Well I wasn't able to do a Halloween special like I'd hoped to and it's also been a while since I contributed a new piece of prose. So let's remedy that shall we?
I don't own the FN F saga. Just the storyline and Baby.
"Freddy, do you know how long it's been since Baby spoke to us?"
Chica's question jolted Freddy from his daydreams. The two were in the kitchen shooting the breeze while they awaited more questions from their strange hostess, or perhaps permission to leave and never return in Mike's case. Chica had a party sized bag of potato chips open in front of her and was shoveling handfuls of the fried snack into her mouth while Freddy noshed on some lukewarm mozzarella sticks.
The kitchen was much like any one would see in a restaurant, with the industrial stoves, fryers, fridges and cookware needed to satisfy the hungry masses that visited every day. The pantry was stocked with various snacks ranging from crackers to popcorn to mixed nuts and the freezers were filled with pizzas, chicken tenders and ready-made pasta for whenever they grew hungry. The entire place gleamed with the cleanliness that it usually had before the cooks arrived to christen it, so to speak.
Freddy shrugged. "I've lost track," he admitted to the young chick. "It's like whenever we blink, we're much farther in the future than before."
"I wonder if Mike feels the same," Chica wondered aloud, with a mouthful of chips. She grabbed a nearby clip and closed the bag before putting it back in the pantry. "Goldie did say something about finding escape plans in his room."
Freddy closed his eyes and shook his head. "He's always been a jumpy one. We all saw that for sure." He mentally flashed back to one night where the power died minutes before 6 AM and Mike's eyes growing enormous as Freddy's eyes blinked in time to the Toreador March. He swore that the human left a moist trail in his mad dash for the door when the chimes sounded.
The kitchen doors swung open and a skinny black and white figure strode in and headed straight for the freezer. It grabbed a package of chicken strips, placing four on a nearby plate before putting it in the microwave and turning it on.
"Um who are you?" Chica asked confused. She didn't recall seeing this one around the pizzeria in the past.
The stranger turned around, a wide smile forever plastered on its off-white face. "You don't remember me?" It said in a distorted child-like voice. "I was in the prize corner handing out gifts for the little ones."
Chica's face scrunched up as she struggled to recall this, when the microwave dinged. Like a proverbial light bulb moment, Freddy's eyes widened as he snapped his fingers. "You're the Puppet!" he cried out. "We haven't seen you in so long! How have you been?"
"Rather bored," the Puppet replied while it turned to retrieve its food. "Ever since I went into hiding after…" it grimaced before taking a bite of chicken. "I cannot recall how long I have been inside my box after what happened."
"I'd like to say," Chica paused and started to count on her fingers but the Puppet held up a hand to stop her.
"No need to do that, I think it has been long enough."
"Well we did have a new security guard," Freddy added. "Mike Schmidt is his name."
The Puppet chewed on his food in contemplation. "What is he like?"
"Jumpy, rather foul-mouthed, doesn't really like us," the bear replied. "Goldie found out that he's been trying to get out of here since he was taken here."
A low chuckle left the slender figure as he finished off his snack. He should be an interesting one to mess with indeed…
Considering FN F: Sister Location is featuring a new animatronic called Baby, I'm starting to wonder if I should change our hostess's name to avoid confusion. I'm also not planning on adding Baby or the Ballerina animatronic (whatever her name may be) for right now. I'd like to wait until the game comes out so that I can see them in action and get my head canon figured out for them.
I'm very sorry I haven't been active much on this site outside of editing my profile and occasionally favoriting stories. I've been trying to hunt for a job and also I've been rather lazy courtesy of writer's block. I'm hoping to pick things up a little bit more and churn out some more writing for you guys.
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