Nightshade spoke up. "Same way we came in." She pointed to the entrance, which had been replaced a row of elevators. "Psychocontextual architecture. Think of what you need, and the building alters itself to fit. Well, to a point, at least."
"That..." Raven's jaw dropped briefly. "This place is awesome!~" She trotted to the elevator. "Next, I might look for more body jewelry."
"Like earrings and stuff?" Nightshade absently touched the necklace she wore around her neck. "I don't wear much jewelry, myself. Never could keep from losing it."
"Oh, okay... oh!" Nightshade blushed slightly. "So... um... let's go look at exotic pets, then?" She stepped into the elevator without waiting for a reply.
"Yep. Let's do just that." She snickered and walked into the elevator, pressing the button to go the floor 875.
"Avoid the back wall," Nightshade warned. "You won't like it." The elevator opened, and the first thing they saw was a display of caged creatures that the sign said were called 'Pokey-mons.' Nightshade approached a small yellow squirrel creature with a zigzag tail, and knelt down to take a closer look.
The creature looked at the ponies curiously. "Pika-chu?" Nightshade laughed. "That's freaking adorable. Kinda want one, but I think Hemlock would eat it."
"My Timberwolf. He's an alpha, like Holly." Nightshade patted the head of a strange horned dog creature, and continued. "He's not nearly as smart as Holly, but he's pretty cool. Kinda like having a dog and a houseplant at the same time. What about you? You have any pets?"
Raven reached forward and scratched behind its ear. "Had a cat a while ago, but... you know, old age. Then there's this one time Dusty passed out drunk and I dressed him up like a bunny, if that counts for anything."
"I'll be wanting to see pictures, of course." Nightshade grinned. "You gonna get a pet while we're here?"
Raven followed, looking around at the baby hydras, pony-sized aboebas, and other exotic creatures. "Wonder if they've ever had a breakout."
"Quite a few," Nightshade answered. "The people of the worlds that they end up on usually dismiss them as monsters or urban legends. A surprising number end up on Earth."
"Well, they once had an entire shipment of some kind of hairy ape creature break out and wind up on Earth. Got scattered all over the planet in the process. Now, Earth has all kinds of stories about 'em. A bunch of names, too. Bigfoot, Yeti, Sasquatch, Skunk Ape..."
"That sounds pretty messy. Guessing they have a bunch of scientists studying these things, collecting hard data?"
