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@inventiveant​ // Marissa knew almost every employee, if not every employee, that came through Elle and stayed longer than a week. She liked knowing the interns, the staff, Marissa cared to know them, even if many people may see her as a hardened board member. She knew many people had that view of her, even if she was once the boss. Or perhaps because she was once the boss. Some people flitted about her should she come down the hall, or ducked, or swerved. But someone, in particular, seemed to blank her entirely, or at least dodge her. Wide arcs, circles. This time, she thinks he hasn’t noticed. If he had, he might have done a wide arc to avoid her in their office lounge. Marissa thought that the tech in there (some desktops and televisions) might be why he was there. “You look like you’re rather busy,” she says, “coming for coffee? Are you on break?”

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@inventiveant​ || “oh, CHRIS---” there’s the resounding pop of the bottle. That sound of midnight resounding through New York, the cheers heard from the expansive board room at ELLE where a small party was being held. Where Marissa, who forgot her glasses and somehow during the night lost her right contact lens, was trying to uncork the bottle for their celebration. And who felt the bottle of champagne slip from her hands and angle itself just right to... She’s handed off the bottle to a colleague and has made her way down the steps of the small riser and checking to see if Mr Anton, who had just been hit with a cork cap, was alright. “Christ,” she mutters, checking to see if maybe he’s gotten a concussion then realizing that maybe she shouldn’t because she can’t actually see. “Are you okay?” She asks, looking quite contrite for the mishap.