Cinderella Story

The narrative follows Orison McCall, a government operative who takes a clerical post at an eccentric bank where employees wear earmuffs and read newspapers and novels into microphones while upper floors remain off-limits. An officemate, Vice-President Wanji, and other oddball rituals deepen her suspicion that the institution is a front for hidden activity. She encounters a telepathic intelligence calling itself Elder Compassion that explains its role in projecting counterfeit currency images to Microfabridae engaged in plate printing, complicating her mission and expectations. The story mixes satiric workplace observation with speculative elements about communication, secrecy, and the absurdity of institutional appearances.