I look at the admin table, taking note of how many people are where.
2 in Cafeteria.
2 in Navigation.
1 in Lower Engine.
1 in Med Bay.
1 in Admin.
1 in Storage.
I step outside of admin to see who's in Cafeteria.Sykkuno and Myth. I turn and spot Yellow in Storage.
"Hey." Yellow says, spotting me. "Hey." I say back, walking back into admin. Everything was the same, except the two in Navigation aren't there anymore. I wait for admin to show where they were.
1 in Comms.
1 in O2.
I walk back out and start to head to Security, waving to Myth and Sykkuno as I pass them and they wave back. I glance into Med Bay and see Lime doing their med scan. After a bit of walking, I make it to Security and check the cameras, first checking the one right outside of Med Bay. I see Lime walking out and going right. I then check the hallway near Navigation and don't see anyone. I check the last two cameras. Yellow went into admin. No movement in the last camera.
Who could be the puppeteer? I narrow it down. It can't be Sykkuno or Myth, they were targets for it. Can't be Fuslie or Corpse either. That just leaves... half the crew. It could be Lily, Valkyrae, Red, Lime, or Yellow. I search up facts about puppeteers.
1. They can usually only control for short periods of time, at most an hour at once. That's good. Nobody will stay controlled for too long.
2. They can talk to the person they are controlling in a way so only that person hears it. I'll have to ask Myth and Sykkuno if they had been talked to.
3. Their goal is to survive. That means this Puppeteer might be working with an imposter..
4. They can send a thing called phantom pain to the person they are controlling, however it doesn't actually hurt them. Maybe the Puppeteer did something like that.
5. Sending phantom pain and controlling the person, especially if there is resistance to the control, can exhaust the puppeteer quickly, causing a loss of control. Well, that's good info.
I head out of Security, keeping the facts I learned in mind as I walk to Cafeteria to ask Myth and Sykkuno about it. I walk past Med Bay again and into Cafeteria, where Myth and Sykkuno are still talking.
"I found some facts about puppeteers." I say, catching their attention.
"What did you find out?"
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The Puppeteer
FanfictionSection 1. A Puppeteer has started wearing havoc, using their ability to control people on the Skeld and make them shoot themselves with a gun that seems to appear out of nowhere. Will the crew find out who is doing this and why? Section 2. The Pupp...
