I'm not going to make a call here because I know you're more present in the Discord server, and I think it would be better if someone who knows you makes the determination.

For my part, I'm afraid I was not very interested in the agents. Cornelius reads like your basic Lawful Good stick-in-the-mud, which can definitely work as the "straight man" in a comedic duo, but I don't see him acting to foil his partner. In the second story, he just rolls over after a token protest about Hex wanting to lie in his letter. Not much of a crusader for justice there. He doesn't foil the weirdness of the PPC, either, since he doesn't exhibit much of a reaction to new things beyond mild confusion. There's something that could work there, but I'm just not seeing it in the writing samples.

As for Hex, I'm immediately irritated by his self-identification as a troll, and I don't like how he casually uses the often-derogatory term "furry" to apply to any anthropomorphic being. This would be fine if I thought he had other things going for him and was destined to gain some maturity, but I don't see much difference in him between the first story and the second. Perhaps because his partner just gives up on correcting him and lets him do whatever he wants all the time?

The second story feels unfinished to me, as well. I don't think you've said what Hex was intending to lie about, and we don't get a resolution to the attempt at getting a pay raise. So, does that mean the point of the story was Cornelius attempting (very passively) to talk Hex out of doing something, but ultimately giving up and going along with it even though he thinks it's a bad idea?

I'unno. I think it's entirely possible there's more to this that I'm not seeing, which is why I'm not making the final call, but it just didn't grab me. Sorry. {= (

~Neshomeh