Jeff and Adam looked for a moment at the nondescript box sitting in front of Jeff's apartment door.
"Whatever it is, it's not very big," Adam said.
Jeff picked it up. "It's pretty light too."
"Well let's see what's in it."
Jeff was about to rip the box open when they both heard a set of footsteps clicking down the hall. They turned to look, and saw a beautiful young woman in some form fitting, stylish business attire walking down the hallway towards them.
"Hi, boys!" she said as she passed, stopping at the next door down the hall.
"Um... h- hey J-J-Joanna," Jeff muttered. Adam just smirked and glanced between the two.
"Whatcha got there?" she asked, looking at the package.
"It's uh... It's... well..."
"It's top secret," Adam interrupted. "Business stuff. We can't really talk about it."
"Oh that's right," Joanna said, "You guys work at Tenenbaum. I've heard so many weird stories about that place. But I guess you guys can't really talk about the juicy stuff."
Jeff fingered the box nervously. "Honestly, they keep us in the dark a lot too," he said.
Adam smiled, "Yeah they never tell us paper pushers anything!"
"Well, I hope they gave you something fun," she said with a wink, before entering her own apartment.
Jeff sighed and unlocked his own door. The two went inside.
"Dude, I was about to ask her out if you weren't! How did you never tell me you have such a hot neighbor?!"
Jeff frowned, "I know. It's not worth mentioning. She's nice but I don't think I'm her type. She's always bringing dudes home. Let's just say these apartment walls are kind of thin."
"Whatever," Adam said, "You just need to step up your game. Anyway, open the damn box already!"
"Fine, fine!" Jeff said. They went to the kitchen table and Jeff grabbed a knife, slicing through the tape on the package. He flipped the flaps open and dug through the pile of packing peanuts inside. It took a few seconds for his fingers to feel the piece of metal buried underneath. He pulled it out.
"Since when did Tenenbaum make jewelry?" Adam asked. It was a simple silver bracelet with a hinge and a clasp. No markings or embellishments, it looked simple and utilitarian.
"Maybe it does something else - like those fitness trackers or something?" Though he didn't see anything that resembled sensors, a power source, or a display. "Guess there's only one way to find out," Jeff shrugged and clipped the band around his left wrist. It suddenly felt unusually cold, even though he'd been holding it for a while.
As the clasp locked, his arms fell limply to his sides and his eyes gazed blankly forward.
"What is it, dude?" Adam asked. Jeff said nothing.
"Jeff?" Still nothing, eyes still locked into a thousand yard stare at nothing. "Very funny, man. Come on, let's go play some Xbox or something."
But Jeff still stood there, stock still, not moving a muscle. Adam stepped closer.
"Ok, you're really freaking me out now." He waved his hands in front of Jeff's face. He didn't even blink. "Come on! Snap out of it!"
