thick as thieves | work (original) (raw)

Participants: Berwald [open]
Can people just hop in?: Would appreciate it.
Where: In the elevator at Nation Corp, can go anywhere from there.
When: Sometime in the afternoon, close to check out time.
What: Some mild wandering.
Summary: In an attempt to get some activity going around Concerned about the lack of noise coming from any of the floors, a certain Swede attempts to look around for familiar and new faces in order to keep the silence from growing on him.

It had been a day of paperwork, organizing files on the computer, and typing out forms for requests. There had been minor phone calls inbetween but they never lasted long; Berwald took pains to make the conversations short and concise, so that neither him nor the customer would be burdened with his lack of voice in person and over the line. Hanging up the phone and taking a glance to the clock, the Swede found his eyebrows creasing at the time. Already his shift was almost over and yet...

He stuck his head out of his office, and took a glance around.

Nothing.

Pushing himself out of the chair, he made sure to turn off his computer before making a brisk journey to the elevator. Coffee mug in hand --an excuse, just in case someone wondered--, he stepped into the area and pressed one of the buttons. It lit up, and the doors closed.

Perhaps some wandering was needed to find the source of activity: the silence was more concerning than any form of relief.