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A rather soft yawn escaped the small lithe girl as it floated around the room joining the sound of a rather annoying tone playing over and over, a hand stretched out from below thick white blankets towards the irritating sound. Unable to land directly on the phone, even with the mass amounts of charms hanging from it like a bunch of get well cranes all hung together, she accidentally knocked it off the edge of her bedside table to the floor. The tone continued to for a few more seconds finishing its last round before turning off. Groaning sleepily the girl managed to pull herself out of the bed to find the phone, flipping it open to examine the caller.

unknown number

Well that made no sense. The only people who had called her were friends she knew from highschool or her co-workers. It was possible to be a mistake or a wrong number, in that case it was easier that she hadn't ended up answering the phone. Pouting she realized she was wrong, it was a missed chance to make another friend. Those where always sometimes the best to tease, no matter it was still so early in the morning, and she still hadn't had her tea yet. Pulling on her white blouse and pink skirt, she walked elegantly towards the mirror to tie her hair in a pair of braids. Up in the corner of her mirror was a picture of a stethoscope, smiling she glanced over at her books piled up on a small desk. Yawning once more Kasandra pulled open the door to find the place empty, this was very unusual there would be at least some furniture here.

Kasandra's green eyes widened as she searched the room, the rest of the house. Everywhere. Her room mates door had been left open and the place was empty, this couldn't be happening. She had heard some strange noises last night but had attributed it to her room mate bringing well a mate home for the night. That wasn't the case however, as her heart sank, she was never the one to be taken advantage of! She was the one to do this kind of stuff so how had she not noticed it!. This was bad she wasn't sure she had enough money to cover the full amount of the rent that she was to deliver to her landlord the following day. Rushing back into her room Kasandra picked up her phone immediately flipping it open, punching a sequence of numbers in as quickly as she could. Pulling the phone up to her ear Kasandra stood there staring at the door before huffing and closing the phone rather suddenly. So the girl had done just as she thought!

Opening the top draw in her desk Kasandra quickly pulled out a debit card from among the pens and other materials. She had to hurry to check her account just in case to make sure she had money to cover the entire payment. Grabbing her coat and keys in a fluid motion as she rushed out of the house and down the steps and through the street, towards her bank. Entering it in a sort of panic Kasandra quickly opened her account her eyes wide and focused on the screen.

Empty

Pulling her card out of the machine seemed to be a slow and rather painful process, she had checked and rechecked the card to be sure it was really empty but alas not a penny was left in the account. How could that have happened, she had made sure to keep everything in there a secret, confidential, unknown. So how did the bank become drained of everything. Pulling a lollipop out of her bag in frustration as she shoved the card back in turning around on her heals she found herself face to face with a... clown? Her eyes narrowed suspiciously as she looked him over as he spoke. Growing even more suspicious when he mentioned her financial situation but her face relaxed in a simple attempt to pretend he was wrong. Pulling the wrapper off the lolipop she carefully began to lick it. Taking her eyes off the stranger to head towards the door.

"I have no idea what you mean." Kasandra coolly replied. "There is no such thing as Midas bank." She began listing off the different banks she was aware of in the city and surrounding area's. Midas was not one of them she knew that for a fact. Letting the bright pink candy roll over her tongue as she repositioned it in her mouth she couldn't help but let the work offer roll over and over in her head. Looking out the glass doors of the rather quite building onto a quiet street that would only grow louder with each passing hour of the day. " That aside what kind of offer, were you planning to chat about?" Kasandra questioned turning around to face the place where Misakaki had been standing.

Finding he wasn't quite where she had taken her eyes off of him, she managed to locate him standing in front of her when he spoke. Annoying slippery person, she was already starting to have a distaste for him, but would have to remain pleasant otherwise. Not to mention it would be unwise to talk to such a man in front of the bank, people might wonder turning to walk down the street at an even stroll she assumed this man would have no problems keeping up with her. Funding eh, she thought to herself with mild interest. She already had student loans not that they weren't hefty loans and would be a bit of a problem in her currently place. Most likely she could loose her home, as it stood now though and that would cause a bigger problem for her if she wasn't able to secure her moment now to return payment later. Letting the candy roll around in her mouth once again, but what could the cost be? Just as she thought it Masakaki had the answer, Her Future.

She wasn't even given a chance to question him further before more information was piled up and tossed her way. Stopping in her tract she spun to face the strange man as he spoke her name what she was studying her plans. So he was a stalker, just a crazy old stalker who happened to dress in a rather crazy way. Perhaps she needed to call the mental ward in the hospital, see if they had any escaped patients lately, there might however still be a chance that he was part of a strange bank. After all grants and student loans where often hidden and hard to find but worth finding in the end. Taking in a deep breath she turned to him warmly "Your information is correct, on account of my name. Where is this bank you speak of."

Bright green eyes danced about searching the strange mans face, bringing her hand up to pinch the bridge of her nose. There was always the possibility she was dreaming after all no one in their right mind would wear such a strange outfit claim they were from a bank the best thing for her to do was probably go back to bed and relax. This was all probably just one extremely horrid dream, there was no other logical explanation for it. Taking a few more steps forward she turned a corner off the busy street and turned to face Masakaki with a smile. "Alright you win, your right it would solve a lot, and the only stipulation is to keep spending the money?" that didn't much make sense either, after all once money was spent it was spent. Most if not all would to towards paying off loans and rent on the house. After that the money would likely be gone and things back to normal so what could it possibly hurt?

Something about her choice just now seemed to resound awfully deep down inside but what else could she do, she was stuck, trapped. It was either this or end up on the streets, and she could not survive on the streets. She spent the better part of a few more minutes trying to justify the choice to herself.

"How am I supposed to keep spending money in this none existent place?" before she had a chance to finish asking her questions he was already explaining the answer. Her eyes flashed down to the card he held in his hand, it was strange, your typical size and shape for a normal debit card. The only difference was a strange clear circle in the center, rolling the candy over her tongue thoughtfully she cautiously took the card merely to inspect it. Guess there was no point to turn back from here right? She turned the object over in her hands a couple times. "How am I supposed to know the pin number on this card? How do I know I wont be arrested for fraud? How much is on this card?" More questions continued to spill out of her as she looked back up at the strange golden haired male.

Kasandra wasn't even finished asking her questions before she was being offered the chance to visit the 'Financial district' Masakaki had spoken about. Finally some actual evidence! She silently cheered within herself. At least now she would be able to tell if this man was for real or not. Why couldn't he show it to her before hand anyways. "Sure," she answered. "Take me to the financial district and show me how to get there."

Suddenly everything seemed to make sense all at once about the small circular center of clear plastic, she tapped it a few times on either side to check if there really was plastic there. "What are you?" She asked looking up at him still feeling somewhat suspicious of his motives. Everyone knew that money here took time for banks to process and free money, especially fifty thousand dollars wasn't just laying around somewhere. Kasandra's eyebrows stitched together as she pulled the stick of what was once a lollipop out of her mouth. That was more than enough to cover her current cost of living and her student loans and still have enough to fulfill her end of the deal by spending money in the Financial District as she was starting to get the feeling was more of an obligation than a choice.

Either way there was no turning back at this point, she already had the card in her hand and that much money was hard to turn down. Gulping down a mouthful of air in attempts to swallow the rather annoying lump of foreboding that rose in her throat Kasandra slowly pulled the card up to her eyes. That was the end of it, she could feel her body freeze as her eyes locked completely onto the card, her heart beat rising faster. Try as she might to throw the card down it was useless arms wouldn't move her hand was frozen her fingers locked like a vice. The card itself seemed to jump to life with color threading through it like you would find on the motherboard of a computer.

It felt like a part of her had been completely torn away from her very soul, stripped shredded and left bare. The feeling left a nasty metallic taste in her mouth with a horribly nauseous feeling in the pit of her stomach. As if the very thing she had just done was the worst crime she could ever have committed. Why oh why didn't she take more time to think it through, look for another option to support herself do the research required before jumping headlong into a choice. The thoughts continued to float in her head as she could faintly hear the approach of a vehicle. Pulling the card away from her now closed eyes Kasandra took in a rather deep breath of air, finding herself sitting in the back seat of an unfamiliar car, if you could call it that.

It was yet another strange sensation as she watched the street of a sunny morning blur past and change in the blink of an eye onto something completely unrecognizable. She had a feeling she was going to wake up in a little bit and find this all to be one horrible nightmare borne out of a really bad box of pizza. The ground was strange and the sky looked like it had been stained with blood. The first thought's through her mind was she had entered into some strange degree of hell and pain was soon going to follow in a very short order.

Clenching her teeth nervously together her eyes followed around the surrounding area before the nauseous feeling in her stomach overwhelmed her. Falling to her knees in a short order, wrapping her arms around her stomach her body lurched forward releasing all the contents that had been stored up inside. Green eyes pinched closed with all their might as if somehow the very action seemed to stop whatever course the young woman was on.

"Well at least its only motion sickness." A serine yet feminine voice spoke, Kasandra opened her eyes resisting the urge to let out a horrified scream. There she was mere centimeters away from a giant green snake head, falling back onto her hands which found themselves quickly placed behind her attempted to pull her body backwards away from the great beast without exposing her back. Green eyes followed the length of the serpents figure, green like her eyes speckled with gold ribbing throughout its form. Floating above the serpents head was what Kasandra assumed to be some sort of egg or glass orb holding a feather suspended in the center.

"Don't be afraid Kasandra, I'm your asset." The green serpent coolly spoke edging closer. The feathered end of her tail laying across the Midas card held tightly in Kasandra's hand.

"Asset?" Kasandra's eyes darted around in search of Masakaki but found the strange entity gone. He had not explained to her what an asset was!