Chapter 2
The next day, midnight had rolled around, and the Gems were prepared to leave for their night shift. Steven was coming along as well, wanting to do what he could to help. The Gems used the keys given to them to let themselves in, and walked down a long hall into a small office. There were two vent entrances with lights able to be turned on to shine into the entrances. There was a tablet which gave access to a network of security cameras. Each one could activate a flashlight to shine into the corresponding rooms. The office had a flashlight to shine into the main hallway as well. Steven flipped up the camera tablet. He found a button that allowed a flashlight to shine into whatever room the camera looked at. The phone began ringing, and when it went to voicemail, Scott's voice was heard.
Scott message: Uh, hello? Hello, hello? Uh, hello and welcome to your new job at the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Uh, I'm here to talk you through some of the things you can expect to see during your first week here and to help you get started down this new and exciting career path. Uh, now, I want you to forget anything you may have heard about the old location, you know. Uh, some people still have a somewhat negative impression of the company. Uh... that old restaurant was kind of left to rot for quite a while, but I want to reassure you, Fazbear Entertainment is committed to family fun and above all, safety.
Amethyst: What was wrong with the old place that people hated?
Scott message: They've spent a small fortune on these new animatronics, uh, facial recognition, advanced mobility, they even let them walk around during the day. Isn't that neat? But most importantly, they're all tied into some kind of criminal database, so they can detect a predator a mile away. Heck, we should be paying them to guard you.
Steven: Oh, that's how they caught that criminal yesterday.
Scott message: Uh, now that being said, no new system's without its... kinks. Uh... you're only the second guard to work at that location. Uh, the first guy finished his week, but complained about... conditions. Uh, we switched him over to the day shift, so hey, lucky you, right? Uh mainly he expressed concern that certain characters seemed to move around at night, and even attempted to get into his office. Now, from what we know, that should be impossible. Uh, that restaurant should be the safest place on earth.
Amethyst: Then why did the old ones try to kill us yesterday?
Scott message: So while our engineers don't really have an explanation for this, the working theory is that... the robots were never given a proper "night mode". So when it gets quiet, they think they're in the wrong room, so then they go try to find where the people are, and in this case, that's your office. So our temporary solution is this: there's a music box over by the Prize Counter, and it's rigged to be wound up remotely. So just, every once in a while, switch over to the Prize Counter video feed and wind it up for a few seconds. It doesn't seem to affect all of the animatronics, but it does affect... one of them.
Pearl: One of them?
Scott message: Uh, and as for the rest of them, we have an even easier solution. You see, there may be a minor glitch in the system, something about robots seeing you as an endoskeleton without his costume on after hours, and wanting to stuff you in a suit, so hey, we've given you an empty Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy head, problem solved! You can put them on anytime, and leave them on for as long as you want. Eventually anything that wandered in, will wander back out.
Garnet: I knew something was up with those things.
Scott message: Uh, something else worth mentioning is kind of the modern design of the building. You may have noticed there are no doors for you to close, heh. But hey, you have a light! And even though your flashlight can run out of power, the building cannot. So, don't worry about the place going dark. Well, I think that's it. Uh, you should be golden. Uh, check the lights, put on the heads if you need to, uh, keep the music box wound up, piece of cake. Have a good night, and I'll talk to you tomorrow.
Steven: That's it? Ok.
Steven flipped the camera to the prize counter, and saw a button that said, "Wind Music Box". He pressed it with his finger, and a circle on the side started filling up. When he released it, the circle started unwinding.
Steven: So we just have to keep this wound?
Pearl: Why did we even come here?
Amethyst: Cause you cut one of the robot's arms off.
Garnet: Don't worry. We'll be fine.
Pearl: Fine?! There are killer machines on the loose, and I can't help Steven, because we can't leave, and we can't battle the machines, or we'll get in more trouble.
Steven: So, I'm confused. They activate at night, thinking they're in the wrong room, finding where people are, and that's our room. But when they see us, they think we're robots without suits on because it's after hours, and try to stuff us into a costume.
Amethyst: Which is bad on a number of levels.
Steven flipped up the camera and saw New Bonnie had left his post. He switched over to party room 3, flashed the light, and saw New Bonnie was standing between the tables with his guitar. New Freddy and New Chica remained stationary. He flipped over to the Parts and Service camera, and when he flashed the light, he saw the old animatronics sitting in locked positions.
Steven: Nothing happening with the the old ones.
He flipped up the camera and saw New Bonnie left party room 3. He flipped to party room 4 and was absolutely frightned by New Bonnie's face being right up in the camera.
Steven: They'd better not do that all night.
Amethyst: What?
Steven: Stare into the cameras.
A small caution sign appeared next to a camera switch.
Steven: The Music Box! Hang on!
Steven switched to the prize counter and started winding up the music box. Rumbling was heard in the right ventilation shaft. Steven checked the camera, and saw New Bonnie crawling through the vents.
Steven: Bonnie's coming! Put on the masks!
Everyone through down their masks. Garnet threw down her Foxy mask, Pearl threw down her Chica mask, Amethyst threw down her Bonnie mask, and Steven threw down his Freddy mask. New Bonnie started pushing through the vent until he made it into the room, looking at the four. The room began to buzz and flash before going completely dark. The lights slowly came back on and New Bonnie had disappeared.
Steven: It's safe. We can take off the masks.
Everyone took their masks off.
Steven continued to check the cameras, Amethyst checked the hallway with the flashlight, and Garnet and Pearl checked the vents. Soon, 6 am rolled around, signaled by a gong noise.
Steven: Guess our shift's over. Finally. What a nightmare.
Amethyst: How are we gonna do 4 more nights of this shtick?
Pearl: Working together.