Eggs started leaving on Monday after taking a cold shower and eating whatever was left in his pantry. He traveled to the restaurant by walking as he didn't really have any money for bus fare or a car so he stuck to walking. As he was walking he was mulling over the conversation he had with the manager on the phone yesterday and what had made the man so anxious and quick to end the conversation.
'Why did he hang up so quickly?' he thought a little paranoid. 'Was he trying to hide something from me?' If the manager was hiding something, Eggs wouldn't know anytime soon.
He pushed the thought away when he was standing at the back door of the tall grey building. The outside of the rear of the building was nothing to behold as it was covered with very little and was just there for employees to enter and exit on a daily basis. Eggs looked at his watch.
'It's only 11:40, i'll take a quick look at the front.' He contemplated after checking the time.
The front of the building was a whole different story. The windows were covered with bright posters and neon lights. The walls of the structure had bright paints that brought on warm feelings to anyone that passed by. The top of the building had a giant lighted sign that had the company title on it and was meant to strobe the fixtures to capture the attention of any small child that stared at it for long enough. But the best thing about the front of the establishment was the displays of the colorful mascots that headed the company.
The characters on the displays seemed so friendly and welcoming to any newcomers that wanted to enjoy a slice of pizza at the restaurant. Every mascot seemed to yell "Be my friend!" as if they were actual people instead of cartoony cutouts of the animatronics. They all seemed to stand out in their own little way with Ballora being the ballet dancer and Circus Baby being and innocent little girl with her cute little Biddybabs. Eggs thought this couldn't be that bad of a job if it had characters such as these on display.
He was so painstakingly wrong.
Eggs looked at his watch again. 'Fuck, I looked at a building for that long?' He thought to himself as the big hand hit the 55 minute mark on his watch. 'Well better get going.' He thought as he steered his way over to the back of the building again. On the door there was a hastily written sticky note that made it look like whoever wrote it was in a hurry to get out of here. On the note there was only two words. Go in. He grabbed the doorknob and looked back out toward the street again. All the lights were off on all the other store fronts and the street lamps barely illuminated the streets. He took in a breath of air and hesitated for a second. Did he really want to do this? Did he really want to take a job that he was just given without any sort of warning or interaction? He thought of all the other questionable stuff that has happened between the span of that conversation he had with the manager.
Eggs looked at his watch again. 11:59. 'No time now.' He took one last breath and pushed himself into the building.
Eggs went in and the door closed behind him with a drawn out creak. The room was pitch black, even more so since it was the middle of the night. The only little light that came through was through the underside of the door he came through.
Eggs started walking around a bit trying to find a switch to a light. He jumped when the lights suddenly turned on by themselves. He noticed motion sensors on the ceiling that must've turned on the lights. Now that there was light Eggs started scanning the room and what was in it.
The room was just a simple staff room that was meant to prepare the staff before their shifts started during the day. There was lockers that were used by the employees to prepare before the onslaught of hungry children and angry parents. There was also a washroom that could be used if needed. Walls were littered with posters and children's drawings of the characters that worked the restaurant.
But that wasn't all that was in the room.
Eggs started looking around a little more and noticed a large metal elevator and a table that was sitting next to it. The elevator looked as if it was made of thick slabs of metal and had been made to keep a tank out. 'Why would they need doors like these?' Eggs thought. 'Isn't that a tad bit overkill to protect children?'
He looked at the table that was to the right of the elevator. There was a note that looked like the handwriting of the other other note. Obviously hastily written and the intention of leaving was seen in the handwriting of this note. This one said "Please take a uniform out of one of the lockers, and take the handyunit that is on this table. Further instruction will be given."
He looked down from the note and saw a small tablet like computer with a keyboard attached. The screen was cracked and the keyboard looked not too far off too. It seemed as if it had gone through years of wear and tear and through the hands of many other people.
'Ew its all crusty,' Eggs thought to himself feeling disgusted. ' What's on this thing?'
Eggs looked a little bit closer at it. It seemed to be caked in a dried up red substance that had a hint of a bronze smell to it.
'mm, must be pizza sauce.' Eggs thought unaware of what the actual substance was.
He walked to one of the lockers and opened it up. There was a purple uniform that consisted of a purple security guard jacket that had patches patches on it. The patches displayed the company brand and showed many of the other characters that ran the restaurant. One had a picture of Baby herself holding a pizza in the air ready to give to hungry children. He looked over the rest of the uniform.
There was also pants that didn't really look that comfortable and a belt that carried a flashlight and other tools. There was a screwdriver, flathead, and other tools necessary for a technician. The whole uniform was previously dry cleaned and pressed with the intention to be worn. He quickly put on the uniform and looked around the locker a little more.
'Is that what I think it is?'
There was a taser with two big battery packs sitting next to it that looked like it could pack some punch. He picked up the taser and observed it.
'3000 Volts!? You can kill a kid with this thing!' He panicked and dropped it to the ground.
'Why would a children's restaurant need this powerful of a taser? And near children?'
He picked up the taser and contemplated if he should take it or not. From what he saw this shouldn't be that bad of a neighborhood. And who would rob a children's restaurant in the first place? He decided to take it because someone had placed It in their for him with the objective of him taking it. Maybe he could just threaten anyone anyone that decided to break in.
He walked over to the elevator and stared at it for a moment. Eggs went over his thoughts one last time and pressed the button to open the elevator. The doors opened with a woosh and he looked inside.
Seems to be a normal elevator. Posters were strewn all over the place. The light illuminated the elevator just enough to see the inside but not comfortably. He walked in and looked out into the staff room. The doors started closing and he took some deep breaths to prepare him for his first night. It shouldn't be that hard of a job, right?
The doors finally closed.
