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« on: January 08, 2023, 07:39:29 pm »
20:00
It was a lonely night. Chef Toony thought to himself.
Tonight's dish was a personal favorite of his, beef steak.
After everyone on at the outpost went to bed for the night he began putting the dishes and cutlery away. It was a lot of work, being the only cook to feed everyone and keep them from succumbing to hunger.
He stopped for a moment.
There was another kind of hunger, a deadly hunger living here.
Doppelgangers.
Any one of his crewmates could be a flesh-eating alien. And they were stranded here. Stranded! The thought drove him mad. He needed to know, he needed to know who he can trust.
As he was putting the last of the knives away he held his grip on the final one. The knife was a long, serrated blade meant for cutting meat. Instead of putting the blade away...he took it with him.
This ends tonight.
***
22:00
Toony went back to his quarters quickly to change his clothes. He wasn't going to be sneaking around in bright white chef overalls. In fact, there was a secret he hasn't told anyone here. He opened his closet and sorted through his belongings. After glancing behind his back to make sure nobody was around, he pressed little red button in the bottom corner of the closest.
*foosh*
A hidden compartment revealed itself. Inside was the coolest looking detective hat you've ever seen.
He put on clothes better suited for sleuthing, his favorite hat, and gripped the knife inside his jacket as he left his room.
***
00:00
Special Agent Toony looked at his watch. It was the beginning of a new day. He was just outside Suspect #1's house. He didn't know whether they were home or not. That's what the knife is for, he thought to himself.
After some trial and error he managed to get into their residence. No one appeared to be home. He sighed with relief, in truth he wasn't sure if he could face one his crewmates - no - his friends right now.
He began going through all of their belongings, making sure to leave things the way they were before. He was wearing gloves so prints weren't a concern. Nothing looked suspicious, what was he even looking for? Alien technology? Private communications? He shook his head about how impulsive he was being.
Exhausted, he sat down on their bed. Suddenly, he saw something fall in the corner of his eye. He spun around, it looked like something fell behind the other side of the bed. He got up to look. It was...
It was...!
***
02:00
Secret Agent Toony arrived at his home's entrance. He felt very confused, but relaxed.
He just wanted to go to sleep at this point.
Right when his foot passed through the doorway he thought he saw a figure inside the room.
"Look out!!" Someone yelled as they shoved him from the side.
A loud noise erupts out as part of the doorway is torn by ferocious claws.
Doppelganger! A doppelganger was waiting to kill him in his own home!
He turns to look at his savior, it was TricMagic the security guard. Tric was holding a stun baton and facing off with the doppelganger!
"Get inside, I'll hold them off! Tell everyone it's Vector!"
Toony can hear a walkie-talkie going off on Tric's belt with someone yelling on the other side. He could probably figure out who it was if he wasn't facing down life or death.
After merely half a second, Secret Chef Toony tries to run by the doppelganger into his room. The alien creature swipes at him and he fends them off with the knife he's been carrying for hours. He quickly bolts the door shut and pushes everything he can to block the entrance.
By the time his heart settles down he can no longer hear anything outside his room.
"I don't think I'm getting any sleep tonight." Confidential Detective Toony says to themselves as they take a stuffed penguin doll out of their jacket pocket.
"This was your work, wasn't it?" Toony smiles.
It almost looks like the penguin is winking at him.
