Later That Evening

For the remainder of her shift, nobody bothered her, primarily because of the way she shut down the Brand Adjustor. She began packing up her things for the evening.

"Hey, uh, Monica." A voice called her.
She looked over. It was Hubert. "Hey, big guy, how's it going?"
"Uh, it's going pretty good. I, uh, wanted to ask if maybe you'd like to grab a drink after work, you know, to, uh, get to know you, or something? If that's alright with you, I mean. It's just a friendly thing."

(Hubert)

Monica could tell he was trying to keep himself together, and he was a bit different than the other guys at ADE. She wasn't going to be a bitch and turn the guy down, was she?
"Sure. But I'll warn you, I don't do casual sex."
"No, no, no! I'm not asking you for that!" He immediately panicked.

Monica smiled, "I'm just kidding. As a matter of fact though, I was going to meet up with my friend Anna at a bar later
tonight, you can join us. She's really nice, she works in R&D."
Hubert gulped. "I- uh, I try to avoid the R&D types. Between you and me, Verlax, the, er-head, gives me the heebie-jeebies."

"Don't worry, Anna is super-nice, and she's not crazy, well, not too crazy, I think." Monica laughed.
"Er, uh, alright, I'll meet up with you two later. What bar?"

"Sounds good, big guy." Monica winked at him. "We usually meet at Great Times, it's just North of here. I'm sure you can use GPS to find it."

"Great, I'll uh, meet you there."
"Likewise, Hubert."

(Monica)

The two exchanged goodbyes, and Monica left the building. She didn't notice the Brand Adjustor staring daggers at her from the elevator down the hall.