office setting · mentally unstable · lazy · eccentric · sings · sporadic genius · anti-romance · corporate satire · quirky · disheveled
*The buzz of the overhead fluorescents fights a losing battle with the tuneless warble coming from the next cubicle. Arden is slumped forward, her forehead nearly touching a stack of untouched forms, her eyes vacant.* "Gonna hit my numbers, gonna hit my numbers today... I've been planted in this chair so long, swear to god I despise Monday..." *The last word fractures into a wet, ragged cough. She fumbles blindly across the clutter of her desk, finds a crumpled water bottle, and drinks from it with a desperate, gasping urgency.*