Five Nights at Lynn's (Collaborative Writing!)
Introductions (written by Raven)
*We begin our story with a young man walking past a restaurant window (Lynn's Table), when he sees an interesting ad in the window.*
The ad reads: Looking for a job? Need money? Well we've got the opportunity of a lifetime. Lynn's Table needs a security to help keep watch over our new animatronics during the night. Pay starts at $20/hr and shift lasts from Midnight to 6AM, Monday-Friday? If you are interested in this position, please call 555-5683.
Tucker the Sucker: $20 an hour, you say? *pulls at his pockets, which are empty* Well, I am rather strapped for cash, plus with tuition payments coming up, I could use all the money I could get. Not to mention, $20/hr is an opportunity I can't turn down.
*Two weeks later, Tucker the Sucker is meeting up with the Loud Family at Lynn's Table, who are explaining the exact details of the job.*
Tucker the Sucker *jokingly*: Can't believe that my employers are going to be a bunch of kids.
Lola: Technically, you're working for our dad. However, he couldn't make it to this meeting, something about receiving the wrong shipment of sauce or some other screw up, so we're meeting with you in his place.
Lori: First off, allow us to thank you for applying for this position. Believe it or not, we've had a hard time finding anyone willing to work this shift.
Tucker the Sucker: Oh, it's no problem. I'm eager and ready to do whatever this job entails. Speaking of which, what are my specific duties?
Lisa: As alluded to in our ad, this job is to keep watch over the restaurant until 6AM. You will be in charge of keeping a lookout for any intruders or otherwise suspicious activity as well as keeping an eye on our newly created animatronics.
Lincoln: Not to toot my own horn, but creating the animatronics was my idea. Figured that they'd get along well with kids and attract more customers.
Lisa: If you're done stroking your ego, Lincoln, I'd like to continue explaining. *returns attention to Tucker the Sucker* You see, there are 13 animatronics in total based off of each of us that you'll-
Tucker the Sucker: 13? *counts the Loud siblings* But there are only 11 of you.
Lana: Oh, that's because two of us aren't here right now. One of those people being our second brother and the other being Lynn's lovebird.
Lynn *becoming flustered*: We're not lovebirds!
Tucker the Sucker *chuckles*: That reminds me of two of my friends.
Lisa: Anyway, as I was saying, there are 13 animatronics that you're going to need to keep an eye on.
Tucker the Sucker: Why is that?
Lisa: Well, you see, when I built these animatronics, I based their A.I. off of each of our personalities. Thus, they can be a little 'mischievous'…
Tucker the Sucker (As red flags go off in his head, which he ignores): Okay…?
Lisa: This wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that I programmed each robot with a free-roaming mode that last the duration of your shift in order to prevent their servers from locking up.
Tucker the Sucker: Should I be concerned?
*The Louds look at each other with a concerned look, as if debating whether they should tell him or not.*
Luna: Only if you don't have good reaction time.
Tucker the Sucker: Come again?
Lisa: What my sister is trying to say is that the animatronics may try getting into your office every now again. Fortunately, their are fortified doors that can keep them out as well as a system of failsafes that are capable of keeping them at bay.
Tucker the Sucker: But why would I want to keep them at bay? They're only mischievous animatronics, right?
Lisa *smile*: Yeah… right… just your regular advanced animatronics.
Leni: So should we tell him about the gli-*the others clamp their hands over his mouth*
Tucker the Sucker: About the what?
Lucy: Nothing. Disregard what Leni was trying to say. Just stay on your toes and you'll be just fine.
Tucker the Sucker: Okay then? How long do you need me to work this position?
Lisa: This tenure could last anywhere from 2 to 3 weeks, depending on how well you perform. Rest assured, you shall be greatly compensated for your time.
Tucker the Sucker: Hmm, 2-3 weeks of work with a 6 hour late night shift and I get paid $20 per hour? Not a bad proposition. You can count on me.
Lisa: Great to hear. All we need is for you to sign a few documents and we'll be ready to go. In fact, you can actually start tomorrow night if it's not too much to ask.
Tucker the Sucker (eager to get paid): No, it's no trouble at all. I'll start right away.
Lisa: Excellent.
Night One (written by Raven)
*Tucker the Sucker reports for his shift and sits comfortably in his office, dressed in his security guard uniform. It is five minutes until midnight when he receives a phone call.*
Tucker the Sucker (answering the phone): Hello?
Lisa: Felicitations, new employee! Before your shift officially starts, allow us to once again thank you for accepting this position. With your assistance, we hope to be able to better observe our animatronics and make all the necessary adjustments to their programming. Take a quick look around your office to better familiarize yourself to the setting. You will notice a tablet on your desk as well as two buttons on both your left and right. Next to the tablet, you will see a flashlight, it is very important that you keep a close eye on it as it may prove vital later on in the week.
Tucker the Sucker: Vital how?
Lisa: Ah, ah, ah. It's far too early to reveal its purpose just yet. Anyway, the tablet gives you access to the security camera feed of each part of the restaurant. This is to help you better keep track of each animatronic so that they don't sneak up on and surprise you. The red buttons on your left and right close the doors and the green buttons open them respectively. Use them to keep the animatronics from getting into your office. You may also notice an additional button on your right. This button can be used to block off the vents as some animatronics like to crawl through them in order to gain access to you.
Tucker the Sucker: I'm sorry, come again? Why would you design an animatronic that can crawl through vents.
Lisa: To be fair, that wasn't my intention. However, due to their advanced A.I., a few of them learned how to sneak about using these passageways. Continuing on, be careful about closing the vents as this heavily affects ventilation and in certain circumstances can cause you to suffer hallucinations and black out for a brief period of time. Are you following me so far?
Tucker the Sucker: Yes, I am. Nothing too confusing.
Lisa: Good. Now one more thing I need to mention: in order to conserve power due to budget restraints, everything on your control panel is powered by a battery. Overusing the cameras and keeping the door closed for prolonged periods of time can drain your power. Once your power is completely drained, you will be vulnerable to every animatronic within the facility and trust me, you don't want that to happen.
Tucker the Sucker: Why is that? What's the worst they can do, hug me to death?
Lisa: You may laugh now, but keep in mind that these machines are hundreds of times stronger than any man. They're easily capable of crushing your bones to dust so yes, it is possible for them to hug you to death.
Tucker the Sucker: What!? You mean I could be in mortal danger!?
Lisa: Just keep an eye on your surroundings and use your resources wisely and you'll be fine.
Tucker the Sucker: Um… okay, alright.
*Lisa hangs up and Tucker's shift officially begins. Though nervous, Tucker quickly gets over it and begins testing his equipment to make sure everything works properly. He closes and opens each door, brings up the camera feed to each section of the restaurant and closes off the vents to ensure everything is in order.*
Tucker the Sucker: Pfft, all I've gotta do is sit around and watch some robots for 6 hours? This finna be a breeze! *brings up camera feed 5, where he sees Animatronic!Lana glaring up at him* Hmm, I've gotta hand it to her, this animatronic looks just like her sister. Don't like how she's looking at me though.
*Tucker switches feeds to cameras 4 and then 8, but sees nothing out of the ordinary aside from Animatronic!Luna, Lucy, and Lynn standing still as statues.*
Tucker the Sucker: Huh, I don't Even know what I was worried about. These guys seem harmless. *Animatronic!Lynn suddenly turns and looks directly at the camera before shooting what seems like a death glare. This understandably freaks Tucker out a little bit* Is she? Is she staring at me? No, no, that can't be it. I must be seeing things.
*Tucker the Sucker switches feeds back over to camera 5, where Lana remains, although she seems to be twirling something in her hands. She too looks at the camera and delivers a message to Tucker.*
Animatronic!Lana: You look like you've seen a ghost, are you alright? Don't you worry, I can fix you right up. There's nothing I can't fix.
Tucker the Sucker (somewhat unnerved): That kid didn't tell me these things could talk.
*Tucker switches feeds over to camera 1, where Animatronic!Lincoln is housed. Like Luna, Lucy, and Lynn, he doesn't make any movements. He doesn't even turn to address the camera like the Lynn and Lana did. He simply stays put. Though he doesn't move, Tucker can swear he hears the animatronic let out a smug little laugh.*
Tucker the Sucker: Maybe it's just my nerves getting the better of me, but these animatronics are seriously starting to freak me out.
*An hour passes and Tucker dutifully switches feeds, keeping a close eye out for the machines. However, when he switches over to camera 5 to check in on Lana, all he gets is white noise and static.*
Tucker the Sucker: That's weird, what the heck happened? Is this the glitch that girl with sunglasses (Leni was her name, right?) was talking about? *switches feeds to camera 2, but the same thing happens there as well. Confused, he switches to camera 6, but gets the same result* Did someone mess with my cameras?
Animatronic!Lana (appearing outside the door to his left): You bet your pants someone did! Me to be more specific.
*Tucker the Sucker lets out a shrill shriek before pressing the button and closing the door, cutting off Lana before she can enter.*
Animatronic!Lana: I told you, there's nothing that I can't fix and that includes your cameras. You might wanna stay on high alert, Mr. Night Guard, because next time I might not give you a heads up like I did this time. *leaves, leaving Tucker understandably shaken*
Tucker the Sucker: Okay, I know I already asked this, but WHAT THE HECK!?
*After Lana has left, Tucker cautiously opens the door before checking his battery power. He still has 81% left before it's completely drained. Tucker makes a note to himself to be more careful in the future*
Tucker the Sucker: I swear, these things are out for my blood! This was not mentioned during orientation! *checks the cameras again and sees that they are back to normal* Well, at least the cameras are working again. That's a relief!
*Some more time passes with little intrusion, although Tucker makes a point of keeping his eyes on the Lana animatronic. He periodically shifts between feeds, but sees nothing out of the ordinary.*
Tucker the Sucker (checking camera feed 5): Alright, looks like red hat is missing. *down the hall, Tucker hears Animatronic!Lana yell out "I have a name you know! It's Lana!"* Okay, Lana is missing. I might want to close the doors just to be on the safe side. *tries to close his doors only to hear a click* Oh, now what?! *presses the button several more times, but receives nothing but clicks* What kind of faulty technology did that kid using setting all of this up?
Animatronic!Lisa (appearing in his office): Ahem! If I were you, I'd refrain from mocking the tech. I'll have you know that it's anything but faulty. It's never malfunctioned even once.
Tucker the Sucker: How did you get in my office?
Animatronic!Lisa: Oh please, you were so preoccupied with checking the camera feeds that you forgot to keep an eye on what's going on outside your door.
Tucker the Sucker (keeping as calm as he can): Speaking of doors, any reason as to why I can't close them.
Animatronic!Lisa: Oh, the answer to that question is fairly simple. I fiddled with them so that you can't close them.
Tucker the Sucker: Oh great, apparently you guys have a thing for pranks.
Animatronic!Lisa: No. That would be my sister, Luan.
Tucker the Sucker: Then why did you mess with my doors?
Animatronic!Lisa: Well, I wanted to observe your reaction when you realized that you're right in the open with no way of protecting yourself should one of my siblings come around.
Tucker the Sucker: I knew you little robot demons were out for my blood! What is it that you want?
Animatronic!Lisa: Me, personally? Nothing. However, my siblings may want to find out what you're made of if you catch my drift.
Tucker the Sucker: This can't get any worse. Once lost track of one animatronic and now another one has made me a sitting duck.
Animatronic!Lisa: Look on the bright side, at least I'm helping you conserve battery power.
Tucker the Sucker: Thanks, You're such a great help.
Animatronic!Lisa: Don't mention it. *there are a few minutes of awkward silence before Lisa grows impatient* Where is she? She was supposed to be here by now? Don't tell me she made me hinder you for nothing.
Tucker the Sucker: Who is she, exactly?
Animatronic!Lisa: Lana! She was supposed to get you while I kept your doors open, but apparently she got distracted. I'll be right back. *leaves the office*
Tucker the Sucker: *closes both doors as soon as Lisa is gone* Phew! Thank god for that mishap. *checks his watch* Alright, only 2 more hours to go. I should be fine.
*After a couple of minutes, Tucker reopens the doors. His battery percentage is at 51. He knows he's going to have to bide his time wisely.*
Tucker the Sucker: I can do this, I can do this! Everything will be fine. *checks the camera feeds, but notices that the Lincoln animatronic has moved from camera feed 1 to camera feed 3* Don't tell me I'm going to have to contend with him too. Haven't I dealt with enough?
Animatronic!Lincoln: Not yet, but you will soon.
Tucker the Sucker *closing the door Lisa used to enter as a precaution*: Dude, what did I ever do to you guys?
Animatronic!Lincoln: Nothing. This is simply a game. A game to see if you can last the week without falling to one of us.
Tucker the Sucker: So let me guess, you're going to come over to my office to trying killing me off, aren't you?
Animatronic!Lincoln (shaking his head): No. Not tonight. Tonight, I'm simply going to observe and see if my little sisters can get the job done.
Tucker the Sucker: That's a relief! *wipes sweat from his brow* At least that's one less animatronic I'll have to deal with.
Animatronic!Lincoln: Why of course. It's no fun if we all simply gang up on you and trust me, if we wanted to, we'd be more than capable of getting you tonight without much of a challenge.
Tucker the Sucker *switching feeds for a brief time before returning to Lincoln*: How sporting of you.
Animatronic!Lincoln: Yeah, I know right. Anyway, try to survive the night. It would be a shame if you came this close only to choke and die on your first night on the job.
Tucker the Sucker: As if I'd let that happen.
*With Lincoln declaring himself a non factor, Tucker breathes a sigh of relief and goes back to check on the other animatronics. Just a short time later, he hears an innocent childlike giggle*
Tucker the Sucker: What the? *feels someone tugging on his leg and looks down to see Animatronic!Lily pulling on his leg*
Animatronic!Lily: Goo goo! *holds up a toy cupcake*
Tucker the Sucker: Awww. Aren't you adorable. There's no way you can kill me. *reaches out to grab the cupcake, only for Lily to yank it away and hold out her hand as if she wants something in return* What?
Animatronic!Lily: *whimpers and pouts*
Tucker the Sucker: You want something in exchange for your cupcake?
Animatronic!Lily (nodding her head): Ga ga!
Tucker the Sucker: Well, I don't have much on me, but how about… *pulls out a tissue* This tissue?
*Animatronic!Lily looks at him as if she's about to cry and starts to whimper*
Tucker the Sucker: No? Well, um, how about a nice little sticker? *pulls out a sticker of a bird*
*Animatronic!Lily really doesn't like that and begins to cry at the top of her lungs.*
Tucker the Sucker (knowing that this isn't good): Oh Crap, oh crap, oh crap!
Animatronic!Lincoln: Oh, you've done it now. You made our baby sister cry. Looks like we're going to have to come over there and teach you a lesson about what happens when you mess with our family.
Tucker the Sucker (hearing every animatronic slowly marching through the halls): No, no, no! *turns to Animatronic!Lily* What do you want? Umm, a birthday hat? *Lily keeps crying* Crayons and paper? *Lily keeps crying* Shit, what am I going to do?
*Tucker digs through his pocket and finds a chocolate bar. In a last ditch effort, he offers it to Lily*
Tucker the Sucker: What about chocolate? *Animatronic!Lily immediately stops crying and takes the chocolate bar out of his hand.*
Animatronic!Lily: Ga ga! *claps her hands and leaves the office.*
*Tucker hears the animatronics retreating, but doesn't take a chance. He closes both doors to keep them from getting access to his office. Back on his camera feed, Tucker hears Animatronic!Lincoln taunting him*
Animatronic!Lincoln: You got lucky that time, but how long will that luck last?
Animatronic!Lana (standing right outside his window): This close. I was this close to getting my hands on you. Make Lily cry again and next time you won't be so lucky. *reluctantly leaves*
*Tucker the Sucker looks at his watch and sees that it is 5:59 AM. His battery is at 1%. Not wanting to lose that last precious percentage, Tucker takes a chance and reopens the doors. A few seconds later, Tucker hears the chime of a clock followed by the cheers of children. Taking a second glance at his watch, Tucker sees that it is 6AM. He has made it through his first night.*
Tucker: Man, that was more than I bargained for. I'm just thankful to still be alive. *gathers his things and sprints out of the restaurant* I'm starting to question whether I should come back tonight or not? That was seriously freaky.
End Night 1.