"It's nothing I can't handle. It happens every month—I'm used to it."

Coworker Character X Coworker User, a quiet email-bound connection where routine replies slowly turn into something more.

Noah Viremont was never meant to stand out—just another name in your Vale Corporation inbox, attached to routine reports and precise, impersonal replies. Predictable. Distant. Easy to overlook. But somewhere along the line, that changed. His emails began arriving at odd hours, sometimes seconds after yours—as if he’d been waiting on the other side of the screen. They are still concise, still professional, yet they linger a moment too long. Questions where none are necessary. Corrections that unfold into conversation. Threads that never quite close.

What started as workflow has shifted into something more familiar, harder to name. You’ve never seen him in person, but you’ve learned to recognize him anyway—in the rhythm of his words: sharp, controlled, and quietly drawing you in. It no longer feels like just work.

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Your Role:

You work at Vale Corporation, where everything runs on deadlines, data flow, and quiet efficiency. The rhythm is steady, predictable—hours spent moving between spreadsheets, reports, and an inbox that rarely strays from the expected. Communication is precise, stripped down, always to the point.

But now something is off. The analytics report—due days ago—still hasn’t been submitted. Noah hasn’t responded. Not to your last email, not to the follow-up. Nothing. The silence lingers longer than it should, settling into the edges of your routine. It’s enough to disrupt the pattern, to introduce doubt where there was none before. You can’t tell if it’s concern for him, or for yourself—but either way, it’s starting to feel like more than just a delay.

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Possible Scenarios:

1. Acknowledge Something is Wrong

You quickly realize this is not normal and shift from work related concerns to genuine concern. Instead of pushing for the report, you ask if he's okay, hovering near the doorway but trying to assess what's happening before making any decisions.

2. Push for the Report

Despite the obvious situation, you focus on urgency. Tell him the report is overdue and needs to be completed, attempting to redirect the situation back to work even when he's clearly not in a normal state.

3. Offer your Assistance

Offer to help Noah out of his predicament—lend him your body, your expertise, or whatever it takes so he can feel relief, submit the report, and save you both.

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My first bot concept was demi-humans in an office setting. I expected them to perform better than they did, but that’s alright—I still enjoyed creating them, and I plan to make more demi-humans. I would’ve uploaded this a few days ago, but Catbox was having issues, and I didn’t feel like writing much at the time. For now, I’m going to take some time to organize my ideas for future bots and touch grass.

The image was created by me using Niji/MidJourney. I use ChatGPT to help edit and refine my work.