That evening, Yumiko was sitting in the office, with her plushie. Mr. Shields was informed that the animatronics almost attacked her. So, he made sure that the technicians would remain safe. They chose that for Night 2, they will keep a close eye on the animatronics of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, if anything goes awry. Yumiko agrees to stay, as long as someone will protect her. Seb stayed with her, as the second night began.
She then asked, "Hey, sir… I saw in the camera feed… there were old animatronics of Sailors Mercury, Mars, and Venus, and they were badly battered."
Seb explained to her that the animatronics in the room were discarded versions of the original Sailor Guardians from an old amusement park, before it was shut down, due to health violations. He also explains that a Sailor Jupiter animatronic was available. But it was missing in this diner. No one was able to recover it, since the delivery was made, before this place opened. But he explained that these robots are now used, as spare parts for the newer animatronics. Yumiko explained that it does explain the faceless Mercury. He replied that it was like that, but they were lucky enough to get the new models of Mercury, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter, by next week. But luckily, nothing will go wrong, seeing that the Pluto animatronic almost attacked her. Seb's advice to her is to keep the mask on, and make sure the music box remains winding up.
Yumiko then asked, "Wait! What about that tossed out animatronic?"
Seb already left, as she shivered, "Scary… I was gonna ask about that mangled-up Sailor Scout."
June 10th, 1997 – Second Night
12:00am
Phone Girl was talking to Yumiko, as it was 12:15am, "He said that? Dude… that was frightening. But hey, you're a natural, confronting the animatronics on the first night. Good work."
"Thanks. You have any hints on these robots?"
"Well, all I know is that the older models in that room you mentioned, that guy is bullshitting you. They were actually from an older place, which is a family diner. They were going to use the robots, for repairs, even fitting them with the newer circuits and servos. But they were so ugly… with the smell… and the soft felt skin… like they were made in Sailor Moon USA."
"Oh, I hear that. Is it bad?"
"Well, the older ones shouldn't be able to walk around at night, since the new ones were built to resemble the Outer Sailor Scouts. We didn't have time to bring in the original Inner Sailor Scouts to the move."
"What's wrong with that?"
She looked at the cameras and said, "Okay… I'm a little jumpy, seeing these girls walk around, like robots."
"Well, you still have that mask, being that they recognize you. Keep it on, at all costs, and remember to wind up that music box. And that's it." Phone Girl then said, "Oh, and one more thing… I always liked Sailor Jupiter… and I think there was one, still around… but the Sailor Moon Head wouldn't work on her. So, you might want to flash the lights into her. Like the older models, they somehow have the trick to do a system restart, which triggers them to walk away. That helps. So, I suggest to NOT wear the head, at all times. Just use it, in case any of the robots show up… with the exception of Jupiter. Come to think of it, the place has rigged lights all over the area, with a flash of light in each room. So, in any case that the animatronics are heading closer, you might want to flash the lights at them. That helps, since it's rigged to the cameras, but the LED bulbs would go out faster. Just like the music box."
She giggled, "Yeah, I do love the old Sailor Moon cartoons. I mean, I was a fan of Sailor Jupiter, as she is tall and beauti-."
A noise was made, as the Sailor Jupiter mangled girl is appearing in the game room. Yumiko gasped, as Phone Girl asked, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
"Sorry…" Yumiko said, "It's alright. I'll call you, tomorrow. If we can, we should totally hang out, when this is over."
Phone Girl said, "Can't, no, sorry. I'm not much of a morning person, seeing that my job ends at 6am. I'm still gunning to get into the day shift. When that happens, we'll talk. Anyway, do you best to be careful. Ciao."
She hung up, as Yumiko looked in the game room, as she flashed the light at it. The mangled Sailor Scout Robot stayed, as she beeped loudly. Yumiko sobbed, "Why is it alive? What is that? What was that?"
As she looked, she also noticed that Sailor Saturn, the girl with the balloons, disappeared. She cringed, "AAAGH! SAILOR uhhh… Who's that Guardian?"
She shivered, as she stayed in her seat. She knew that she cannot leave the office. But she had to warn the technicians about this. Moreover, she is scared that Sailor Pluto might attack, again. She wound the music box, as she flashed the light at the hallways. She found Sailor Saturn in the left air vent, crawling towards her. She put the mask on, and then Sailor Saturn walked past her. She left, as Yumiko removed the mask. She flashed the light, down the hallway, seeing a Sailor Guardian with brown hair, and a small endoskeleton head on her left shoulder. She was near the hallway of Party Rooms 3 & 4, with a Sailor Jupiter animatronic in the background. She gasped, as she whispered, "The animatronics… I wonder… are they trying to scare me?"
She held the plushie and said, "So scary… Just what is that?"
She called Phone Girl, as she said, "Pickup… Pickup… Come on… COME ON!"
The phone answered, "Hello? Hello-hello?"
"It's me. Listen, I think I saw Sailor Jupiter… with two heads…"
"TWO heads? Oooooh… That's freaky. Yeah, she's there."
"Obviously. Also, do you have that?"
"Oh, no… It's basically a doll with removable joints, and cuddly like a doll. She's no Sailor Guardian, but… Well, lemme explain. See, this Sailor Guardian was to be the newest model, similar to Sailor Jupiter, but sadly, she was a reject. Like I said, she was always my favorite. See, they tried to make an original Sailor Jupiter, calling her Sailor Titan, but they made her too scary, than kid-friendly. She is usually residing in Sailor Kids' Cove, as it's called, for like a kids' playroom, whenever the toddlers want to play around in the diner. But kids can't keep their hands to themselves. Eventually, she was left alone by the technicians, and she was left in some sort of take apart/put together attraction. I believe the technicians referred to her as Sailor Mangle."
"Sailor Mangle?"
"Yeah. So, yeah. She's okay… as long as you flash at her. But I doubt she'll ever get here. OH, one more thing, before I go… I wanted to eat your mind about some rumors that you've heard about, lately. Well, you how those urban legends go, and they don't usually mean anything. But I can personally assure you that whatever goes on, out there, however scary it may be, it has nothing to do with our establishment. Anyways, I got to go."
"Right. Sorry if I scared you…"
She hung up, as she heard a noise. She found Sailor Neptune, crawling down the vents, as she also spotted Sailor Mangle in the Party Room. She put on the mask, as she shivered, "Sailor Mangle… She scares me… But why does she put herself together?"
She stayed in her seat, until 4am.
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It happened, long ago. The newer Sailor Jupiter Animatronic, or once known as Sailor Titan, was being put together, connecting her joints. The engineers began to work her like any normal robotic doll, and she started walking slowly and normally. However, she stumbled down, and broke off her left leg and right arm, all over the floor. She was fully-fastened from her body, as she was taken to Sailor Kids' Cove, fully-operational and whole.
On a bright afternoon, two toddlers were playing with the Sailor Jupiter Robot, with her long reddish hair done in a ponytail, and her Sailor Fuku attire on. One small boy in a striped shirt and red hair tugged her arm, and she suddenly lost her arm. Jupiter beeped, as she smiled, "Ha-h-ah-a-hahahahahaha… Now, now. Don't br-br-br-break the playmaaaaaates… Hah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha…"
She continued to laugh, as a few toddlers grabbed her body parts and removed her arms, legs, and head, and other parts. Apparently, what Phone Girl's message said is true. The New Sailor Jupiter, once known as Sailor Titan, was usually played around by the kids, as some sort of LEGO-esque doll. They usually built her with a head on one of her arms, while her hands and feet were put together in different forearms and thighs. After playing around with the Sailor Guardian Robot, now known as Mangle, she was scrapped from the diner. Unfortunately, the manager refuses to let her go, like that, as they made Sailor Mangle a building attraction, fun for the kids. They did, however, made sure that she didn't become alive. So, they removed her power cells, making her a lifeless doll, as attended by the manager. Eventually, the kids somehow left her alone, with her body parts in the correct area. They do, however, like to put in a tiny animatronic head onto her shoulders.
After that, the Sailor Mangle remained a very fun attraction, as she was put together, whole, every time the diner closes. And when the building closed, Sailor Mangle wakes up, sans battery power, and started to make distorted and compressed radio noises. That happened, every single night, from Midnight to 6.
At 5am, Yumiko kept flashing the lights in the cameras and the halls, as Sailor Saturn was crawling into the vent. She then spotted Yumiko, who quickly heard her footsteps, as she put the Sailor Moon head on. Saturn held up a red balloon and said, "Sailor Moon… Red Balloooooon… Want a balloon?"
Yumiko gasped, as Saturn laughs in a haunting giggle. She asked, "Uh… Hey, uh… Who are you?"
Saturn introduced herself, "I'm Sailor Saturn. Want a red balloon?"
She giggled, "Red is the color of – blood – apples…"
Yumiko gasped, as she whispered, "What did you say?"
Saturn smiled, "One per custom-tom-tom-tomer-tomer. Have a balloon…"
Yumiko shivered, as Saturn walked away. She cringed, "Is it just me… or did she say… blood?"
Saturn's voice called out, "Red… balloooooooooooooooon… Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha…"
Her laughs echoed, as Yumiko removed the mask. She shivered, "I can't stand it. It's like the whole place is haunted…"
As she relaxed, she heard a small music box tune, as it was Pop Goes the Weasel. Yumiko then realized that she was so shaken by the Saturn animatronic that she forgot to wound up the music box. She panicked, as she realized that it was far too late. She was unaware of what could lead to, as she heard that tune in the huge box. She figured, "What does that music mean, when it stops?"
She whispered, as she held the plushie, "No… No… No… Please, god… NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
The music stopped, as Sailor Chibi-Moon popped out from the huge door and lunged at Yumiko. She dodged out of the way, as Chibi-Moon was on the floor, moaning in a robotic tone, faced down and dizzy. She shivered, as Pluto returned. She beeped, "Small Lady. Small Lad-ad-ad-ady. Lady. Small Laaaaaady…"
She spotted Yumiko, as she put the mask on. She said, "Who are you?"
Yumiko sobbed, "Oh, crap. Not again. Why does she always do this?"
She held her staff and beeped, "Violators will be punished. Violators will be – killed – punished. You must com-com-com-come with me, Small Lady. You-u-ou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ou… Uh, uh, uh-uh-uh-uh-ahahahahahahahaaaaaa…"
She fizzled out, as she froze in place, dropping her long gold staff. Her eyes went black, as the other animatronics stopped moving. It was now 6am. That panic-induced moment, it lasted a whole hour, as Yumiko was sobbing in fear. She finally realize what happens if the Music Box isn't wounded up. It would mean that Sailor Chibi-Moon pops out. Yumiko crawled out and moaned, sobbing in pain, as she was almost caught, on the second night. Though the best part was, she now knows how to avoid the animatronic Sailor Guardians… and its resident creepy Jill-in-a-Box, Chibi-Moon.
That day at the Pizzeria, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune were wheeled into the Animatronics Room, as they were being fitted into newer parts. Neptune was faced up, as a technician in a white coat removed a white gear from a lone Sailor Mercury Robot, the same faceless one on the corner, and attached the gear into Neptune's chest. They were already turned off, as Uranus was being tightened from her arms and legs, fixing her mobility. As the engineers continued to toil and toy with the Sailor Guardians, Sailor Uranus started to blink in her LED eyes, flashing black and white. She faded out, as she whispered, "No… Never again…"
She remembered what went on, in the Sailor Guardian Stage Show, long ago, being that she has parts from Sailors Mars and Venus. She was on the stage, singing to the kids, with Neptune singing along. As the kids sang, Uranus's perspective saw a faint woman in pink hair, done in a black and purple dress. She has pink and yellow garnet gems attached to her belt, as she walked closer to the Uranus Robot. She whispered, "Uranus… Such beauty…"
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That night, when the place closed, in Pluto's perspective, in a very dark, ambient, and empty party room, near the stage, she saw Sailors Neptune and Uranus, sitting with her, whirring her head to the left and to the right, very slowly. To her left, she saw Neptune, sitting with her eyes closed. To her right, she saw Uranus. Her vision started to flicker and go to black, with the words "error" on it. She powered down, and then spoke in a deep baritone…
"Small Lady… Small Lady… Smaaaaaaaa… BZZT! Shutting doooooo…"
After that, nothing.
The technicians finished, as Seb returned, saying to them, "Did you, by any chance, clean the blood off Uranus's hands?"
The first techie asked, "WHAT blood?"
Seb thought, as he looked at the hands of the robot, "Hmm… I see that they did manage to clean her off."
He instructed, "Carry on."
He left, as the technicians began to work on Uranus's body.
The following evening, clutched with a Sailor Chibi-Moon in her hands, Yumiko was sitting in the table, as she was still traumatized by the events that took place.
Mr. Shields asked, "Miss Yumiko, I don't know why, but I see that you were still scared by the sudden attacks. Do not be alarmed. Even robots cannot tell the difference between a fragile girl and an endoskeleton, once in a while."
Yumiko said, as she was sniffling, "I wanna go home…"
Mr. Shields smiled, "I'm sorry, Yumiko. You're going to do the next night. By the way, I'll be more than happy to give you a plushie, since you chose to stay here."
He gave her a Sailor Moon Plushie, as she smiled, "Thanks… But I don't think that she'll protect me."
Mr. Shields said, "Don't worry. You have TWO plushies, now. And no more. You're getting the complete set, when you pay for it."
Yumiko replied, "Well, how about if I earn a Tuxedo Mask Plushie?"
Mr. Shields asked, "I'm sorry?"
"Well, I worked really hard, getting Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi-Moon… the least I can do is-."
He said, as he was impressed, "Well, we'll see. For now, we should get ready. Would you like some pizza, while you wait?"
Yumiko giggled nervously, as she said, "Sure… Why not?"
As she was about to enjoy her pizza, inside the empty animatronics room, Sailor Mercury's face started to lit up, showing her lit red LED eyes. She beeped, "Hi, everybod-bod-bod-body…"
Mars woke up and beeped, on the floor, "Hey, everyone. Welcome to Sailor Moon's Pizza."
Yumiko was ready for Night 3. Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto will be awake, again, along with Sailors Saturn and Mangle. However, it seems that the older versions have awoken… for the worst.
