So I've recently played the Bendy and the Ink Machine game; chapters both one and two. Needless to say, it still unnerved me and gave me the chills, even though I was expecting what jumpscares to happen. It still amazes me that they've made a horror game inspired by the early animations of Disney cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse and some shit. So here's a novelization of the game.

Be warned, this story involves some spoilers to those who haven't played the game yet. Please play the game before you read this. I don't own the game, all rights go to TheMeatly Games. I had to redo this story as there were some complications running around in me head after the third chapter. So be patient with me.

Hope you guys enjoy as much as you enjoy the game. Read and review!

Chapter One: Moving Pictures

Henry Stein, a 50-year old retired animator and cartoonist, had just received a letter from his old colleague and supervisor, Joseph "Joey" Drew, CEO of Joey Drew Studios, the animation studio that created the famous cartoon television series from the 1940's starring the titular character, Bendy the Dancing Demon. The show had been a huge hit back in the day It's been 30 years since he worked at that old workshop before the company went out of business and thereby canceling the show altogether; mostly because the show had raised a bit of controversy and received some negative criticism. Possibly since the character was a demon and some would say that the title character was a mockery to religion.

Many religious people were basically offended by the little devil himself. Now Joey's work ethics at the studios were not the best for his employees. He has this "Ink Machine" built in the studio and ink flowing through the establishment's pipe network for some ridiculous reason unknown. It was affecting the worker's performance and confidence as a result. Messes of ink in random places and everything. Not only that, but Joey himself was so hellbent on bringing his cartoons into full popularity that he just didn't care about what it took. Joey also explained something about "appeasing the gods" at some point or whatever. It was crying shame that the show, Bendy, had to get cancelled after a few episodes made it on air, before Walt Disney and Max Fleischer's cartoons made it into fame not too long afterwards. The letter states thusly:

Dear Henry,

It seems like a lifetime since we worked on cartoons together.
30 years really slips away, doesn't it?

If you're back in town, come visit the old workshop.
There's something I need to show you.

Your best pal, Joey Drew.

What caught Henry completely off guard is that Joey wrote a letter to him, which was tightly uncommon nowadays. He could've just called or emailed or at least texted him and told him. But Joey did once say that he was starting to get used to modern devices used for communication. And not only that, but the paper the letter was written on was yellowish and kind of old, like it was ripped out of an ancient textbook or something. And also the handwriting seemed off. Joey usually wrote in cursive. Henry just shrugged this off. This couldn't have been a forgery that someone was using to play a prank on him. His wife, Linda, who was 2 months pregnant, noticed him about to leave as she walked over to him.

"Going somewhere, honey?" She asked, confused.

"Yeah." Henry answered, grabbing his car keys. "Joey wants me to come down to the old workshop."

"The workshop? Joey Drew Studios?" asked Linda. "That place hasn't been open for 30 years. Why does he want you to go there?"

"He says he wants to show me something, but I don't know exactly what."

"It's been like a decade since you both have spoken to each other after that studio shut down. Why would he contact you now?" asked Linda, with obvious concern in her voice. She, as well, hasn't heard from the man himself for years since the studio's unexpected termination.

"I don't know. But I'm gonna go find out." Henry put his jacket on and went for the door.

"Wait!" Linda rushed over to him in flash and placed a light kiss on his cheek. "You be careful, okay?"

Henry smiled at her and hugged her back, to comfort her and let her know he'll be okay.

"Don't worry, Linda." He replied warmly. "It's just a little reunion with a good friend of mine. It's gonna be fine. I hope."

And so he walked out the door without another word and left his devoted wife in their apartment which they had bought together. Linda was a struggling novelist who was suffering writer's block. It's been their fourth year of marriage and they were as solid as ever and were expecting their first child. Henry used to see someone before his relationship with Linda. That someone happened to be Susie Campbell. Susie was a rookie voice-actress who was hired by Sillyvision to do some voiceover work for a character named, Alice Angel and a few miscellaneous roles as well, like talking chairs and dancing chairs. She even helped sing some songs as she did have a heavenly singing voice. Alice Angel was made to be Bendy's on-and-off love interest. Alice was an angel-based character in contrast to Bendy's devil-based appearance. Henry, on the other hand, did the voice of Bendy himself for the first five episodes before a new guy named Christian Oliver took over. While Henry drove through the streets of Los Angeles, he followed his GPS to the old workshop. While he waited at a red light, there was a tour bus to his left which had a poster on the side for the new Bendy theatrical motion picture coming out soon. Henry shook his head at the idea that Hollywood had somehow gotten the rights to make an animated movie based on his character. He even heard they were having Will Arnett do the voice of Boris the Wolf, another character of the show.

It was precisely a couple minutes before midnight when he finally made to the Sillyvision Pictures Animation Studios, famously known as Joey Drew Studios, establishment. The building itself had seen better days as it was completely old and surrounded by overgrowing nature. To no surprise at all, it was completely deserted. No cars, no people, nothing. In fact, he couldn't find where Joey had parked so he figured that he must've walked the whole way over. So Henry entered through the main entrance and found the entire building dark, but had fewer lights on, which didn't help light up the hallways in the least. No one here, obviously. It was very quiet in the building. Almost too quiet. Most of the foundation was made of wood mostly. Within minutes of walking down hallways, Henry finally made it to the old workshop where he did his work. He entered and closed the door behind him.

"Alright, Joey. I'm here." He responded softly to no one in particular, while trying to understand the reason he was summoned here. "Let's see if we can find what you wanted me to see."

Upon entering further, the place seemed to be the same as it usually was. Hasn't changed a bit from the looks of it. It certainly brought back some memories from the old days when he worked here and there were other employees around. It was relatively busy, like you wouldn't believe. Of course, any studio would be a busy place, trying to come up with new ideas. There were posters on the walls around him dating back to when the show was still on, such as; Little Devil Darlin', The Dancing Demon, Old Sheep Songs and so forth. He walked down one isle to find his old work desk where he drew his characters for the show. There was lots of paper scattered around on the floor and on the walls.

"Hey, here's my old desk. I've wasted so much time in this chair." He elaborated.

He has been a busy man back then. Drawing the character over and over and even crumbling up some papers after making an error. Perfection makes perfect, he'd always say. Turning around, he discovered a room behind his desk and entered it. There were more animator's desks inside along with a lavatory with no door for some reason, but it was boarded up at least. But with only a couple boards and there was a Bendy cutout inside.

"Looks like they knocked out a wall or two after I left." exclaimed Henry, giving the area a good look-over. "Guess it took a few people to replace me."

But deciding to get back to the task at hand, Henry left back towards the main room and made sense of the film projector what was on and probably has been for long time now. It showed only a blank white film reel, nothing shown. And next to the expressionless film was a cardboard cutout of the title character himself. The circular black head forming tiny devil horns on the top, the white face with Pac-Man-style eyes and that happy smile, the black body, the white bowtie and the white opera gloves that any stereotypical cartoon character from the early stages of animation would have. It does warm Henry's heart to see his old creation once again, but what with all the eeriness floating around the deserted workshop and this sinking feeling in his stomach, Bendy's happy-go-lucky expression wasn't helping much.

As he passed down a nearby corridor, he found a tiny Bendy plush doll sitting by itself in a chair. He ignored it and moved on. Henry noticed where some messes of ink all around, to no surprise. That Ink Machine Joey built certainly did provide a little too much ink to be needed. As a matter of fact, Joey even installed pipes all around the place to provide an ink flow for the machine. All of the sudden, he stopped when he found a jotting on the wall, written in fresh ink which read "Dreams Come True".

Now Henry was getting confused and a little bit skeptical about what has been going on around here. He continued down the long corridor right towards an entrance labeled "Ink Machine" and walked passed a door with a light under it. Henry could hear ragtime music from inside. Was there somebody else here with him? It's not possible since the place was abandoned for years. Henry arrived at the hallway leading to the Ink Machine. He was met with a dry-erase board that was the Ink Output Schedule, presenting the amount of ink each day of the week. The total amount of ink at the end of the week was precisely 423. Damn, Henry thought. That's a lot of ink for one studio. So Henry took a left down the hallway, stepping over a pipe cutting across the floor with a warning sign saying, "Watch your step" and made to the balcony overlooking a massive room that looked like the inside of a warehouse with chains hanging inside a dark pit below them.

Where was this so-called Ink Machine? Where did they put in here? Perhaps it was hanging on those chains and there had to be a way to lift up into the open. But the power box was lacking the cells to power it up.

"This lift could use a few dry cells." He expressed before grabbing one power cell on the shelf and finding one inside of a chest next to another Bendy cutout. Placing the duo cells in the power box, Henry flipped the switch, which got the chains to work.

"Let's see what you're hiding down there, old friend." replied Henry rhetorically as the chains rattled while they worked their magic in lifting up a large, heavy contraption and there it was in all it's glory. The large, enigmatic Ink Machine itself, untouched after all these years. Henry never did got a close look at it in person. But come to think of it, nobody did. Joey didn't trust anybody near it, as he was afraid they might make a mess with it. But the machine was already a messy contraction on it's own. There was a black tubes connected to the bottom of it, especially one beneath the part where the ink spills out.

"So this is the Ink Machine, huh? Wonder how you turn it on." Henry said.

He left down another hallway, hoping to find a switch somewhere that activates it. Taking a left turn, there was yet another Bendy cutout a few inches away from another animator's desk. Henry went down the hall, but jumped with a yelp when a wooden board fell from the ceiling and onto the floor. He was shaken for a brief moment, but he shrugged it off, now feeling silly for being scared by that so he pressed on and took another left, leading himself into the power room where the main power switch was, which was on low pressure.

"Alright, how do I get this to work?" He asked to himself, rubbing his forehead.

When he turned around, he took a glance at the six pedestals around the room, three on each side. Each one had a picture frame behind it which shows what needs to be placed on them. There was a gear, a wrench, a book, a Bendy doll, a music note and a jar of ink. Having know idea what this could be, he decided to just play along as he needed answers as to why he was here. Once he left the room, he turned the corner and suddenly found the Bendy cutout standing right there in the middle of the hallway out of nowhere! He froze and gasped, startled before sighing. That wasn't there before.

"Who put this here?!"

Surely, it couldn't have placed itself there on it's own. Perhaps someone had broken in without him knowing and was trying to play a prank on him. But who the hell would want to break into an old abandoned studio anyway? Suddenly, from behind the cutout, he noticed another room with a strange figure. Curious, he walked past the cutout and entered, before feeling a wave of dread along with nausea settle in when he saw what looked to be the dead body of Boris the Wolf. He was strapped to some sort of surgical table with a large, open, Y-shaped incision in his chest revealing his rib-cage and no guts left. His eyes were in the shape of X's, the cartoon sign of death.

"Oh, my god. Joey, what were you doing?" Henry asked, both disgusted and appalled at the thought that his old friend would commit something as heinous as this.

Henry, at that moment, had a theory that Joey was vivisecting and dissecting his cartoon characters. But alas, how can one kill a cartoon character? They're just drawings that you make on a piece of paper and are merely figments of your imagination. Candles were placed in front of the body, which reminded Henry of a ritual. And looking to his right, where was another message on the wall in ink, of course, that said "Who's Laughing Now?". Henry wasn't going to let a thing like this get to his head so he left and took a different direction passed a three-boarded shelf and happened upon a tape cassette. He pressed the play button and he heard the voice of Wally Franks, a co-worker of his.

"At this point, I don't get what Joey's plan is for this company. The animations sure aren't being finished on time anymore. And I certainly don't see why we need this machine. It's noisy, it's messy and who needs that much ink anyway? Also, get this. Joey had each one of us donate something from our workstation. We put them on these little pedestals in the break room to help appease the gods, Joey says. Keeps things going. I think he's lost his mind. But, hey, he writes the checks. But I tell you what. If one more of these pipes bursts, I'm outta here." The recording said before ending.

This would probably explain those pedestals back in the power room, Henry thought. So he went to work in finding the desired pieces. His little quest brought him to the break room which was next door to the room with the Ink Machine. That target on the wall reminded him to the dart games he and his co-workers used to play during their lunch break. Passing the door with the light under it, it suddenly went out, catching him off guard. He went inside and there was no one in there. If the room was empty, who turned that light out? This was weird enough already.

He scavenged the entire workshop picking up the Bendy doll he saw earlier, a gramophone record sitting next to the desk in the room that had the light on previously, a jar of ink in the room where Boris was vivisected, a gear in a chair, a wrench that was laying in the room where the Ink Machine was and finally, a book that said The Illusion of Living written by Joey Drew.

"Okay, that's all of them." said Henry. "Now I just got to get the ink flowing somehow. There must be a main switch around here somewhere. Then I can start up the main power."

There was one room he has checked yet. Walking past the shelf and the tape recorder he stumbled upon, he took a right went down a hallway towards the projection room. However, along the way, he saw what he could've sworn was the Bendy cutout peeking it's head around the corner ahead, seemingly looking at him before moving back behind the corner. This made Henry gasp and stop in his tracks immediately after he saw this. He couldn't believe he actually saw that cutout move on it's own. There's definitely something weird going on here. The nervous Henry cautiously made it down there and turned to find the cutout just standing there against the wall. Henry was confused at first on how it actually moved. So with his index finger forward, he gently tapped the cutout and it just wiggled a bit from his touch. He sighed in relief, believing it was just his imagination. It certainly has been forever since he's been here. There can't possibly be anything paranormal happening here. But just after he cleared his mind, the projector in the room turned itself on and played an episode from the Bendy show on the screen.

Although taken aback, he watched as the little devil character danced. But all this didn't matter right now. So he walked around the chairs and behind the projector to find a switch that said "Ink Pressure". Henry pushed it and he heard the ink running about the pipes in the walls. He nodded and made his way back to the power room. Along the way, a strange sound fell upon Henry's ears. A sound of banging coming from the walls ahead, as if there were something moving around in the ink pipes. Henry made to the power room and pulled the lever, which activated the main power. A few lights were turned on, but not enough. With that now done, he marched his way over the Ink Machine room, while hearing the machine whirring to life. For some odd reason, he found the room appearing to be boarded up. This was most confusing of all. How did it get boarded off? Who could've done this? He approached the blocked entrance to peer through the small opening, peaking inside.

But when he did, someone or something sudden popped up out of nowhere, lunging at Henry and trying to grab him. The creature was completely covered from head to toe in ink, undoubtably from the ink the machine was making. It looked humanoid in stature and shape and it's appearance looked, without a doubt, a lot like Bendy, but in a more ink-splattered and sinister way. The horns look melted and distorted to look more like realistic demon horns, ink was running down it's face, covering it's eyes, but still kept that same smile that Bendy has. It wore the same opera gloves which were formed into sharp, knife-like claws and the bowtie was the same, but stained from the ink. Words could not describe the fear in Henry's eyes, the beating of his heart and the sinking feeling of dread in his belly that dropped further. Never has been more frightened in his entire life. He just couldn't believe it. Lights flickered inside the room and ink patterns appeared all over the walls as the creature swiped it's claws at Henry, trying to grab him, he took off running the down the hallway, full-on sprinting away from the ink-covered monster, back towards the exit.

"I'm getting the hell out of here!" He yelled in utter terror as the floor beneath his feet began to flood with ink. He looked behind him to see the creature had disappeared. But all that Henry could think about right now was getting the fuck out of the workshop immediately, going back to his apartment with Linda and pretending all of this never happened. He ran down the hallway as the place around him was starting to collapse and spill ink all over the floor and back towards the door he came in as the ink was filling up past his ankles. But when he was just a couple inches from it, the floor beneath his feet gave in and Henry found himself falling down a deep hole and finally landing in a room below that was flooded with more ink that it went up below his shoulders. He approached the valve on the ink pipe and turned it, allowing the ink to drain and there was another cassette on the shelf. He played it and there was a tough-sounding gentleman talking. Henry could remember his name being Thomas Connor.

"It's dark and it's cold and it's stuck in behind every single wall now. In some places, I swear this godforsaken ink is clear up to my knees. Who ever thought that these crummy pipes could hold up under this kind of strain either knows something about pressure I don't or he's some kind of idiot. But the real worst part about all this are them noises the system makes. like a dying dog on it's last legs. Make no mistake, this place, this machine, heck, this whole darn thing, it just isn't natural. You can bet, I won't be doing any more repair jobs for Mr. Joey Drew."

As Henry descended down the stairwell, draining more of the ocean of ink flooding it, his mind replayed the event that just occurred, it was just impossible to believe that Bendy, the famous happy devil character that they all knew and love, the greatest creation Henry and Joey have ever made, has transformed into a carnivorous, deformed, ink-covered, monstrous abomination; a real-life demon, born of pure evil. What's happened to him, Henry asked himself mentally. He began to wonder what Joey was really trying to show him and why he asked him to come here to begin with. But right now, he didn't care anymore about what he needed to see, because he needed to get out here, ASAP. So he left the room he had fallen in and followed the hallway to a stairwell which went downstairs to another area with an entrance that was also boarded up. There was another jotting on the wall, saying "The Creator Lied to Us". What could that mean? What did they lie about? But then Henry found an axe just sitting on a table, so he grabbed it.

"This will definitely come in handy." He said to himself, now branching his new weapon to use.

So he got to work, chopping up the boards to clear himself a path. As he chopped his way through the hallway of wooden boards, he found himself in another room. And what he saw was deeply unsettling. There was a huge pentagram symbol on the floor with lit candles all around it and two coffins placed on the wall. It took a second for it to clink in Henry's mind that there has been Satanic rituals going on in the old workshop orchestrated by an Antichrist cult and whatnot. As the room began to quake, haunting visions visions plagues his mind. The Ink Machine, the demonic Bendy creature he encountered. Joey was probably doing rituals of some sort to bring cartoon characters to life. But that was only a theory. But then Henry suddenly felt weak and his vision became blurry as he collapsed onto the floor and passed out until he was out like a light.

So there's the first chapter of the game if you guys didn't realize. I had to do some rearrangements so that Henry was married to this "Linda" character if heard about from his audio log in the third chapter. Not sure how she will turn about, but we'll find out soon enough. So I hoped you guys loved it and I surely loved it.

Bendy will return.

So please leave reviews to tell me what you think, PM and everything. See you in the next chapter.