tell me about the dream where we pull the bodies out of the lake

IT WAS SO SUPER GOOD. I GOTTA LINK IT HERE AGAIN.

I can IMAGINE how stressed the Polus crew is. Purple has not missed a check-in with corporate ONCE. There was a time they caught some nasty flu and they still took their call in bed. It's that serious.

But the clock keeps ticking, and Gray has looked into every corner of the compound, especially the places Purple usually ends up falling asleep in bcos that idiot never knows when to take it easy, and still nothing.

So Rosie has to take the call from corporate.

They expect the head of Research and Development. Or the overseer of Colony Management. Who does Purple report to anyway?

And it's Pink.

Pink smiling pleasantly as the screen boots up, who knew Chief Executive Pink could smile, the corners of their sharp, smooth mouth tipped upwards.

Then they frown.

"#ECC0D3." The Chief Executive says and Rose instantly stands to attention. "Where is your Commander?"

"A-About that..." Rose peers around them, but the rest of the crew are just as breathless. "We can't find them, Chief Executive."

"You... can't find them?"

"We've looked everywhere." Gray joins in. "They weren't in their office, and none of the—"

"Mark Commander #3B177C as AWOL." Pink orders, pressing a button on their desk. "Consider them rogue and to be apprehended at all costs."

"There was blood." Teal steps forward. "In their office, Chief Executive."

Pink looks at them. Then releases the button.

"The Polus Research Outpost is currently under no legitimate leadership recognized by MIRA and its affiliates." Pink continues. "Until your Commander has been recovered, the Polus Research Outpost is to be on mandatory lockdown, effective immediately."

"Lockdown?"

"You can't be serious."

"How are we going to—"

"HQ will be taking over Commander #3B177C's disappearance." Pink waves a hand. "End transmission."

I am also living for Maggie and Orchid as siblings. <3

I feel bad for answering this after the last Asks. XD

Bcos, uhm, yeah! The siblings sure are sibling-ing all right. I didn't mean for Maggie and Orchid to be doomed siblings but here we are. XD

I'm happy you think so, Anon! Idk, there's something so fascinating about the relationship dynamics between Purple and Pink. I think Pink would never get bored of Purple. While Purple is dissociating half of the time.

And they do try to keep their friction between them, but it still bleeds into their children. Pink loves Maggie and Orchid, but in such a conditional, specific way. You remind me of your carrier. There are different pressures with Maggie and Orchid, bcos both of them need to perform their roles to keep their progenitor happy, their carrier calm, and their family stable. And they don't tell each other any of this.

Bcos for Maggie, Orchid is their darling baby sibling untouched by the cruelties of the world, something Maggie has to protect.

I do think they would. But it's your family. A lot of the mess in it feels... normal?

Maggie would have a harder time accepting it. This is their loving Baba, who took them in when their real sire abandoned them. Baba loves their Mimi, even if the love goes sideways sometimes. Doesn't the love matter?

I think they're subtle traits that Orchid tries to suppress and Pink helps them control, i.e. through gaslighting.

Like, Orchid has a pretty big appetite for such a little sprout. They used to be a hellion when they were a toddler, breaking their toys in adorable fits of rage. Purple worried it was their temper Orchid got it from.

They're territorial. They like their room a certain way, so the maids and servants rarely go in to clean it. Orchid's an organized child anyway, and the staff actually praise it, that Orchid is more spoiled sweet than rotten. They have to suppress a lot of the upset they feel about their parents being busy and far, since their parents are the closest thing to what Orchid can call theirs.

They require a lot of affection, which Purple doles out plenty when they're on base planet, but when Purple isn't around, they nest with their plushies and pillows bcos Pink isn't a physically affectionate parent.

One time, Orchid asked Pink it something was wrong with them.

"Oh, precious." Pink puts their child on their knee, brushing their hair out of their face. "You're perfect."

And their progenitor never elaborated on that.

I do think, there was. An incident. Where Orchid's growing predatory instincts got the best of them. They're a lonely child in a big house and their carrier is nowhere, I want Ampa, why can't we go to them, I want them here—

I think they kill something. A rat or a squirrel or the lovely dogmate their progenitor gifted them to keep them from being so, so alone.

And Pink gently pries their child's jaw open.

they might like silkie chickens..

i think it's really cute when purple goes hi sweetie! to their animals you can feel the love

THEY'RE SO FREAKING CUTE ABOUT IT. HI, SWEETIE. HI, BABY.

They really would like silkie chickens. Maybe Alectryon is a silkie chicken! I like the color of the meat, too, it's all blue-violet and pretty.

SEE, YOU SEE THE VISION. Bcos I do think Red has some unprocessed feelings about that! Babies are supposed to keep you TOGETHER. If Red knew, they'd have done the RIGHT thing, like THEIR sire did. Marriage, mortgage, the whole nine yards. (They'd do it RIGHT. They'd do it better.)

But PURPLE, like ALWAYS, never gave them the CHANCE.

(Their sprout looks at them like they're a stranger.)

I really want their messy attempts at coparenting. Red probably has to pay child support. They pay nearly double the amount. They'd want more custody, but since Red is the working parent with a demanding job, Purple has primary custody.

They make sure their child is materially taken care of, but the emotional connection with Maggie is... hard. They lose so much time. They get holidays and the two weeks between flights, Purple lets Maggie stay with Red. Their sprout keeps getting bigger and Red has no idea how.

For Maggie's birthday, Red throws them a big Crew Bears party. Maggie is... appreciative.

"Thanks, Baba." Maggie hugs them. "But I haven't liked Crew Bears since I was 8. I'm more into true crime now."

https://youtu.be/ktkr76jzJis?is=Cxvt8EBOutgXkOUB

I don’t think it was conscious, nor the only inspiration, but I think it’s funny how this video stuck with me.

Putting the link here, too!

And yes, I love sexual evolution. Summary, but the "sires" of a species often want to produce as many offspring as possible, but the carriers of a species usually have a limited capacity to produce. So the sires maximize their mating prospects, while the carriers are more selective with their partners. Which puts them at odds with one another. That's how you get funky sexual evolution traits, like dragonflies with shovel-like penises.

You all are evil. Instead of silly pirate shenanigans, you want poor, poor Purple getting KIDNAPPED.

Maybe Pink is a general for the MIRA naval forces. They'd probably know of mercrews. If the government has any uses for them, or if Pink is just interested in this one specific mercrew. I can imagine Red being terrified of encountering Pink at all, bcos Pink can demolish the Skeld. Or if Pink used to be Red's commanding officer when they were in the Navy, before defecting and becoming a pirate.

They really do. It shouldn't make sense, bcos these feelings aren't theirs, not completely. But there's so much apathy and repressed emotion in Impostor Purple, that the grief and anger about Red is the only thing they can feel clearly. So much of Purple was formed from their experiences with Red, ofc that's the only thing this shell of Purple has to hang onto.

Green had the evidences this time. As an intern with work load so big it make them run around the ship multiple times a day, they began to notice how Purple changed their tastebud. How purple began to be near storage more, near the ore+ that they discovered to be alien eggs and yada yada. And also how they had let multiple crews die on their watch. And they were actually BELIEVING that Red would believe them and vote Purple out, because they genuinely looked up to Red as a mentor and captain (despite Red being the biggest chud loser ever).

And Purple were at a disadvantage because they had no way to disprove Green's evidence.

But right as Red were about to give their vote, "Purple" use the same expression as when they were begging Red not to sign the NDA. They began to dangle the illusion of their forgiveness. Used the scraps of their memories of the time the real Purple spent with Red to nostalgic bait the captain. And then ever so innocently, they started guilt tripping the captain, reminding Red all the mistakes that they made. And dropped the final bomb: despite all their mistakes, "Purple" still believe that Red could change. And they could live and be happy together...

If they vote Green out.

And Red, driven by guilt and all their feelings towards Purple, voted for Green. And right as Green was begging Red to reconsider, "Purple" shifted into their full alien form and killed Green right in front of Red. It was quick, but Green's remains scattered everywhere, and even on Red's face, like a reminder for the captain that yet another innocent life had perished right under their nose.

I LOVE YOU, MANIPULATIVE PURPLE.

God, can I gush about that final voting? Bcos it really was just. So good. Red having to put their trust in Purple into action. Purple admitting they don't have evidence like Greem, but Red, if our friendship ever meant anything to you, now is the time to prove it.

For that genuine moment of self-reflection and humility, to be taken advantage of, bcos the thing pretending to be Red's Purple knew just enough to know how badly Red wanted this. A chance to do right by Purple.

And it ends with a kid dead.

The thing is, Purple really could have just killed them both. But I do like the interpretation that since Crewmates are social creatures and the Impostors who take them over assimilate and mimic most Crewmate behaviors, they prioritize getting along with others over their killing instincts. And the game makes it more satisfying.

Hide and seek series with Imp!Red! 2nd one has Cameracap

- Curiosity Anon

THANK YOU, CURIOSITY ANON.

Putting the link here for everyone, too~

When they bring food back to their nest for the crew, they pay attention to what foods the crew likes and dislikes and tries to bring more foods that they like. They like to give little gifts of random things they find to show appreciation for "accepting" them as a mate. If any of them get overly anxious from being trapped wherever they've been put, Orange will let them out to go on walks while staying close by to make sure they don't leave or get attacked. If any of them get hurt, whether it was from some sort of predator, an accident, or Orange themself, Orange practically smothers them with affection and care until they get better.

None of the crewmates are particularly happy about being threatened/forced/pressured into being mates with a couple of aliens who could easily kill all of them, but at least Orange is trying to take care of them outside of doing the bare minimum of keeping them alive. They're certainly doing a better job than Green, who's repeatedly fumbling their attempts at impressing/flirting with Purple and Red.

I love how this just sounds like Orange being a kinda responsible pet owner. XD

But yeah, Orange is at least more attentive to what Crewmates need, psychoemotionally, and not just physically.

Maggie would just BLURT stuff out with no warning or filter. They'd be like, "You're really tall- it's weird. You must hit your head a lot of things, don't you?"

Or they'd demand to try and braid their hair- "Lift me up! I'm gonna make you look not so freaky! Orchid, come help!"

Just saying things that other mira employees wouldn't even dream of saying in Pink's presence.

But Pink just smiles down at them, completely enamoured by this little kid that is the image of Purple in such an innocent, pure way, unbothered by who Pink is, and just smiles and entertains Maggie however they can, because they're finding that they particularly like the way they beam up at them afterwards

(Dw, Anon, your first message went through, I'll answer this one instead!)

I KNOW. THEY'RE SO SWEET TOGETHER.

Yeah, Maggie's just as blunt as their carrier, but they don't have that concept of Pink as someone to fear? Even Purple is wary of Pink, but to Maggie, this is just their other parent. Who indulges in their whims bcos Maggie is too much like their carrier not to be doted on.

Maggie leaves. Stickers, on Pink's briefcase. There are fish barettes in Pink's hair. They have matching nails. Purple is increasingly freaked out.

"You know you can just tell them no, right?" While Pink retells The Little MerCrew one more time for Maggie bcos they don't go to sleep until Pink's read it at least six times.

"And why ever would I do that?"

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Among Us (Video Game), Among Us (Cartoon 2026) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Purple/Red (Among Us), Purple/Red (Among Us Cartoon 2026) Characters: Purple (Among Us), Purple (Among Us Cartoon 2026), Red (Among Us), Red (Among Us Cartoon 2026) Additional Tags: Inspired by Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons, Alternate Universe - Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons, Alternate Universe - Farm/Ranch, Moving On, Catharsis, what if i was the only one left holding on, i can only let things go one finger at a time, but it takes only one finger to lose your grip, Starting Over, Yearning, Red is Still in Love with Purple (Among Us Cartoon 2026), Humanoid Crewmates - Among Us Summary:

"Oh." Purple says. "It's you."

"Hey, Purps." Red puts a hand up. They must have snagged on something on the way here, the rip of their uniform sleeve exposing their elbow. There's mud on the white of their gloves.

"Working hard," Red tries to take a step, but the tacky wet bog of the ground almost takes their shoe first. "Or hardly working?"