chapter 7 shopping like two fat thick whales (work in progress)

at this point, Elena made a gesture to follow her and brought them in front of a red egg the size of a double bed and said "this is the latest model of phoenix industries on delta XVI, called feather 9 and it's the absolute best model up to this date, it regulates humidity and temperature inside, and has several security features, such as a vital sign scanner, and an automatic emergency call system based on the situation, it's also very sturdy even if the building it's in collapses the user inside will probably be safe if it isn't because of crazy high stage fights, and as a bonus, they made it so comfortable that whoever buys it always ends up using it as a bed too"

they were already convinced at best model up to this date so Phoebe directly said "this will do but what energy source does it use?"

Elena responded "being made for normal people it uses electricity"

Joseph then said "that's a problem we never needed that before, can't I just charge it with spiritual energy for him"

Elena smiled and said "you can't it only uses electricity, but you could use a converter or buy a couple of solar panels"

Joseph asked "what's the difference between the two?"

Elena immediately replied "with a converter, you have to put spiritual energy inside it till the battery it's full and do it again every time the power runs out, while the solar panels instead convert the sun rays into electricity automatically and keep charging the batteries on their own, if the sun isn't blocked for more than a month you will never have to do anything but the regular maintenance every 2 years or so"

Joseph looked at phoebe he was still in the red zone, so it was better to let her decide and she said "then we will take the panels, give us the best model we will trust your judgment"

Elena immediately gesticulated to another staff member and after a short conversation with him said "they are preparing the feather 9 and the golden crow series 11 solar panel, delivery and installation are free of charge, if you follow me I'll bring you to the area with the personal devices"

seeing how much they were spending without batting an eye, Elena's smile deepened and brought them directly to the luxury goods then said "what kind of form would be the most comfortable we have handheld devices, wearable, implants"

thinking about Daniel, Phoebe said "what would be best for a 2 year old"

Elena was surprised, no one usually bought a personal device for a two year old, the first was bought at five years old when the identity module would be issued by the federation, because to do anything an id was necessary even for the kids

but the show had to go on so Elena kept her surprise to herself and professionally said "something wearable, light but not bulky, please take a look at this 4, all of them would be great choices since the size it's adjustable enough"

Phoebe wasn't going to waste any time and asked "which one it's the best?"

Elena responded "that would be this bracer wearable, called hexagon 1000, don't be tricked by the cringy name, it has the fastest basic speed that can be even further improved with modules, it's the same model used by the high brass of the Seterian Federation army, obviously the one used by them has advanced military modules not available to the public, but the base model it's the same, and there are plenty of publicly available modules, the down side it's that without modules it's very barren and can only call and navigate the web"

things got complicated, and as cultivators, if it wasn't for daniel they wouldn't care one bit about all this, so phoebe said "do you have the modules here?"

Elena nodded and passing her a tablet said "this is the list of modules and their functions, the green ones are available the grey ones are to be ordered, and the red ones are those that can't be brought and are only available in the federation of origin, the military-grade one are secret so they are not shown here"

soon an infinite list was shown to Phoebe and Joseph, but luckily most modules did the same thing and were in the same category, for example, the signal booster module where 5, and the difference was how much the signal was boosted, in fact, every module on the list went from mark 1 to mark 5 except the red ones who went from mark 6 to mark 8, the list was very long and had a few with strange functions that weren't marked, but in the end, they saw the option to show only the highest quality one and directly brought the available ones.

signal booster mark 5, even without a repeater the signal can reach an entire small-sized solar system

holographic screen mark 5, enjoy the 50 inches holographic touchscreen in high resolution

battery life extender mark 5, augments the battery performance by 500%

then the list continued but all of them were either grey or red except for some that had no grade

surround sound, enjoy music with your friends

scanner, analyze unknown objects, and search on the web

but since it was in the high-quality research, they bought them anyway, even if Daniel can't use it for now he can in the future

after giving Elena the list she started sweating, the amount of money spent was beyond her imagination and even she was starting to have doubts, those mark 5 modules cost a lot, regular people would never be able to buy all of them, and for this reason, they were readily available, but the scanner was in an entirely different dimension and costed more than most rich cultivators would be willing to spend, they kept it only because it was a novelty and attracted the tech nuts

but Elena kept smiling and said "after the payment if you need I can help you install the modules"

phoebe said "thanks, I appreciate that"

they walked to the cash desk and rose said "which method of payment will you be using"

Joseph took a purple card out of nowhere and handed it to Elena, her eyes started to sparkle, that type of card without names or numbers were only available to a true v.i.p, and after putting the card on a small glass cube a payment notification arrived and she said "thanks for choosing Teragon electronics for your purchase, if you follow me I'll show you how to install the modules, as well as decide for a delivery and installation date of your purchase"

they followed her, and sit down in a small simple lounge. who had only a tea table and two couches, after sitting down Elena took out the small boxes with the bracer and the modules, and took the bracer out of the box, it didn't have any buttons or screens and looked sturdy and stylish made of a lot of small platinum hexagons kept together by a red glowing polymer

putting it aside Elena took a blue card from the same box, then opened the module's little boxes, every mark 5 module was a minute silver disk with a v on it, while the unmarked ones had small images, the surround sound ad a small audio icon, while the scanner an eye surrounded by 3 circles

Elena started explaining "to install the modules it's very simple, just touch the bracer with the card" as soon as the two touched the red glow became green "now that it's green click on an empty hexagon like this" the clicked hexagon opened inside a small space, right for the module "and insert the module then close it, the hexagons were all empty before, but if you look now the hexagon who has the module in it became darker"

Phoebe nodded and said "it's very simple" she imitated Elena's movements, and soon all the modules were installed but the bracer was still green, so she asked "now what?" Elena simply put the card on the bracer in Phoebe's hands again and it turned red

Phoebe's eye's lit up and she said "this stuff it's interesting, too bad there isn't a version better then what we are using" the bracer was put back in the box and everything ended inside the spatial bracelet on Phoebe's right arm

then Elena said "the hexagon 1000 it's really the peak for normal people, at least for what's available in the sun federation, but sadly it's not as good as even the mid-tier cultivator versions, anyway since we are done here the last thing to do it's decide when would you want the rest to be delivered and installed"

phoebe said "if it's convenient for you we can go now, if not the sooner the better"

Elena thought "I will have to pay some extra hours but making these two whales happy it's more important" and responded "it's not a problem, the delivery can be done at 21:00 after the last programmed delivery"

phoebe handed her a small business card and said "perfect this is my card the address is also written on it, we will wait for you at 21 hundred hours, now if you'll excuse me we had a busy day and want to go home and take a shower"

Elena said "of course, I'll accompany you to the door"

after the couple took off, Elena looked at the address and started sweating, and said "damn this is specter mountain, then those two are the specter couple they did look somewhat familiar" after some moments she made a call and said "father you'll never believe who was here today" before the other party could talk

her father answered "what some celebrity visited the store?"

Elena replied "not just some celebrity the specter couple was here and bought a lot of stuff" after a pause for dramatic effect she continued "I have to deliver and install it tonight in their dimension"

her father on the other side of the call froze for a moment then said "what, are you for real?"

Elena said "yes, do you want to come too? I wonder, if its really has the tabloids said, the patchwork forest, the infinite display cases"

and her father responded "I'm coming, wait for me"

the two were actually already famous on their own like celebrities, Phoebe was the youngest person to ever achieve the rank of admiral, and had many successful military campaigns on her back, and Joseph was a proper musician who held concerts and taught some of the best of the new generation, adding to that Vincent identity as the sun federation president, if it wasn't because they were covered in dirt and blood making them unrecognizable, their fan clubs would have already blocked the entrance to this store just to catch a glimpse of the two and some reporters would have written articles about what they had bought here

in the meantime the two dirty beggars had passed unseen and had finally arrived back at home, Joseph was still smiling, while Phoebe remembering her torn clothes and dirty appearance clenched her fists, she forgot to change before coming in, but seeing that Daniel was inside she relaxed, and entered the bedroom from the window with Joseph to shower and change since they didn't want Daniel to see them like that, but Vincent on the other hand saw it all, and already knew those two went to club immortal to fight

when the two came down, Daniel was already sleeping while hugging the sphere, looking adorable like always, but then seeing Vincent seriously staring at them they knew something was wrong, and after leaving the living room they entered Vincent's office, where he recounted what happened this morning stunning the couple again