1Chapter 9: An Official Fazbear Welcome! Part 2
Mitchell heads down the hallway and briefly stops to carefully look into the Security Office, there was another doorway leading out across the room. Inside the office there was a wide open vent in the middle of the ceiling with no vent grate, there was also a garbage chute right above the computer monitor, it was left open revealing that it was actually a vent big enough for a large human to crawl through. Not a garbage chute like Mitchell thought, but if the vent was closed it could pass as one, at least until someone pulls the bottom hinged trash chute door down to reveal the vent hiding inside.
Mitchell takes all that information in silently before turning to the closed door at the end of the hallway, remembering Nessa's instructions, he leaves the security office after taking a brief glance at the monitors. Nothing unusual.
Mitchell knocks on the door to the managers office, balancing on the soles of his feet impatiently. Only a few seconds later someone slams the door open, "Nessa! What have I told you about - Oh! You must be Mitchell! For a second I thought you were Nessa. Come on in, make yourself at home."Mr Mills exclaims, first mad but then surprisingly kind after realizing who was at the door.
Mitchell blinks before quietly answering, "Uh, hi Mr. Mills. Thanks for having me at such short notice..."he mutters shyly, looking at the ground.
Mr. Mills chuckles as he ushers Mitchell into the charming room, "Sit down! Sit down! And none of that, son. Please just call me Logan."Logan says warmly as Mitchell sits down in front of the desk, Logan sits down across from him before taking out a packet of papers from the inside of the desk.
"Sure, Logan." Mitchell says slowly with a shy smile, testing out the name. Logan chuckles before sliding the papers in his hands across the desk, Mitchell picks up the first paper in the pile, reaching over the desk to grab a pencil. "Uh, just fill this out right?"
Logan nods, "Take your time, son."
Mitchell smiles before carefully looking the paper over, it was reasonably simple and frankly a bit short. Mitchell reads it to himself slowly.
"Welcome to the Freddy Fazbear Family, new employee!
As a new employee and part of the Fazbear Family, there are a few benifits to working here, all pizza is on the house and all recommedations will be throughly considered, there are other benifits as well that will be addressed later on.
Here are some things you should come to expect from working here!
First though, lets fill out your job description..."
Reading it carefully to himself, Mitchell nods. 'Seems pretty simple.' Below that paragraph of text was the date and the name of his potential employer and below that was some standard questions that he quickly filled out, from his name to his date of birth and personal contact information and current residence. Going down to the next paragraph of text, he reads out his job description.
"Night Security Guard
-Job duties and responsibilities-
1) Answer alarms, investigate disturbances and check doors and windows, make sure the front door is locked and the windows closed before and after entering and leaving the building
2) Write reports of daily activities irregularities like equipment or property damage, theft, presence of unauthorized persons, or unusual occurrences
3) Call the police or fire department in the case of an emergency, like fire or presence of unauthorized personal
4) Check cameras, circulate building and watch over and keep mechanical animatronic devices in their proper placements
5) Answer telephone calls to take messages, answer questions, and also provide information during non-business hours or when switchboard is closed
6) Warn persons of rule infractions or violations, and also apprehend or evict violators from premises, using force when necessary
7) Operate detecting devices to screen individuals and prevent passage of prohibited articles into restricted areas
8) Escort or drive motor vehicle to transport employees to specified locations or to provide personal protection in the instance of a threat
9) Inspect as well as adjust security systems, equipment, or machinery to make sure operational use to detect evidence of tampering
10) Monitor and adjust controls that regulate building systems, like air conditioning, furnace, or boiler"
Mitchell hums before looking over to the text beneath it, there was a tiny box right next to it.
"Robotic Animatronic devices are left wandering the building from 12 AM to 6 AM in"free-roam"mode to prevent their servos from locking up during the day, do you agree to protect and watch over said animatronic devices and keep them out of the office? _"
Mitchell checks off the box.
Mitchell continues reading, carefully looking over the remaining information. He'll be working from 12 AM to 6 AM from Monday to Friday; he'll be getting $253 a week as well, which wasn't that bad.
"-Special details-
Do you agree with being required to work the nightshift for a total of 30 hours (5 nights) before being able to quit or be transferred over to the day shift? You may be fired during this time if your employer demands it. _
Confidentiality clause:
Any and all information gathered here inside the Fazbear's Pizzeria & Party World building shall not be disclosed to any other person or agency excluding the manager and Fazbear buisness executives, nothing seen or witnessed in the building is allowed to be relayed to any other sources unless and only if in the case of property damage, stolen property, unauthorized personal and missing persons_"
He promptly checks off the remaining boxes before reluctantly signing his name at the bottom. He passes the first paper over to the manager before properly looking over the other pages, deeming them unimportant, he sets them back down at the table and glances over at the manager, waiting nervously for him to be done looking over all the information Mitchell wrote down.
After a few more seconds of fidgeting, Logan looks back up and gestures at the door, "Your hired, be back tomorrow night at 11:50, son. Don't be late and take the other papers with you."Mitchell blinks at the strangely rude behavior, somewhat startled but keeps quiet, he leaves the room, taking the other papers with the useless information with him.
Just as he tentatively reaches the door, the manager speaks up once again, "Oh! And ask Nessa to properly introduce you to the animatronic characters sometime before your first shift, doesn't matter when.", Mitchell looks back at him and nods, before muttering,"Yes, sir." before fleeing the room, shutting the door quietly behind him.
Mitchell sighs before leaving the hallway, reluctantly passing the animatronics on the elevated stage as he continues to the front door; Nessa was sitting at the waiting desk, eagerly reading a comic book. For an older woman she looked remarkably young, Mitchell thought so at least, "Hey, boss told me that you'd introduce me to the animatronics and show me around a bit?"he speaks up quietly.
Nessa startles at the noise and looks up at him before putting away her book and standing up, "Yeah, you've probably already seen the robots on stage right? Theres a few others around too. Follow me."she says as she takes Mitchell back to the stage room, stopping in front of the stage, she smiles up at the animatronics looking down at her.
"This is Bonnie, Freddy and Chica, left to right. Their apart of the original Showtime lineup of animatronics. Before them, there was the springlock lineup which prematurely ended in the 50s and 60s. We don't have the springlock ones but we do have the Toys and Funtime lineups."Nessa explains fondly, the animatronics she introduced from the left side of the stage to the right were as follows: Bonnie, a robotic purple bunny with red eyes, Freddy, a robotic brown bear with blue eyes and a top hat, and then finally, Chica the chicken, a robotic yellow chick with purple eyes and a bib saying 'Lets Eat!'.
They seemed newly cleaned but they were old, it was obvious that they came from the 90s, despite the considerable improvements and new plush suits they were given. They just gave off the aura of being 'old; it was hard for Mitchell to explain.
"They look nice." Mitchell admits softly, the animatronics looked soft and friendly, and yeah, there was an overall unsettling aura around them but they did look nice. Mitchell was willing to overlook the unsettling feeling crawling down his spine to see what others might consider pleasing, soft velvety plush fur or in Chica's case soft feathers. They possessed vibrant, luminescent eyes filled with an unnatural life beyond humanity's understanding, so yes, they did look nice, they looked ethereal, perhaps even cute. Exactly the distinct kind of thing to properly capture the hearts of children world-wide. A remarkable improvement from what they must've looked like before.
Nessa snorts,"Yeah, they changed a lot over the years. They do look nice."she says fondly with a grin before laughing,"Come on! Time to show you the Funtime lineup then I can show you Foxy and Baby."
Mitchell nods and follows her down one of the hallways, there was drawings of smiling people and animatronics hung on the wall, "This is the drawing hall, where we put up fan art and such of the animatronics." Nessa explains, gesturing to the drawings, before cautiously opening a door and heading inside.
"This is Funtime Freddy and Foxy's show room and Ballora's Gallery." Nessa says, introducing Mitchell to the pink and white metal robots on stage. They had a sleek design and rosy cheeks, and their eyes didn't show the same life-like glow the others did and they didn't give off a bad vibe like the others either.
The odd thing about the Funtimes was that the poster just behind them looked different then what they looked like, the poster showed Funtime Freddy with a more purplish tint, a speaker in his chest and a Bonnie puppet attached to where his hand should be, the one on stage however was pink and white just like Funtime Foxy and had no speaker, instead there was four black buttons on his chest and he didn't have a Bonnie puppet.
He must've been a functional prototype, either that or they gave him an entire different design. Even Funtime Foxy looked different then how it looked on the poster, having light mauve, lavender like accents and a white complexion then the pink accents and white design that showed on the poster.
It didn't even have a bowtie like the poster suggested. They must've both been redesigned or prototypes then. Probably not the real thing.
The only other animatronic in the room was a humanoid ballerina animatronic with a curved, hourglass figure and pale skin, she had rosy cheeks like the others and a pink-purple tutu and dark blue ballet slippers. She had her eyes closed, she was the only one in the room who looked exactly like how the poster described. She must be Ballora.
"Did the company redesign them?" Mitchell softly asks, speaking his thoughts out loud. Nessa hums in apparent confusion.
"What? Oh! No, these are actually the prototypes, the original Funtime Freddy and Foxy were impossible to recover so we used and upgraded the prototypes that were available instead."Nessa explains, looking over to him before climbing onto the stage,"Besides the originals had some... suspicious design choices so we decided to just make due with what we had."
Mitchell nods, eagerly accepting the plausible explanation before pausing briefly to question her once again, "Suspicious?"
"Yeah, the original Funtime animatronics were actually programed to do some pretty sick stuff. To lure and kidnap children, I think. Once the company found the blueprints, they stopped trying to fix what was left of the originals and just made due with the prototypes which had safer programming and better safety protocols."Nessa answers with a distant tone as she looks fondly at the dynamic Funtime duo in front of her. She must've really loved these animatronics, enough to know everything about them from their programming to any decisions the company goes through regarding them.
"How do you know all this?" Mitchell asks, briefly stumbling over his words. Nessa chuckles and glances over at him.
"I'm assistant manager, and used to work with the tech team in Fazbear Entertainment, I'm also friends with one of the people in IT so I have access to a lot of valuable information at the moment." she replies swiftly with a fond grin, Mitchell grins back before looking back towards the floor.
"Thats cool."
"Is that all your going to say?"Nessa questions, still smiling as she crosses her arms and raises her eyebrow comically.
"Mhm."Mitchell hums his agreement with a smirk. Nessa gently rolls her eyes before hopping nimbly off of the stage with a spring in her step.
"Come on, time to go meet Foxy the Pirate Fox!" she exclaims eagerly with considerable excitement, catching Mitchell's hand in her own, pulling him out of the room. Mitchell blinks but goes along with her, allowing her to drag him to the end of the hall where there was a single door at the end with a pink banner reading: 'Playtime! Funtime!' The banner was placed right above the door.
"This is the Arcade Room, Prize Corner and Kids Cove, where Foxy resides." Nessa explains with an excited smile as she opens the door and drags him inside, the room was filled with bright neon colors. Lining the walls were dozens of sleek black arcade machines, at the left corner of the room was a stage with red curtains and a sign in front of it saying 'Kids Cove'. In the opposite corner was the prize corner, there was shelves lined with pushes, toys and gift boxes and a large purple and blue present box. There was an animatronic right next to the prize box, a short metal robot called Candy Cadet. The right wall is absent of any arcade machines, a simple, smooth wall with a doorway almost completely blending into the blue colored wall.
"It's colorful, it's going to catch the kids attention." Mitchell compliments the room quietly, taking in the sight presented to him, "Where's Foxy?"Mitchell asks, noticing that there's no animatronic on the stage.
Nessa chuckles,"Yeah, it's a pretty sight. Foxy's in the Maintenance Room, I think some engineers are currently working on fixing his legs, seeing what parts they need to replace and throw out."Nessa pauses to catch her breath,"He's a pretty old bot and the company delayed fixing him for a while, they only started fixing him up a few days ago so he still hasn't got any of the new upgrades yet."
"Really? Couldn't they have started sooner?"Mitchell asks, surprised. The other animatronics almost seemed brand new, why would they intentionally delay fixing Foxy?
Nessa sighs, "They focused more on the more popular animatronics first, the fan favorites that everyone loved the most. Foxy wasn't well liked, he was basically forgotten by the 90s and he was the worst off too. He wasn't repaired once since he was made so the company decided to fix him last and delay the opening until he's finished." Nessa explains softly, staring longingly at Kids Cove.
Mitchell nods, not sure how to respond.
"Anyways, enough with this depressing crap."Nessa snaps, moving away from the stage and over into the Prize Corner. Mitchell follows her silently.
"This is the Prize Corner; there's two animatronics here that give out gifts, the Marionette who's sorta like a jack in the box, and this is Candy Cadet. He gives out candy to children."Nessa explains, pointing at Candy Cadet before gently opening the giant present box and reaching inside. Mitchell leans forwards to see what she's doing.
Another second later and it's obvious, after getting a firm grip, she gently pulls a 6 foot tall Marionette with a white mask out of the decorative box.
"This is the Marionette; she's the gift giver and also a security measure."Nessa eagerly tells him as she subtly shifts the Marionette, cradling it in her arms.
"A security measure?" Mitchell asks skeptically, confused. Nessa laughs and rolls her eyes.
"Yeah, a security measure. It analyzes human behavior and has facial recognition software connected to a police database and several news outlets. It can recognize a predator from a mile away."Nessa explains proudly with a glimmer in her eyes before she gently and slowly places the Marionette back into its box.
"Thats... pretty cool."Mitchell politely offers when he realizes Nessa was waiting for him to comment.
"It's pretty awesome, it also has some sort of 3d Sonar software or something similar to it, Mari was made in the 50s I think and Sonar didn't exist back then, I don't think so at least. But it has something similar that I don't think any of the mechanics can replicate. The person who built her isn't around anymore, and we don't have her blueprints."Nessa continues."Mari is an engineers dream come true." She gushes, her love for the animatronics undeniable if you consider the way she looks eagerly at them as if they hung the moon and stars.
Mitchell nods, quickly losing interest but politely pretending the opposite. Nessa smiles at him before gently closing the Marionette's box and stepping away from it, "Come on, theres one more animatronic I want to introduce you to."
Mitchell snaps back into focus as she approaches the left wall and pushes at it, the hidden door swings open, revealing a blue walled room with pink and red carpeting.
"This is the Circus Gallery and Playpen, for younger children and toddlers."Nessa says proudly.
There was two tables with colorful tablecloths and soft blue chairs and at one corner of the room a large ball pit and slide, nearby is an indoor swing and jungle gym with small childlike robots hanging off of it. At the end of the room, across from the doorway was a stage with bright crimson curtains and a single animatronic on it.
The animatronic looked like a clown with artificial pale 'skin' and wide vivid, vibrant, luminescent green eyes and long black eyelashes, she had blue metal eyebrows, rosy cheeks, red lipstick and strawberry blond hair that faded into a ruby red color tied into two silky curly pigtails and she was wearing a red and white dress. She looked almost like a mannequin or a doll and she was ridiculously tall, about 7 feet tall to be exact. There was even an round opening in her stomach that revealed a fan, probably to cool down her systems and let air in the case that she ever over-heated. Overall it was a sleek, shiny design with a lot of details. Despite her intimidating size she could be considered cute and friendly.
"She's pretty, very charming." Mitchell comments, "So this is Circus Baby?"
"Yeah, part of the Funtime lineup."Nessa answers, smiling as she looks over Circus Baby, "She's one of a kind, no other like her."
"Yeah, I bet." Mitchell quips, grinning. He can see why children would genuinely like Circus Baby, she was aesthetically pleasing and despite her considerable size, retained a child-like aura. Child-like yet refined and elegant. Yeah, he can genuinely understand, there was something about her that screamed life and sentience and child-like wonder. It's no wonder she was so popular and approachable in her time. Her intelligent eyes were filled with life that didn't belong.
"She's a wonder, isn't she? She can make ice-cream and even blow up balloons with her finger tips. Cool right?"Nessa asks him, Mitchell nods, in awe of the sophisticated robot in front of him, it must've been way ahead of it's time in the 80s.
"She's wonderful." Mitchell agrees quietly, "It's almost like it's alive, ya know?"
"Yes, she most certainly seems that way."Nessa comments, eagerly agreeing with his opinion. Even when offline and completely still the robot seemed to burst with intelligent life.
"So, uh, you said there was another brand of animatronics? The toys?"Mitchell asks abruptly with a shiver as he snaps his fascinated gaze away from Circus Baby.
"Oh! Yeah, the Toy Era lineup. Their in the basement being fixed up, they still haven't been completely repaired yet but they should be in a few days."Nessa answer quickly, reluctantly forcing her own gaze away from the robot,"Theres a lot we have to finish, they were pretty beat up and lacking in repairs when we found them but when we're done, they'll be on stage with the Showtime lineup." she explains quickly.
"Can I see them or...?" Mitchell trails off, not sure how to finish.
Nessa chuckles and affectionately pats him on the back, "You'll see them when the place opens with everyone else. With that said, your only allowed in the basement in the case of an emergency, like a fire or a break-in. There's a bulkhead leading outside so if something happens use the bulkhead in the basement."Nessa answers him before pausing to say;"Only other time you should be down there is if Logan or I give you permission or tell you to go down there for whatever reason or if the power goes out."she finishes with a nervous smile.
Mitchell nods, "I understand. I won't go down there."
Nessa beams at him, "Good! Now the entrance to the basement is actually in this room."she gestures to the metal door to their left, there was a padlock on it and a keypad right next to the door. He'd probably need a key and some 4 digit code to open the door,"The code is 1987. Remember that."
"1987, I got it." Mitchell repeats before asking, "Uh, will I be given a key to the building so that I can come in for my shift?"
"Yeah, I actually have it with me. Should've given you this earlier actually."Nessa remarks as she digs a keychain out of her pocket. On the keychain was two keys which she promptly gives to him,"The golden one is for the building and the black one is for the basement. Remember, emergency only for the basement."
Mitchell nods, "Emergency only."
"Good, I think thats it for today. Good luck tonight."Nessa tells him, smiling as always.
"Uh, see ya." with that out of the way, Mitchell heads towards the door and exit the room. He makes his way back towards the front door before promptly exiting the building, excited for his first night on the job.
