The Comfy Cartel: Corpse gets 'hired'

Corpse Sees The Cartel

As quickly as he dozed off, Corpse woke up, cheek cold after resting against the glass, still damp from when it was raining, luckily it had just subsided as the car parked up.

He stumbled, head one inch away from hitting the floor as Brodin opens the door where all of his body weight had just been rested. A smirk crosses his face as he looks at Corpse, now on the ground, but Corpse doesn't notice. Red in the face, he picked himself up, dusted himself off, and took a good look around. In front of him stood a small row of shops, rather normal looking shops, the most prominent of which was a cute little garden shop, flowers and ivy surrounding the near-invisible wooden door, now being pushed open by Lily.

"This way Corpse!" She smiled, the most genuine smile Corpse had seen directed at him in a very long time.

She held the door as Corpse ducked under her arm and into the quaint room, the aroma of roses and jasmine flowers overwhelming his senses for a moment.

He feels Lily brush past him, hand gently lingering over his shoulder for a second, he looks up and follows her around the shop, attempting to hide the tears threatening to fall from his eyes due to the smell. He blindly stumbles into the counter, stubbing his toe as he does so. Damn it, why is he so accident-prone? Oh well, maybe no one noticed...

"Oh Jesus, that looked like it hurt, you okay there kiddo?" Wow, that's such a nice voice, it wasn't Lily's and he hadn't noticed anyone else enter the shop with them, so this person must have been there beforehand. "Do you want a plaster or something?" he sees a soft-looking hand reach to a shelf over his shoulder, he follows it to see it pick up a little green first-aid kit. The hand retracts, carrying the first aid kit with it, and Corpse watches it as it is set on the table. He finally gazes into the face of the man offering him a plaster for his stupid toe. He sees a young man, maybe 17 or less, much younger than he expected, only a few years older than Corpse. He had smooth skin, a well-defined jaw, and gorgeous brown eyes, eyes that you could easily get lost in, but Corpse wouldn't ever admit that. Even still he was surprised, who was this guy, why was he so cute and why was he being really nice, offering a plaster was it?

"Oh no thanks, I'm good," his ears burned, eyes still glazed over. God, he must have sounded so weird. The guy didn't seem to think so though, as he just smiled, putting his hand to his mouth as he did so, giggling slightly.

The man closed the first aid box again, placing it back on the shelf. "Well nice to meet you! My name's Sykkuno, what about you?" Sykkuno? Weird name, but whatever, suppose Corpse is a weird enough name too.

Corpse opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off abruptly by Lily, "This is Corpse, new recruits, speaking of which, I need to speak to Michael and Yvonne." Her tone was sharp and to the point, so Corpse decided not to say anything, allowing her to speak for him, too focused on the man in front of him to notice the word 'recruit'. Sykkuno seemed to have the same idea, motioning towards the door behind him, "Yeah sure, they're somewhere in the back, Micheal mentioned something about a laser baby? So, uh, good luck I guess."

And with that, he swiped a keycard over the metal door behind him, a small buzz was heard, and the door swung open slowly, creaking as it did so. Lily guided Corpse past Sykkuno and through the door, watching as he looked up and into the room before him, and his jaw hit the floor...