> How are you liking this empty office?
It's...interesting. I miss when I would see people. It's really empty now. There's no one to talk to or to have lunch with. I miss the good coffee. And my favourite lunch spot is gone. You?
> Is it because you're lonely that you're writing to a notepad? Personally, I didn't like coming to the office even before the pandemic, but at least I was coming in to do more than just sit in a meeting room all day.
I guess talking to this notepad is sort of like gossip. I used to gossip over the messaging app, but lately I feel like the company is listening. Maybe I'm being paranoid. But checking for messages on this notepad breaks up my day. I have one meeting in the morning on Mondays, and then I hang around just in case my manager pops by, so I need something to keep me entertained.
>You're paranoid that people are reading your messages but not what you write on a notepad in the bathroom? That's interesting. How do you know I'm not a managerial spy?"
I never considered that you were a managerial spy. Maybe I'm going to get called into my manager's office next week and scolded for saying I don't like being in the office. Maybe you set a trap for me."
> Maybe you're saying all this because you're the managerial spy and you're setting a trap for me. Maybe this is all a ruse to get me to reveal who I am.
Am I not supposed to know who you are?
> Do you want to know who I am?
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Missing Things - FIRST DRAFT
General FictionA first draft of a mess about a guy, a pandemic, and an empty office. It's about missing things. One of the things that's missing is a plot. As I said, this is a first draft and it's here for funsies. At some point it'll be taken down because I'll w...
