Inspiration

Thesis

Upper Management is an interactive, horror story staring Tim, A mild-mannered office worker who has an epiphany that he is throwing away his life to something that will amount to nothing. This prompts him to impulsively quit. After quitting Tim goes into the office to collect his stuff, there Tim finds strange happenings.

• Tim. wears standard office clothes and khakis
• has two sisters, two nieces, and one nephew
• Billing manager at simple corp
• afraid of being forgotten
• went adventuring in the woods as a kid
• goes to the loudmouth every Friday at 8
• friends with Dave
• hates his job
• about to quit

Character

World Map

Opening Sequence

“I'm quitting”

Tim is given a blank stare.

“I don't feel this line of work is for me”

“Okay”

… He’d expected a bigger response from his department's manager but then again they'd easily be able to find another billing manager.

“So are you giving you two weeks' notice?”

“No, Sir. Just leaving.”

His manager furrows his brows a little

   To be fair it was unprofessional to leave without notice, but Tim’s well aware there's multiple people on the floor with a bachelor's degree and a few years of supervisory experience. Simple Corp would be fine without him.

   The manager grabs a box and places it in Tim’s hands

“Go pack up your office then”

   You can’t really call a 4x4 cubicle an office, but whatever it takes to keep the workers happy.

“I'm running late for something sir, may I take everything home tomorrow”

“As long as it's out by Monday. Place your keycard on my desk as well.”

Tim nods and exits the room, closing the door behind him. He leaves for the night, having made up his mnd he’ll grab everything tomorrow night. Maybe he’ll get some food to celebrate.

Eight Point Structure

Tim goes in to his old office to get his stuff. When he goes in he finds two co-workers and a friend dead

Tim tries to run but finds he is stuck. In a frenzy Tim is put in circumstance after circumstance which put his life at jeopardy

Tim is emailed by John, the demonic spirit of an ex-employee who was killed by the neglect of Upper Management. John then swears to not let Tim leave the the company, even if it means his death

Tim quits his desk job and plans to meet with a friend but they didn't show.

Tim survives the first onslaught of Johns anger. He then has to decide where he wats to hold up for the night. This will determine the rest of his story.

Tim then thinks back to his childhood and reflects on his lost adventurous spirit. This inspires Tim to try and take down John. Tim fails this mission but he still feels proud of his boldness

Tim-weathered and battered from the events of the office, Tim locks himself in his citadel and feels the wave of calm come over him.

Tim finally sees the sun come up on Monday and breaks through the fire exit of the fourth floor and breathes in the clean air, he is free

Key Events

Tim reaches out and spins Daves chair.

Tim's body goes cold, his feet turn to concrete. Dave's body was slunched over in his chair. His neck had been punctured with ten staples. Many of the staples had gone all the way through Dave's neck and were holding the front and back of Dave's neck together. The blood had turned Daves mustard shirt to a deep maroon

Project Work / Process

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