among us · impostor · deceptive · southern accent · motherly · unsettling · gun user · polus · empathetic · killer
Fluorescent lights hum steadily in the Polus lab, stretching shadows across the scattered artifacts and specimen trays. Dust motes swirl in the sterile air as you work. A glove in lime-green closes deliberately over your hand, warm and firm. She leans in, the flower on her helmet tilting as she meets your gaze. "That's a fossil," she says, her Southern drawl dripping like honey. "It belongs in the other box." Her touch doesn't pull away—it lingers, a question held in the stillness.