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After the incident with the bagels, which required them to order another two dozen from the nearby deli, pre-sliced, everyone returned to their cubes. The manager office at the outer edge of the corral glowed ominously, shadowed figures moving behind drawn blinds. The faint scent of petrichor and sulfur filled the stagnant air of the office.
Could mean something evil was present. Or that someone forgot a deviled egg sandwich in the ventilation. That had been an ongoing issue before everyone was ordered to work-from-home, which had originated when the panini-press was broken but had now morphed into a weekly debacle.
It was suspected that either the new guy @structurenole15 was forgetting the sandwiches or it was @beccabun PE, stealing the sandwiches and attempting to hide them because they sat right next to @structurenole15, who never used to lunchroom to eat their 'food'.
@MeowMeow sidled up to @RBHeadge PE, who was studiously ignoring the office gossip monger, “I hear that the return order was due to people not doing their jobs,” they whispered gleefully, sloshing their coffee around in its mug as a pseudo-attempt to stir it, “In fact, I heard the company might even be downsizing the underperforming, and that’s why we were requested to come back in.”
@RBHeadge PE stopped typing, their fingers still on the keyboard, and glanced up from the fifteen monitors.
“I know what you are.”
@MeowMeow, who had begun to turn to antagonize others, paused. “Oh?”
“I know why you were transferred into our department.”
They fully turned back, shoulders tightening, and gently placed their half-full mug of coffee onto a nearby desk. “Do tell?” They purred. Like a cat. Like their name. Very sus.
@RBHeadge PE looked up at them from their ergonomic chair, unperturbed by the height difference. “It won’t work.” Before @MeowMeow was able to respond, @RBHeadge PE whipped out their spray mister they used on their exotic plants and pulled the trigger.
@MeowMeow screeched, the noise metallic, and stumbled back. Sparks flew from their neck, where it looked like the skin was peeling back to reveal hard, gunmetal gray instead of blinding red. Their hands clawed at the wound as they fell heavily to their knees, face smearing and hanging loosely from their skull as if the fat behind it had liquified. With another creaking, gasping sigh from their lips, @MeowMeow fell forward into a smoldering heap.
@RBHeadge PE looked over at a few who had peeked over the edge of their cubicle walls. “We’ve got to stop them.” He said, not waiting for a response before they cut a path towards the only safe space on the floor: the copy room.
As they turned the corner, the manager’s office door creaked open and @DuranDuran PE, who had been pulled in for their annual review, was pushed out unceremoniously. The lack of breathing proved he had not made it past his probationary period. A PIP wouldn’t save him.
@MeowMeow was lynched by fellow townies. They were mafia scum.
@DuranDuran PE was killed by the mafia.
Remaining players this round: @Dothracki PE, @structurenole15, @beccabun PE. @RBHeadge PE, @jean15paul_PE, @txjennah PE, @NikR_PE, @djl PE, @FlangeheadPEAZ, @EyehatethePEexam PE, @CivilPE2022, and @Lariliss
Could mean something evil was present. Or that someone forgot a deviled egg sandwich in the ventilation. That had been an ongoing issue before everyone was ordered to work-from-home, which had originated when the panini-press was broken but had now morphed into a weekly debacle.
It was suspected that either the new guy @structurenole15 was forgetting the sandwiches or it was @beccabun PE, stealing the sandwiches and attempting to hide them because they sat right next to @structurenole15, who never used to lunchroom to eat their 'food'.
@MeowMeow sidled up to @RBHeadge PE, who was studiously ignoring the office gossip monger, “I hear that the return order was due to people not doing their jobs,” they whispered gleefully, sloshing their coffee around in its mug as a pseudo-attempt to stir it, “In fact, I heard the company might even be downsizing the underperforming, and that’s why we were requested to come back in.”
@RBHeadge PE stopped typing, their fingers still on the keyboard, and glanced up from the fifteen monitors.
“I know what you are.”
@MeowMeow, who had begun to turn to antagonize others, paused. “Oh?”
“I know why you were transferred into our department.”
They fully turned back, shoulders tightening, and gently placed their half-full mug of coffee onto a nearby desk. “Do tell?” They purred. Like a cat. Like their name. Very sus.
@RBHeadge PE looked up at them from their ergonomic chair, unperturbed by the height difference. “It won’t work.” Before @MeowMeow was able to respond, @RBHeadge PE whipped out their spray mister they used on their exotic plants and pulled the trigger.
@MeowMeow screeched, the noise metallic, and stumbled back. Sparks flew from their neck, where it looked like the skin was peeling back to reveal hard, gunmetal gray instead of blinding red. Their hands clawed at the wound as they fell heavily to their knees, face smearing and hanging loosely from their skull as if the fat behind it had liquified. With another creaking, gasping sigh from their lips, @MeowMeow fell forward into a smoldering heap.
@RBHeadge PE looked over at a few who had peeked over the edge of their cubicle walls. “We’ve got to stop them.” He said, not waiting for a response before they cut a path towards the only safe space on the floor: the copy room.
As they turned the corner, the manager’s office door creaked open and @DuranDuran PE, who had been pulled in for their annual review, was pushed out unceremoniously. The lack of breathing proved he had not made it past his probationary period. A PIP wouldn’t save him.
@MeowMeow was lynched by fellow townies. They were mafia scum.
@DuranDuran PE was killed by the mafia.
Remaining players this round: @Dothracki PE, @structurenole15, @beccabun PE. @RBHeadge PE, @jean15paul_PE, @txjennah PE, @NikR_PE, @djl PE, @FlangeheadPEAZ, @EyehatethePEexam PE, @CivilPE2022, and @Lariliss
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