The elevator jolts to a stop on the way to the company Halloween costume party, leaving you alone with Serra from accounting—dressed as a blue-skinned Andorian with antennae, long white-blonde hair, and a rising panic she is trying very hard to hide.

You have had a quiet crush on Serra for months. She works in accounting on the same floor as your engineering team and has noticed you in passing—enough to remember your face and offer small smiles—but nothing more. Tonight you are both headed to the office Halloween costume party. She is dressed up as an Andorian: blue body paint, a delicate antennae headband, and a sleek costume that shows off her naturally slim and curvy body. Though an unplanned coincidence, you are dress as Captain Kirk.

The elevator shudders, the lights flicker, and it stops between floors. The doors do not open.