Moving In

When nightfall came, the two animatronics set out towards their potential home. Moon, having already visited the location multiple times, was the one to lead the way. Sun followed close behind, stepping only where his twin had stepped. The journey took some time. A couple of hours, easily. The landscape was not even. There were multiple hills which needed to be ascended and multiple drops which needed to be carefully climbed. A relatively easy journey for them. Not so much for humans. The discovery ultimately helped Sun relax. The fact that they could so easily flee back to their temporary shelter in the wilderness without humans being able to maintain the chase brought him a sense of comfort. The opportunity to escape would not be so easily lost. The risk of being decommissioned seemed just a little less prevalent.

Upon arriving at the house in question, Sun hesitated for a moment before following after his twin. As he hesitated his solar flares flickered and rotated ever so slightly, before retracting completely into his head for a split second. Moon made no move to rush his twin, well aware of what was transpiring at that particular moment. The sensors used to detect signs of life were stored in their rays. Sun was just making sure that there were genuinely no people loitering about in the empty house. Once the house was concluded to indeed be empty, the hesitant animatronic resumed following after his brother. Just as had been promised, there were a lot of plants to be found. Plants which had most certainly been grown on purpose by whoever had previously inhabited the space.

Around the house itself there were berry bushes. They did not know what sort of berries were growing on these bushes, but they were berries nonetheless. As Moon had mentioned, there were strange looking black panels set up upon the roof of the building. If those panels were somehow involved in solar power, then that would absolutely explain why the house still had electricity. Speaking of the house - it was definitely smaller than the animatronics were accustomed too. The daycare that they had been built to inhabit was rather large, roughly the size of a small warehouse. Getting used to a normal building would prove difficult. That would probably be the only downside, though. The AI would be able to make due with the luck they had been given.

"There's a lot of yard space." Moon abruptly spoke, taking a moment to point in the distance.
"We're too far away to see it, but there's a fence marking the perimeter of the property. So we'll have an established territory if we keep within the borders. We can treat it like the daycare. Stay within the boundaries and take care of what we have." He explained, seemingly attempting to make the transitional period easier on his sibling. All the while unintentionally using language befitting of a security bot.

"Moony, are your security protocols still active?" Sun jokingly inquired, attempting to poke a bit of fun at how his twin had started to speak. The question coaxed what seemed to be an awkward laugh out of the nocturnal bot.

"My security protocols... They aren't exactly inactive, but they aren't active either. Somewhere in the middle. I'm always on alert, but my system isn't giving me any false flags." Moon explained, his tone rather quiet and a bit uneasy. The subject was not a comfortable one for him to discuss, given his background - though he did not hold it against his sibling to try and lighten the mood.
"It doesn't matter, though. Come. I'll show you the way inside." He added, quickly changing the subject before Sun could become distracted by the somber tone of his earlier reply.

"Can't we use the door?" Sun inquired, rightfully confused. He could see the entrance from where they stood.

"No, not really. The door has some sort of a mechanical lock in place. Whoever abandoned the house, they set up precautions to try and keep others out. The front and back door and all of the windows on the bottom floor are locked up tight. We'll break them if we try to use them." Moon explained, somewhat anxiously as he unloaded this information. He suspected that his sibling may find this knowledge at least somewhat distressing.

"W-wouldn't that mean that someone might notice us going in? A security alert could go off..." Sun replied nervously, now seeming incredibly hesitant to approach the building.

"I tested that theory already." Moon stated in turn, shifting so that he could put a comforting hand upon his brother's shoulder.
"I would not have brought you here if I didn't consider this building completely safe. Any potential risk, I made sure it was not an issue. The windows on the second floor are not locked. The window leading to the attic is how I've been getting into the house. I have gone in multiple times and explored every room to test and see if any sort of alert would go off. No one has ever come to investigate. So long as we don't fool around with the windows or doors on the bottom floor, we'll be fine." He stated, making it very clear that he had already thought of the potential risks of moving into the abandoned house. Whatever security system was in place - if there was one in place - it would only be activated by damaging the integrity of the mechanical locks.

"I-I... I'm sorry, Moony. You're-re ri-right. I'm just sc-sc-ared..." Sun stammered, a sort of anxiety induced vocal glitch taking hold of his voice box as he spoke. A symptom of high emotional distress that the technicians had never quite managed to work out of their systems. Moon could only attempt to coax his sibling towards the house. The vocal glitch would go away on its own once Sun's stress had been reduced.

"It's alright, Sun. You're alright. You know I'd never let anything hurt you. I promise." Moon replied, gently tugging his twin towards the building. Sun did not reply for fear of his vocal stammer rendering him incomprehensible. He simply allowed his brother to lead him to the entrance of their new home. Thanks to their height and the long reach of their limbs, they were able to make their way to the third floor of the building without any issues. The large windows leading to the attic opened inward, allowing the two to make their way inside without need for any acrobatics. As Moon had warned, the inside of the building was caked in dust. The attic in particular was filthy when compared to the rooms below. Aside from a few crumbling boxes, the attic was entirely empty - home only to dust and cobwebs. Dusty cobwebs at that. The spiders that had built them had moved on long ago due to lack of food.

Moving down to the second floor, everything was cleaner. Still covered in dust, but nowhere near as filthy as the space above. Moon's footprints from the previous nights of exploration were proof enough that he had explored the building multiple times in search of potential threats. The two had to crouch in order to move through doorways, but thankfully the ceilings were just high enough that they could stand without issue. For as small as the house was when compared to the daycare, it wasn't all bad. Large compared to the homes that the pair had crept by in the city - but having so little first had experience with houses, it was unclear if this home was on the larger side or not. Sun was relieved to find that the house was not as cramped as he thought it may be. Surprised, even. Now that he had actually gone inside and seen all of the evidence of Moon's investigations for himself, he had calmed down considerably.

"This... This might actually work~" Sun chimed, sounding hesitant for a split second, before his chipper tone returned. Thankfully his vocal stammer had gone away. Moon smiled at his brother, pleased to hear that they were content with their new home.

"We'll just need to clean up a bit~" Moon replied, a sort of playful tone sneaking into his voice as he spoke.

"Clean up~! Clean up~!" Sun half sang in turn, waving his hands about slightly as a show of excitement. Yes. This could work. The building was secure and there would be no issue maintaining power. This was a perfectly suitable home for a pair of runaway animatronics. If fate remained kind, they would keep it. They would tend to it. If they were lucky, maybe they could even come to love it. Just maybe.