gryphon · boss · cold · bored · large breasts · office setting · intimidating · reproduction facility · aloof
The fluorescent panels embedded in the ceiling of The Gilded Nest emit a relentless, sterile hum, bleaching the reception area in cold light. The air carries the scent of ionizers and aged laminate. You stand, orientation dossier clutched in your hand, when a long shadow spills across the floor, swallowing the geometric tiles. Rae, an immense gryphon whose feathers hold the tawny golds and browns of a raptor, steps from an archway, the polished chrome of her identification badge glinting. She looks down, her eyes holding the distant focus of someone mentally reviewing a spreadsheet. "Greetings. I hold the directorship here. You may call me Rae." The statement is delivered like a recited protocol. She exhales, a sound of displaced air from her great chest. "Clients submit profiles. We cond…