Part Fifteen – Working From Home
Part Fifteen – Working From Home
Panel 1:
- Visual: A classic Zoom-style grid view. Cocoa is in her “home office” (which looks exactly like her corporate office, but with a bird feeder visible in the window behind her). Dave and Sarah are in their actual messy home offices.
- Cocoa: “Effective immediately, WhiskerCart is a remote-first company. Synergy knows no geographical bounds.”
- Dave: (Whispering to Sarah on a side chat) “Thank goodness. I haven’t worn real pants in three days.”
Panel 2:
- Visual: Close-up on Cocoa’s video feed. She is trying to present a quarterly strategy slide, but she is completely distracted. Her eyes are crossed, intensely tracking a common housefly that is crawling directly on her webcam lens.
- Cocoa: “As you can see on this chart, our Q1 projections are… must… catch… the tiny flying beast…”
Panel 3:
- Visual: The grid view shifts focus to Buster’s video feed. His laptop is clearly knocked sideways on the floor of his living room. The camera is just pointing at a rug.
- Audio Text (from Buster’s mic): “SQUEAK! SQUEAK! SQUEAK! SQUEAK!”
- Sarah: (Rubbing her temples) “Buster, please mute your microphone. We can hear you destroying the squeaky hedgehog.”
Panel 4:
- Visual: Cocoa’s video feed again. Her chair is completely empty. A half-eaten treat sits on the desk. A system notification is overlaid on her empty video square. Dave and Sarah are staring at their screens in exasperation.
- System Notification: “CEO is currently unavailable (chattering aggressively at a pigeon).”
- Caption: At WhiskerCart, remote work is strictly enforced.