Gemotions

The news felt like a sudden injection of fizzy soda into Clara's bloodstream. She giggled, a little gasp escaping her as she read the email. A merger? Things were about to get *wild*. She felt a sudden, irresistible urge to loosen her tie, to let the edges of her professional persona fray a little.

She reached for her stapler, the one she’d secretly nicknamed ‘Stabby’, and began building a tiny castle out of paperclips and sticky notes on her desk, humming an off-key rendition of the company anthem. She imagined the possibilities: new management, new rules, new opportunities for… mischief. She even considered changing the name of her team’s Slack channel to ‘The Renegades.’