II ELLIOT II @tccmany II
Lots of time had passed since the 5/9 hack that changed everything people knew, turning the world upside down with ease, as is it was nothing. It was the reason for Allsafe’s closure and also the reason why Angela Moss decided to go and join E corp. At first the female had clear goals, not just working there for the sake of working and earning money like everyone else, no, she wanted answers, wanted revenge, dreaming of being able to once see this big company fall apart. That soon changed. Her goals shifted to something.... else. Something one would not expect from this polite and friendly lady, always working so hard, giving her best. She understood how big business worked, falling deeper and deeper into the world of money, power and office chairs, ending up climbing the ladder of success faster than anyone else here. It was hard work, it was stress and it most definitely was not always fair and all too sweet but it worked. Angela ended up being what she most despised, shoving her guilty thoughts and feelings out of the way to ultimately go on and be a someone people would know, be a strong minded and successful woman and also a CEO of E corp.
Then on a day like every other one, the blonde found herself walking trough the depressingly gray, empty and boring halls of the E corp building, on the way to one of her subordinates who waited for a set of semi important documents. When passing the waiting area for future E corp employees, Angela noticed something that very much felt like a big slap in the face. A single person sat there, wearing a black hoodie, hood up as well. She let out a little laugh, it was rather quiet and did not sound happy at all, more of a ‘I cannot believe it’ kind of laugh. Once getting closer, Taylor’s office being right behind the waiting area, her thoughts got confirmed. So it was really him, Elliot Alderson, childhood friend and later colleague. They had not seen each other in ages, lost contact and Angela, for whatever reason did not expect to ever see him again.
“Elliot?” The woman thought out loud, simply staring at him for a few seconds before realizing that their gazes had locket, the other noticing her as well. What was he doing here? Was he not the one hating literally everything about this cooperation? Then again-- she had been the same back then. Seeing Elliot remembered her of all the repressed feelings and thoughts she needed to get rid of after deciding to become a CEO, thinking of how she used to work for Allsafe, hating E corp for what they did to her mother. Whatever. The blonde shook her head, quickly continuing her walk. She had work to do after all! Angela passed the familiar man, her face lacking emotion. What a coincidence, meeting him here after all those years. She thought, once again ignoring all the unpleasant feelings inside of her, acting as if this right there never really happened in the first place.