admiring the two's "love".

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Gentle Secret was more focused on looking at the goods than a mare going dreamy at theosophy of them. Then she pointed at the popcorn before speaking, "Some popcorn, and Cola!" Her ears were straight when she said that. Indeed, Cola, she drank that a lot during work.

 

Riptip made its way into the movie theater after spending nine minutes pressing itself against a vent cover. Going by, it slaughtered a nest of rats while making this sound, "HUEHUEHUEHUEHUE." Its purpose horrifying.

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"Okay! A large popcorn and a cola, and, uhhhh... make that two colas." Midnight told the mare. "Anything else, sir?" She asked. "Errr... and some potato chips." Midnight responded. After paying the mare, he took Secret and the tickets over to the stallion collecting them. He levitated the tickets to the stallion and proceeded to take Secret to theater 12, which was all the way at the end of the hall.

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Staring at the sign above the pair, Gentle Secret blinked before staring at the two doors that stood before them and the movie that was just about to start. Then she spoke, "Based on this numerical order of the movies being showcased, does that mean that the Amazing Spider-mare is the least popular?" She based this on what she guessed the purpose of the numerical signs above each pair of doors. 

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Midnight laughed. "No, no. It just was assigned to this theater. The first theater, however, is also showing this movie, so based on your system, it is both the most and least popular. Anyways, let's go in." Midnight pulled Secret in through the doors. "So, normally, I like to sit on the very top middle. Since you're new, however, I'll let you pick where we sit."

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Gentle Secret nodded as she looked at the immense size of cave movie theater. So up, middle, or lower. After a while of looking up and down and up and down again, she pointed at the lower top thingy, that place looked comfy enough, and far away from other ponies.