Something A Little More Creepy Or Scary🫣, I’m Thinking Imposter Syndrome??

something a little more creepy or scary🫣, i’m thinking imposter syndrome??

Omg an Imposter Syndrome reference in 2024…

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Once upon a time, Roier thought he was the last living member of his species. The Federation wiped everyone on his planet out; Roier and his brother escaped with their lives, but Doied didn’t make it past an emergency medical checkpoint on their way to Earth.

Now, Roier is on a Federation ship heading towards yet another planet they’re planning on colonizing. He’s been sabotaging their missions for years, ever since he was old enough to serve on a ship, and this mission is no exception.

But:

Cellbit flinches as his jaw splits in half for the millionth time in the past half hour. He forces it shut with his hands and mutters an apology in a language that Roier can barely remember.

Roier just sighs and smiles and reaches across the table to pat Cellbit’s hand.

“It’s just us, gatinho,” he assured him. “Don’t worry, okay?”

Cellbit nods, but he doesn’t look convinced, and Roier wants someone dead.

Once upon a time, Roier thought he was alone. But now he has Cellbit, and he’s going to make sure that he gets to keep Cellbit.

In front of them is a small dinner set up in Cellbit’s cabin. There’s wine, of course, and there is a severed head. Its eyeballs are in their individual wine glasses, one each, like olives in martinis.

Roier thinks his name was Tubbo. Maybe. Doesn’t matter now. He tastes good, and Cellbit smiled biting into his kidney, and that’s all Roier cares about.

The crew is going to find Tubbo’s (headless) skeleton and what remains of his muscles soon enough. His suit, too, as bloodstained and ripped as it is. They were messy, but… so what? Roier left one of Tina’s earrings at the scene, and he can give Cellbit an alibi.

Quietly, Cellbit says, “We have an alibi.”

Roier nods.

“We were having sex,” Cellbit continues.

Roier laughs so hard his face splits and his tentacle comes tumbling out of his “mouth”. Once, Cellbit turned red at the thought. Now, Roier knows that he’s as asexual as they come, so Cellbit can make all the inappropriate jokes he wants, and it’ll always be funny.

Cellbit smiles too wide, waaay too wide, and Roier doesn’t think he’s ever seen a more beautiful man in his life. He never wants to stop seeing this smile. He’ll kill anyone who tries taking it away from him.

That is a guarantee.