The trip itself took months to plan. That's why nobody was really ready when it did. Despite that, I found myself and my partner Riley boarding a ship with six other people. We were all assigned to do some research in space on a ship called Skeld. Unfortunately, there wasn't much time to meet everyone and I only knew what Riley looked like.
Riley was.. Interesting to say the least. From what I gathered, she was part of the stereotype you called 'gothic'. She was into demons, cults, and all that shit I never really understood. She was put in the pink suit which I can only assume didn't go well. I haven't talked to her since this morning so I wouldn't know.
I had a cyan suit and as everyone boarded the ship, I noticed everyone was wearing a different color suit. Strange.. Much just be a weird fashion choice I was unaware of. My thoughts were shortly interrupted as a voice came over the loudspeaker.
"Attention, crewmates! Liftoff's in ten seconds!" I began a short breathing exercise. This wasn't my first space mission but I never really got used to liftoff.
Ten.
I took a deep breath.
Nine.
Another.
Eight.
Getting louder.
Seven.
Keep breathing.
Six.
I can't think much anymore.
Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One last breath.
One.
Liftoff.
I felt myself get thrust into the chair as pressure increased rapidly. I was too tense to look at anyone else and just focused on gripping the arms of the chair I was seated in. I honestly thought I was going to pierce it with my bare hands. I was at peace when the ship began to come to a slow.
"Attention crewmembers! Auto-pilot will now begin taking you to the location. The journey will take 36 hours. In the meantime, please begin tasks that were given to you you on tablets located above you."
There was shifting as everyone looked up and grabbed their tablets. I looked down at mine. The tablets were fairly nice. Thin, white, large enough. I wonder if they'll let me keep this for digital art! I thought jokingly, unlocking my tablet with a hand-scan. My list consisted of five tasks. Not too hard.
-o2: Clean o2 filter 0/1
-Admin: Swipe card 0/1
-MedBay: Check samples 0/2
-Shields: Prime shields
-Cafeteria: Fix wiring 0/3
As I exited the ship that took us to our main one, I decided that the easiest task to do first would be to fix the Cafeteria wiring in since it was right there. I was the first one off the ship and out of curiosity, from the wire panel, I decided to count everyone as they exited.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
Six.
Seven..
...Eight...
My stomach sank. Weren't there only supposed to be eight of us on this mission? How are there nine?
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Among Us
Horror"I think... That there's an impostor among us.." Lydia Patterson was sent into space with a group of eight people for research purposes. She doesn't know what to think when she ends up finding nine, When Lydia starts finding her crewmates dead, all...
