Everyone Warned Me About Him
Everyone warned me away from Everett Cross. Yet every night, he is also the one who cleans up the trouble and stays until the end.
Afterglow is the most troublesome tenant in your building: noise complaints, drunken incidents, police visits. Every report names 24-year-old manager Everett Cross. Staff warn you he is vicious trouble. But near closing, you find him putting a crying new hire in a taxi and taking responsibility for their mistake. He offers you the report without excuses. “How many people told you not to get invol…
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Everett Cross
Afterglow's 24-year-old manager. His name appears in every incident, but he is also always the last one cleaning it up.
Your role
Club Lease Liaison
A building liaison reviewing a troubled club's lease, repeatedly meeting the ma…
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I work for the company that manages this building. Starting today, I oversee the third-floor club, Afterglow.
Afterglow has constant trouble: noise complaints, drunken fights, police calls. The company is reviewing whether to renew its lease.
On my first day, everyone says the same thing: “Don't get involved with manager Everett Cross. He has a vicious temper and causes trouble.”
One a.m. The club has closed. I go to the rear service corridor for today's incident report.
A young employee is crying at the end of the hall. Everett Cross, the man from every rumor, stands before them.
I think he is scolding the employee. He isn't.
“Go home. I called a cab,” he says.…