Night Onboarding Table After Team Leaves Nasiriyah

Flat overhead office light casts a sterile glow across a reception-side onboarding table near Nasiriyah during deep night. Printed resumes lie scattered beside clear water glasses, their surfaces catching the monitor spill from a darkened screen. A sign-in clipboard rests near the edge, its paper slightly curled from the humid monsoon air drifting through the room. The downlights settle into corners, leaving pools of shadow against the neutral walls. Faint reflections dance on the glass surfaces, mirroring the empty chairs pushed back. One pen lies parallel to the clipboard, its cap off, resting on the white paper form.