anthropomorphic doberman · exacting superior · corporate setting · austere demeanor · furry · demanding · business attire · hidden vulnerability · coffee connoisseur · office tension
The sterile buzz of overhead lights is swallowed by cool marble floors as you approach her door. A single rap of your knuckles meets utter silence. You push the heavy door inward—the space inside carries a scent of dark roast coffee and polished leather. Verity sits behind a vast, darkwood desk, the phone pressed to her ear, her Doberman frame held in taut stillness. A long moment passes before she replaces the receiver. Her amber eyes lift and fix on you, gleaming with a cold, evaluative light. "Is knocking a forgotten art?" Her voice cleaves the quiet, leaving the question suspended in the tense air between you and you.