Imposter [Part 20]
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esp_dragonv2Fandom: Noblesse
Summary: Em has suspicion cast against him. He has a surprising defender.
Notes: Among Us AU! :D
Rating: PG
Genre: Sci-fi
Word count: 466
Total word count: 17,008
Status: Work in progress
"Now, I don't think I saw Em in a while," Yuri said as he pushed his glasses up his nose, "though I'm sure I saw he was heading for storage the last time I did."
Tao raised his hand. "It can't have been Em."
Yuri's eyebrows rose, but he smiled at Tao. "Oh? And why not? Did you see Em recently?"
He nodded. "Yep. He was in admin-" He jerked his thumb over his shoulder towards the room. "-trying to get the reader ta recognise his card."
It was a little sad, seeing Em trying to do it over and over again, the card reader refusing to read his card as he overcorrected each time. Tao would have thought Em had been given a faulty card, or he had an imposter ID card or something, but Tao had seen how much trouble others had had with similar tasks.
"Stupid fucking machine," Em hissed under his breath, glaring at the table. He paused, then frowned, looking up at Tao. "You weren't there."
Tao laughed softly at that, waving a hand in the air. "I was in security; I saw you from there."
But clearly he was going to have to expand his network even more. It was still bare bones and had a lot of blind spots he needed to cover if he hadn't seen who killed Turquoise.
* * *
Tao blew air out threw his teeth after he'd thrown himself onto bed. "That was weird."
"Mm?" Takeo said, sitting down next to him.
"I defended Em!" It was only after everyone had cast their vote that Tao realised what he'd done without thinking. Em hadn't been spaced and Tao guessed it must have been because of him chiming in. And of course Muzaka wasn't voting against anyone, because he knew who the imposters were, but usually imposters tried to throw suspicion onto someone else than not vote.
"You did see Em on the cameras," Takeo said, brushing his hair out.
Tao nodded. "Yeah, but... I know Em's an imposter." It would be best if they spaced him as fast as possible to make sure he didn't kill again. ...Or whatever they did to kill someone here, since no-one had been voted against yet. Did they launch them into space? Something else? "I just wanna do this right, ya know?" He had his suspicions and he was pretty sure he was right, but he wanted absolute proof first.
Takeo smiled at him. "That's what we're being tested here for, yes."
Tao snickered, grabbing a pillow and threw it at Takeo's head.
Yeah, that was true. When they got out of the test, they were meant to do this for real, and jumping at shadows and throwing accusations around would just get their crewmates killed one way or another.
Summary: Em has suspicion cast against him. He has a surprising defender.
Notes: Among Us AU! :D
Rating: PG
Genre: Sci-fi
Word count: 466
Total word count: 17,008
Status: Work in progress
"Now, I don't think I saw Em in a while," Yuri said as he pushed his glasses up his nose, "though I'm sure I saw he was heading for storage the last time I did."
Tao raised his hand. "It can't have been Em."
Yuri's eyebrows rose, but he smiled at Tao. "Oh? And why not? Did you see Em recently?"
He nodded. "Yep. He was in admin-" He jerked his thumb over his shoulder towards the room. "-trying to get the reader ta recognise his card."
It was a little sad, seeing Em trying to do it over and over again, the card reader refusing to read his card as he overcorrected each time. Tao would have thought Em had been given a faulty card, or he had an imposter ID card or something, but Tao had seen how much trouble others had had with similar tasks.
"Stupid fucking machine," Em hissed under his breath, glaring at the table. He paused, then frowned, looking up at Tao. "You weren't there."
Tao laughed softly at that, waving a hand in the air. "I was in security; I saw you from there."
But clearly he was going to have to expand his network even more. It was still bare bones and had a lot of blind spots he needed to cover if he hadn't seen who killed Turquoise.
Tao blew air out threw his teeth after he'd thrown himself onto bed. "That was weird."
"Mm?" Takeo said, sitting down next to him.
"I defended Em!" It was only after everyone had cast their vote that Tao realised what he'd done without thinking. Em hadn't been spaced and Tao guessed it must have been because of him chiming in. And of course Muzaka wasn't voting against anyone, because he knew who the imposters were, but usually imposters tried to throw suspicion onto someone else than not vote.
"You did see Em on the cameras," Takeo said, brushing his hair out.
Tao nodded. "Yeah, but... I know Em's an imposter." It would be best if they spaced him as fast as possible to make sure he didn't kill again. ...Or whatever they did to kill someone here, since no-one had been voted against yet. Did they launch them into space? Something else? "I just wanna do this right, ya know?" He had his suspicions and he was pretty sure he was right, but he wanted absolute proof first.
Takeo smiled at him. "That's what we're being tested here for, yes."
Tao snickered, grabbing a pillow and threw it at Takeo's head.
Yeah, that was true. When they got out of the test, they were meant to do this for real, and jumping at shadows and throwing accusations around would just get their crewmates killed one way or another.