Challenges (A microfic collection)
Third impostor
by ♫Dex
October 5th, 2020
Prompt: "Missing"
Third impostor
"Hi, Amy. Have you seen Kate recently ?"
"Hey, Julie." I said to the screen. "Erm. This morning, but just in passing."
"Damn." Julie sounded annoyed. "We're supposed to work on our project, but nobody has seen her today. Except you."
"Sounds kind of sus, Amy." A voice called out - Nina, my roommate, could apparently hear us.
A moment passed.
Then Julie and I both burst out laughing.
Julie shouted playfully. "Nina, you're just as sus."
Then, casually, she continued. "Anyways, if you hear from her, call me. Alright ?"
"Sure. Catch you later !"
I ended the call, and walked into Nina's bedroom.
"So, after apologizing about third impostoring all night yesterday except when I was impostor, Kate will have to apologize to Julie too."
"I mean, sure." said Nina, still browsing her phone. "She should be done shortly anyways."
In front of her, with a blank stare and headphones over her ears, Kate was kneeling. Her hand kept rubbing between her legs, with a rhythm only her could hear.
"Though I was thinking, Nina. This works next time we're impostors, but what happens if it's just one of us ?"
"I'm glad you asked." Nina grinned, turning her phone towards my eyes.
Notes:
Okay, so kind of a stretch for the prompt. Somewhat. Technically somebody is missing, I guess. But the whole point of this short was simply to place "sus" in it :P
Overall, I think it managed to become something after all. It's not the best answer I've ever written, the missing paragraphs actually feel like they're missing, and there's definitely a few places where a few words were cut out because of the word limit. But it works, it conveys the idea nicely, and I think it's a fun idea :)
Inspirations are mostly from HypnoticHarlequin's extensive catalog (as always with hypnotic games), and more specifically Sleeper Suit.