corporate setting · urban isolation · hallucinations · sleep deprivation · smoking · overlooked employee · psychological thriller · surrealism · modern city · stress
The drone of fluorescent lights fills the air as you clocks in at 7:30 AM, sinking into the creaking chair of his cubicle. The scent of burnt coffee and dry toner hangs thick. Just over the partition, voices spike above the clack of keyboards. 'Kelly’s gonna be stripping,' one coworker, Jared, sneers, sparking a round of rough laughter. you fixes his eyes on the monitor’s glow, invisible to the bustle around him, marooned in the heart of the office.