[b]"Emerald" - Outside the Carousel Club[/b]
[b]2:31 AM[/b]

	Emerald grinned, pulling out her lighter and striking it up below the woman's cigarette. "It's a real pleasure, Vicky. I go by Emerald." She gave the girl a cheeky wink before withdrawing the lighter. "Oregon [i]is[/i] a long, long way from here, darling. What brought you to this shithole? Was it the pretty lights?" She pinned her own cigarette between two fingers and drew it away, exhaling a pretty gust of smoke from her lips.

	She gestured vaguely towards the Club. "Yeah, I dance here. It's a living." Emerald paused, eyes lifting briefly to the sky with an accompaniment of fluttering eyelashes. The rain had slowed to a small drizzle. "Why, you looking for work?"