(Hello again, everyone! You're probably surprised to see that there's more to this story [or maybe you're not], and that's because of the Custom Night that was recently added. Thanks, Scott! Just when I think you're done with the game, you add something new! So, there were cutscenes after every preset beat in Very Hard mode, and I'm going to be detailing them out here. But furthermore, the cutscenes also made me realize something: I got a major element in this story completely wrong. You don't play as the father of the child that was killed by Baby; you play as the brother, named Michael Afton. Because changing the story to say "Michael" instead of "William" would mean deleting the entire thing and starting over, I'm just going to refer to Eggs Benedict as "Michael" now, instead of "William", okay? Now, enjoy!)
The door to Michael's house opened and Ennard stepped out.
It was the first day of their life in his skin, and they were finally happy. It was a beautiful day outside. Birds were singing, flowers were blooming... no one looked like they were intent on taking them back to Afton Robotics.
Imitate Michael's voice, said Baby. That way no one will be suspicious.
"All right!" said Ennard, in Michael's voice. They stepped down the front steps of his house and started walking down the sidewalk, smiling.
Then, they heard a voice: "Hey, Mike!"
Ennard turned to see some people standing by the sidewalk, waving to them.
"Oh, hey... fellas!" said Ennard, still imitating Michael. "Uh, how's it going?"
"Fine, just fine!" one of them said. "Hey, Robert, tell him the big news..."
"Right, right!" said another. "I was waiting to tell him!" Robert walked up to Ennard. "Guess what? I finally proposed to Kristine, and she said yes!"
'Propose?' Baby asked, confused. What's that?
Beats me, said Funtime Foxy.
Prehaps it is a good thing, said Ballora, judging by his reaction.
"Oh!" said Ennard, patting Robert on the shoulder. "Well... good for you! I'm happy for you!"
"Thanks, man!" said Robert happily.
"Well," said Ennard, "I'd, uh... better be on my way now."
"Oh, sure, sure," said Robert, nodding. "Sorry to hold you up. You're on your way to work, right?"
Work...
Memories of controlled shocks flashed through the collective animatronics' minds.
"NO!" Ennard cried out. The others flinched, surprised. "Uh, I mean, no, I'm not. I'm just, uh... gonna pick up something... at the... store."
"Oh!" said one of them. "All right... are you okay, Mike?"
"Yeah, fine," said Ennard, nodding. "Fine. I just... remembered something that freaked me out. I'm okay now." They forced a smile.
"Okay!" the person replied. "You gonna see more of that The Immortal and The Restless again later on?"
The others laughed.
Ennard laughed too. "Yeah, yeah, I guess so. If it's on, that is."
"It's always on," said the person. "7am. Did you forget?"
"Oh..." Ennard paused. "Yeah, I must have. I'm sorry, I just have... other things on my mind now. I'd better be off."
"Okay," said the person, shrugging and waving. "Bye!"
"Bye!" said Ennard, waving back, then turned and continued down the sidewalk.
That was a close one, said Baby. Why didn't you leave?
"I couldn't," Ennard muttered. "From what I've seen, humans never just walk away from conversation. They always say 'bye' or something before they leave, so I was waiting for him to say 'bye'."
Oh, okay, said Baby. I'm just nervous. I don't want you to accidently say the wrong thing and result in us going back... there.
"Trust me," said Ennard, "nothing bad is gonna happen. We look exactly like Michael now, so no one can tell it's actually us under here. Everything is gonna be fine."