(Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any harm done to the reader's sanity)
It was a pretty relaxing day in the facility, Gumballer hadn't arrived at work as per usual, and everyone was just enjoying their day. The sharp decrease of delvers made work harder, but at least they weren't overwhelmed by the hundreds of Delvers of all skills and insanity levels and their flashy gadgets storming the facility. When the entities weren't getting blinded by cameras, they spent their time eating leftover consumables and opening gifts from abandoned Scrap Shop locations. Murk had the bright idea to eat an Omenfruit once. Poor thing started complaining about hearing chimes and the ticking of a clock... we never saw him again after that incident. Our supervisor, Berylballer, is with us today, he wants to make sure-
"Ey, Shade? Are ya mumbling to yourself again?" He would chuckle.
Oh god, not this idiot...
"Ya realize everyone can hear you, right? You're scaring off all the delvers with your incoherent muttering"
"I am...? No, you're being illogical, seeker, they're already scared by us."
I think The Seeker is the most concussed of the bunch. He's irrational, but he does do his job well. I hate him. He's all buff, and shiny, and gets all the attention. Our supervisor, Beryl, gives him extra pay because he can scare off the most delvers in one fearsome roar.
"Can you just leave shade alone? It's funny hearing him go on about random information."
We all turned to (barely) see The Ghaster floating in some nearby greenery.
"Yeah, whatever." The Seeker mumbled
The seeker would punch through another gift, sending it flying, some clipboards would float out of it.
"Anger issues.." I would mumble under my breath
"Hey, WHAT did you just say?"
Seeker grabbed my hat and held it just out of reach
"Dude, c'mon, give me my hat back..."
Beryl stormed in, obviously fuming.
"Hey, does anyone know where all my files on everyone went? I left them in here in that corner, in this old Giftbox, but..."
Seeker and I looked at each other
"I will kill you if you tell him-"
"The Seeker punched a hole through a similar gift box just a moment ago..."
"Well, Seeker, where did the box go?"
The seeker looked down at his feet in embarrassment, and for fear beryl would stop rewarding him with extra pay.
"Um... It kind of smashed... And, uh, scattered..."
"Well, this is pleasant. I'm sure ☺ Inc. will be just pleased that all of your weekly reports have just gone missing."
A loud buzzer sounded
"And to top it off-" Beryl exclaimed, "There are delvers arriving NOW."
The elevator is what brought Delvers to the facility. No one except ☺ Inc. knows why it arrives every now and then, how it was made, and where it even comes from. The delvers are here only to destroy. They turn off all our power and the mysterious machines that ☺ Inc. sets up all around the facility. I don't know why ☺ Inc. isn't capable of setting up the buttons somewhere more secure...
I hid in a corner waiting for a delver to find me. Unlike the other entities, I wait for my prey to come to me. Most Delvers are confused at the sight of a "non-hostile" entity, but I let them stare at me for a bit then... BAM! I strike! I tend to get excited though, I often will let my emotions show a bit and my eye starts to turn red.
I actually like this job... It's fairly interesting, and...
"SHADE! Wake up!"
I snap out of my daydream. Beryl is standing over me, angry as ever.
"The delvers are taking the files, and you're just gonna stand here, doing nothing?!"
"Sorry, Beryl. I get distracted, and-"
"No more excuses. You're fired."
