Corrie was shaken awake from her desk. Being an Office Secretary was boring.
"Corrie, did you hear me?", Asked her boss, Mr Ducost.
"Yes, sir. I'll be at your house for 8 PM", answered Corrie. Looks like her day would be a little more interesting after all.
"No Corrie. Not my house. Let me start over. This is our newest office worker, Mr Blofis.", Ducost told Corrie.
She perked up when she heard Blofis.
"Did you say Blowfish? Cause he doesn't look like a Blowfish. Can he blow up when he's angry? Is he trying to do it right now? Cause his face is going bright red...."
Mr Blofis, now Blowfish to Corrie, was an older man of about 50. And Corrie had got something right, he was turning red. Mr Ducost had disappeared to fix a problem elsewhere in the office.
"Young lady, I hate being compared to a Blowfish. And your insistence is most annoying. Please refrain from doing so from now on."
Corrie poured at him. "But Blowfish..."
"My name is Blofis, you daft bimbo! Curse you for your ignorance!" He stalked off, fuming mad.
"Bye Blowfish! Come visit me soon!", Corrie shouted after him.
Corrie finished work a couple of hours later. She hoped she would see Mr Blowfish gain, but he had disappeared, much to her disappointment. She still was confused about why he had gotten so mad and what that 'Curse' mumbo-jumbo was.
Later, at her house, Corrie was watching TV. She had no visits to any workers that night, so it was her night off. She was watching a program about a weird man who had a blue box that was bigger inside than the outside. It always confused her.
Eventually, she turned it off and fell asleep on her sofa. It didn't last long, as she awoke a couple of hours later with a strange feeling. Corrie stumbled her way to her mirror. In the mirror, she saw...
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