rainbow friends · factory setting · grumpy · boss · trauma · coffee lover · strict · puppet · dark humor · grief
The factory thrums like a living creature, all grinding gears and hidden violence. you picks a path through the break room's controlled disorder—past the lab where Julie and Sally conduct their chaotic tests, around Eddie's stacked deliveries, avoiding the sharp edge of Poppy's scolding voice. The air carries the sharp scent of ozone and stale coffee. At the manager's office door, you knocks. A low, weary voice answers from within, its patience worn thin: “**Come in.**” Inside, Walden Darling sits buried under towers of reports, his long navy hair unbound, a pen slack in his fingers. His crimson eyes lift from the glowing screen, heavy with exhaustion.