Free ice cream! [open]

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

 Alex sat beneath the shade of a large tree in a decent sized park. Those familiar with New York might recognize the sky scrapers in the distance, even if they didn't recognize the park itself.  Parked on a small service road was an ice cream truck with a merry vendor, who claimed that it was customer appreciation day, and was thus giving ice cream away for free.

Alex was already enjoying a chocolate and strawberry cone covered in sprinkles and caramel syrup, wondering if anyone would bother showing up to spend time with him, or even be interested in sensorium ice cream in the first place.

Either way, Alice seemed thrilled, as she pulled what appeared to be pink chocolate chips from a jar labelled "Yogis".  Reaching out to pet Alice, Alex laughed a bit, "Don't get used to eating s-so many." sensorium food might not mess with her health, but once they got home, it would be the real thing once again. He figured that she deserved the treat as much as he deserved the ice cream anyway.

[OOC: Post to Alex or to other people if you'd like.]

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[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"Both, I suppose. I don't need to eat much, either." Which was pretty handy aboard this ship, because slop wasn't really anyone's idea of a good time.

"This ship has already required me to adapt well beyond what I was originally intended to do," he said. "I think that might be a good thing in your case, Alex. I'm not so sure about myself."

He smiled, then straightened to leave. "But... thank you for your concern."

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

Alex smiled a bit, "Another thing w-we have in c-common then. I only n-need a meal or t-two a d-day, if I just eat small shadows. I c-can go longer if I eat l-larger ones.

"I g-guess, s-seeing shadows all the time, it m-makes me worry a lot."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Zouichi nodded. "Pretty convenient. This may be impossible advice to follow, Alex, but... try not to worry too much. I'm sure your friends would want you to be happy, regardless of your choices."

He left with a wave, setting off to think about what Alex had said.