hunger

[Zoe Fischer]

A young man who some may recognize as Zoe Fischer is sitting on the sidewalk, leaning against a nearby building, with his legs crossed and some kind of futuristic tablet thing that may remind people of an ipad on his lap. He has a clamp of some sort in one hand, which is in turn holding very gently onto a leme. His other hand has some kind of scanner. His clothes look a bit dirty, like he's been on the streets for a little while. He's busy looking between the leme and whatever readings the scanner is putting out.
"Hmm...."

[Raleigh]

*Seeming to float up from beneath the streets, Raleigh looks at Zoe.* So whatever is it telling you about that particular item?

[Zoe]

The man doesn't catch the way Raleigh appears, only looking up when he's spoken to. "Well, stranger, it looks to be a perfectly healthy fruit...no known toxins or mind-altering substances. It even smells fine. What this particular device tells me, though, is that it's giving off a weird energy reading, which I assume to be what gives these things their more, ah, unusual properties. Seems like it would be palatable if there were a way to extract the energy, but I have no idea what ethical use the energy itself could have." While talking he gestures a bit, and accidentally points the scanner in Raleigh's general direction at one point; it promptly makes a few clicking sounds and shuts off. "Eh?" He flicks it a couple of times, but it doesn't turn back on. "I think that was the overload failsafe signal; must've pointed it at some power lines by mistake or something..."

[Raleigh]

Heh, yeah that can be troubling when your scanner is that sensitive. As for if its possible I suppose I could extract the energy for you. It really wouldn't be that difficult for me to arrange. People around here call me Raleigh by the way, Zoe.

[Zoe]

"Oh, did I already..hm." He taps something on the touchpad device, and it folds itself into a small metal square; the scanner he manually folds one-handed, apparently having quite a bit of experience with doing so. Both squares go into his pocket. He gets up and offers a hand to shake, the one that isn't still holding on to the clamper thing. "Nice to meet you anyway." Shake or not, he carries on the conversation: "Honestly, considering what it seems to be a hybrid of this probably wouldn't be the best thing to eat even without its energy..I, haven't eaten in about a day now because these kinds of fruit are the only free food I've come across."

[Raleigh]

*Shakes Zoe's offered hand.* I suppose I could help get you something better to eat unless you desire to be turned into something. I run a few of the shops around here and I'm sure I could afford to front you a meal. Failing that I know a shop I could take you to that should net you at least a pizza.

[Zoe]

"Well, thank you. I'd be sure to look for some way to repay it if you'd help me out."

[Raleigh]

No worries. So you want that pizza or would you prefer to eat something else?

[Zoe]

"Sure, that'd be fine," he says, and looks back at the leme. "I don't suppose there's any sort of special waste disposal for things like these..."

[Raleigh]

Not to my knowledge. There is always the ultimate waste disposal option though. Fire. *Small orbs of flame appear and dance a waltz over one of Raleigh's hands.*

[Zoe]

He blinks for a moment. "I'm fairly sure that tends to leave smoke, but alright.." He gives the leme a gentle toss upward and takes a few steps out of the way, folding up the clamper device into another little metal square.

[Raleigh]

True I suppose. *The orbs fly off and hit the leme burning it away while it was still in the air.* Well then, onward to that pizza shack. If you will follow me. *Begins to guide the way to the aforementioned shop.*

[Cece]

*The Animagic witchgirl Rachel wanders by. She is also holding a scanner of some type, it'd red yellow blue green lights blinking as she sweeps it absently by Zoe and Raleigh. Her attention seems to be focused on it's readings. A sudden screeching from the device at the destruction of the leme causes her to drop the device and cover her ears in pain..."Owchie!!! What was that?" she asks and starts to look around not yet seeing the two

[Zoe]

Zoe just follows, but does happen to glance briefly in the general direction of the screeching noise.

[Raleigh]

Probably it registering either the release of energy from a destroyed leme or my magic doing the destruction. *Continues to plod along.*