Olimar arrived at the pizzeria late during the night. "I hope my first night is easy." As Olimar walked in, he lost all of his confidence. The place looked so creepy at night. The animatronics on the stage looked creepy. Feeling uneasy, Olimar ran to his office. It was five minutes until twelve. The phone on the desk rang. After a few moments, a familiar deep voice spoke. "Um, hello? Uh, hello? Hello, hello? Uh, hello and welcome to your new summer job at the new and improved Pik Pik's Pizzeria. Uh, I'm here to talk you through some of the things you can expect to see during your first week here and to help you get started down this new and exciting career path." Olimar relaxed. 'Maybe this job won't be that bad…' The voice on the phone continued. "Uh, now, I want you to forget anything you may have heard about the old location, you know. Uh, some people still have a somewhat negative impression of the company. Uh... that old restaurant was kind of left to rot for quite a while, but I want to reassure you, Pik Pik Entertainment is committed to fun and above all, safety. They've spent a small fortune on our animatronics, uh, facial recognition, advanced mobility, they even let them walk around during the day. Isn't that neat?" The voice sounded nervous. Olimar became suspicious. But most importantly, they're all tied into some kind of criminal database, so they can detect an enemy a mile away. Heck, we should be paying them to guard you…" "So is that a good thing?" Olimar sounded concerned. "Uh, now that being said, no new system's without its... kinks. Uh... you're only the second guard to work at that location. Uh, the first guy finished his week, but complained about... conditions. Uh, we switched him over to the day shift, so hey, lucky you, right?" "Okay? Sure…" Olimar remembered how creepy the animatronics looked when he arrived. "Uh mainly he expressed concern that certain characters seemed to move around at night, and even attempted to get into his office." "What?! What kind of place is this?" "Now, from what we know, that should be impossible. Uh, that restaurant should be the safest place on earth. So while our engineers don't really have an explanation for this, the working theory is that... the robots were never given a proper "night mode". So when it gets quiet, they think they're in the wrong room, so then they go try to find where the people are, and in this case, that's your office." Olimar froze. " So our temporary solution is this: there's a music box over by the Prize Counter, and it's rigged to be wound up remotely. So just, every once in a while, switch over to the Prize Counter video feed and wind it up for a few seconds. It doesn't seem to affect all of the animatronics, but it does affect... one of them. *clears throat* Uh, and as for the rest of them, we have an even easier solution. You see, there may be a minor glitch in the system, something about robots seeing you as an endoskeleton without his costume on, and wanting to stuff you in a suit." Olimar began to pack up his stuff. He was not about to be killed by a metal pikmin. "So hey, we've given you an empty pikmin head, problem solved! You can put it on anytime, and leave it on for as long as you want. Eventually anything that wandered in, will wander back out." "Empty pikmin head?" Olimar looked to the desk. He saw a pikmin head, a baseball bat, and a few metal baseballs. "Uh, something else worth mentioning is kind of the modern design of the building. You may have noticed there are no doors for you to close, heh. But hey, you have a light! And even though your flashlight can run out of power, the building cannot. So, don't worry about the place going dark. Well, I think that's it. Uh, you should be golden. Uh, check the lights, put on the pikmin head if you need to, uh, keep the music box wound up, piece of cake. Have a good night, and I'll talk to you tomorrow." Olimar rolled his eyes at the phone and checked the cameras. The phone suddenly beeped again. "Uh yeah um, on the pikmin hat, there is a button you can press that will make the noise of a pikmin saying 'hi'. It will be more convincing… *static* " The call ended. Olimar sighed. "Let's get this over with…"
It was already 2 AM. No animatronics have moved. Olimar struggled to stay awake. That ended when he heard footsteps in the hall. "W-who's there?" Olimar shined the flashlight in the hall. The yellow pikmin animatronic stood there. It held two drumsticks with cupcakes at the end. 'Oh my god, what do I do?' That's when Olimar remembered the pikmin hat. He quickly put it on. By now, the yellow pikmin was already in the Office. 'Maybe I should…' Olimar pressed the button on the hat. "Hi!" The yellow pikmin animatronic stared. Sure, the hat was convincing, but Olimar was pretty sure that if this animatronic had a brain, it would be saying 'Are you fucking kidding me?' The animatronic ran like a spider into the hall. 'I will call her Sparky.' Olimar thought.
Olimar was looking through the cameras. The music box was wound, and he was waiting for more action. He began to feel drowsy. All of a sudden, a vision hit him. Olimar looked around. He looked at himself. He was in a bulbmin suit.. A group of children could be heard in another room. A growing pressure inside of Olimar told him to go to the children. The pressure grew, and grew until he finally reached the children. Everyone cheered. He was back in reality. Olimar jumped in terror. "What is this place doing to me?" Olimar gulped. He checked the clock. '4 AM', it read. Olimar checked the cameras in fear. The blue pikmin animatronic stood in the middle of Party Room 3, electric guitar in hand. It stared right into the camera, giving Olimar chills. He went to wind the music box. By the time he got to the prize corner camera, the winged pikmin puppet was halfway out of the box. "NOOO!" Olimar shrieked. He wound the music box, yanking the puppet inside. "Crap… That was a close one…" The room was quiet for a few seconds. The alarm clock rang. Olimar checked the cameras, and suddenly, the animatronics were back in their places.
Olimar screamed and grabbed all of his stuff. He ran out the door and flew back to Hocotate, not wanting to do his terrible career again. Unfortunately, he had no other choice but to continue.