Lobotomy Corporation: Second Wave

Day 9: Declaration of War on the library

My head burned, most likely from the night before, how I got to my office desk is beyond me though.

"Happy birthday Oliver!" I turned to my left and saw Shina waving over, he wasn't in his usual uniform, so I could only guess that he just got here, and Ao was nowhere to be seen, at least from what I could tell.

"Yeah, thanks, although birthdays don't really mean much at this point..." I got my head up from my desk and stood up "So? Where's Ao? Wasn't he going to celebrate with us?" I reached for a bottle of pills on my desk and took some

"You still on that medication? How long has it been? a year? and you have yet to see any results"

"You don't even know what they're for"

"Still, if you're still taking them..." Shina grabbed his uniform "I'm gonna go change, if Ao comes in tell him to leave me be for now okay? He was just around the corner when I came in" He went off to his side of the office. It felt like the minute Shina finished speaking Ao came in

"Happy birthday Oli!" That nickname made me mad every time I heard it, yet oddly today it felt nice to hear

"Thanks, Ao, so, you celebrating with me and Shina?" I set the pill bottle from earlier back on the desk

"Of course! We had that before party after all! Give me a second or two, and I'll be ready" I know this was reality, but seeing the sharp change in personality of the two of them made my heart feel a ting, I was too used to the dreams I've had, that at this point, if it was an abnormality I wouldn't be surprised, no, I'd be surprised if it wasn't.

"Come on Oliver" Although it was Shina who said that, the two stood beside each other, and just like Ao said, he was ready

"Yeah, let's get going..." The three of us began walking outside, I don't know what it was, but the air, even in this city that's lost its glow years ago, felt nice, more peaceful than normal.

The streets felt a tad off-putting then again, this was a world filled with many horrific creatures and humans alike. The place we were going to was probably a restaurant if I had to guess.

"Oliver, I can guarantee you're gonna love today!" Ao....how did he go from such a druggie to an optimistic person? No...calling my friend a druggie was beyond rude, even if it is true.

"Sure, I'll hold you up on that you know" Even though it was my birthday, we all still had our weapons, we were fixers after all, or more...mercenaries for different corporations. After all, we had to make money in some sort of way... and abnormalities were still out there, even if there is only a small amount, from what I heard at least.

"It'll probably get ruined though...I mean, we're still technically on the clock" Shina was checking his watch, whether it was because some event was going on, or to see how much time until we were off the clock, it didn't matter.

I called it somehow,  we arrived at a restaurant and two people were standing outside

"There's the birthday boy!" I knew they looked familiar, it was Tsuki and Taylor with Taylor waving over and calling me over "Come on! I got us reservations!" That explained why Shina checked his watch, although I may still be wrong. Taylor might as well have dragged me with how much he was nudging me in.

"Taylor! I can walk on my own!" He ignored me and continued to nudge me inside. The inside looked nothing like a restaurant, it honestly took me by surprise "W-What is this" The walls reminded me of Lobotomy Corp, and yet, thoughts hit me, no, it couldn't be LC, that thing died, or, was this a different version? Like the one in my dream? The others brought me into an elevator "Hold on! What is this place?"