by Harri-chan » Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:28 pm
Katherine groaned as she squinted at the computer screen. She'd already sent three mails this morning, but from the replies, she got the feeling they weren't even being read. Shaking her head, she curled her hand around the handle of the red coffee mug and lifted it, taking a sip, before rubbing at her eyes.
The clock in the corner of the screen showed it was 08:53am. She hadn't even been in work an hour yet, but it felt like it had already been a very long day. Leaning back in the beige office chair, she sighed. Katherine was in her late twenties, quite a plain looking woman, with long, thick brown curls of hair. Her clothing was a pale blue cotton blouse, worn beneath a grey suit jacket, and a matching, tight-fitting skirt that was just longer than mid-thigh, with dark tights covering her legs, and a pair of black heels on her feet.
Her long, glossy red fingernails tapped across the keyboard as she set down the mug and began writing out another reply. Enclosed in the beige walls of the cubicle, time seemed to drag. The dark desk and grey cabinets were so dreary, while the overhead lighting made it impossible to judge the time of a day with a clock...