Beastopian Tails- Reset

[lightstone]

"run" light said quickly and quitly

[Hunter568]

"Run?" Hunter asked in confusion.

[lightstone]

Light started to laugh nevesly

[Hunter568]

"Uh...o-okay," Hunter stuttered uncomfortably. He quickly regained his composure "So, what kind of work are you pursuing here? As an attorney, I'm currently working as a public defender to pay the bills, but I'm hoping to find some private clients or firms to work for. What are you interested in right now?"


As he was talking, Hunter reached over to the pizza box and grabbed a new slice, then casually resettled himself in his chair, trying to put Light's previous cryptic response out of his mind.

[lightstone]

Light got a slice of pizza "im looking in the coding derection"

[Hunter568]

"Oh yeah?" Hunter's ears perked up in sudden heightened interest. "I dabbled in programming back in highschool. What kind of coding jobs are you looking into? Game design, cyber security, software engineering, etc?"


Hunter wondered if he might be able to enlist Light's help in the future. If he was skilled in the right areas, Hunter might be interested in hiring him to write sime algorithms to help with searching through case file data. He'd known some programmers back in his hometown that helped him with that kind of thing.


That was, provided that Hunter caught a client who gave him enough of a budget to pay for coding work. He certainly wasn't getting enough from his public defender salary to go around hiring people to work with him yet.

[Rayleonarde]

After Ray had closed the door and retreated to his room, he attempted to get the room in order.


A doctor-like individual ascended to Ray's apartment floor, he began knocking gently on any door nearby, always asking "Is there a Mr. Blackburn here? I'm looking for Ray Blackburn."

[Hunter568]

Hunter and Light were interrupted in the middle of their conversation by a loud rapping at the door. Hunter looked up, suddenly hopeful that Geoff had had a change of heart and would join them for dinner after all.


"I'll get it," he told Light as he rose from the table.


Opening the door revealed not Geoff, but a stranger dressed in a doctor's uniform. "Is there a Mr. Blackburn here?" The stranger inquired. "I'm looking for Ray Blackburn."


"Uh.." Hunter stumbled, not sure how to reply. "Well I do know that the raccoon living down the hall is named Ray. I never learned his last name. Who are you, exactly?" He asked.

[Rayleonarde]

The vulpine doctor nodded. "I'm Doctor Alexander Dresdo. I've worked with the Blackburn's for years now, and I'm here to deliver Ray's medicine. He's uh..." Dresdo's voice dropped to a whisper. "He's been fractured ever since the fire. He needs his medicine to help see the world as it is."

[Hunter568]

"Ah, I see." Hunter nodded in understanding. "That explains some things. He had what I think you'd call a psychotic episode earlier. We thought he was being chased or something at first, but he just locked himself in his room and started yelling something about us being 'fake' when we came knocking. He seems fine now, though."


Hunter extended his hand. "By the way, my name's Hunter, Hunter Karloff. Good to meet you, Doctor. And good luck with Ray. He lives at the very end of the hall, down that way." Hunter jerked his head to indicate the direction of Ray's room.

[Rayleonarde]

The doctor nodded. "Thanks. And I apologize for his actions, but his remaining family wanted Ray to live a relatively normal life." He then walked to Ray's door, knocked gently and whispered something. Ray opened the door, just as he did before, took the paper bag Dresdo held, and retreated as the doctor left.

[Hunter568]

Hunter stepped back into his room and sat down next to Light again.


"That was Ray's family doctor. Apparently he has some kind of mental condition caused by a fire he was in," Hunter explained. "I think thats why he had that breakdown earlier."

[lightstone]

"what did you ask just then, i forgot"

[Hunter568]

"Oh, I was wondering what kind of coding you're interested in."

[Ara Av-Toa]

Mary stood around for a while after all the fuss ended. She tried to wrap he head around it while a doctor came down the hallway and passed a paper bag down Ray's door. She tapped his shoulder and asked: "Hello, mr. I'm one of Ray's neighbours, Mary Love. Can you explain what's with him?"