[The Admin clears their throat loud enough to catch everyone's attention.] "It has come to my attention that the Engineer wishes to resign." [They turn to the Engineer, who is still sitting in his chair, playing on his Switch. They pull the red sword back to themselves and makes it hover over him, as well as summoning three more greatswords to do the same.] "You can always tell a Texan, but you can't tell 'em much." [With a snap of their fingers, the Engineer is impaled by all four swords at once.]
A plague has consumed the town, summoning Pestilence, Horseman of the Apocalypse!I'm not a clone, I'm pretty sure of that...
Hey how you doing well I'm doing just fine I lied I'm dying inside[After a moment, the Admin turns to Ikei.] "... I..." [They can't bring themselves to say their usual line about company policy.] "..."
A plague has consumed the town, summoning Pestilence, Horseman of the Apocalypse!"Yes, Taimurain Masutaa Ikei. You were the clone in Experiment #111387—Les Enfants Terribles. We were trying to clone the Timeline Master I told you about the other day. My... my godhead..." [The Admin collapses onto their knees.] "Is this... his revenge for this? I initially was against it. I was worried something like this would occur, divine retribution. But I was outvoted."
A plague has consumed the town, summoning Pestilence, Horseman of the Apocalypse!Caleb just...stands there. With a Thousand-Yard Stare. He collapses on his knees like the Admin.
"My...God..."
I can't say goodbye to yesterday…"..." [The Admin looks back at Engineer's corpse, a look of envy in their eyes... They shake their head. No. There's work to be done.]
A plague has consumed the town, summoning Pestilence, Horseman of the Apocalypse!"Why am I not crying. I want to cry, I need to cry, but the tears won't come."
A plague has consumed the town, summoning Pestilence, Horseman of the Apocalypse![The Admin slowly, s l o w l y gets back up.] "Well. This turn of events was completely unexpected." [They look in the direction of the staircase to the second floor, where the bathrooms are.] "I would kindly ask that you give Ikei some space to process this information. I didn't expect for him to not know he was the clone. I... I guess that explains why he didn't blurt it out as soon as I mentioned there was a clone."
"Now. For your awareness, you cannot assume guilt or innocence based on this information alone. As far as I'm aware, the two things are completely unrelated. This doesn't mean Ikei isn't the murderer, but I stress now more than ever not to jump to conclusions."
"The deadline remains October 18th, 11:00AM EST." [The Admin shuffles over to Caleb and crouches next to him.] "Now, if you don't mind me asking... Who's Ophelia?"
A plague has consumed the town, summoning Pestilence, Horseman of the Apocalypse!"I see... I would love to meet her someday."
A plague has consumed the town, summoning Pestilence, Horseman of the Apocalypse!Ikei's still in the bathroom, washing his face in the sink.
He can hear the conversation still going outside. Apparently everyone's sad, now.
He looks at his own reflection in the mirror. A muscular teenage boy with dark hair and glasses looks back. Experiment #111387. Just a clone of someone much better and more powerful. Not even the only clone.
Not even a successful clone. He remembers what he saw in the file. "RESULT: FAILURE."
Something breaks in him. He clutches the sink with a tight grip, until he can't take it anymore.
[punch the mirror]
Edited by MadameButterflyKnife on Oct 16th 2020 at 3:29:46 PM
and the public won't dwell on my transmission cause it wasn't televised."You don't?" [The Admin visibly deflates.] "You're not from our time... I doubt she's alive if she's been missing for that long... I... I'm so sorry..."
[The sound of something glass shattering can be heard from the upstairs.]
A plague has consumed the town, summoning Pestilence, Horseman of the Apocalypse!

"Look. Here's what happened between me and Awe. Remember when he stabbed himself yesterday and I had to drag him to the table. I noticed we kinda looked alike. And I guess he noticed it too, because he proceeded to call me by his name and it was weird and I was confused and apparently we're connected? I don't know, okay? I don't know anything about him! I'm just some dumbass who grew up in a lab with my parent and, and I was finding out I had weird powers and I ran away and oh shit oh shit oh shit!"
Ikei pauses for a bit. And he's silent, tears welling up in his eyes. And he turns to the Admin. "Oh shit. Am...am I the clone?"
and the public won't dwell on my transmission cause it wasn't televised.