Caged

Day 3

Yesterday went by in a blur after he dismissed me i decided to go talk to the technicians for the rest of the daylight hours. While there i met a petite female with cyan crewcut. Her name was Konor Polard. She showed my the place in more detail telling me of the usual schedule and when the tech deliveries are. I liked talking to her it was...comforting. When the night hours came at 7 she packed up her gear and said her goodbyes. I had gone back to my room to cook dinner and sleep. When i arrived a small lunch baggie was on my counter. The same sweet smell of the dinner from my friends diner wafted to my nose. I ate it gratefully texted him my thanks and hit the hay.
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I woke up peppy the next morning getting dressed and finally making breakfast for myself, Avocado toast with lemonade. As i sat at the Ikea like stools eating the crunchy toast my mind started to drift. {my first day... i hope i see her today i only have a week to work in tech before i go travel}. my mind snapped back into attention looking at the clock, 8:50, i chugged my lemonade and jumped into the express elevator. It whisked me down myself now being able to see glints of the different floors .There was a long pause between floors that looked over a huge arena that was covered with foliage and trees. I felt the small lurch as it stopped and it swished open. I was the first there. I glanced around the dark room and decided to treat this like how i did while working at the department store. I turned on the lights, brought in any mail and set up my work station. I heard the soft swish of the elevator and lifted my head, messy hair dragging over my eyes. I flicked it aside and saw Konor. "Hey", she said glancing around the  workplace. "I see you have everything ready", she mused walking over to her workstation robotic parts splayed over it they looked equestrian based. "Your file is on the main bench", she said pointing to the center of the room.

I walked over to the table and grabbed a small tan file. Walking back to my desk a few more people had arrived. Once sat i flitted through the papers. -One order of 100 needles and another order of plates for paw pads both hooves and talons-. I started right away scribbling a design for the hooves, talons, and paw pads all sketched out in about 10 minutes. "Pretty neat designs", I jumped feeling my heart skip in fright. "Wow calm down it's just me", konor chuckled a mug of coffee in her gloved hands. I groaned leaving my head on the desk. "You know you just have to make one design of each and send the prototypes to fl. 50, right?". " -but they asked for 100 needles". "Oh! They're all interchangeable", she said nudging a package to me with her steel toed boots. I picked it up and ripped it open. It was full of packing peanuts and needles. "Yeah that makes more sense", i mused. "Let me show you how", Konor chuckled. Picking up the pieces and locking them together with incredible swiftness. "There", she gave me a quick pat on the back and returned to her project. I clicked the pieced together like she showed me and did that for about an hour before I ran out. I carefully placed them back into the box and taped the flaps. I was just about to start on the feet designs the when a small bell rang out. -lunch time- a metallic voice rang out.
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i had went to the cafeteria picked up my lunch and ate in the stairwell which no one used. The bell rang again -back to work- it said pleasantly. I threw away my trash, riding the elevator back up. As soon as possible i grabbed my designs and went over to the scrap metal grabbing a load of it and going over to the Smoldering forge to melt the material. When i finished sweat pooled off my back put i had my cleansed aluminum and titanium. I doused my shirt in water and laid it on my shoulders the room looked at me like i was insane. My cheeks flushed crimson, holding my chest. {you fucking idiot} {coulda just damn acted like the girl your mother wants you to be} {she's a bitch}. Someone cut into my thoughts like a ray of sunshine; Konor. She laid a clean lab coat over my shoulders. "Don't listen to those assholes" she whispered eyes flashing angrily in their depths. I picking up my metal and locking it in my desk. Konnor and I telling stories to each other until the bell rang -time for bed-.