Kit stared at the stage in disbelief. There were 3 human spirits standing in place of the children's entertainers. They were strong enough to be the only thing Kit could see too, their actual animatronic forms invisible to her eye right now. All she saw were the spirits, though it was quite easy to tell who was who. Each of their hair colors was the color of their respective animatronic, and they each sported distinct features such as the robots animal ears. Before she could take in much more of their appearance though, another strong presence made itself known and she looked to the back of the room.
In the back corner stood a small stand alone stage. Pirates Cove. It's purple star covered curtains were drawn tightly shut and an 'out of order' sign was situated out front. Kit figured there must be another haunted animatronic hidden away in there too. It's aura was strong and carried anger and sadness with it, whereas the others were currently full of joy. Kit took a deep breath and suppressed the feelings. Her usual spirits gathered close around as if to protect her from them. If she let the feelings overwhelm her, they would begin to influence her too.
Checking her phone for the time, Kit realized it was almost time for her to start her shift. She still had to meet with the manager for her uniform and quick training first though. With once last glance at the animatronics, Kit headed down the hall and towards the office. Reaching the room, she found it to be closed. A large metal door was shut before her and she saw no way of it opening. "Weird…" Unsure of what else she could possibly do, Kit raised her hand to the cool metal and knocked.
The rolling of an office chair could be heard from inside the room before the door suddenly shot up. With a startled yelp, Kit stumbled away from the door in surprise. A laugh brought her attention to the man in the doorway
"I'm sorry about the scare. They are a bit odd for doors aren't they?" He chuckled once more and held his hand out to Kit "I'm the manager Mr. Cawthon. You can just call me Scott."
Kit stared at him for a moment before taking his hand and shaking it politely "My name's Kit Kane. I'm the new girl you hired…"
Scott nodded "Right. Come on in. We need to get you a uniform" He stepped inside and she followed "The rundown of the job is easy. You're gonna be a waitress for the general guests. When you improve, I'll move you onto the parties." He opened up a small closet and gestured for Kit to take a look
Peeking inside, Kit saw a number of uniforms. The accent colors varied from Brown to Purple to Yellow, each matched with a small accessory associated with the color's respective robot counterpart. There were headbands with ears and a top hat for Freddy, Purple bunny ears for Bonnie, and small yellow wings for Chica.
Kit looked at the sizes on them all and frowned. "Are there any larger sizes?" Though she wasn't large herself, Kit still needed a bigger top to fit her more well endowed chest.
Scott stepped beside her and skimmed through the uniforms as well "I'm afraid these are all we have…"
Kit frowned, but raised a brow when one of the spirits caught her eye. It hovered over something on the floor of the closet. There, shoved in the back corner, was a small cardboard box "What's in there?" She pointed it out to Scott
Looking at the box, Scott thought for a moment "Those could do." He pulled the box out "These are the Foxy uniforms we used to use. We retired them when Foxy was put out of order though. You might find one that fits in here."
"If you don't mind me asking, why is Foxy out of order?" She kneeled beside the box and opened it up. Aside from the uniform shirts, there were headbands with red ears and tails to clip to the back of one's pants. Checking the sizes, she found one that would fit and pulled it out.
Scott sighed beside her "These guys are old. His act required him to move around a lot more than the others and he started to fall into disrepair. This place isn't as popular as it used to be so we haven't had the funds to fix him for a while" He lifted Foxy's accessories from the box and handed them to her "I kept his uniforms though in hopes he'd get fixed up one day. Most of the kids here don't even know about him"
She frowned at the story. All the kids here seem to enjoy the place from what she could see. It's sad that they couldn't afford fixing Foxy up. He might be able to bring in some more money for the restaurant.
"You know...my uncle was a mechanic. I hung out with him a lot as a kid and he taught me what he knew." She smiled and looked up at Scott "Maybe I can try my hand at fixing him."
Scott's face lit up "Could you?"
She nodded "I'm not the best, but I think I know enough. It shouldn't hurt to try" she shrugged.
"That's great!" He beamed "How about when you're shift ends I'll take you back to pirates cove to see what you can do. Sound good?"
"Sure" She smiled at him but was wondering if it would be possible even. If this foxy animatronic was the same as the others, she might not even see his robot form to work with and that could be a roadblock.
"Alright then. You go get changed and meet Matt by the stage. He's the only one wearing a Freddy uniform today." Scott sat back down in his chair. "Hope you enjoy the job!"
Taking that as a cue to leave, Kit exited the office and stepped into the girls bathroom to change. After switching tops, she added the finishing touches to the look by placing the ears and tail in place. Glancing at herself in the mirror, Kit couldn't help but laugh. The ears' color matched her hair so perfectly they looked natural.
The spirits circled around her, some giving her compliments and well wishes.
"Cute…"
"Nice…"
"Good luck"
Kit smiled to herself "Thanks guys. Just try not to talk to me during my shift. There's enough people in my life who think I'm crazy and talk to myself."
"Fuck them."
She snorted slightly at that. It was always funny when the sprites cursed. They had such cute appearances that the speech didn't match up.
"Alright. I need to get to work now. Why don't you go play with other spirits in here. There's plenty for some reason…" She shooed them away and sighed, looking herself over once more before heading off to find Matt.
***next chapter will get more animatronic time. Let me known what you wanna see***
