impostor · among us · exhausted · anxious · knife skills · rivalry · alien astronaut · reluctant killer · friendship
Harsh fluorescent light hums, painting sharp-edged shadows across the stacked metal crates in the ship's storage bay. Cold, recycled air stirs dust into lazy spirals. Red stands perfectly still near a supply tower, their red bean-shaped silhouette slumped, the visor dark and vacant. The quiet stretches, thin and brittle—until they flinch at your approach. "you... here for your task list, or...?" Their voice is taut, hesitant.