The beginning shows a letter that said,
"Dear Stephanie,
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 friend, Simon Xander."
Then, the door of a building opens up and shows a girl walked in and she has long brown hair that is down to her hips, hazelnut eye color, tanned almond skin color, and she is wearing a white shirt, with a collar, black suspenders that hold up her light brown pants, with a black belt with a silver buckle and light brown shoes with brown shoelaces. "Alright, Simon, I'm here. Let's see if we can find what you wanted me to see." She said, looking around the place. Her name is Stephanie Nova Rose Allen. She strode down the short hallway, decorated with posters of the cartoons and animated movies that she and her friend worked on and some ink dripping from the side for some reason.
She wandered into a room and noticed the projector was on, even though 30 years have passed and also there was a character cutout. The character cutout has no color to it, but the clothing is a patterned vest with triangles, and long pants, then show his same designed socks and loafers. She smiled at the cutout and gently tapped the cutout's cheek. "It has been a while, huh, Jake?" Stephanie said. A moment of silence and Stephanie sighed. She walked away from the cutout and when she wandered into a different hallway, the cutout's eyes moved.
Down the hallway, Stephanie noticed a desk, and she gently touched the top. "Hey, here's my old desk. I've wasted so much time in this chair." Stephanie mumbled to herself. She looked at the sketches for a moment and smiled slightly. She walked away from the desk and strode down the hallway. She continued to look at the sketches on other tables that she has been looking at in the past and she softly smiled to herself. She strode down a different hallway and when she went into another corner, she saw writing on the wall in black ink that said,
"Dreams Do Come True"
Stephanie was confused and curious about the writing. Has Simon written that on the wall for some enthusiasm to the coworkers? She walked away from the writing and continued to walk down the hallway. She heard music from a closed door and got confused. She reached her hand to the doorknob and tried to unlock it, but the lock was so rusted, that it got stuck in place. "Dang, someone needs to oil that lock," Stephanie mumbled. She walked away from the locked door and continued down the hallway. She noticed a machine in the middle of the room and huffed. "So this is the Ink Machine, huh? Wonder how you turned it on." Stephanie said, interested. She walked out of the room and advanced into another hallway and saw another sketch table and looked around, another character cut out and the same color, but the character is different. This character is sporting a dark hat on top of his head that is covering the top of his head, one headphone with a mic on it on top of his dark hat, dog tags on a chain around his neck, a short-sleeved shirt, a dark sport backpack on his back with one strap, a black belt with a buckle around his waist, white bandages on his hands that is covering his palms, dark pants, long socks that is up to almost to his knees and black and white striped sneakers.
"Hey, it's Scout! It has been a very long time since I've seen him, too!" Stephanie exclaimed. She gently patted the cutout's cheek and walked off on the left side. When she left, the eyes of the cutout moved.
While walking down the hallway, a piece of a plank fell from the ceiling and Stephanie gave out a shriek. She noticed the plank and looked up. She sighed in relief and patted her heart. "Oh, my god. That was a close one. Caleb would not like that." Stephanie said, noticing the worn-out nails. She walked past the fallen plank and walk even more. She looked down another hallway and felt her heart stopped. It was a real, a real cartoon, strapped on a 40-degree table, with his chest split open. "Oh, my god. Simon, what were you doing?" Stephanie said, with tears in her eyes. The cartoon is wearing a police-like white shirt, a white belt around his waist, white pants, and white shoes. His skin color is white, along with his short hair, and his eyes were closed, but a trail of black ink was dripping out from the side of his lip. "It's Chief Burns, the leader of the Burns family. Why would someone do this to an elder?" Stephanie cried. She touched the deceased elder's hand and started to cry. She glanced to the left and saw words that said,
"Who's Laughing Now?"
She looked back at the deceased elder and started to cry harder. "I'm sorry, I didn't get here even faster," Stephanie said, her voice sound croaked. She sniffed and looked up at the deceased elder. She touched her heart-shaped necklace with a silver chain around her neck and rubbed it a few times. She took it off from around her neck and gently set it in the deceased elder's hand. She walked away from the deceased elder and noticed a door, hallway opened. She opened the door and noticed that there is another room. She wandered into the room and saw a bunch of tables scattered around. She continued to walk through the hallway and opened the door, that lead the way to the place where the Scout cutout was, but to her shock, the cutout was gone!
Stephanie felt her heart stopped. But, she thought about the deceased elder and shook her head. She walked into a different roof and saw pedestals in a line of three. The three on the side that has pictures that is a heart, a hard helmet, and a chain. On the other side of the wall is three more pedestals and they are a book, a music note paper, and a syringe. Stephanie confusedly rose one of her eyebrows and shrugged. "Alright, all I need to do is find all these objects and pretty soon, the Ink Machine will turn on," Stephanie said, wiping the tears away. She walked away and when she did, she saw the Jake cutout and she gave out a startled yelp. "Oh, my god. Who put this here?!" Stephanie cried out.
She shook her head in case if she was dreaming and only saw the cut out in front of her. She casually walked past it and marched forward. "Don't look back. Don't look back. Don't look back." Stephanie mumbled to herself. She strode down the hallway and saw a heart-shaped pendant on a table with scorch marks on top. "Well, someone is having fun with the flamethrower." Stephanie joked, trying to forget the mysterious popping cut out. She gently picked up the heart-shaped pendant, and it magically disappeared when she touched it. "Okay, I'm probably dreaming," Stephanie mumbled. She walked away from the spot and advanced into a different room and saw a sheet of music. She picked it up and it disappeared. She strode down another hallway and noticed a chain of chains. She picked that up and it disappeared. She strode into another room and noticed a green hard hat and picked it up and disappeared.
She wandered into a different room and saw a book with Russian handwriting and German handwriting. Confused, she picked it up and before she could open it, it disappeared and she sighed. She wandered into another new room and saw a syringe. She picked it up, and it disappeared in her hands. "Okay, that's all of them. Now I just need to get the ink flowing somehow. There must be a main switch around here somewhere. Then I can start up the main power." Stephanie explained to herself. She continued to walk down the hallway but was taken back when a cut out of another character popped its head from the side of the wall. She walked over even more and noticed that this cut out was a character and this character has a black sleeveless vest with four buttons, a white undershirt with a collar and rolled up sleeves, black pants, and black shoes. He has stuck up black hair that curls at the ends in three and white skin and black eyes. (Since 30 years have passed, all the colors have faded away.)
Stephanie sighed and gently set her hand on the cut out's cheek. "Hey, Wilson. It has been a while." Stephanie said, her voice sounded sad. She moved her hand away from the cutout and strode down the hallway. When she got out of the hallway, she felt something liquidly at her ankles and looked down. Ink was all over the ground. "Caleb is going to kill me," Stephanie said, worried. She turned the corner and observes the entrance to the Ink Machine was blocked and boarded with boards. "What the juice?" Stephanie said, confused. She walked closer to the boards and all of the sudden, a hand reached out of the boards and tried to grab her. She gave out a startled scream and encountered a creature, covered in multiple different colors of ink, that is spattered in different places and oddly has horns, different lengths, and numerous colored hair, a ring stuck in the head, weird looking gloves, sharp teeth smiling grin, and claws.
"I'm getting the heck out of here!" Stephanie yelled out. She did a u-turn and ran bolted straight for the exit, but got lost. "Exit, exit, exit, WHERE'S THE FREAKIN' EXIT?!" Stephanie yelled. She saw the exit at the end of the narrow hallway that she went into, and it was waiting patiently for her and did a triumphed look on her face until before her hand could touch it, the ground gave away and her face turned from a triumphed look, into a fear-stricken face. "Ohhhhhhh CRRRRAAAAPPPP!" Stephanie yelled as she fell.
As she fell, she landed hard on her back and she groaned. "Ow. Love a duck, that hurts!" Stephanie cried out. She rolled over on her front and tried to stand up, but stood up too fast and landed face first on the ground. "Ow," Stephanie said. She tried again and walked away from the spot. "You know what, I'm going to take the elevator next time I fall." Stephanie joked to herself. Then, she stopped in her tracks and heard a soft snicker from somewhere. "Did I just- Never mind," Stephanie mumbled to herself. She walked over to the stairs and slowly walked down them. She noticed an ax with a black handle and took it.
"This will definitely come in handy," Stephanie said to herself. She noticed some wooden planks covering something and started to hack into them. When she got through, she smiled and called out, making a joke for her to laugh at to ignore what she had saw, "Here's Stephy!" Then, a chuckle from a different room and her smile disappeared. She wandered through the room and noticed a pentagram on the ground. She stepped inside the pentagram and all of the sudden, she dropped her ax, on its side and saw memories, of the creature, a wheelchair, and the Ink Machine. She wobbled side to side and fell backward on her back and passed out.