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Troy stood in front of the building, clutching the strap of his bag nervously as he took it in. It would be his first job after the trip. He was a little nervous but not as much as he would be, he saw the ad looking for a new video game tester, it didn’t pay much but he wasn’t in it for the money, thanks pierce, but playing video games all day? Sign him up. With a deep breath Troy walked into the building ready to start his first day.
The elevator doors opened and he was met with the sight of a man and women arguing, the man kind of reminded him of Jeff, he was fairly tall, well-built and had a clean-shaven face. Troy’s eyes then shifted to the woman he was arguing with, she was Asian with black hair down to her shoulders, her words were enunciated by her strong Australian accent and flailing arms. Troy stepped out the elevator cautiously and approached the man and the woman. “uhm” he started lifting a hand to get their attention “hello?” They didn’t notice him and continued to argue, just then he heard another voice come from behind him “Poppy, Ian what is it this time” Troy turned to his right to see a middle-aged blonde man, with a pretty dope mustache, walking towards them quickly with a nervous expression.
The man, Ian, turned and sighed “David” he said, folding his hands in front of him “Poppy is turning down my very helpful advice and causing a scene” he said pointing at the woman, Poppy. Poppy quickly turned to look at Ian a scowl twisting her features as she angrily pointed up at Ian ``you are NOT being helpful” she exclaimed before turning to David “he’s trying to mansplain Hera to me, my OWN game” Poppy said throwing her arms up, Ian stepped in and raised a hand “woah woah” he says defensively “I’m not mansplaining Poppy I’m just trying to make your game as good as mine” at this Poppy gaped at him, David tried to intervene but he fell on deaf ears, Troy looked at them all and couldn’t help but think of Jeff and Britta, he thought of all their fights they randomly got in, he was broken out of fond memories by David finally stepping up
“ok stop it!” he exclaimed, his voice going slightly higher “no one is mansplaining anything, Poppy I’m sure Ian was just trying to help” he then turned his attention to Ian “and you seriously need to stop” his sentence was cut off by Ian waking his hand in David’s face, his attention on Troy still standing near the elevator “who is that” he says turning to David, but he didn’t wait for a response as he turned back to Troy “who are you?” Troy adjusted his backpack and walked towards him with a smile before sticking his hand out “I’m Troy Barnes” he said as he shook Ian’s hand “I’m your new tester”
Suddenly, a man ,who was sitting in his office working on a loot crate design, suddenly straightened in his seat, he looked around his office with a furrowed brow. Something had changed.