A small car drove up to the pizzeria. The manager, Charlie, opened the doors. "Well guys, time for a new day." Charlie grinned at his animatronics, who were still not moving. He knew that Olimar found them creepy. Who wouldn't? A line already began to form outside of the pizzeria. "Now to get the new guys in." Charlie opened a door leading to a room with more animatronics. He pulled them out, only leaving one behind. Charlie walked to the Parts and Service room. He gently placed each of the new animatronics on the ground. "I'm sorry Olimar, but I don't feel you are being challenged enough…" Knocking was heard at the front door. A group of kids were pushing to get inside. "Crap. Be right there!" Charlie put on a fake smile and invited the children inside. The pikmin animatronics on the stage began singing when they saw children run over to them. when the crowd was distracted, Charlie ran to the Parts and Service room. He looked at the animatronics, who were starting to stand up. Charlie stopped them. "Now guys, I want you to… "visit" Olimar tonight. He will be in that office." Charlie pointed to the office. The animatronics looked and nodded without a sound. Charlie smiled and closed the door. "He has no idea…"
Olimar walked up to the doors of the restaurant. A small scratching sound was heard, causing Olimar to run to his office. He waited for the phone to ring. Eventually, it did. It was the voice of someone alerting Olimar about his night. "Ah...hello, hello! Uh, see, I told you your first night wouldn't be a problem. You're a natural!" Olimar rolled his eyes as he remembered his first night.
"Uh, I have been alerted that the boss is going to add some new animatronics. Uh, they are currently in the back room. Uh, those shouldn't be able to walk around, but if they do, the whole pikmin head trick should work on them too, so, whatever." Olimar almost screamed. 'New animatronics? Is this place trying to kill me?!' Olimar tried to push away the thought. "Uh...heh...I love the new guys. I'll tell you about them a little. Okay, first off we have young Bulby, but you can just call him Bulby. He is a smaller version of the Bulby you see in the Kid's Cove. If he activates, you will be alerted by a faint scratching sound in the vents, or in the hall…" Olimar felt a bit more relieved. "At least I'll know if Bulby is coming…" The call continued. "Uh, yeah we also have a purple pikmin. Her name is Munchy. You will know if she is coming by hearing loud footsteps in the hall. Er, you don't want her to tackle you! We also have a white pikmin named Speedy. Uh, you might wanna keep the pikmin head on for most of the night. He is probably the fastest animatronic we have. B-because he is very fast!" Olimar was starting to freak out again. "W-what?!" "Yeah, you'll hear very fast footsteps when he activates. Um, lastly, we have Flare, a beige pikmin. She was made to represent a red pikmin when left idle. Heh. She acts like the other animatronics, so she doesn't really have anything special about her…" Olimar prayed that Flare wouldn't be tough to avoid. "Those newer models would always get disoriented with extremely bright lights. It would cause a system restart, or something. Uh, come to think of it, you might want to try that on any room where something undesirable might be. It might hold them in place for a few seconds." Olimar sighed. "That glitch might be in some of the older models too. One more thing. Don't forget the music box. I'll be honest, I never really liked that winged pikmin puppet. It was always...thinking, and it can go anywhere in the restaurant….I don't think a pikmin mask will fool it, so just don't forget the music box. Anyway, I'm sure it won't be a problem. Uh, have a good night, and talk to you tomorrow." As soon as the call ended Olimar slammed his face on the desk. "This is gonna be a long night…"
"Oh, why does this have to take so long? It's only the second night!" Olimar looked at the clock. '1 AM', it read. Scratches could be heard in the vents. Olimar jerked his head up. 'Bulby…' Olimar readied his pikmin mask as he checked the monitor. Sure enough, Bulby was in the vents, staring at the camera with a smile. Olimar put on the mask just as he entered the room. Bulby stared at Olimar, looking ready to pounce. As if he sensed the attack, Olimar quietly grabbed the metal baseball bat. But Bulby, didn't even attack. He ran back into the hallways. Olimar sighed and took off the mask.
"3 AM… Why can't you go faster?!" Olimar was at the point where he wanted to quit. It was only Night 2 for crying out loud! "I'll just get my paycheck and go…" "Hi." A raspy voice spoke. Olimar froze. 'Is someone else in here?' He frantically checked the cameras. Nothing unusual. Olimar checked the Game Room. The only thing there was the rock pikmin. As he turned away he froze. "Wait…" He checked again. In the back stood the beige pikmin, Flare. She didn't move. She just stood there with beady, black eyes. Olimar shuddered. "Hello." There it was again. "That sure sounded like a pikmin… Whatever." Olimar checked the cameras some more.
It was only 4 AM. There wasn't really any action besides the rock pikmin animatronic, Bulby, and a few visits from Sparky. Just an average night… So far. At around 4:30, Olimar heard something move in the restaurant. It sounded like a slight hiss was making its way to Olimar's office. "Great. Animatronics and snakes." The hissing made its way closer to the office. Soon, a mangled-up bulbmin hung from the ceiling from its feet. It stared at Olimar, as if it was waiting for something. Olimar didn't dare move. He slowly grabbed a metal baseball. After a few moments, the animatronic flung itself at Olimar, its jaw snapping, and claws wiggling as it flew. A loud static sound erupted from its throat. "Crap!" Olimar threw the baseball at the animatronic, causing it to fall to the end of the hallway. 'That's one light animatronic…' Olimar stared at it as it tried to run. Smallnfootsteps sounded from the hall. Olimar put on the pikmin mask. Through the eyeholes, Olimar saw a metal claw drag the broken animatronic into the Parts and Service room. Olimar checked the camera, heart racing. The white pikmin, who he guessed was Speedy was kneeled over Mangled Bulby. "What the hell?… Is he… fixing it?" Olimar was right. After a few moments, the camera feed went static. "That was weird. What is going on here?" Olimar shined the light to the end of the hallway. The Mangled Bulby was indeed fixed. It hung on the ceiling, jaw open. Olimar thought for a moment. 'He fixed it? Wait, if I damage them, that means I won't get fired! But then I still have to be attacked by these bastards…' "6 AM. 6 AM." The clock beeped. All of the animatronics were in their place. "Oh, thank God!" Olimar laughed in his office for the first time. Sure, the night was hard, but afterwards it felt like heaven. "Freedom!" olimar skipped out of his office to the front door. Alph walked inside. He smiled at Olimar's presence. "Hey, Olimar! What's with the good mood?" Olimar grinned. "I'm almost done. Just a few nights to go!" Alph looked concerned. "But… you still have five more nights. It's seven days, remember?" Olimar looked at Alph as if he was insane. "What? I thought I had only five nights here…" Olimar flopped down on a nearby table. Alph looked down. "Sorry, but if you want the full paycheck, you must last seven nights." Olimar glared at the animatronics on the stage. "These bastards are making me insane. At least I get those stupid calls to give me advice… By the way who is that phone guy?" Alph became nervous. "Um, it's… Oh forget it, it's Louie." Alph sighed. Olimar's eyes went wide. "Louie? Louie, the one who got arrested from eating people's limbs on Hocotate Frieght?" Alph gulped and suddenly found the pikmin on the stage fascinating. "Yes…" He finally said. Olimar stood up and walked to the door. "Bye, Alph." Alph was about to say goodbye when Olimar already left. "I'm sorry…"
