#new coworker

[valtsv]

being someone who's passionate about their interests when you're a horror fan really is a special layer of hell because every interaction you have with another person where the conversation turns to your hobbies and personal entertainments is a trial where if you show too much unrepentant glee at getting an opportunity to talk about your preferred subject you get to watch them mentally move you onto their list of untrustworthy individuals to avoid in the future in real time

[jimmy-josh600]

Color and Sight

Myra loved colors. since she was a girl, she thought they were beautiful, passionate and inspiring. Her favorite was seeing colors in people, seeing it shine bright with emotion and darker with exhaustion. The only issue is she sees colors in few people and Myra can see even less than colors due to being blind. It was rare to see colors in people, but her dad dark was a lovely blue and her friend lavender. Myra tends to gravitate more towards people with color, something about those people drew her in like a moth to a flame. Curious about why they had a color, curious as to why it was a certain color.  

But today her dad was a dark blue, his color was sour in her eyes. “Dad, what’s wrong?” Myra asked as she ate her breakfast and tested her friend Leane that was about to pick her up to take her to work. Although it was her dad's company, and she was his secretary; she hated feeling like it was too much nepotism and or a pity job due to her inability to see.  

“There’s a new branch starting today that’s here to help the company. It's all about money stuff, things in not the best at so I'm just stressed. I hope our accounting has been up to par.” Myra’s dad huffed out and grabbed a bagel she had just finished toasting for him.  

“Oh, that does sound intimidating, I thought they were coming next week though, that’s what I have on our calendar.” She double checked before they left for the weekend.  

“Yes, but one of the guys on the team has a wedding so apparently, they bumped it up with little notice.” her dad grunted, came to give her a kiss on the forehead and muttered, “I’m getting in there early to get ready. I’ll see you soon.” and took off toward the garage.  

“Bye dad!” Myra hollered as she finished her food. Myra barely had time to clean her plate off when her friend Leane entered the front door.  

“Here, Leane! I'm finishing up” Myra was feeling the tension of anxiety bubble in her stomach due to what her dad has told her and was ready to get to the office herself. Myra saw a slash of bright lavender enter the area, and she couldn't help but smile at the calm tone washed over her.  

“Hey girl, missed you.” the lavender blob came to her face and she felt a kiss on her head. “Missed you too, Lea. Hope you had an amazing weekend.” Myra answered back and reached her hand out to touch her friends face.  

Leane’s face was built of sharp bones and round face and it was a comfort to feel her beauty, her mixed hair bounced when she tugged a strand and Leane let out a small laugh. “Let's get you to work.” Lean smiled against her friend and grabbed her arm to help her up to the car.  

Myra was quick to tell Leane of the situation at work, and they talked out scenarios and it helped Myra be put at ease having a better sense of what she could do.  

Myra was so thankful for Leane, they’ve been friends since 4th grade and Myra was able to get around school so much easier having her calm best friend. Always looking out, knowing what she needs and being her comfort when she needs touch. Myra has some anxiety issues and Leane was always there seeming to know exactly what she needed. So thankful.  

~ 

Myra arrived to her desk and said hi to her usual people and stopped to get a coffee on her way. There was a new scent in the office, musky with winter evergreen hint. It was strong, but it smelled delicious. Did someone get a new air freshener in the office? Myra’s scent and sound and intuition made up so much for her sight that new air fresheners like that tended to surprise her at times.  

Humming, Myra started to unpack at her desk when she hears her father's voice mixed with another deep voice. Oh shit. Is that the auditor already? Jeez maybe I should’ve left with dad. Myra thought as she straightens up her desk even more, and tucked her hair behind her ear with an anxious rush. She didn't want this to go badly for her dad or his company.  

The door started to open and the smell that came from the room made Myra’s head spin. She sat up straight and turned her body toward the door.  

“Myra, this is Cameron. He's going to be the financial auditor checking out the accounting team.” Her dad said as they came closer to her desk.  

“Lovely to meet you, Cam.” Myra said, shorting his name on instinct having known past Camerons.  

“Hmm..” He ground out. “It's Cameron.” his voice is deep and gravely like her barley talks. “So, what your receptionist can't be bothered to look me in the eye?” He must have been talking to her dad now, but Myra answered for her dad. This man's rudeness making her anxiousness vanish.  

“The Secretary is blind, and she sees more than you know.” Did Myra mention Cameron had a color and it was the most beautiful color, her favorite color, sea green. And it seemed to be changing colors as they talked. It went from a dark sea green with her father to a bright sea green when he started talking to her. It was fascinating and she was so intrigued, between his smell and his color(s) even his voice. But he was rude and she didn't like rude people.  

“Yes, Myra my daughter is blind. But she’s the best secretary I've had. No let’s move on.” Her dad trying to defuse the situation as always. “Hmm.” is all he has the nerve to say. Myra rolled her eyes at them both and moved her body forward, she heard steps and felt her shoulders slump in relief, and she closed her eyes.  

Suddenly there was heat hear her, and she straightened up again, her eyes snapping open. “Hmm” she heard again, even though she already knew it was him. “Sorry if I offended.” he said softly to her, like it was just for her to hear. Then the heat was gone, and all Myra could think was holy shit, as his footsteps followed her dads. He had her head in a spin, she didn't notice he didn't leave with her dad.  

I wonder what his face feels like, Myra sighed and signed in to her computer and started the work day.  

~~  

Lunch, her favorite time. She got to gossip with the other departments and she wanted the info on the new guy.  

“Here baby,” She felt her arm get grabbed by Sandra older lady she usually sits with that works in HR and lead her through the line. It was always sweet when someone went out of their way to help her.  

They sat down and she heard other people were already at the table chatting and by the sounds of it Cameron and his partner Jacob were both ‘sexy hunks’ according to Anthony her gay work bestie.  

“I mean listen Myra Jacob is my soul mate I swear if he wasn't getting married giiirrl, I'd go there. Jacob is the talker, blonde blue eyes and Cameron is the silent tall dark and handsome with some green eyes. He doesn't say much to anyone at all, but he's nice to look at.” Anthony said.  

Myra found that surprising by their encounter, but kept silent at the information. Maybe he meant the sorry and that’s why he said it. No point making it a thing, worse has happened to her before that no one has apologized for.  

Myra was going to ask more about Jacob when Anthony cut her off and said, “Shut up Myra here they come.” Myra rolled her eyes again, today will be the death of her. But she let out a small laugh at the same time at her friend's eagerness when she heard steps behind her. 

“Ladies and gents, I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Jacob, i just wanted to introduce myself and my college Cameron. We’re from Texas and I'm getting married in a few weeks. We just wanted to say hi since we’ll be seeing you around.” Jacob had no color but his personality was so bright she couldn’t help but smile at his niceness on instinct. Finally, the sea green was in her sight as the must have moved to be seen by the whole table.  

She heard his soft grunt as the table introduced themselves. And the table got quite so she assumed it was her turn, “And I'm Myra, CEO Richards secretary.”  

“Ah, Myra. Nice to meet you, I've heard so much from your father.” Jacob said and Cameron was silent.  

“Nice to meet you as well.” she smiled at him and she couldn't help herself, “Cameron. Nice to be seen by you again.” it was one of her favorite sayings as a blind person.  

“Hmm,” it seemed like that was all he was going to say and there was a small grunt and a “Nice to see you, Myra.” from him. She couldn’t help but smile at his obvious discomfort. 

“Well, we’ll see you guys. We have to move to the next table. Later everyone!” Jacob and the silent sea green blob were gone.  

“BITCH, tell me everything!” Anthony gasped and everyone else at the table laughed.  

[laughingcatwrites]

As a reminder that good exists out there, a coworker recently confessed to me that he found out his child is questioning their identity (kid's gender redacted for this post). The kid is keeping it from him, so he can't say anything to them or show that he knows, but he's doing his best to get mentally prepared and educated so that he'll be ready whenever his kid does feel comfortable enough come to him.

For context, this guy is a big, bulky middle aged dude who loves sports and typical outdoor "manly" activities. As his coworker and friend, I know he's a kind and sweet teddy bear of a person, but his kid probably views him as a stern, authoritarian figure, the way most teenagers view their parents. His family lives in a conservative area, so I'm sure between that, their dad's looks and interests, and the fact that their dad is a Figure of Authority, the kid is worried that they won't be accepted.

But you know what? When he found out about his kid, the first thing he did was reach out to his closest queer friend and ask for resources for parents of questioning children. His biggest fears are that his kid will be bullied or discriminated against and won't feel comfortable enough to be themself. His second action was to find himself a mentor in another parent who went the same situation (kid coming out in a conservative town). The other person is preparing him for some of the struggles his kid may face and the fights he may need to take on as a parent to make sure his kid is safe and treated well.

Something I want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality. That does not make him bad. These were the terms and thinking used about questioning teenagers when he was growing up and he never needed to learn more current ones. But now that he does have that need, he's throwing himself in head first because that's his kid and he's darn well going to make sure that his kid feels welcomed and has a safe place to be themselves even if they never come out to him.

[syrenofthewest]

You will never see a person more confused than my new coworker watching me painstakingly close a door, whip around with double middle fingers pointed at the animatronic that goes off when said door is opened/closed, and then hearing me hiss "fuckin c*nt. If you had a neck, I'd strangle you".

[pose4photoml]

Today’s the day I’ve been nervous about for a week now. Way 2 many people will be in my office for the next 4 days!!! Meeting a new coworker and dealing with having that one coworker (I’m not a fan of) also being there!

I’m going to apologize now to anyone who reads my post for the next 4 days as I will probably be on here venting a lot to help keep myself sane!! (I will understand if you unfollow or block me now)

Wish me luck 😜

[fairsweetlonging]

imagine an au where shen yuan transmigrates into a blank slate npc with very little system involvement, traveling around for a while until he's found by yue qingyuan and taken back to the sect because apparently shen qingqiu went missing around his transmigration period and shen yuan looks exactly like him, so it must be him, but then a few weeks later when he's just settled in on the peak and accepted his fate the real shen qingqiu shows up who was just on vacation and everyone forgot.

now there are two shen qingqiu's, one of whom is the real one and the other an amnesiac they gaslighted into believing he is shen qingqiu.

anyway—shen qingqiu has a new didi now!

[montereybayaquarium]

Something seems… fishy 🤔☀️🐟

[plaguedocboi]

BIG NEWS I got a permanent job (as opposed to seasonal) at a local aquaculture facility so I get to stay in Maine for the foreseeable future and keep working with fish (yay!!!!). I also bought Him to celebrate

I can have a little whale. As a treat.

[redthemarten]

He just... gets a little overexcited when talking about his puppy is all... 👉👈💦

Kind of a followup to [this].

[corner-collects-rocks]

happy new year to neil josten who didnt sign it. he gave me a contract but i didnt sign it. he couldnt make me. this doesnt mean anything. im still a fox.

[little-pondhead]

DP x DC Prompt

…

There are no more heroes.

Well, okay. Rewind a bit.

Danny has been doing the hero thing for a while now. He’s had a big reveal; everyone has accepted him (including his parents), the GIW disbanded, the Anti-Ecto acts repealed, and generally, everything is going great. Some of the A-Listers are even training as junior ghost hunters to help give him a break from his rogues! (Being Ghost King makes things hectic sometimes, and he just needs the extra help. Sue him!)

The point is, literally nothing is wrong with Danny Phantom’s afterlife.

And then Valerie Gray, the Red Huntress, disappears in front of his eyes.

Danny is baffled! She’s just…gone! Valerie just popped out of existence, like she was never there. But no matter how hard he searches in the Ghost Zone, he can’t find her soul anywhere. His core isn't broken in grief. So she’s not dead. Which is good. So then, where is she?

Some of the others come forward with ideas on how to find her. A few ghosts volunteer to go out into the mortal realm, an area Danny had declared off-limits, to see if she was out there. Danny approves it. He rounds up some of the friendlier (i.e., discreet) ghosts and Amity Parkers and demolishes the outside travel ban.

So everyone spreads out, looking for their dear frenemy and teammate. But it becomes apparent very quickly that something is wrong with the rest of the world.

There are no more heroes.

Every single living superhero on the face of the Earth has just…vanished. Villains are running amok; the countries are in chaos! Some aliens are invading Earth, mythical deities are trying to take over, and society is crumbling to the ground. Everything is on the brink of collapse.

Well, Danny was still there. And so were his people. They were pretty spread out, so could they just…take up the mantles? He also knew where to find the souls of dead heroes in the Zone; surely they wouldn't mind coming out of retirement for a little bit, especially if they couldn't die again. Oh! And that skeleton army leftover from Pariah Dark's reign might be useful in repelling those invading forces.

Honestly, there were more than enough hands to go around! And with the heroes gone, Danny didn't mind letting everyone out for a little break, as long as they followed his rules. They wouldn't stop the search for the other heroes, but hopefully, when they found them, the heroes wouldn't mind Danny's intervention too much. :)

In other words:

Someone fucks up, and all of Earth's living heroes are either wished out of existence or are whisked away to some far-off realm where Danny hasn't checked yet. In the attempt to figure out what's going on, Danny lets the dead run amok over the Earth as they search for clues. The skeleton army repels the invading armies, the souls of dead heroes deal with the world leaders, and his rogues and other Amity Parkers set up shop in place of famous heroes, trying to get the cities under control again.

Basically, they just do their best to keep everything from imploding until the Justice League and others are back.

(And why is it that Danny hasn't disappeared? Well, whatever caused everyone to go poof! only affected living heroes. Anyone heroes that were dead in the first place, or even just half-dead, stayed behind.)

[ruushes]

me telling myself im not going to design my rook before getting into the cc -> 🤡

aurelian 'auri' de riva, crow rogue duelist, a beautiful baby tryhard 🐦‍⬛ they're going to be talon someday, they mean it, stop laughing

[cubbihue]

Does Mr. Turner like rubbing his “son’s” successful career in Dinkleberg’s face??

He does! He brags about Timmy's success to every person within the neighborhood's vicinity. Mr. Turner loves how successful his son is! It really secures his reputation at the neighborhood HOA meetings they host at their house.

Timmy's worked very hard to gain more successes than failures. The more successful he is, the greater his family's social standing!! And the less he gets to overhear his dad ranting to the neighborhood about his failures.

Bitties Series: [Start] > [Previous] > [Next]

[scumvillainess]

time travel au where a post-pidw shen qingqiu somehow travels back in time (either through death, the magic that still remains in yqy’s sword, etc.) to when he was the head disciple of qing jing peak.

of course, being able to travel back in time doesn’t come without a heavy price and in this case, shen qingqiu ends up having to give up the ability to feel emotions as an equivalent exchange to being brought back to the past.

shen qingqiu of course thinks this is the greatest gift that he’s ever been given and quickly moves on with his life. everyone else (read: yue qingyuan, liu qingge, etc.) on the other hand, is appropriately freaked out by this new version of shen qingqiu who just doesn’t seem to care anymore about anything or anyone.

[ew-selfish-art]

DPxDC AU: Ellie was going to beat the shit out of this space cop if he was lying…she might just do it anyway but, like, fr she’ll throw down on Danny’s behalf.

Enter scene following a bad tandem clone + identity reveal where in Danny is captured and wounded, Ellie escaping just narrowly. She manages to get Sam and Tucker on her side and together the three of them save Danny. (Where was Jazz? Why couldn’t she find Jazz?)

Ellie has traveled all over the world, has seen its hospitality just as much as its hostility- besides Danny liked space right? Mostly, Ellie is panicking and, being unable to think of a place to take Danny while he’s bleeding out on her, she just goes… up. Out of the atmosphere and just beyond the satellites. It finally feels far enough away, tho she didn’t take them beyond the moon, she has limits to her paranoia thank you.

Imagine to her annoyance that apparently someone actually watches for biological materials leaving and re-entering the earth! Total Bullshit! She’s needed to make a number of trips back and forth to get Danny food and water and medical supplies- and she’s doing a damn good job of getting him stable. Too bad she hadn’t realized the ring guy following her sooner.

Turns out he’s “made a report” and “will find them justice” and “wants to help”. Yeah right. She throws down with him as best she can, and he clearly doesn’t want to hurt her so he keeps letting her get away with Danny in tow. Danny is sleeping through most of this but a few times he lets out a woop or a go get ‘em.

Eventually Hal calls the only person on the team with a single paternal bone in his body (even if it was only a single one most days). Pulling Batman into a spacesuit, into a ship and across the atmosphere shouldn’t have been that easy- though it was obvious how his agreement came immediately after Hal mentioned the wounded and entirely isolated twins he’d found.

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]