Steemit Challenge s26wk1 : The Office Project"

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"secrets can only be hidden to those who are not united"..these were the words of Jayden on a cool Saturday evening to his team mate as they met in his small apartment in May 1990 in a small town named Acoustic

Alpha tech, the company where they worked was at the point of closing up and everyone's job was on the line. To save the company, 2 teams was created, 4 members in each team

They were to carry out a research to save the company.Jayden was the team leader of his group, consisting of Linda, emerald and Somto.

Somto the curious one,Emerald the articulated one, always wants to put two and two together making sure his observation and hypothesis were in order, Linda resourceful but selfish, Jayden was the most matured amongst his team.

The land of Acoustic where this Alpha tech was located didn't see the need for this company existing in their town anymore because founders of the company had not kept their promise. The council heads of the town decided to threaten hem asking them to fulfill all their promises or close up the company and leave their town.

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Somto walked into the office with with an exclamation;

"Oh God!" I cant lose my job

Linda responds; "We will definitely lose our jobs

Somto with Anger said;"madam I wasn't talking to you"

Emerald walked into the office to meet the scene,he tried to calm them down.

"ladies Stop!" If you continue you would both leave the company faster.

Immediately,they stopped and was calm. The ladies sat down silently not uttering a word.

Jayden came into the office, he had gone to collect devices they would be needing for their research. Looking at the faces of his team mates, he knew something was wrong, so he asked;

"Hey guys, what's wrong?

Emerald replied;your ladies were acting up,

Jayden only smiled and said; here are 2 of the devices we were given to work with while the other 2 devices are outside,let's get to work.

The devices that was given were; An old super computer, A data mapping tool, Escavator and a center pivot device( used for irrigation).

Working from Mondays to Fridays with the devices given to them for 3 weeks without any tangible result on the task. Jayden decided to invite his team to his apartment that cool Saturday evening.

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"secrets can only be hidden to those who are not united" were the words of Jayden to his team mates as they sat down in his small apartment. He told them that they needed to work as a team,He encouraged them too. After all,he said;

"Are you in or out?" Somto, Linda and Emerald chorused "Am in". The faces of the team mate lightened up and they were ready to work.Immediately they agreed to get into the field.

As they walked passed a particular land that had an inscription "do not enter" boldly written on a sign post. Somto got curious, she told Emerald "can we try and get into this farm"? She kept insisting. Finally Linda also was of the same opinion. Suddenly Emerald climbed the fenced and jumped into the land.

Linda looking left and right just making sure no one was coming. Emerald shouted; "Jayden get the Escavator now". Jayden replied did you find anything? Jayden ran back and drove it to where they were.

Somto asked. Emerald said destroy the fence move in. Emerald used the Escavator digging into the ground,What they found shocked them all. They found a particular device planted underneath. Linda rushed towards it and screamed; This is a rain and Freezer sensor/ controller.But this has been buried here for the wrong reasons.

They noticed that different pipes was connected to it to other lands. Jayden said who ever planted this here has been against our company. They want us to get frustrated with our company's project.

Linda quickly ran away to inform the manager,her team mates tried to stop her but failed. On her way she met one of her colleagues on the other team and was asked why the excited, she revealed that her team has found the reason why all the project for the village has failed. As she left, her colleague took her phone to make a call to the people who buried that device, they are a rivalry company looking to get established in that town.

Emerald noticed the call made and decided that they go straight to the town council heads to report what they have found. The town head was happy by the team mates and congratulated them.Alpha tech company succeeded in helping the town with irrigation projects for all the farmers in the town and retained their stay in the town.

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Steemit Challenge Season 26 Week-1: The Office Project

Dear @ruthjoe, below is the detailed assessment of your submission.

CriteriaMarksRemarks
Story start to finish4.5/5Good
Originality & Uniqueness3 /3Excellent
Presentation1/1Excellent
My observation0.75/1In the original prompt, the solution brings "world-wide fame," but in your version, the victory is local to the town.
Total9.25/10

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  • You pulled me in with a strong premise and distinct characters. The sabotage device is interesting, but I wish you explained more about how it worked and why the rivals planted it.

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