Chapter 1.1: Starting Out

Hello there! I’m Millicent Bláithín Brady, but everyone calls me Milli. I’ve just brought this piece of land in the suburbs and I’m really looking forward to transforming it into a dream home in the not too distant future!

Unfortunately, I currently have a slight liquidity problem, as the bank refused to lend me any money to actually build a house! So this sorry collection of essentials and a wall is all I can afford at the moment.

However, I had more luck with job hunting and managed to get a position at a local company as a Mailroom Technician!

Then I had even more luck, as I’d only been there for a few weeks when I spotted an opportunity to get myself noticed. As I was categorising recently received corporate correspondences, I saw a letter lying on the floor that must’ve fallen out its envelope. It said that Landgraab Enterprises was preparing to buy Wrightway Toys! Realising the potential of this information I showed the letter to my boss who informed the CEO, allowing us to undercut Landgraab, making the company a small fortune and earning me a promotion to Executive Assistant for my initiative!

To celebrate my good fortune, I decided to treat myself to a night out, where I meet this guy, Amar Andersen. We got talking and it turned out that he shared my view that money is there to be enjoyed; however I think he may be just a little bit vain!

One weekend, while I was relaxing at the park I bumped into Alec Todd. He seems really friendly, outgoing and fun to be around.

A few weeks later, I was out at a club in town, celebrating getting another promotion, this time to Field Sales Representative and decided to have a go on the dance sphere as I’d had a few and wanted to let my hair down. Looking back I must’ve looked ridiculous as I was really bad, but it was fun at the time!

While I was in the club, after I’d recovered from my go on the dance sphere, I saw another guy, Vince Hurt, across the dance floor. He was out to have a good time and came across to me as a really nice, well rounded guy.

What with being at work during the week and out most evenings and weekends, I was having a great time, however, a few days after I’d been promoted my luck ran out – I was burgled! I called the police immediately but unfortunately my lack of a front door means that my home security is basically non-existent, and, by the time Officer Centowski arrived, the criminal was getting away, having taken many of my few possessions, including gifts given to me by Vince and Alex.

My, well I can’t really call it a house, felt so empty without the possessions that were taken, however, I realised as a moped about one weekend, having spent a fruitless couple of hours on the phone to the insurance company, that maybe it was the actual items that I was missing but rather their sentimental value, as they were gifts. And perhaps that empty feeling is because there’s nobody to share my success with…

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I've put a new poll up to choose who Milli will share her success with which should close at 9pm GMT, 2pm MST (that seems to be the time zone used for polls) on Monday 16th.