The Hidden Truth (DaveyxRin)

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After looking thoughtful for a moment, Mrs. Meckle replied, "A pie eating contest is a great idea! It's just the kind of thing that my husband will jump in the middle of, figuratively speaking. When I put together an official list, I'll put that at the top. Now what was it that I was going to ask? Oh, that's right. When you get back to your desk, will you kindly tell Isaac that my unofficial in-house poll is showing a lot of positive support for the new poster?" The way that Mrs. Meckle had said that last part, though, implied that she held a different opinion of the poster, or of the buxom model in the poster, to be more specific.  

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Natasha nodded, smiling as she answered, "Yes I will let him know...though I do have the same opinion as you Mrs. Meckle." With a light chuckle she excused herself from her office and headed back and once she reached Isaac's office she peeked her head in after knocking and passed down the message and even said it with the same tone as she had so he would pretty much know that Mrs. Meckle wasn't as enthusiastic about the poster as most of the employee's, mainly men. Slipping her head back out she plopped down behind her desk and as that happened her cell phone began to vibrate. Glancing around she would take the call but it would be quick since the caller ID showed that it was one of her friends.

"Make it quick," she said as she spoke softly as to not have anyone hear.

"Right right, just come meet us at the usual spot after work, but I mean right after! Don't worry about changing or anything like that. Got it? Good!" Before Natasha could say anything her friend hung up and left her sitting there staring at the screen of her phone.

"Okay I guess..." she muttered to herself as she put her phone away and continued on with work though she did wonder what ti was they had planned. They were always up to no good!  

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"Thank you, Miss Lewis," Isaac repeated once again. He wasn't the least bit surprised to hear about Mrs. Meckle's unofficial in-house poll, since she was always doing that, and he didn't need to be told that the poster wasn't universally accepted with the same level of approval. While someone might think that his promotion of the poster was at odds with the professional manner that he used with his co-workers who happened to be female, Isaac could always point out that the poster in question and others like it were targeted towards the company's anticipated customers and do not necessarily represent Isaac's personal opinion. (Except that they did.) Having taken care of the paperwork for the moment, he called up an online calendar on his computer to see if there were any kind of a holiday coming up that could justify a sale.

Isaac's next visitor was Honey Dimmit, the buxom brunette in the new poster that was creating such a big sensation, both positive and negative. (Honey's parents had thought she was going to be a blonde, but she fooled them!) At the moment she was wearing a stylish and somewhat immodest blouse, a knee-length skirt that clung to her curves like the lines painted on the track at the town's Gran Prix-style auto racetrack, and a matching pair of stiletto heels. (The skirt was also slit up the left side to her hip.) Furthermore, she moved with the kind of poise and grace that virtually screamed 'I am a supermodel!' When Honey got to Miss Lewis' desk, she gave Miss Lewis a cheerful wave as she said, "Hi Natasha! Is Mr. Krellman in?" Honey used first names whenever she could get away with it.

((OOC: Can you see the subtle joke in Honey's last name?))  

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Natasha didn't like Honey for personal and obvious reasons but either way she was professional and would not allow her emotions get the better of her. She ignored the womans presence until she actually came up to the desk and spoke though it irritated her whenever she said her name as if they were friends which they were not. "Miss Lewis will do and let me check if he'll see you." Though of course she knew that Mr. Krellman would stop whatever it was he was doing to see her. There were many reasons why she hated the fact that she had developed such one sided feelings. But she was sure that soon enough they would pass and she'd get over it...or so she hoped.

Picking up the phone she gave him a call and when he asked what she needed she informed him, "Miss Dimmit is here to see you, should I send her in or have her wait?" Oh she hoped for him to tell the woman to wait but she doubted it.

(OOC: Can't say that I caught on to it XD my brain is too pooped to figure it out hahaha)  

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"Oh! Right! Sorry!" Honey said in return, and it seemed that she had momentarily forgotten that Miss Lewis was one of those whom she couldn't get away with calling by the first name. Honey did sense a level of dislike in Miss Lewis, but assumed that it was because Miss Lewis was jealous of the fact that Honey was a supermodel (in her own mind.) Every woman was jealous of Honey because of that.

"Give me a couple moments, Miss Lewis," Isaac replied. He went to the closet in his office, opened the door, and took out a poster tube and a box filled with a dozen of the same kind of tube. He had been waiting for Honey to show up. The single poster tube went on his desk, while the box went behind his desk where it wouldn't be easily seen. Isaac then pushed the intercom button and said, "You may send her in now, Miss Lewis."

((OOC: It is very subtle. Look at the last name and switch the second 'm' with a 'w'. wink ))  

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Natasha always found herself biting her tongue and stopping herself from giving Miss Dimmit a life lesson or advice about how she could be utilizing her skills in a different and more impacting way but women like her just never really understood what an intelligent person was trying to communicate to her so there was no point in trying. It was perhaps the woman's ego that irritated Natasha the most. Narcissistic people were always so hard to deal with because everything revolved around them. In this case Natasha knew that the woman before her could sense some sort of hate emanating from her body but no doubt Honey concluded that it had to do with her beauty. In which case she was and is wrong but no amount of proof and intelligible words would convince her that Natasha disliked her due to her stupidity and her "me me me me me" attitude.

With a shrug she simply continued on with her work ignoring the females presence until Isaac had asked for her to let Honey in. Glancing over at her she gave her a nod and then put her out of her mind as she deviled back to her typing. Her mind did wonder back to the short conversation she had with her friend. They were clearly up to something but she was unable to conclude anything.

(OOC: Okay that's what I thought I just wasn't sure if it was that easy XD hahahaha I actually read it as Honey "Dimwit" at first then noticed that it was "Dimmit" and when you asked if I saw joke in it i wasn't sure if it was the whole "Dimwit" >.> hahaha)  

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Honey quickly went into the office, and she cheerfully said to Isaac, "Hello, Mr. Krellman! I heard that my new poster is out now, and I was hoping that I could have a look at it." Not 'the new poster' or 'the company's new poster', but 'her poster'. By then she had spotted the poster tube on Isaac's desk and was looking at it expectantly. "Of course!" Isaac replied matter-of-factly. Once he had taken the poster from the tube, he held it up for Honey to see and asked, "What do you think?" "I love it!" Honey declared emphatically, "The pose, and the tools, and everything's just... perfect!" Isaac nodded in agreement and replied in a condescending tone, "Naturally enough, the one thing that really makes the poster is you! Now I have a surprise for you." Isaac then took the box of posters from behind his desk and gave them to Honey while saying, "These are for you to autograph and give to whomever you wish." "Thank you!" Honey gushed in delight as she took the box, "You're the nicest boss ever! I should give the first one to you!" Isaac shook his head and as he gestured towards the poster that he had shown her, he stated, "No need to do that. I'm going to hang that poster up with the rest." As could be expected, there was a section of his office wall that was reserved for displaying posters, fliers, and other ads that his department had made for the company. "At least let me autograph it," Honey insisted, "Do you have a pen?"

Isaac gave her a Sharpie from his desk, and she scrawled 'Huggles and Kissies! Honey Dimmit'. on the poster, with tiny hearts in the place of the dots over the 'I's'. One reason why she liked Isaac so much was because he had yet to call her 'Honey Dimwit', like all of the haters were likely to do. Once she had picked up the box again, Isaac started to walk her to the door, but before she left, Honey said, "I was just thinking about something for my next poster. Why don't I do some poses of me actually using the tools? I mean, most people think that us supermodels are just a bunch of vapid airheads, and when the customers see me using the tools, they'll say, 'Hey! If she can use those tools, then I can!' You see where I'm going with this?" Nodding again, Isaac replied, "Yes, I do, and I think that it is a good idea, although I am the last very last person who will call you a vapid airhead." That is to say he would be the last person to call Honey that to her face. After a moment of thought, he continued, "Tell you what. Come back tomorrow morning with a list of tools that you'd like to pose with, and I'll set up a photo shoot for you." "Will do!" she replied enthusiastically, and after another pause, she asked, "What do you think I should wear for the photo shoot?" The answer to that will depend a lot on the kind of tools that she was posing with, but instead of saying that, Isaac suggested, "Surprise me." He then let her out of his office, and she cheerfully went on her way, with her hips swaying as if they weren't attached to her body very tightly. If Isaac had been out of the office, his eyes would have been glued to her swinging backside for as long as she was in sight, but he didn't want to be seen ogling Honey in that way while he was at work. Isaac closed his office door and went about the task of hanging the new poster. Unfortunately he couldn't find a single stick pin in his desk drawer. He pushed the intercom button and asked, "Miss Lewis, would you happen to have a couple stick pins in your desk? I don't seem to have any in my desk."  

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Once Honey left Natasha had gotten up to use the bathroom though as soon as she got up Isaac tuned in in time. With a sigh she sat back down and listened to what he needed and in her head she replied, "Yes of course I have push pins, I have them because every time an idiot comes by I want to stick them in my eyes and ears." Of course she didn't say it and instead she truly replied, "Yes sir I do."

Pulling the box out she hurried around the desk and walked in after a single knock to let him know she was walking in. Going over to his desk she put the box down at his desk, "There you go Mr. Krellman, anything else you need?" Natasha ignored her urge at the moment to use the restroom because it wasn't too bad but she wouldn't ignore it forever.
 

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"No, that's all, Miss Lewis. Thanks again," Isaac replied. Now that he had the stick pins that he needed, he used them to stick the poster to an appropriate place on his wall, right next to a recent magazine ad that featured Honey as well. He then paused to take a good look at it. At the same time, he wondered if he could sell his father on the idea of having a calendar published. Most likely his father would be in favor of the idea. Isaac then returned to his desk. While he had decided to leave early, he still had to wait a while until he could feel justified in leaving. Once Isaac was at his desk, he chose to kill time with one of the most common forms known to the modern world. He would play 'Solitaire' on his computer. The particular program that he preferred had a feature that allowed him to download and install a variety of decks, including one of his favorite decks, specifically a collection of 52 different quad-B's. (Which stands for Beautiful Beach Babe in a Bikini.) There was also the all-important 'Boss Button', which allowed him to temporarily close the game with the touch of a button, just in case he needed to do that.  

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With a nod she hurried out and rushed to the restroom and did her business though she took just a bit more time washing her hands. Her mind was else where at the moment so she stood at the sink with her hands hovering under the rushing water. It was only when another worker walked in that she snapped out of it and shut the faucet off. Going back to her desk she looked over at the clock to see that work was almost over and done with. She hadn't seen her friends in a while due to the fact that she had been rather busy or she just never felt like going anywhere.

Natasha had finished her work for the day since she was rather fast at what she did and now sat there staring at a screen trying to figure out what she should do with the remaining time. Her mind did wonder toward Isaac from time to time, having usual daydreams.
 

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Eventually Isaac came out of his office and announced, "I'm calling it a day, Miss Lewis. I hope that you have a nice evening, and I'll see you in the morning."  

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"Yes sir you too," Natasha replied as she looked up when he had come out of the office. Taking a look at the time she knew she had time to catch up with her friends she she shut her computer off and much like many others she headed home or wherever. Once she grabbed her bag and put her coat on she took the next elevator after Mr. Krellman and kept to herself as usual no one really bothering to strike up a conversation with her. As soon as she was out of the building she went to her car and drove off. Her car wasn't exactly new and shiny but it ran and got her around just fine so it was okay with her to drive. It had only take her twenty minutes to reach the cafe her friends were waiting and when she went up to them all they did was whisk her away.
 

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Isaac went straight to his condo from work, and as soon as he had arrived, he showered and shaved in preparation for the event of the night. After all, he would be expected to make a good first impression, or several of them, as the case may be. He did take the time to eat a light dinner, since eating wasn't going to be a part of the speed dating. Everyone will be too busy with trying to get to know each other for them to eat anything at the same time. Once he was ready to go, Isaac went to the address that Miss Lewis had provided him, and as luck would have it, he arrived a few minutes early.  

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Natasha would soon go through a series of unfortunate events. First she saw that she was dressed nicely as her friends liked playing dress up on her because none of them really looked as good as her and they all wanted to live through her though half the time she ignored them and tried to get them to leave her alone. In a sense they tended to use her. Either way she could do nothing about it. With a heavy sigh she looked at them and shook her head, "This dress is a little tight you know..."

"It's only tight because you don't wear nice things like this!" One replied as they began to drag her, all walking down the sidewalk heading for where ever their destination was. Her friends wore nice dresses as well though most of the attention went on her and she felt completely uncomfortable and she was not happy. It was only when she saw where they were going that she came to a complete and utter stop.

"Come on hurry up or we'll be late!" Another said as she tried pulling Natasha along though this time she did not budge.

"Out of all the things we could have done you're dragging me to some speed dating thing? You know I don't like these and worse-"Natasha was quickly cut off.

"Oh hush up now you need a man in your life if not that you need to get laid!" They all laughed and continued to walk, pulling her against her will. It so happened that they signed up and signed Natasha up the very place Natasha had gotten Mr. Krellman to go. This was one of those '******** my life' moments.

"Guys I can't go in there! My bo-"

"No excuses!" They would not allow her to say anything as they all went in and they were just a minute late. Everyone was gathered and then told to sit down at their numbered table. The men would do the same though they would move when time was up.

Natasha had sat toward the back as she tried covering her face but at last spotted Isaac and luckily he was all the way toward the front. She had to come up with a reason to leave early or else things would be completely awkward.

At last it started and she hardly paid any attention to the first guy who ranted on about how he loved going on hikes. She kept her eyes on Isaac trying to make sure he didn't see her.  

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It seemed to Isaac that the speed dating event was a well-organized event. He had been given a list of the names of his upcoming dates, although he had yet to read through the whole thing. Of course the purpose of the list was to tell him which table he was to move to during the intervals between dates. One of the things that had been emphasized was that contact information wasn't to be exchanged during the dates. If Isaac felt that he wanted to contact one or more of the women that he would meet that night, he was to ask for the contact information from the organizers of the event, and if the feeling was mutual, he would receive the requested information while the woman received his information. In this way, Isaac and the women that he met would not feel any pressure to make a decision on the spot.

Isaac's first date was with a woman named Marta who appeared to be in her early 30's. The moment that the date officially began, Marta proceeded to give Isaac an extensive list about the exact qualities that she expected to find in her future husband. Isaac was soon thinking that if Marta allowed very little to no leeway in her expectations, then it probably wasn't much of a surprise that she was still looking for Mr. Right. Or perhaps Mr. Perfect was the more accurate description. Once she had finished with her list, Marta indicated that if Isaac was interested in establishing a relationship with her, he was to first register at an online dating website, at which point he would be required to fill out a compatibility questionnaire. In truth, she sounded like she was advertising the website. As soon as the five-minute time limit expired, Isaac thanked Marta for her time and quickly moved on.

His next date, a mid-20's woman named Carol, was a single mother with a three-year-old daughter and an infant son, both of whom were with her at the moment. It seemed that Carol had been pressured into attending the event, and then her babysitter had cancelled at the last second, forcing her to bring her children to the event. Apparently the organizers had not provided for such an occurrence. The daughter was wearing a play dress, glasses, and pig tails, while the son was dressed in a baby jumpsuit. Carol was nice enough and pretty enough, but Isaac was certain that he wasn't interested in an instant family, so to speak. Complicating the matter was the fact that halfway through the date the boy started to fuss and wouldn't settle down. As for the daughter, she was silent the entire time and stared at Isaac like he was an alien from Pluto. Carol was very apologetic when the date came to an end, but Isaac assured her that he understood completely.

Isaac's next date, a brunette named Suzie who seemed to have just celebrated her eighteenth birthday, appeared to hold a lot of promise. Just as the date officially began, Suzie's cell phone, which was sitting on the table in front of her, gave out a chime and Suzie announced, "Sorry, but I need to take that." Suzie looked at the text that she had just received, giggled, and then promptly sent a text in reply. Isaac waited patiently until she had set the phone down again, but just as he began to tell her a little about himself, the phone chimed again, and once again Suzie 'had to' take the message. The entire date went that way. While Suzie was replying to another text, Isaac glanced in Carol's direction and saw that she seemed to be having a pleasant conversation with her current date. Perhaps Carol will be fortunate enough to meet someone who is interested in establishing a relationship with her, kids and all. When the time came for Isaac to move on again, Suzie cheerfully suggested, "If you want to hook up with me, just text me!" Isaac nodded in response to that before leaving. He was certain that Suzie wasn't supposed to make such a suggestion, but chose to not point that out.