Love in the Time of Beans (Among Us Logic)

48-Hour Boyfriend, pt 2 (Ninja x Player)

Player heard Goober and Veteran above him. The Admin card scanner's error sound beeped over and over again. Either Veteran was faking a task, or Goober had issues with card swiping. This could be his chance for him and Veteran to snag a kill. He popped up through the vent.

Goober just about lost their mind at the sight of Player. They dropped their ID card and jumped up on the table, squealing. Player put a quick, merciful end to the theatrics with a shot from his handgun. Goober's corpse toppled off the table into a bubblegum-pink heap, their alien eyestalk displaying an X over its eye.

"Aww, man," Veteran complained. "I kinda wanted that to be my kill."

"Quick, back in the vents." Player swung the metal grate open. "Someone might have heard all that noise."

The two of them jumped into the vent. The lid snapped shut. The two beans crawled through the metal tubing. Luckily, the fur on their paws helped to muffle the clattering from their movements.

"Okay," Veteran whispered. "Where do we go from here?"

"Well first of all, you leave Ninja alone this round. I promised him he wouldn't get hurt. He's my 48 hour boyfriend. Anyway, let's go out the vent by the Office," Player suggested. "That's usually a good place to nab kills."

"Are you sure?" the yellow bean protested. "Someone might see us. Or notice something weird on the door logs."

"No-one in this lobby ever thinks to check the door logs. We'll be fine."

Before he exited the vent, Player listened for anyone nearby. Not hearing any voices or footsteps, he swung the grate open and squirmed out. He helped Veteran out, and then the two exited the room and went into the Greenhouse. There stood Stoner, watering plants with absolutely no urgency. He inspected and sniffed them thoroughly, plucking the leaves off a few. Player glanced at Veteran and nodded.

"Oh, hey dude," Stoner drawled as Veteran approached him. "What's up?"

Veteran stumbled on his words for half a second, as if he had tried to come up with a cool one-liner and failed. He gave up and just sliced Stoner in half with his knife. He flashed a cheeky thumbs-up to his partner.

"Alright, let's split!" Player said. "Let's go back the way we came and pretend nothing happened."

They made a hasty retreat, but didn't get very far before an alarm blared. Someone had found Goober's body and reported it. Immediately, everyone teleported to the Cafeteria for a meeting.

"Dreadful news, everyone," said the Gentleman. "It appears that Goober has met a grisly end."

"Yeah, we saw it in Admin," Mr. Cheese added. "They were all icky and corpse-y! And they smelled like rotten bubble gum."

"Mr. Cheese, they do not need the details."

"Yeah! Think of the children," Mother scolded him. "You'll give Franklin nightmares."

"How awful," said Captain. "Granted, I didn't really like Goober, but that sounds like no way to go out. Anyway, do you have any scoop, any intel, on who it might have been?"

"Uh, I don't know," Mr. Cheese said. "Me and the Gentleman just walked in on it."

"That sounds sus," Bro muttered.

"Really? How so?" the Gentleman asked. "Is it really that hard to believe that the killer made their way into Admin, murdered poor Goober, and then used the vents for a quick escape?"

Player hoped the others didn't notice how he tensed up slightly at that comment.

"He has a point," Mother agreed.