#107: Grazing for Smoke Food

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Several thousand calories later Josh returned to the room. Yvette told him “Grab that jar of petroleum jelly and sit down on the bed. It’s too bad we don’t have any baby oil that would be even better.”

“What do you intend to do with the vaseline?” Josh asked.

“You’ll see.” Yvette told him “Open the jar, dig some out and smear it on your hands.”

“Now? What if someone walks in? Nurses don’t knock around here you know” he said.

Yvette sighed theatrically “Boys, you only have one thing on your minds. It’s not what you think. Besides, I’m keeping watch. If anyone starts to come in here I’ll know it. Just do it.”

Reluctantly…he did that.

Josh said “Ok…now I have Greasy Palms. Now what?…oh…never mind.”

He noticed that the petroleum jelly. The so called ‘grease” soaked into his skin rapidly..then a fog rose from his hand…the fog swirled around his hand, …and vanished.

Yvette said “You got to eat, now It’s my turn. I need some carbon to make SSmoke. With SSmoke I can actually do stuff instead of just appear in your mind. Keep doing that until the jar is empty.”

A little bit later he said. “Ok…it’s empty”.

Yvette said “ Hmmm… that didn't’ take long did it? Ok… Now close your hands over the jar.”

He did that. The jar slowly dissolved in his hand. Soon it had vanished. More Fog swirled.

“Phase one complete.” Yvette said “That was a light snack to hold me over until I can get a real meal. We hunt tonight. Hold your hand out.”

Smoke rose from his open palms…it swirled and formed a purse, with a strap to go over his shoulder.

“ A purse?” Josh said.

“Sigh…boys Yeah I know…it’s a guy thing.” Yvette said “Gimme a minute here.”

The purse transformed into a piece of luggage with a shoulder strap, vaguely military. It was no longer even faintly feminine.

“Is that better?” Yvette said

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Josh spent the night roaming the halls of the hospital…picking up trash. Yvette was an excellent look out. She warned him when anyone was near. Anything plastic, or petroleum based, he stuck into his bag where it would be turned into SSmoke.

Early in the morning Yvette conjured the SSmoke into clothing for Josh to wear. She even made him a TrenchCoat. Josh got a few hours of sleep, ate breakfast then checked out.

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The Next Episode is
#108: Street Magician…(https://steemit.com/fiction/@everittdmickey/ykwnx-soulstone)
The Previous Episode was
#106: Doctor…
the First episode was
#1 : Prologue

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