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Green was tasked with cleaning up storage. The whole place had been a mess after the asteroid incident. It was a big job, especially for their very first task aboard the ship. But they were happy to do it ! It was great to be trusted with such an important job. They were alone in there. In that very large room. The storage is very eerie when it's so empty. They spotted a loose Ore, which was lying on the floor next to the large crates.
"Whoops ! Missed one." They walked over to pick it up. It had cracked in half. They took a moment to examine it. "Huh.. weird." It was hollow, and the core was smooth. Upon running their thumb down the inside, they also realized it was slimy. Yuck !
They tossed it inside the crate with little thought, and turned around to start sweeping.
Something moved behind them. They heard it.
"Hello .. ?" Their voice echoed through the large room. "Anybody there ?"
Nothing.
Suddenly, something dropped directly down on them from the ceiling. For a moment, all they felt was terrible, terrible pain. But it was over so fast.
And on top of them, stood their own body. A gross, revolting creature of some sort wiggled itself inside. Green shimmied themself away, still on the floor. What just .. happened ? Their body dusted itself off and made sure it was presentable. Then it walked off.
Green had been left there confused and horrified. They simply sat in storage for a long time, trying to decipher what even just happened to them.
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White and Green had talked earlier that day. In fact, they'd been together most the day. After the whole near death experience they had when the ship gained a new hole, they split up for awhile. White had been on their way to the cafeteria, where everyone else was meeting up for the party Orange insisted on having to celebrate the fact they didn't meet their demise.
They were just about to enter storage, when the doors opened prematurely.
Green stood before them. Something was .. different. White didn't catch the difference, though, as they were never the observant type.
"Oh, hey Green ! Just on my way to the cafeteria. You uhh .. coming with ?" White had suddenly realized it was kind of odd that Green wasn't heading to the cafeteria. Instead, Green seemed to be walking away from it. "Or do you have intern stuff to do ?"
"Oh, right, intern stuff ! Yeah, Orange wanted me to go do a task this way." Green takes a step closer to White, and the storage doors automatically shut behind them. "I think you can help me with my task, actually !"
"Er, no thanks. I'm on vacation, I'm not here to do tasks. " White slipped past Green, and the storage doors opened automatically again to let them in. "Weeelppp, I'll be on my merry way then !"
Green turned their head to face White. The jolly demeanor vanished suddenly. They were trying to make quick work of this now. "Actually, I don't think you'll be going anywhere."
It happened far too fast for White to even process. Green's form shifted, they became larger, and lunged at White. They could taste the blood rushing into their throat. They gagged, and coughed some up. They crumpled to the floor. Green exited without another word.
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It had been a couple minutes. White had been laying down on the floor in pain for awhile, but they weren't dead. This was no way to die, certainly. After some struggle, they had managed to haul themself up. They stumbled through the skeld, their goal being to reach the cafeteria.
The cafeteria doors opened. White stood in front of the whole crew. They attempted to say something, but all that came out was a gross gurgle. Their eyes landed on Green, who stood there among the crew innocently.
They raised their hand to try and point at Green. The struggle to the cafeteria had already weakened White, and they were no longer able to go on. They fell forward with a gush of blood. Everyone in the cafeteria erupts into screams.