The First of the Fox 1

I wake up and today is the day I finally get more help! It was just me and my coworker Moira. A regular human but was more capable than any Altman when it came to a problem. Then there was me, the supposed 'smooth talker' according to Moira. If the problem was based around certain facilities being used poorly or something needed to be more accessible to certain kinds of employees, Moira was the person to go to. If people have a disagreement that's either causing work to become inefficient or resulting in someone taking certain days off mainly to avoid another person; anything pertaining between the relationship between two people, it was my job to handle...even romances. Office romances were a plenty, and that included break ups which is why I mentioned all those things previously. However now we are getting help meaning we won't be splitting the work in half anymore but instead in four ways.

The place we work is huge and we work for a specific company called Medtec. As it sounds, the company supplies and distributes medical technical devices. Like an X-ray machine to make an example. Anyway, the hardest part about the two new recruits would be getting them used to dealing with the people here. Normally it should be fine but as soon as you relax things tend to go south fast. Even this thought itself makes me feel like I'm jinxing myself. Then there was a knock on the door. I look over to Moira who's literally 5 steps away from the door. All she had to do was get up.... but she even had the nerve to say. "Someone's at the door." As if I didn't hear it. However, it would be wrong and ungentlemanly of me snap at her about something so trivial. So, I pick up my bat and place it over my shoulder. I make my way to the door and I swear at the last second, right when I touched the handle, Moira was making a horrified face. Something probably just spooked her on her screen though. So, I grab the nob, turn it, and open it up.

There they were, and seeing them, I can't help but to be surprised. They were the same height, same hair color, same facial structure, same ears, nose, mouth, over all build, etc. These two are identical twins! Amazing! The only difference is the slight make up variances and one was wearing glasses while rocking a ponytail. She had a confident gaze and a small smile on her face. I was about the same height as her however she was looking up as if expecting me to be taller. She smoothly moved her head down however avoiding having to explain her slight body language. Sadly, I've seen reactions like that enough to know what exactly was going through her mind. "This is my senior? Shorter than I expected." Or something like that. They both had these fox ears that were standing straight up at attention. I assumed it was because they were nervous. They had a nice brown hair with white tips at the end of their ears. Their bushy tails that swung behind them looked the same way. Once my eyes fell upon that of course I became curious on how that was connected... however I noticed that both of their expressions changed. The sister who was behind the one I was overlooking had a face looking of boredom or even exhaustion. Now it showed fear however. Not just her but her sister in front of me as well seemed scared. Maybe they weren't our new employees. Shouldn't someone had guided them here? I quickly scan the area around the two in front of me and see that it is only just them. They've been silent this whole time too, maybe their waiting for me to say something. With no guide, even if these two are not my new coworkers, they may not know where they're going. So, I decide to play it safe and simply ask. "Do I know you?" As if snapping her out her fear the sister in the front asked "Is this the AR department?" I nodded to her question and now I see why she's worried; her eyes keep averting to the bat on my shoulder. "This thing? Don't worry about it, it's an old habit." After telling them that they both looked like they were going to either pass out or pee themselves. I guess I should stop messing with them. I put the bat down and smile. "Sorry it was just a prank. I'm Lucis Harbinger. This is the AR department and we'll be co-workers from now on." I hold out my hand for the sister in the front to shake. She'd reach out and shake my hand sighing as she did. Maybe I did a bit much. I then hold my hand out to the fox behind her and her sister quickly said. "Oh, it takes her some time to get used to a new place." As I moved my hand back to my side, she lowered her small eyes. Apparently, it was going to take a while for her to open up to me. Maybe Moira would have better luck with her.

I move out the Twin's way so that they could come inside. We worked in a small room cozy room but it was at least big enough for 8 people to work shoulder to shoulder almost. Once they were inside, they would finally introduce themselves. The livelier one would tell us "I'm Tiana and my sister's name is Delilah. Don't know if you noticed but we're identical twins." Her comment made me smirk. After that Moira and I showed them how they would start working and what they would be doing.

After we went through their first day, we have an after-work ritual for new recruits.... we go out for drinks. Neither of the twins seemed against it and of course Moira was all for it. We went to our local spot, The Big Swigger. It was a nice sized bar with a low occupancy. It used those nicely dimmed lights as well as that smooth brown oak for the tables and most of the furniture. With the gentle music in the background and the drunks talking over it, the overall atmosphere was nice. Since it was four of us and we all wanted to talk to one another, we decided to sit at a table. A waitress came over and asked what we wanted. I told her what I usually got, Rum straight on the rocks. I liked saying it like that because it was catchy. After everyone else ordered, we began going over the day. Tiana would say "Man... I didn't think my first assignment would be between a break up." She was talking about an on again off again relationship between two people who in my opinion should either just get married or never see each other again. Still their problems were simple in comparison to the toilet man. I'll let her learn about him later however. After the conversations about work passed, we were all on our third drinks. Despite how quiet she was, Delilah was keeping up nicely, she didn't even seem phased. Her sister on the other hand was already losing it. "You guiz....lissen...lissen...my last job was so unfair. Theh hadz me going on coffee runz...like coffee runz? You had me go through a 3-step hiring prozzez to go on coffee runz?" Tiana would say while slamming her drink on the table in frustration. Looks like it was time to go soon. However as soon as I thought that there were some Fox ears in my peripherals. Delilah had crept up next to me at some point. I guess her sister was making such a scene that I didn't noticed she had gotten there. I look over at her and she holds her cup out to me. A toast. I clink my half full cup with hers and down my drink. We make merry for the rest of the night and we all ended up drunk. I still knew my way home...but I needed to make sure everyone else got home safe too, otherwise I wouldn't feel right. Thus, I made sure Moira called her cab and got in it. After seeing her off it was down to the twins. They told me they actually lived pretty close so we could just walk there. It was fine by me. After I dropped them off at their place... I'm too out of it to recognize where I am in these dark streets. Then I walked back to a familiar street and made my way home from there. It was like my body knew where to go. As soon as I got home, I crashed in my bed and immediately passed out.

So please tell me why when I woke up, I was naked with the sheets over me. I don't sleep walk. Oh, and to top it off I just so happened to see a single strand a what can only be described as hair that was not mine, next to me on my pillow. This required further investigation of my bed. I got up....and there was a bit of blood on my bed sheets. I checked my body but I didn't even have a paper cut. What the heck? Did I imagine what happened last night? Or was there something else that happened here that I can't remember. I know I dropped the twins off somewhere.... right? There has to be an explanation to this. I go to my bathroom and find yet another hair that was awfully familiar. It also had a... certain scent here too. Still, I took my shower and got ready for work. Once I was ready, I left my apartment and when I did, to my left were the twins...wait...they are my neighbors?