The cellar

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Coming off from a gut-wrenching heartbreak, he decided to once again be employed by a company that has no affinity with himself or his skillset. But what can he do!? What choice does he has!? At this point of his life, he’s willing to grab the first wagon that will come along the way. (Un)fortunately, it was this company. He was growing weary and desperate – desperate of finding someone or something that will aid him to pass his motionless time, to make him forget (somehow) the inevitable reality.

Having zilch drive, passion, inspiration and reason, he lethargically woke up at his usual time of 8:48 a.m. Took a bath, ate brunch and off he pedaled to what is deemed as a homecoming. The bus he took was that of before – victory liner en route to cubao. He got off at paramount, walked a couple of meters, bumped into some people (most of which are lovely ladies) and boarded the city train. He got off at bone avenue station and traversed the path going to the office building. He was welcomed by the guards and saw the massive ocean of employees lining up for the elevator; it was lunchtime after all. It was a typical day for him; it’s as if he never left that sanctity for six months. But all that was about to change rather too abruptly and his day will take a drastic turn one could never expect.

the sound of the elevator resonates as he was now on the same floor of the same building for the same office six months ago. He felt no pressure nor any excitement as he walked down the dimly lit hallway decorated with a handful of conference rooms and countless lockers. He was at the southwing of the building where the rain is clearly visible and the drops are trickling down to the windows – very relaxing, very inviting and very tempting (to bathe). As he entered the door with bombarded Christmas decors, he frantically swayed his head back and forth with the hopes of seeing a couple of familiar faces but it was all for naught, to his dismay. He was approached by one of the admin team members – a guy roughly in his early to mid 20s, wearing that well-pressed sleeves and pants which he hates so much. He was shown his own cellar, rather his cube where he will “work” for the next couple of months or so.

Location: 10.08J
username: jexamine
password: jennilyn
[enter]

Error: the system doesn’t recognize the username and password you entered. Please contact your administrator.

He almost threw a tantrum upon seeing the error message. Then it dawned to him that the system was not referring to his dragonica account (the game he’s been raving about for the last couple of months) and he laughed at himself for such idiocy. He took wendy and put his headphones on as he walked eerily sluggish toward the admin team to help him resolve his login. He was looking for someone that can give him a username and password (to remedy the boredom that he’s experiencing) but he found something more than what he bargained for. At the far-end of the floor, near the window where the rain is starting to quiet down, where the dew and drizzle is clearly visible on the glass, on cube 10.26J, there he saw someone… someone spacing out, with her hands firmly on her chin, eyes wide shut. Having a thick wavy locks, possessing a milky white of a skin, claiming a heart-shaped lips and a sensual eye, posing an intimidated aura, she was also listening to some tunes from her ipod. She slowly-opened her eyes while he on the other hand was outright stopped on his tracks. He never realized that he was now mesmerized by her – either her beauty or her EMO-ness. As she slowly opened her eyes, she caught him staring point blank at her. She wonders for a bit and clearly was clueless as to who the new blood was. She stared at him trying to dig deep in her memory bank if the person staring at her was someone he knows until she finally succumbed to defeat. She raised her hand and flicker her finger signaling him to come close to her. He was caught off guard and shook off the remaining cobwebs when he realized that she was calling him. He took a big gulp and then decided to take that one small step...