A/N: HOLY FUCKING SHIT I'M UPDATING THIS STORY? Yes, yes I am. Be thankful I'm in my Among Us phase again-
"White, did you see anyone when you found Browns body?" Blue, the captain, asked, giving me a stern look.
"No, the last person I saw was Pink in Electrical, and I don't think she could've gotten from Electrical all the way to Shields in the time I unloaded the trash from Medbay into the shoot in Storage. Besides, whoever did it is most likely in Navigation right now, because there was a trail of blood leading right into the vent," I explained, causing Green and Gray to look at each other.
"Both of us were in Nav, but I was making sure our course was charted properly while Gray was doing the download," Green said, looking over to Red.
"I can confirm this, due to having walked in on them a few minutes ago to check in on them," Red stated, looking at me, and then to Blue."If this had happened mere moments before White had called the meeting, there's no way Green or Gray did it," He finished, both looking relieved yet still a bit anxious. Blue nodded, before turning to the others.
"Yellow was in Cafeteria cleaning his mess, Pink was in Electrical, Red, Gray and Green are in Navigation, but they can all clear themselves, that leaves Lime, Coral, Black, Cyan, Orange, Purple and White, but White does have an alias for himself," Blue stated.
"It could also be you, sir, just want to point that out," Purple stated, not in an accusing tone, but more so a friendly reminder, which Blue acknowledged by nodding.
"Indeed, it could very well be me as well," he replied, before turning to face everyone else.
"I was in Weapons, having just come from Navigation, albeit I did see Coral in there by the download," He stated, Coral nodding.
"I was with Lime in Reactor earlier, Cyan saw us in there before they went into Security and sat down to check the cams while scrolling through their task list, I think, and then I went up through Cafeteria, helped Yellow clean up a bit, before opening the download in Weapons," she replied, adjusting her helmet slightly.
"I can confirm, and although I was scrolling through my tasks and saw neither her nor Lime leave, I can confirm I saw her through the camera by Admin helping Yellow put some of the spoiled meat in a trashbag," Cyan said. so that's why it smells like a corpse had been rotting for five years in here? I gave a bit of a lemon face at that, and Yellow looked down sheepishly.
"I'm still in Reactor, making sure the hand plates are still working nicely," Lime said, tapping his tablet, seemingly due to anxiety. Besides Blue, Lime is the only one in the crew who has dealt with the Imposters before, having almost been decapitated by an imposter who had presented themselves as White, who got quickly thrown off afterwards. I certainly understand his full avoidence and nervousness around me just for that fact. Before anyone else could say anything, I decided to point a few things out.
"If it were Blue or Lime, both of them were almost deceased by an imposter, why would their... 'buddy,' try and kill their crime pal? I feel like we can remove Lime and Blue from the list altogether, because unless that's how imposters like to gain the trust of the crew, that makes no sense why they'd try killing their pal," I stated, which made everyone look to each other before murmuring in agreement. Blue gave me a nod, before speaking.
"True, but as you said, 'unless that's their way of gaining trust,' I would still advise keeping an eye on people, experienced or not with imposters, until they have been proven beyond doubt that they aren't aliens," He stated. Everyone seemed to agree with this as well, and I shot Lime a sympathetic look, which he returned with an anxious shrug.
"To make this easier, why don't we stick with our partners? That means you can't be running off all willy nilly from White, Pink," Red spoke, giving her a stern look.
"Yeah yeah yeah don't want more people dying I got it," She said, sounding cheery and like she didn't just get scolded. I gave Red a helpless look, and he returned it, both of us being well aware she'd run off again, leaving both me and her either for dead or alias-less.
After a few more minutes discussing at the table, mainly Purple asking questions and rapidly jotting notes down in his notepad, we went our separate ways, me and Pink moving over to Medbay since I needed to get the scanner up and running so everyone could start their Pink being the Engineer, and the vent in Medbay connecting to Electrical, she could still generally get her job done whilst still being in my vicinity, so regardless, as long as a color other than Pink didn't pop in or out of the Medbay, Electrical or Security vents, we'd be fine. As soon as we got into Medbay she sprinted for the vent and hopped in, the stuffed bear she kept on her head bouncing off her head slightly as she hopped in before the vent closed, a childish giggle sounding from inside.
I didn't even bother trying to stop her, just rolling me eyes as I sat down beside my samples to work the computer, typing in my password, receiving the affirmatory 'ding!' before all of my sorted files popped up, the biological information of everyone on the ship sorted into completely separate files for each person on board.
Since we had only just launched mere hours ago, about 14, to be exact, I hadn't had the time to properly Kickstart the Scanner. Doesn't help the last crew on this ship had been so brutally disheveled by an imposter that the Medbay, along with everywhere else on the ship, had to have a 2 month decontamination process before being hastily ordered to be cleaned before the next launch date, of which the cleaning crew had half-assed it so badly they had broken the scanner along with several other devices on the ship, causing Pink to have been busy since the moment she walked on. She had been working on the scanner when I had first dropped into Medbay, getting all my stuff organized she had been quick to introduce herself before ranting about how poorly the cleaning crew had done, and, although being annoying about it, had gone and did her best to clean everything in Medbay she thought needed cleaning, which left a big trash bag in the corner near the empty desk where my PC had already been set up, thankfully having been untouched. Before I could thank her or ask proper questions, she had used the vent and gone, probably to Electrical, like she had just moments ago.
When the the program connected me to the scanner, I ran a few diagnostic tests to make sure everything was how it should be, which it was, before turning it on. It made a loud beeping noise before the whirring kicked up, text popping up on my screen to affirm it was working properly. I grinned before pulling out my tablet and sending an alert to let everyone know that the scanner was up, and to feel free to come get scanned whenever they had free time. I got a few thumbs up from Purple, Cyan Red and Gray, and Green sent a 'Sure thing pal!' message, with Yellow saying 'Alright, be right over!' I closed my tablet and placed it down on the desk before getting up and sorting the samples, noting the audible shifting in the vent, and the very distinguishable grunt from Pink as she opening the vent hatch and crawled out, brushing herself off.
"Man, do I need to clean the vents? They are so dirty I'm shocked imposters can move through them so easily without at least sneezing their faces off in the process," she complained, walking up to the med scan before putting her hands on her hips. I rolled my eyes before sitting back down, hovering over the scan button for a moment before pressing 'SCAN'. I turned to watch as Pink was scanned, the green circle moving up and down her body, my PC screen actively updating with her genetic info until my screen flashed with a 'COMPLETE' in dark green, the circle vanishing as she stepped off, stretching.
"So Mr. Grumpy Doctor, am I all clear?" She said, giving me a grin. Trying not to glare at her cheekiness, I read over her info before nodding.
"All clear Ms. Annoying Engineer," I replied, which she chuckled. I moved her scan results into her separate file, clicking 'SAVE' just before Yellow, Purple, Red and Blue entered, clearly having the time to scan as well. I sat through each scan, reading over the info and giving them all the clear, organizing their files, and just as I finished Yellows' file, the lights completely shut off, leaving a glare of light from my PC and the blinking lights from the scan the only way to see. I jumped when this happened, whipping around in my chair to look at Blue who was next to me, before closing the files and turning to the almost hidden Pink.
"Don't vent, me and you will walk together, better chances of you not dying in the vent or in Electrical without us having a lead like with Brown," I said, and she nodded, seemingly unaffected. The others stayed in Medbay as me and Pink left to quickly to fix lights, Pink holding my hand and skipping while we rushed over. We got to Electrical in record time, and I stood close by as Pink opened the panel to the lights and started flicking switches. I didn't quite notice at first, but I heard the sound of the vent popping in the back, almost drowned out by the loud switches and buzzing of the other Electrical panels and doo-hickeys in the room.
I whipped around to look behind me, but saw nothing, instead, I felt something rush by me, and the sudden scream of Green behind me just as the lights flared back on. I rapidly blinked my eyes, trying to adjust as I whipped around to see Pink gawking at the mauled body of Green, her limbs twisted in ways inhumane even for aliens, her head having been removed cleanly off her body, of which said head was missing from the scene altogether. I look at the body in utter shock, not noticing Pink screaming into her megaphone until she turned to me whilst doing so and almost blasted my ears out, making me hit the megaphone out of her hand on accident. Glaring at her, I swiftly rushed out to go collect the others, not caring if she had started apologizing or not. It hasn't even been an hour yet, and there's another kill? This is one hectic trip alright.