Character POV:Jake
GL(grandLuminary) has joined the chat
GL:GUYS QUICK WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
GL:6/2(1+2) NO BS WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
Oh god damnit here we go again.
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WI:1
GL:...
GL:Imma kill my self
WI:wut?
GL:I'm on the verge of insanity here
GL:GIVE ME THE CORRECT ANSWER
WI:PEMDOS
GL:M AND D ARE THE SAME YOU GO LEFT TO RIGHT WHICH EVER ONE COMES FIRST
WI:BS, i neva got taught that
WI:it was always in order
GL:M AND D SWAP
GL:SAME FOR A AND S
WI:THEN Y ISNT IT PE(MD)(AS)?
GL:IT IS YOU UNCULTURED FUCK
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AB:Crow Update:He has currently collected $1.67 in change, several screws and bolts, an unknown metal object, and a wedding ring. A few signs nearby are now upside down or missing entirely which may or may not be his fault, and that one couple two floors down are in a fight over the missing ring which belonged to one of the spouse's grandma. I have no idea how to return the ring without looking like an ass, please help.
AB posted an image in the chat
(the aforementioned feathery asshole is standing next to a pile of his loot)
GL:God dammit dude, we're in the middle of something! And give back that ring, you're gonna be an ass if you don't.
WI:nah just walk past them with it on, see if they have the balls to say something.
It's too early for this tomfuckery…oh wait it's only 11 pm that's not that bad.
I was currently back at home, resting up for the day I had ahead of me, which included hours of gaming and social media, my hangout with my anomalous coworker, and my 7 hour shift tonight. I was currently on my laptop playing some minecraft and browsing the web, though I wasn't at my usual desk, I was currently laying against one of my prizes from last night. The Freddi plush worked well as a comfy sitting place as I thought. Glad I could put this to use.
AB:Since neither of you had any good answers, I will simply have to train Godfeather to return the ring. Wish me luck this endeavor could take weeks. If that fails I'll just give it to someone else and cover my tracks.
GL:You're a moron.
WI:at least he doesn't think the answer is 9
GL:YOU KNOW IM RIGHT, USE A CALCULATOR!
AB:Hey is it bad that I got 7?
WI:how
GL:HOW?
As my friends droned on, I felt compelled to drop in and explain math to them. But doing so would prompt conversation, specifically conversation about my new job, more specifically the parts where I work alongside very attractive women and potentially have sex with them. As comfortable as I am speaking with PD about this kind of thing, I much rather delay this conversation as much as possible given our dynamics and whatnot.
Speaking of women who I may potentially have sex with, I'm worried about Bonnie. Though she reassured me that her punishment for breaking the machine wouldn't be too bad I couldn't help but wonder just how cruel and unusual Mary's punishments could be. I'll try to check on her when I go to meet Lily today, make sure she's doing alright.
*ping**ping**ping**ping*
Jesus christ they're still going at it.
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PD posted an image in the chat
(a pair of images depicting a white fluffy goat bo- screw it i'm using the real names, this bit of describing fictional characters and stuff without names is dumb, depicting Ralsei explaining the problem, the result is that both 1 and 9 are correct answers)
PD:there your both right
PD:except you AB
PD:now stop spamming my notifs
Thank you $%*&# , you're my savior
Relishing in the temporary silence I lay back into the Freddi plush, somewhat wondering if the real Freddi would be this soft.
*ping*
I SWEAR TO GOD IF THEY DON'T SHUT UP AND LET ME ENJOY THE QUI- oh wait. It's not Discord this time, it was a text message, one from an unknown number. I grabbed my phone and opened the notification.
801-329-2327 (A/N:this phone number just spells Faz-Bear please don't call it!)
Who the hell?
801-329-2327:Jake is this you?
801-329-2327:This better be the right number
801-329-2327:It's Golden by the way
Oh, this is interesting.
Jake(text):Prove it
801-329-2327 sent an image
(a selfie of Golden, still nude, still in the storage room)
Jake(text):Damn, guess it is. Nice.
801-329-2327:Thanks, are you gonna send one?
Jake(text):Why?
801-329-2327:How am I supposed to know if you're Jake?
Jake(text):Fine
I took a selfie of me and sent it to Golden, while I waited for the image to upload I changed her name from the number to Golden Freddi.
Golden Freddi(text):What, don't I get a look? You get my everything in one picture.
Jake(text):Nope. I'm pretty sure you have my dick burned into your memory from yesterday.
Golden Freddi(text):Are you still mad about what happened?
Jake(text):A little, you know most people don't enjoy attempts at sexual blackmail.
Golden Freddi(text):Yeah…not the best idea in hindsight. If it means anything we're both sorry.
Jake(text):It does, but I'm still holding this against ya'll.
Golden Freddi(text):Come on! What do I need to do to get you to forgive us?
Jake(text):An understanding of the word no.
Golden Freddi(text):I mean it though, I feel bad for what we did and want to make amends. Even when we annoyed you, you were pretty cool and I want to get to know you more.
Jake(text):You mean you want to get to know my dick better.
Golden Freddi(text):Okay yes I want to get to know your dick better! There I said it, I'll do anything for us to be cool again.
Geez, someone's had a dry spell apparently.
Jake(text):Alright let's not get into 'anything' territory here. I'll let you two off the hook, it wouldn't be fair for me to be mad at you two since Bonnie kinda did the same thing on my first night.
Golden Freddi(text):Yes thank you, I promise you won't regret this~.
Jake(text):However I want two things from you.
Golden Freddi(text):Okay
Jake(text):One, some basic rules about being around me. I don't care if you and SpringBonnie want to be flirty and naked around me, what I do care is that you respect my consent. Aka don't do anything to me unless I explicitly say it's okay, and when I say we stop, we stop. Got it?
Golden Freddi(text):Yes master~.
Jake(text):No, none of that.
Golden Freddi(text):Boo, you're no fun.
Jake(text):Good god you two really are different from the others.
Golden Freddi(text):It was a different era for us. And what about the second condition?
Jake(text):I want a dirty pic of Spring Bonnie.
Golden Freddi(text):Oh~?
Jake(text):I promised a friend of mine some explicit pictures while I worked here, and bunnies are her favorite. Think you can make it happen?
Golden Freddi sent a picture
(SpringBonnie was chilling on a beanbag, still topless, while holding up a peace sign)
Well she sent that quickly. Must've took it after the initial request.
Jake(text):Nice.
Golden Freddi(text):I know right~? So we're good now?
Jake(text):Yeah we're good. Though I have to ask, why do you have a phone?
Golden Freddi(text):A previous employee left it and never returned, so I took it for myself and used it to keep in touch with all the staff, if you know what I mean~.
Jake(text):How did that work out for ya?
Golden Freddi(text):Mary, Veronica, and Barrie all blocked me ;(.
Only three blocked numbers? That's not too bad. Though i guess she mostly flirts and sends dirty pics so most of the staff probably don't mind.
Jake(text):Who's Barrie?
Golden Freddi(text):Day guard.
Jake(text):Didn't know we had one of those. Anyways, it's getting near lunchtime and I have plans with someone. So I have to go Golden Freddi.
Golden Freddi(text):Oooh, got a hot date~?
Jake(text):No, just a new friend.
…
Jake(text):Though between you and me she is pretty hot.
Golden Freddi(text):Nice. But be more thing.
Jake(text):What?
Golden Freddi(text):Call me Golden, hun~.
11:45 pm
I walk back into the diner. It was once again lunchtime, the time me and Lily agreed to meet at. I considered getting some pizza again, but I just wasn't feeling it. Though I still sat at the same booth from yesterday, hoping Lily would be able to find me easier this way. Currently nowhere in sight, likely doing a job that requires more than watching anime girls all night occasionally getting blowjobs.
Actually for all I know she might get the latter.
Speaking of hot girls nowhere in sight, I had yet to see Bonnie today. Freddi, Chica, and Foxy were all in the dining room as usual. Hell I even saw DeeDee skating around the stage a bit, but no Bonnie. This furthered my worry about what kind of punishment she would receive for her incident last night, though I had no idea what would really be considered a punishment to them.
With no food to eat and no people to talk to, all I could really do was wait. To my surprise, I felt something in my pocket, a pen. Guess I left it in there by accident, with nothing better to do I started doodling on the back of a napkin.
At the same time, I looked around the dining room absentmindedly, noticing small details that I didn't before. Things like some hanging stars from the ceiling, bundles of balloons taking up space in the corners, the large drink machine against the wall near the kitchen, and a pair of vending machines next to it. Half of the sodas and snacks were Fazbear themed, brandishing some of the girls on their logos while the rest of them were your standard affair such as Coca-Cola, Lays, and Reeses. Panning over my eyes connected to the Pink stage, connected to the wall opposite from the stage while the kitchen entrance was on the same wall as the bathrooms and food machines.
(A/N:imagine the pink stage is where the kitchen usually is in FNAF, and the kitchen takes up space between the dining room and bathroom hallway)
Who is this stage used for? Some unseen character I had yet to meet? Did the Spring girls used to inhabit it and it got taken down? And why has no one told me anything about it? I know I'm new, but shouldn't things like this be standard knowledge? Actually shouldn't a lot of things I had to learn by myself be standard knowledge? God this place is more unorganized than-
Lily:Hey
I look up at Lily, who once again just showed up out of nowhere while I was lost in thought. Though this time her work uniform was replaced by her orange hoodie from the other night.
Jake:Hey
Lily:Whatcha drawing?
I looked down at my notepad, looking over the absolute monstrosity I was drawing.
Jake:Just weirdo shit, nothing you'd be into.
Lily:Try me.
Jake:Fine its Azathoth.
?:Booo, that one sucks.
Lily:Who?
Jake:Have you ever heard of Lovecraftian and Eldritch?
Lily:Yeah.
Jake:Azathoth is like the father of all eldritch monsters, or at least the top of the tree.
Lily:Cool.
Lily sat down in the booth opposite of me looking over my drawing.
Jake:Didn't you want to go somewhere?
Lily:I do, but I want to stay for a bit to get in another hour of pay.
Jake:Fair.
Lily:What exactly is he supposed to be? All I see is a bunch of eyes and tendrils
Jake:Thats, pretty much what he is. Or at least one interpretation of him.
Lily:One?
Jake:Yeah most Lovecraftian creatures have alot of interpretations, which kinda goes along with the idea that they're unimaginable 4th dimensional beings.
Lily:Ah.
We sat in silence as I just sat there sketching. Lily watching ever stroke of my pen.
Lily:Try adding some shading.
Jake:Shading?
Lily:Yeah, along the edges to give a sense of lighting. Helps add depth and volume.
Jake:Not much of an artist so, not the most familiar with the techniques.
Lily:Well where would any lighting be coming from?
Jake:Up here I guess?
Lily:So then shade around the edges on the power parts of the limbs and body. Like around here.
She traced along the edges, showing me the best parts to add shading. I followed her advice and sure enough, I could more easily tell the 3 dimensional shape I was visualizing.
Jake:Damn, that does look better.
Lily:Told ya. Now your eldritch horror looks alot better. Why are you drawing eldritch horrors of all things? Are you some cult follower or something?
Jake:Nah, I was looking for something to obsess over in my goth phase, and my brother stole demons, so I opted for eldritch. And I guess I didn't fully grow out of it. Why do you know so much about shading, are you an artist?
Lily:Most people know about shading without being an artist. But yes I am.
Jake:How much longer did you want to wait again?
Lily looked at her phone, presumably the time.
Lily:I can clock out now. Be right back.
Lily got up and walked to the brake room. I put away my stuff and stood up from the booth, waving towards DeeDee as she was enthusiastically waving at me first. She then went back to flirting with some random customers.
Lily:Okay we can go now.
Jake:Alright then.
12:00 pm
Me and Lily walked through the city streets, passing by a growing amount of people and cars. Compared to the mostly smaller buildings and empty lots near the pizzeria, the much denser inner city was filled with apartments and businesses.
Jake:Where are we going?
Lily:Somewhere to talk, and I want lunch.
Jake:What kind of lunch?
Lily:Not pizza if that makes you feel better.
We continued on for a few minutes, conversation not really starting again, until Lily stopped at our apparent destination, a ramen shop.
Lily:This is it.
Jake:Ramen?
Lily:Yeah, you not a fan?
Jake:I've had instant noodles, so this can't be any worse.
We walked into the shop, its inner appearance matching most other shops I've seen from anime, a high counter with the cooks on the other side and several booths and tables lining the window covered walls. One of the chefs called some sort of greeting, to which Lily only replied with a small wave. She walked over to a table in the corner and sat down.
Lily:What are you getting?
Jake:I was thinking about getting some ramen but I'm not sure.
Lily:Really now, I was thinking the same thing. Seriously though, what do you like?
Jake:Uhhhh, meat and spice I guess?
Lily:I got you.
A waiter walks up to our table and asks for our orders.
Lily:We'll both have shio, my toppings will be steak, eggs and veggies and he'll have the spicy chicken and beef.
The waiter walked off to put in our orders as the two of us sat across from each other.
Lily:How'd your shift go?
Jake:It went alright, spent most of it at this Fazcade Frenzy that DeeDee set up.
Lily:Who won?
Jake:Me and Freddi, I somehow 1v1'd Bonnie on There is no Pause Button.
A look of realization went over her face.
Lily:Aaahhhh, Team Skinny.
Jake:Don't start using that nickname.
Lily:Why? It's a fitting name. So what did you two win?
Jake:A DeeDee shirt, Freddi got a chess set, I got a large Freddi plush, and DeeDee gave us some DeeDee coupons.
Lily:Don't you mean the GDDTDWYW coupon?
Jake:I'm not calling it that if she isn't around to correct me.
Lily:She would be disappointed in you. She's still kinda irked at me for not calling it the right name last time.
Jake:Last time?
Lily:I got to be in one of the Fazcade Frenzy's a few months ago, though the only prize then was one of the GDDTDWYW coupon.
Jake:Did you win?
Lily:Yup, I beat Chica at Bunbarians. She got distracted from her top coming loose.
Jake:Bonnie smashed her machine after losing, what did you use your coupon for?
Lily:Sexual favors, what else?
Jake:Wow, no hesitation, have you no shame?
Lily:You tend to lose that when you work at Fazbear Entertainment, among other things, besides it's not like those coupons are for much else.
Jake:It would be a great way to throw DeeDee off though.
The waiter came back with our ramen. Two large bowls filled with broth, noodles, and toppings were placed down in front of us. We thanked him as he walked away. We reached for our utensils and started eating.
Lily:I'm sorry, are you using a fork? You know the chopsticks are attached so it isn't hard to use?
Jake:I know, I prefer a fork.
Lily:How could you?
Jake:I've already broken every other food rule there is, might as well break another.
I have to admit, this tasted good. Not that I really doubted it, but now I don't think I could be satisfied with plain noodles ever again. After going through about half of my toppings and some of the noodles Lily chimed in again.
Lily:You know you're supposed to drink the broth as well right?
Jake:What, like soup? I thought it was just there to flavor the noodles.
Lily:I mean it is, but you're still meant to eat it as well.
I grabbed a spoon and scooped some of the broth and took a sip. The liquid was filled with flavor from not only itself but also the toppings and noodles that sat on its surface.
Jake:To think anime has not prepared me enough for this.
Lily:I'm pretty sure it's anime that got me into ramen in the first place.
Jake:...Speaking of anime, how come it's called Freddi's Anime Diner if there's no actual anime?
Lily:I think that's just referencing the theme of the characters and whatnot. Given their exaggerated proportions and stereotypical personalities and archetypes. Though, there is an anime for the Fazbear crew, it's just not really referenced all that much.
Jake:Good, I've had enough anime for a lifetime.
Lily:You can never have enough.
Jake:Hey, didn't you ask me to join you for lunch because you wanted to talk about something? Like your whole amnesia effect thing?
Lily:Do you know how this happened to me?
Jake:No.
Lily:Do you know why you can remember me?
Jake:No.
Lily:Do you know how to fix this?
Jake:...I have some far-fetched ideas, but no.
Lily:Yeah, those are the answers I expected.
Jake:Then why did you invite me?
Lily:To get to know the one person who can remember me, I guess.
Jake:Actually, I meant to ask you about that, how do the animetronics remember you?
Lily:Something about a facial memory system, they don't recognize me at first, but then they can recover all their memories of me and my data from a server Fazbear Entertainment owns. They're nice and all, but sometimes it's a bore to only have female friends that are mostly perverted.
Jake:I hate to tell you this, but I'm pretty sure I qualify as a pervert in some eyes.
Lily:Are you now? I was starting to think otherwise. We've been in each other's presence for almost an hour now and you have yet to flirt with me in the slightest. Yet you somehow got the attention of 6 other much more attractive girls.
Jake:I don't think Freddi counts. Also don't say that you're very attractive.
Lily:Oh please, compared to those animebots, sans Freddi, I'm practically considered flat.
Jake:And that's bad? Didn't you hear that Skinny beats Busty?
Lily:What, I thought you hated that name?
Jake:I do, but that still holds true.
Lily:I mean, you seem convinced you could rip an animetronic's arms off. So maybe you have a point.
Jake:Exactly, just don't ask for proof. I like these girls too much to do a demonstration.
Lily:Don't worry, I think lifting an arcade machine is proof enough.
Jake:Now Lily, how did you know I lifted the arcade machine? I never said I did, and I don't think that's something to naturally expect.
Lily:...
Jake:It couldn't happen to be that you were spying on me with the security recordings, hmmm?
Lily's face turned a shade of red as she realizes she's been had.
?:And her air of confidence has fizzled out.
Lily:H-How did you…?
Jake:Golden ratted you out.
Lily:God damnit, that's the last time I do anything nice for them.
Jake:That's the price you pay for spying. You probably would've learned everything you know if you just asked.
Lily:Really? Everything?
Jake:Okay, definitely not everything. But you know what I mean.
Lily:Okay then, how about I ask something I didn't get from spying on you? Why are you working here?
Jake:…that's personal.
Lily:Why are you shutting down now? If it's because you wanted to work with hot robots you can admit it.
Jake:That's not it, let's just say I'm trying to find an old friend, I guess.
Lily:Oh you have an actual reason, damn.
Jake:Do you not have one then?
Lily:Well…my dad used to work for Fazbear's, but like you said, it's a bit personal.
Silence showed up once again as we continued eating. I was kinda at an impasse about where to take this conversation.
Jake:So, what is the story?
Lily:I said it's personal, I'll stop bugging you about yours if-
Jake:No not that, about your art. You said my eldritch hobby has a more interesting story than your art hobby. But is there a story?
Lily:Oh, kinda. My dad used to be really into trash art. You know, sculptures and whatnot made from random scrap metal and other stuff. So I decided to try art for myself, though I'm not one for 3D, I just draw and paint sometimes.
Jake:Cool, the only hobbies I got from my parents was my guitar. Which is still good, but I can't play much anymore.
Lily:Do your parents know of your eldritch interests?
Jake:Yeah, they definitely find it weird, actually they found the hobbies of me and my siblings weird, but they were pretty supportive.
Lily:And what about your career choice? Would they be supportive of all this?
Jake:Nope, I would rather die than tell them.
Lily:Hah, what a loser, having a social reputation to keep up.
Jake:Oh woah is me.
We continued talking for a little while longer, swapping small stories of our youth and hobbies. Other than art and robotics/electronics, she has other interests in animals and archery(no they don't go hand-in-hand). Soon however we found our bowls empty and the check between us.
Lily:Are you able to pay, or do I gotta cover lunch?
Jake:I'm not broke?
Lily:You said you sold your guitar.
Jake:That was at a different place of residence, also once again spying bad.
I grabbed my card from my wallet to cover my half while Lily paid hers in bills. As I looked in my empty bowl I started talking again.
Jake:Hey Lily, do you wanna do this for real sometime?
Lily:What, you don't consider this real?
Jake:This was fun, but surely we could have more fun doing something other than eating and spending most of the time talking about work?
Lily:That is a good point.
Jake:Next time you have some time we could do something fun.
Lily:My schedule is a bit inconsistent but, give me your phone.
Jake:But how will I know if you're free with no contact?
Lily:Ha ha ha, just let me put in my number.
I unlocked my device and opened my contacts. After I handed my phone sos he could officially insert herself into my social circle. She typed in a quick message to herself, within seconds her own phone goes off as she hands mine back to me.
Jake(text):Hello
801-101-1011:Hey.
Jake(text):Who is this?
801-101-1011:Oh just some girl from work.
Jake(text):Gee, that narrows it down.
801-101-1011:Lol. Thanks for this Jake. It means more than you may think.
Reading her messages I saved her into my phone and started typing back.
Jake(text):No problem, that's what friends are for.
Lily(text):I'm looking forward to hanging out with you, it's been a while.
Jake(text):Likewise.
And with that we both got up and exited the ramen shop. The normally blank face Lily had now sported a small smile. I don't know why, but looking at Lily gave me some nostalgic feelings. Part of those made me feel responsible for helping her keep that smile. And another part of me is dreading whether or not the past will repeat itself in all the worst ways. But I didn't have the chance to reflect on my past or our relationship as I was kinda worried about something else.
Lily can't be remembered, but she mentioned her Dad. And not only that, she mentioned him in only past tenses. These clues made me really think about what life may have been for her with this weird 'curse'.
God, I really hope I can help her.