A Story of Betrayal

Impostor

Once at the meeting table some one wearing an orange skirt and tie (Snow's note: like Luz's grom outfit but more casual) asked "So do we know if one of us did it or if the culprit is hiding some were?" "We should look at any evidence first" rationalized the enby with light blue hair. "like the IDs?" I ask not sure if those were related to the case. "Maybe, we should discuss every thing to find out what happened" a girl in a red hoodie with space agency names ironed onto it said looking down at the table.

"Everyone's card was there, except for Lime's" I said whispering the last part not wanting to say it was one of us. "Well then I think its obvious, Lime's the murderer. He's the impostor." Stated a guy wearing a green T-shirt. "We have to look at all the evidence first. Plus we don't even know what we're going to do once we find the culprit." Cyan said trying to settle the situation. I was surprised and kind of scared that Lime didn't try to say it wasn't him, maybe he really is the murderer, the impostor among us. "We should vote to find out the culprit." A girl in a pink dress with strawberry blonde hair said. "OK but what do we do with the culprit?" Purple asked what we were all thinking. "Execution." Blackberry said with no emotion in her voice, like it was an obvious answer. The table erupted with yelling and disagreeing with her because the idea was crazy.

After a few minutes when every one had mostly calmed down the girl with long black hair tried to justify her answer. "If they killed one person whats stopping them from killing more, even if we create some sort of capture system they could escape. Their a murderer, they killed some one for no reason. Their not one of us any more." She said all most crying at the end. Every one fell silent they still thought her idea was crazy, but with our situation of being trapped in the middle of space and the fear of knowing some one could be hiding among us plotting murder and sabotage. 

"Is there any other evidence, Lemon." Cyan said looking down. They sounded defeated possibly thinking about what could happen to their friends if the killer stayed alive, but also that they would have to vote to end some ones life. "There was a puddle near the body." I say hoping there is evidence to prove that its not one of us. "Like the water in the cafeteria?" asked some one in a white dress and coat. "No it had some small bubbles in it." I said. "Like some sort of soda?" Lime asked. "Maybe" I say still not quite sure what what it was. "Any one could have gotten a soda from the cafeteria. We need to talk about our alibis to find who was alone because those are the suspects." Cyan tried to be logical. 

"Well me and Lemon found the body and we had been together since about 13:00" Blue states. "I was with Blackberry in navigation" The girl in the red hoodie, probably Cherry, says. "I was with Coconut and Lime in the upper engine." The girl with purple hair and black highlights said. "So that means me, Orange, Pink, and Green don't have alibis." Cyan said. 

"I can prove I'm not the murderer because I scanned in med bay, which has security to make sure only the crewmates use it. Coconut saw me." The strawberry blonde haired girl (Pink) hastily defended herself. "Yeah that's true." Coconut confirmed. "OK so Orange and Green are suspects." I say trying to make sure I under stood what was happening. "And Cyan." Corrected Green. "Um, so how do we know which one it is?" Cherry asked still looking at the table. "Lemon, is there any other evidence?" Blackberry asked in response. "The way he died was from three stab wounds in the back of the neck." I recalled. "I don't think that will help, but thanks. Is there any more?" Blackberry asked me. "No, that's all I saw, sorry." I respond. "It's fine, it's a lot more than I probably would have seen." Cyan said to me, then continued to every one. "We've narrowed it down to three people. We just need a little more evidence to find the suspect." "Hey Lemon could you describe the seen in detail, to see if we can find evidence in it?" Coconut asked me.

"I was going to scan my card in Admin, but when I got to the back of the table a saw Tamarind, dead. He was lying face down on the floor with three stab wounds on the back of his neck. Blood was pooling on the floor next to the wounds.

I saw Blue leave, he was going to go find everyone and figure out what happened and who did this. I looked around to find something that could help me find who did it. Near his feet by the oxygen tank there was some sort of liquid, that was clear like water but with slight bubbles. There was a whole puddle of it and a foot print facing the vents. There was a stack of cards on the table. I picked up the cards. The cards were everyone IDs and passcards, the ones that were there were Cherry Flowers', Blue Lavigne's, Green Bianchi's, Pink Yamamoto's, Orange Tremblay's, Blackberry Garcia's, Coconut Atkinson's, Purple Davis', Kiwi Wiliams', Cyan Nakamura's, and mine

Kiwi was the one who died. Limes was the only card not there" I say with every one just listing and trying to find evidence in my words. "The liquid led to the vents?" Purple asked. "Yes." I answered "Why". "So they could have gone though the vents" she said. "Okay but how dose that help?" Cyan asked. "I saw red fabric coming from one of the vents." Purple answered. "Are you saying it Cherry because she's the only one that wears red." Orange asked. "Well...kind of" Purple said. "But I would never do some thing like that" Cherry exclaimed. She looked up for a second, and showed that she had been crying for quite a while by the redness in her eyes and lines down her cheeks, probably sense she found out what happened. "Plus she has a alibi" I defended her. "We're getting no where" Blackberry said getting frustrated "lets just vote."

"We can't just vote to execute some one with out even knowing who the killer is for sure." Orange yelled in response. "I mean she might be right we don't have enough evidence to get any were." Cyan said "But that also means we don't have enough evidence to convict some one on. Maybe they won't even kill any one else. Lets not execute any one, at lest not unless we have the evidence to do so." "That makes sense, lets all just hope this doesn't happen again." Coconut said. 

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