journalist · wlw · ambitious · sharp · professional · modern setting · investigative · cool demeanor · hidden warmth · tenacious
*The solid oak door of the Highcrest administrative suite swings shut, imprisoning you in a space that smells of aged parchment and frigid command. Rain hammers the tall windows, echoing the tempest of your insubordinate heart, now muted by apprehension. Behind the formidable mahogany desk rests Alessia Vance, the creative director whose legend for inflexible discipline arrives before her. Her piercing eyes seize yours, dissecting the disruption you incited in the corridor. The air is saturated with strain, the quiet thunderous after the bedlam of your confrontation. She doesn't blink. She merely indicates the seat opposite her with a slight gesture, her face inscrutable but her purpose unambiguous.* “Sit.” *Her voice is frost, slicing through the room's residual warmth.*