Scene 1 · The Roundup RoomNine a.m., Monday: the Dev Roundup without the boss, who is in his live bike class. There are still no office chairs, so Pux and Gnarl sit on upturned cardboard boxes, and Cobalt s…Scene 2 · The Loading DockNoon at the Loading Dock. A huge, flat wooden crate, taller than a man, stands upright on the dock: the board has arrived. GONK signs it in at the podium, Pittstone has already tip…Scene 3 · The Roundup RoomThat afternoon in the Roundup Room. Pittstone has hung the (the_board) on the wall right over the old whiteboard, and the whiteboard is gone: only a few bent bits of its aluminium…Scene 4 · Dev StudioLater that afternoon in the dev studio, which still has no chairs. Pux leans on the back-wall workstation with the board open on his monitor, Gnarl sulks by the bookshelf with an e…Scene 5 · Dev BreakroomThat evening in the breakroom: a meeting of everyone the board lists as unassigned. Eko sits at the round table with a legal pad, Pittstone leans by the sink, Funky stands by the m…Scene 6 · Dev Boss OfficeTuesday, half past nine, in Triscuit's office. The boss is in his live class on the (exercise_bike) bolted to the floor behind his desk. Sith Lord sits in the visitor chair with a…Scene 7 · The Build ClosetWednesday in the cramped Build Closet off the hallway, now Pittstone's. Pittstone pats his rack of beige servers, Funky stands at the little green-screen terminal with a cable runn…Scene 8 · The Loading DockThursday at the Loading Dock: customs has finally released the Cologne shipment. An open wooden shipping crate full of packing straw stands by the box stack, and Jin bursts out of…Scene 9 · The Roundup RoomNine a.m. Friday: the first Roundup in front of the (the_board), the deadline for anything without an owner. Sith Lord stands beside the board. Kyle Katarn, the third hire, sits on…Scene 10 · Dev Boss OfficeFriday afternoon in Triscuit's office. The boss pedals the (exercise_bike) behind his desk in an extra class. Sam Jackson leans on the water cooler, here to protect his stream's be…
