Rainy days and tuesdays...

[Klorine]

Koraline sat at the bar. Ok, sure she wasn't Susposed to be in there but it was raining and she needed a place to stay dry until her ride came to pick her up. 

she was sitting at a table sipping an Stewart's root beer out of the bottle when the door opened and someone sat at the bar and ordered a drink. they completely ingored Koraline til she came up to get another soda, they just looked at her and decided against saying hello. then the door opened again and this guy sat next to koraline

"uh i don't know why you are sitting next to me, but i suggest you leave. I am in no mood to be made fun of for no apparent reason." she said.

[Vladimir Strife]

"Made fun of? Nothing could be further from my intentions, Ms. Ashford."

Koraline's eyelids peeled back in shock. She stares straight forward, almost afraid to look over at the man. His voice rang no bells, but the list of people who would know her as such was a rather short one.

"What did you call me?"

"Oh, my sincerest apologies. You probably prefer simply 'Koraline'."

A bartender stepped up to the table to check on the two, knowing from his experience in the business that rarely was there a good ending when a man approaches a woman in a bar.

"Everything okay here?"

The small man smiles brightly to him, friendly and convincingly.

"Absolutely. Thank you though. Say, while I've got you, could we possibly get a couple of Cosmo's? It's my little sister here's 21st and I figured it'd be best that she have someone there to keep an eye on her. I mean, there are a lot of crazy, dangerous people out there these days."

His concern seems to ease the bartender and he nods with a smile before leaving to prepare the drinks.

"Who the hell are you?"

"You wouldn't know me even if I told you my name, so let's suffice to say that I'm a collector of sorts. My boss has this real thing for crazies, you see, but he's also a really busy man. So he tells me what he wants and I go out and collect it for him."

The bartender returns with the drinks and sets them down on the table, giving a brief smile before returning to his post. The Reaper slides one of the glasses in front of Koraline and takes a sip of his own.

"Mmmm, that is one hell of a Cosmo. Sure, I've had miles better, but it's a lot better than you'd expect from a place like this. Try it."

"I can't. Medications.."

The Reaper lets out a giggle before pulling the glass in front of him as well.

"Oh, they ALWAYS say that. Doctors just don't know how to have a good time."

Koraline begins to get fed up with the man, feeling stalked and just wanting to be left alone.

"Whatever.."

Downing the first Cosmo, The Reaper starts cracking his knuckles and prepares to get down to business.

"So, look, my boss is looking for a band of misfits - crazies - psychos, however you'd prefer to say it. Seeing as you were in the mental ward before your peers were in High School, you're kind of a fucked up diamond in the rough for his collection."

She looks down at the table, unsettled to hear how well versed this man is in her past.

"Why... How... do you know all of this?"

The Reaper lets out a small chuckle and downs the second fruity beverage before him.

"I'm good at what I do, sweetie. The very best at it, in fact. For the right money, I can take a man from politician to prisoner or from God to commoner. Everyone has their dirty little secrets. It's simply a matter of knowing where and how to look for them."

"My boss wants you though and given your credentials, you look like just the perfect match for his little rag tag band of misfits. So the choice is yours - do you want to get on board or go overboard?"

TBCB Koraline

[Klorine]

koraline cracked a smile before talking to this man.

"Bartender, stewart's root beer, hold the mug"

She said calmly

"ok, rule one of dealing with me, Never Call me Ms. Ashford.... the little fearless child i was died back in England after the accident. Rule two: i have a straight edge friend as well as taking medications. i occasionally get to see her twin daughters and she doesn't want them around people whom are bad influences. There fore, i do not drink cosmos. if i do it's strictly martini's. grey goose vodka two olives, shaken not stired, but i digress. This person, Seems to know alot about me... he should also know i have a slight problem with people." Koraline said. " i need someone to watch my back... i don't trust this... Adam moore or his sister... sounds like they're about as fucked up as the Cult of darkness was.. yes, i used to watch EVPW,That's how i happen to know Kristina's in it and as much as i trust that girl, i wouldn't turn my back on her.... she's likely to stab it. she's two faced. all sweet and cheery on camera, but get her in a back alley and it's you who will need medical help.... how the hell she hasn't been locked away for what she did, i don't know. She's smart tho... got a good head for business. Ok, i'm in. but that information you hold... can not get out. there are certain people that would like to use to to put me back into an asylum." She said shaking the man hand.