The Comfy Cartel: Corpse gets 'hired'

The Comfy Cartel: Operation Orphanage

She doesn't seem like someone looking to adopt, so Corpse observes from down the hall as she walks confidently from the door, heading towards the office room occupied by the dean of the orphanage. As he continues to watch her walk away, he is surprised to hear a loud crash behind him. As he turns to see what happened, he also notices that the young woman is now looking straight at him.Damn it! He didn't want to draw attention to himself. He quickly scrambles to pick up the flashlight that had fallen on the floor, attempting to keep his composure, hoping that she would walk away and ignore the encounter. However, this is not the case, as she immediately starts walking up to him. Corpse then starts to fidget with his collar and tie as she approaches, looking only at his feet as he wiggles his toes and shifts uncomfortably. As she gets closer, he looks up slightly to see her lower half. Her shoes are very clean, almost brand- new looking, and her skirt falls just below her knees. He slowly starts to look up further, noticing more and more features, such as the faint smell of her perfume, not particularly expensive, but certainly not cheap.Finally, he looks her in the eye and finds that an intimidating, yet calming feeling washes over him as she smiles and he hears her voice for the first time."Hey there young man! I'm Lily, what's your name?" she says, her voice sweet and demanding."Uh hi, I'm Corpse, nice to meet you." He manages to stutter out eventually, still holding his collar. Weird, he's never normally this tense, it's not like this is another interview or anything, so he tries to brush it off, growing a bit more confident, "What are you here for? Are you the inspector or something?" He had heard that a social worker was coming to inspect the building and how it was being run or something, so perhaps this was her?She chuckles, her hand covering her mouth as she does so, then falling down onto your shoulder, "Oh no, I'm actually looking to adopt a child, you know any that you think I'd like?"This surprises Corpse, the confidence that he had built up wavering a little, "Um, I'm not sure, not many families like me, so you might not like my recommendations.." he trails off, unsure of what else to say, suddenly feeling a bit emotional about how long he's been waiting to be told that he's loved and wanted, besides, his own parents couldn't even keep him! No, he can't afford to think like that, of course, there was a reason, and there is someone out there who wants him, it might even be this person standing right in front of him! All he needed to do was try."Oh? Why's that?" she asks, kneeling down slightly in order to be on his level for eye contact, good thing he's tall for his age so she only has to bend down slightly."Well, people think I'm weird, I like playing around with video games where I play as an assassin for a big organization, or I have to try and figure out who the murderer is, or I am the murderer or something. It puts people off me, you know? A kid who's not really afraid of death." He said it with finality as if he's really accepted his lonely fate, and to be fair, he's not wrong, who would want a kid who's not put off at the thought of death and murder? But is he really ready to move on by accepting that and living a life without a family to support and love him? He wasn't sure."Oh, well that doesn't put me off one bit! I love videogames too, I used to play them with my friends all the time, figuring out who the killer among us was and all that, yeah, they were good times." She looks into the distance, just over his shoulder, as if there were a ghost behind him. He sees the slight tinge of sadness in her face and voice and decides to say something."Well, if you like video games, and I do too, then maybe we could play together sometime, if you, you know, adopt me or something.." He trails off again, thinking that maybe he blew it, after all, it was a really weird and cringy thing to say. Maybe he has said too much, maybe he should have stayed in bed this morning and never woken up, but her response was the exact thing he wanted to hear, that he's wanted to hear for all these years."That sounds great, I'd love to adopt you." Her smile returns, bigger and brighter than ever.