Just Another Day at the Office

by Stovohobo

I sighed. This place, so mundane, so…human. It reeked of it, as if one of the more powerful gods decided to kill off every last human on the block and chuck them in here.

But that only meant it was the perfect disguise. I rubbed my temples, hopped into the elevator and pressed the button for floor 777. To the obese woman beside me, it looked as though I had pressed a blank sheet of stainless steel. She looked at me. I looked back.

She looked away.

I smiled and got off at what looked like an empty floor to her, while really, it was a bustling office, complete with cubicles and ranting coworkers. These coworkers just happened to have tentacles springing out of unlikely spots.

A woman drew up beside me as I headed for my office. “Demeter’s on line one, she says she wants the figures for next week’s weather.”

“Tell her it’ll pour rain,” I said, making it up on the spot. After all, was Demeter paying? No. So did my prophecies have to be correct? Again, no.

I went into my office.

Comments

Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. Just Another Day at the Office

    Stovohobo's Buddy Icon Stovohobo

    Posted 11 months ago

    Sorry if it’s not what ya’ll wanted.

  2. Just Another Day at the Office

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    comical.

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    Officially's Buddy Icon Officially

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    No, not what I had planned. But I didn’t actually have a sequel planned at all, just a few character. So I think I’ll go with it. Good job!

  4. Just Another Day at the Office

    Sailor Emo's Buddy Icon Sailor Emo

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Hahah!I want more!

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    Alexa ♥'s Buddy Icon Alexa ♥

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Excellent. I love your comic touch.
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    If you think the office on floor 777 is terrible, you see the office 111 floors below. Overheated, and everyone’s so angry!

  6. Just Another Day at the Office

    Saint Chuck's Buddy Icon Saint Chuck

    Posted 7 months ago

    Love the line about Demeter.

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