GREEN SKIN, BLACK SUIT

Grin is a goblin. He is 1. 2 meters tall, hiding his green skin under three layers of foundation, his pointed ears under a round hat, and his height inside custom insoles. With a fake degree and a letter from home, he lands a job as a financial analyst at Oasis Energy and is assigned to the basement storage room. There he begins his secret collection-discarded paperclips, staplers, keyboards, monitors. He takes them apart, sorts them, and reassembles them into a workshop. He applies the same method to the company's accounts, breaking down losses and reassembling them into two million in net profit.

Lisa, a colleague, discovers his secret but becomes his first assistant, and more and more people bring broken items to the basement. In the end, Grin doesn't lock the basement door. The light stays on. Someone will come. This is not a story about hiding identity. It's a story about being seen.