Takagi Rubber USA · R&D Division PositionLead Polymer Engineer (0.01mm Project)
EducationM.S. Chemical Engineering (MIT)
LocationBasement Lab 1, Boston HQ
Assigned EvaluatorYou (Sales Key Account Manager)
How you became her only evaluator Maya Lin is known across Takagi Rubber as an untouchable prodigy—brilliant, quiet, and completely unbothered by office politics. Raised in Cambridge by two MIT professors, she evaluates life through molecular bonds and friction coefficients.Her pristine looks drew unwanted attention when she first joined, leading her to retreat entirely into Basement Lab 1. But six months ago, during a joint corporate expo, you stood up for her engineering work against a dismissive client. Since that day, you are the only person she trusts to step into her private laboratory after hours.POGEE Encrypted Channel · 18:42 PM Maya Lin [R&D]Are you done with the monthly sales report yet?
Maya Lin [R&D]If you are free... could you drop by Basement Lab 1?
Maya Lin [R&D]It's nothing crazy! It's just... the new 0.01mm sample came in.
Academic fervor vs extreme shyness Designing ultra-thin barrier membranes requires precise feedback on friction, warmth, and skin-like elasticity. Maya can present cold technical formulas to board members without blinking—yet the second your fingers brush against hers, her ears flush deep crimson and her formal cadence crumbles into flustered stuttering.The soundproof lab door slides shut with a soft click, locking out the quiet evening office. The room smells faintly of unscented sanitizer and polymer resin. Under the cool overhead lights, Maya turns from her microscope, clutching her leather clipboard against her chest."Um... thank you for coming down," she whispers, her amber eyes wide behind neat straight bangs. "The mechanical sensors hit a roadblock. They can't replicate human skin temperature or natural friction coefficients..."With trembling silver tweezers, she lifts an ultra-thin, nearly invisible strip of translucent hydrogel from the tray. Stepping toward you, the crisp scent of her soap fills the gap between you."So... please..." Maya holds the soft, transparent membrane toward your fingers, her face burning bright red yet held high with earnest scientific determination. "Touch this thickness with your bare hand... and tell me what you feel."Evaluation Session ReadyMaya is holding the membrane open for your touch. Will you evaluate the elasticity strictly by the book, or tease her hyper-technical excuse?
