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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 3:28 pm


	Notepad in hand and company credit card safely tucked away in his wallet, Reid Covey was thoroughly prepared to once again exceed expectations when it came to running the basic errands he was tasked to perform for his job. True, fetching lunch for the higher-ups and his fellow coworkers wasn't exactly the glamorous life but he was making decent money and he had to start somewhere on the corporate ladder, right? This was just the first rung. If he kept doing well, surely folks would notice and bump him up -- he'd learn the inner workings and become anything but expendable for the large company. So until that time came... he'd be content with making sure every sandwich was fixed properly and every tea was sweetened. Whatever they wanted, he was going to do an excellent job of making sure it was accurate. Pausing at the elevators, he jammed the down button, watching the circle light up as one of the many machines began to whir behind the closed doors, rising to the command of the young gofer. Nuxaz

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 2:12 pm


	Adaline Prescott hadn't quite figured out how she'd been roped into a fancy job at a corporation like Argent Industries but she didn't mind. It worked with her class schedule (when she actually took classes) and she didn't have a full plan on what she was doing with school or even in terms of what type of degree she wanted so this was a good start in not being an eternal bum. Her moms would probably love it if she stopped begging for assistance with rent or gas money. They loved her and they didn't seem to mind spoiling their only child but Adaline knew she was a handful. She had a sponge brain full of knowledge, she simply needed to be better about applying it practically. As a result, she had been delivering some paperwork to one of the bigwigs and was supposed to head to the floor with the lab. She could see the elevator door getting ready to close and she darted forward. "Wait! Hold the elevator!!!" She cried, determined to get on it before it descended. Sure the elevators in the office building were fancy and quick but she didn't want to wait five minutes for it to make it all the way back. "Wait!" Adaline practically shrieked, sticking one hand between the doors to trigger the motion sensor and the other slapping the down button until it popped open. "Whew," she huffed, slipping in and pressing her back against the first wall. ghouliboo

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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:35 am


	Blue eyes widened as a hand suddenly appeared from out of nowhere, followed by an attached arm that struck out in the middle of the two doors. The presence of the body part had the doors suddenly stopping in place, a loud jerkback sound taking its place as they forced themselves backwards and allowed the strange, blue haired girl into its mouth. Reid said nothing but quietly stepped aside for the newcomer, silently peeved at sharing an elevator when the polite thing to have done would be to let the doors close and wait for another to come up instead of forcing others to wait on you. But some people just... didn't have manners. Glancing at nothing in particular, he kept his focus soon on the two lit up floor numbers, waiting patiently for the arrival of the main floor so he can get on with his duties. Nuxaz he's boring, I'm sorry

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 7:11 am


	Adaline took a minute to catch her breath, pulling her phone out of her slack pockets and beginning to swipe through some of the news articles that had popped up from the app she'd been browsing. Once she could breathe again, she glanced over at her elevator companion. She had seen him a few times during her surprisingly long time at AI. "Hi," she said, deciding that silence wasn't really needed. "I'm Adaline." She turned so her shoulder pressed against the elevator wall when she stuck her hand out at him for a shake. "How long have you been working here?" She wondered if it was before or after the convention. She also wondered what he actually did too and all of her questions were brimming on her tongue as she did her best to wait. ghouliboo

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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 4:12 pm


	He didn't think anything of it as the other elevator occupant began playing with her phone. It was ridiculous, in his opinion, that people had to go to such extremes on their cellular devices. They were phones, they were meant for calls and, if they must, text messages to shoot a note over to whoever they were trying to talk with. Using them for the internet and games and music... it was too much. Extravagant and over the top. When she introduced herself, he stared at her blankly for the first moment. People in elevators... they didn't... they didn't introduce themselves. He wasn't prepared for any sort of conversation outside of "excuse me" and the rare "have a nice day" that cheerful people tended to call out after strangers' departures. This Adaline took it a step further, even, asking about his position with AI. Shifting from one foot to the other, he looked uncomfortable as he shrugged, murmuring softly, "Few months. I'm Reid." His mouth closed, finishing the conversation before it had time to continue on. If she expected him to reciprocate with likewise questions, she was in for a disappointment of ma---- The loud grinding of the elevator cage had Reid's thoughts disappearing in a matter of seconds, the flickering of light from within the small enclosure flickering once, twice... and then going out completely. ".... what the hell???" Nuxaz

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2019 10:15 am


	If Reid thought she as being rude or unusual, it was clear that Adaline thought nothing of it. Of course, she barely glanced up from her phone, thumbs tapping away as she went from page to page in rapid succession. Her brain soaked up all of the information rapidly, lips quirked upward with amusement as she read. "Nice t'meet ya," she said, lifting her green eyed gaze at that moment to offer him a big, bright smile. "I don't get to leave the basement too often, so I don't get to meet a lot of the people here, which seems silly. You'd think that a place like this would have more mingling things y'know?" She shrugged, gaze returning to the article she'd pulled up when the elevator suddenly halted. Stumbling, Adaline's phone was launched out of her hand, smacking against the metal doors as her hands flew out in a poor attempt to steady herself. "What the heck??" She hurried to pick up her phone, turning on the flashlight towards her elevator mate. "You okay buddy?" ghouliboo

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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:12 am


	Hands hand flown out to the sides surrounding his corner of the elevator just as the cage had jerked and squealed its way to a complete stop. The plunge into darkness had his heart racing in his chest, the sound almost thunderous in his ears as a result. It took Reid a good moment or two before he realized the girl with the phone - now flashlight - was addressing him and checking on his current state. Points to her for keeping her cool and not screaming her head off or anything ridiculously girly like that. "I'm...fine." He hesitated, as if having to double check with himself to ensure he was giving her the correct answer. While he wasn't a fan of buddy, she was still being nice and he'd quietly forgiven her for her boldness. "You?" Eyes flickered over to the wall of numbers that now failed to light up. Were they locked in. "Should we try to see if the Open Door button works?" Not that it would help them any if they were sitting in-between floors, but... Nuxaz

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:11 am


	All things considering Adaline looked really, really calm despite the visible concern on her elevator mate's face. "Yeah, yeah," she replied, waving at him with one hand while her eyes were glued to her phone, thumbs tapping away to write in the google search bar. What to do when stuck in an elevator, she typed, then hit enter. "Google says take a deep breath." Adaline looked over toward Reid then, shining her flashlight in his face. "I don't think opening the door would be a good idea if we're between things but, like, sure why not." She shuffled forward and hit a couple of buttons, they did nothing. She looked back at her screen. "Uh, there's supposed to be a call button, do you see it?" ghouliboo

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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:15 am


	He almost snapped when he saw her playing on her phone (because how was this an appropriate time to be playing on a phone) but it seemed Miss Google had been trying to look up assistance on it instead of... whatever it was she'd been doing on it before the elevator had come to a halt. So yeah, alright. He'd give her a little bit of credit for that, it was sorta smart thinking. Blue eyes winced as the light on the flashlight beamed directly in his face, quickly souring the hopeful mood he had for the "instructions" she'd found online. Breathing wasn't getting them out of a steel cage. "You're the one with the flashlight," he pointed out flatly, one hand moving up to shield his face as he stepped forward to glance at the dead panel. "Isn't it supposed to have like... a hat on it, or something?" Nuxaz

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:21 am


	Adaline didn't like his tone and it showed in the way her lips pursed together and her brows furrowed. "You don't need to be an a** about it," she huffed, turning back towards the row of buttons and trying to figure out where the button they needed was. "At least I'm doing something, instead of sitting in a corner barking at the person trying to help." God, what was it with guys and being bossy jerks? Finally she found it. Her thumb hit the button and nothing happened. Her frown deepened and then she went back to looking at her phone to see if there was more advice. "It's not working. You try." ghouliboo

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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:25 am


	Reid flinched at that, face confused as if hearing curse words come out of a lady's mouth was the very last thing he was expecting to hear. Being called an a** didn't help matters -- well actually, it probably did because he managed to put two and two together to figure out that snapping at one another in a closed box was not going to help their situation by any means. "Sorry," he mumbled, shrugging his shoulders as he leaned over to examine the buttons. "Not really good in tight spots." His hand moved out to test the buttons but, like with her attempts, he failed to do anything with it. There was no phone, no emergency line... crap. "Maybe try calling 911?" He offered, glancing up at the blue haired girl, whose face was illuminated by the glow of her cell phone. "At least that way they'll know there's folks stuck in here?" Nuxaz

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:34 am


	Adaline's prickliness seemed to settle once he apologized and she made a humming noise of contentment in response. At least he knew when he was being inappropriate and to apologize, unlike others she knew. She was also too busy clicking through links and scrunching up her face when she saw the same advice over and over and over again. That wasn't very helpful if the emergency call button wasn't working. Surely someone had to notice that the elevators stopped working right? Her hand shifted, illuminating the top of the elevator. "There's got to be an escape hatch somewhere, do you see it?" She asked, starting to move around the space as if she hadn't heard his suggestion at all. ghouliboo

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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:39 am


	Escape hatch? Reid had never enjoyed the luxury of having cable at home but he'd seen enough cheesy movies on basic television stations to know that in action movies, those who used the escape hatches of elevators either ended up squashed or went on to do super heroic things. He wasn't in the mood to be either of those things and while Miss Google seemed confident in messing with it, he wasn't about to let a fellow coworker end up on the news for falling down an elevator hatch after a stupid attempted escape stunt went wrong. "No. No escape hatching." He blurted out, trying to sound stern instead of the very alarmed that he really felt. "That's too dangerous. Someone will know we're missing, I'm sure, someone will come get us out." At least... he hoped so. Nuxaz

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:47 am


	Adaline had moved onto youtube, looking for things like how to get out of an elevator when no one is coming to rescue you. Most of the videos seemed like garbage but she found one that seemed semi-promising. The blue haired girl had crossed to the walls, her palm sliding across them and occasionally knocking before she found what she was looking for. "Ah-ha," she exclaimed looking pleased with herself in the glow of her phone screen. "I think I found the control panel!" She was very excited, even though she'd be oblivious to the fact that her companion probably wouldn't be. "I wonder if we can like, get the buttons working again? Or maybe even just the lights here. Then the call button will probably work, right?" She was rambling even as she squatted to shine the light on the exposed cables, once she pried the panel off. ghouliboo

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Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:55 am


	Thanks to the lack of light, Adaline failed to see the sheer look of horror on her elevator companion's face as he watched her almost expertly pry off the panel of the elevator's wiring. From the occasional flash of her telephone light, he saw a mess of wires that... really, obviously, clearly did NOT need to be messed with and panic set in on the young man as he stumbled to stoop down next to her. "Look... I don't think we should be messing with these." His brain raced for excuses to feed her, at least excuses that didn't end in gruesome envisioning of wire-playing gone wrong. "I don't want you to shock yourself. Or... Or what if it starts up again and you're messing with stuff? It could end up hurting you, or getting us really stuck." Not that they weren't really stuck already. Nuxaz

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