Riga Eat

 

Riga Eat

Riga flew her disc over to Manila. She heard that certain street food was the best. Her flight from Quebec to Philippines took an hour. She kept within the atmosphere. Here she watched the clouds as she flew through them in the daylight zones. For the last twenty minutes it was dark. Below she saw black ocean and stars above. Countless stars. One day she would visit them. Ahead and below Manila was coming into view. Thousands of coloured brought lights. Also like stars. White yellow orange red green. Some were on tell tower blocks. Others on smaller buildings. On her viewing window was superimposed a set of white arrows. They were to navigate. She flew ahead and then diagonally right. Her speed was slow now. Riga was a thousand feet up. Above here she saw two jet airliners heading the for airport. She kept well clear. It was minutes to the eating place. She got changed into a green tennis top and red cycling shorts. Blue Nike trainers and a yellow cap finished her look. She hovered the now invisible ship over Araneta. By remote control she ported herself down behind the stadium. Nobody saw Riga float down from the sky and gently land on her feet. She was smart and knew when people weren't looking. She could've tried an invisibility spell but wasn't confident it would work. Still being a novice witch. Riga took a few moments to look about. There were many people here. It was a 24-hour city. People were in call centres and offices working. Riga walked down a side road and connected to a busy high street. There was a call centre nearby. Here were the food vendors. Nothing more than street carts or tables. One was a motorcycle with an oven on it for fresh pandesal bread. Riga went over to a guy selling hot peanuts. She knew it was bad for her high blood and heart but hey! She was Riga and took her meds and kept fit. She paid some pesos and was given two bags of hot roasted fresh peanuts. They were nice. The call centre agents were busy eating and chatting away. Some were on break others about to start their shift. Riga finished her nuts and went back to her ship. She clapped her hands. The laser powered on with an invisible beam. She was lifted up and into her ship. Two people saw her! Nobody would believe them. Riga sat in the seat and adjusted her controls and slowly flew over Manila. She kept above the buildings and avoided any planes. Then she became visible and increased speed. In seconds she was supersonic. The acceleration was vivid. When in orbit she left the seat and drank some ice water. It was great owning a flying saucer. Next time she would fly to Reykjavik and try some freshly caught toasted fish...

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