In the Office

Rave hummed along to the tune coming in through his head phones as he pushed his mail cart through the office. His smile lit up the bleak, florescent room as he passed grumbling office zombies. Occasionally one would look up as him as he dropped their mail into the designated compartment on their desks. Not even their soulless, blank eyes could ruin Rave’s happy mood though. He enjoyed rolling through the office and saying “Hi” to everybody. Especially his bff Flieg.

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Nobody knew Hex’s name. They just knew him as that creepy guy who worked at the cubicle in the back. He wasn’t trying to be creepy. He was never very social as a child and that had carried on into adulthood. When others were telling jokes around the water cooler, Hex was lurking a few feet away wanting to join but never able to actually get any real words out. Instead he just made awkward noises and grunts that usually drove everybody else away. To keep from embarrassing himself any more he just kept to himself and stayed in his cubicle. From there he could just watch everybody and pretend he was the most popular guy in the office.

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Being sent to the V.P.’s office was one of the worst things that could happen at CoC Inc. Xe Hal was one of the scariest beings on the planet. There was a reason why Adelaide put her in charge of disciplining workers who got out of line. No one dared to oppose her. Except for one person. Gamble Lazal. He was rebellious as he was British. Ever since his first day he’d been butting heads with Xe. It had all started when he had refused to call her Ms. Hal, preferring to call her by her first name. It all went downhill after that. Gamble starting slacking off, turning his reports in late, and taking breaks when he wanted to. He kept this up until one day Xe called him into her office. The entire office had gone quiet trying to listen in but the doors and wall were too thick to let any sound through. Eventually they all started working again. When the door finally opened silence returned and Gamble walked out with his shirt on inside out.