Today is my first day working in the big city.

Until now I had only worked part time with fast food and retail, and it was gruesome work, those fry cookers were deadly, the sound of oil sizzling still makes my skin crawl. It was quite the sudden change too, like I spend 4 years of my life on an accounting degree, so I had to do something with it, student loans, they will not pay themselves.

The job was everything that I could've asked for. A desk of my own, a chance to meet new people, I even on the days where the smoke got too thick and you could see nothing out of the windows, the air conditioner would keep it all away on the outside, really, a lowlife if no prospects like me could only dream of a work like this, and dream I did, didn't I?

I am ecstatic to work here, I really am, my grin would probably give me cramps if I didn't stop,. I'm sure I looked stupid, so stupid. And yet, I still find it hard to believe that after an interview like that, I was still chosen for the position.

The questions really weren't that difficult and my answers were book standard in my perception, but the person interviewing didn't looked... well, I am not sure how hard they work those guys, but he didn't look good.

The glazed look on the interviewer, the monotone voice, he would pause after each question read on the screen and would fix his stare on me, demanding an answer. My whole body broke into shivers with his eyes trying to focus in my general direction, eyes like those of a dead fish.

You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.

My hands get slick with sweat just thinking about that day.

But I shouldn't let some strange dude color my view of the entire company. I need to keep my mind free from prejudice, today is going to be the best day ever.

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The buildings in this city seems ... Quite tall.

Tall did not feel like the right word to describe the scope of such a titanic structure, it extended far beyond from where my vision could reach, well past the black clouds of smoke. There was no way to see the end of it, glass and concrete filled my perception.

So it was tall in my head, tall and wide, like all the buildings in the city. The darkness of the sky all day long did make the atmosphere quite oppressive.

It was overwhelming to say the least. But the size of the company I would work on was by far the widest and tallest one, I think. That had to be good right? for something to grow to such an extent, it had to thrive, so if my workplace did prosper, I would as well.

Of course, I filled my head with positive thoughts, affirmations of success and the heights I could reach in this new work environment... and even so it was not enough to dispel the sensation of entering to what felt like the mouth of a hungry beast.

My first day at work began.