The Creation of Turnabout's Joy - A Five Night's at Freddy's 2/Ace Attorney Fused Loop
By: GammaTron and Awesomedude17
Edited by: OathToOblivion
'Why me? What did I do that had me have to deal with this?' Phoenix pondered in court.
"Witness, your name and occupation, please," the Judge ordered.
"Freddy Fazbear, Your Honor. Mascot of Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria," the animatronic bear informed, tipping his hat.
"...This is the Sparklestar Character Show all over again. Defense, please remove the costume from the witness," the Judge ordered.
"Um...I can't, Your Honor," Phoenix informed him. "The Witness is an Animatronic."
"I beg your pardon?" the Judge asked before Freddy removed his mask, revealing the robotic face under it, "Good heavens! The Witness will put their head back on this instant!" He shuddered. "Reminds me of those things from Chuck E. Cheese's..."
'Well, it's time to see just who really is the murderer...' Phoenix thought, glancing at the Defendant, Jeremy Fitzgerald. 'At least...for this Loop.' he glanced at the Prosecution, Simon Blackquill. 'I really would've felt better cross-examining the whale again instead of this.'
Blackquill slammed a hand on the table he was at, earning the Judge's flinch, "O-Oh. Right, let's move on. Mr. Fazbear, please tell the court what you saw the day of the murders." It was then the lights went out. "Blast it all. Burnt fuse again."
'I really want the whale again,' Phoenix mentally sobbed as the Toreador March began to play, Freddy's eyes and mouth lighting up as it played, 'Or the parrots again.'
Witness Testimony
-Day of the Murders-
"It was the good old days back then, me and my friends could roam freely without problems."
"It was like any other day. There were children having fun, and having a good time."
"And then some man came and took five of the children."
"I gave chase, trying to protect the children."
"But when he made a turn and I followed, there was no place he could've went. It was a dead end, but he... disappeared."
"Disappeared, you say?" the Judge asked.
"Yes, Your Honor. I couldn't find a trace of the man, or the children."
"Hmm. It seems to everyone here that Mr. Fazbear tried everything he could to help those poor children," Blackquill said. "To be perfectly honest, whoever did this is the lowest of all life. I'd take great pleasure in ensuring that the culprit is put to justice."
Phoenix nodded. "Glad to see that we're in agreement. Regardless, I intend to cross-examine this witness."
"Very well, Mr. Wright. You may begin your cross-examination."
"Yes, Your Honor."
Cross-Examination
"It was the good old days back then, me and my friends could roam freely without problems."
"HOLD IT!"
"Good old days?" Phoenix questioned.
"Yes. As you may be aware, 1987 wasn't a good year for Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. We used to be able to roam freely before then."
"And as we all know, 1987 was also the year the victims suffered their terrible fate." The Judge affirmed.
"Very well. Mr. Fazbear, would you explain what went on that day?"
"Yes, Mr. Wright."
"It was any other day, there were children having fun, and having a good time."
"And then some man came and took five of the children."
"HOLD IT!"
"Did you catch any details about the murderer?"
"He wore a yellow suit."
"Anything more specific?"
"I wish I could." Freddy seemed to be distraught.
"Your Baldness, it's worth noting that Freddy, back before the opening of the new Fazbear's Pizzeria, was only able to discern minor details to tell child from adult, and what they wore." Blackquill added.
"Do you have proof of this, Prosecution?"
"Yes, I have the schematics of the model of Freddy Fazbear and related animatronics at the time of the murders."
Animatronic schematics added to the Court Record.
"Alright then. Witness, please tell us what you did when you caught the kidnapping," the Judge ordered.
"I gave chase, trying to protect the children."
"But when he made and turn and I followed, there was no place he could've went. It was a dead end, but he... disappeared."
"OBJECTION!"
Phoenix slammed his hands on the table.
"Mr. Fazbear, I've noticed something about your testimony."
"What is it?" Freddy asked.
"As we all know, there was a kidnapping of no less than five children by a man."
"Yes."
"And no trace of the children have been found, right?"
"Of course."
"However, there is one thing that bothered me."
"What?"
"If there was a kidnapping, and they were never found..."
Phoenix slammed his hands on the table again.
"Then where did they go?"
Freddy's top hat flew off his head as he widened his eyes in shock. Murmurs among the crowd came loudly.
The Judge banged his gavel.
"Order! Order in the court. Mr. Wright, what is the meaning of this?"
"Your honor, this document tells me that in every Fazbear restaurant, there is a safe room."
"Safe room?" Freddy asked.
"Yes, a safe room. Safe from animatronics, LIKE YOU!"
"WH-WHAAAAAT!"
"The room was specifically designed so that only humans could enter and exit without issues."
"What are you implying, Wright-dono?" Blackquill asked.
"I'm not implying, I'm saying that the murderer escaped into the safe room, away from the animatronics' eyes!"
"So you're saying that the murderer escaped pursuit of the animatronic by entering this safe room?"
Phoenix nodded his head. "That's correct your honor."
"OBJECTION!"
Blackquill let his hawk, Taka land on his shoulder.
"Wright-dono, if I'm not mistaken about your reasoning, the murderer escaped into the safe room, and evaded Mr. Fazbear. Tell me an answer to this question."
Blackquill slammed the table.
"How did the murderer know what the safe room was?"
Phoenix panicked. He hadn't prepared for this.
"As you stated, the safe room is safe from animatronics. But since it's property of Fazbear Entertainment, that would mean that only Fazbear employees would know of such a thing. Just like the defendant!"
"G-GAAAAHHH!"
Murmurs roared out.
The Judge banged his gavel.
"Order in the court! Mr. Fazbear, it seems that there is still a powerful amount of evidence against the defendant."
"Yes, Your Honor. Safe room, whoda thunk?"
"Your honor, there is still the possibility that Mr. Fazbear reported this event to the manager, or a security guard on duty," Phoenix claimed.
"That's correct!"
"Very well, Mr. Fazbear. Please tell us what you did after you lost the kidnapper and the children."
"Yes, Your Honor."
Witness Testimony
-What Happened After-
"After they had disappeared, I went off to find someone."
"It took me ten minutes to find someone, I'm ashamed to admit."
"After I informed them of the missing children, the told me to act like nothing happened and went to the phone room."
"You were...told to act like nothing happened?" the Judge asked.
"Yes, Your Honor," Freddy replied with a nod. "It was meant to make sure none of the other kids or parents were worried. Though, it failed when the police arrived."
"That must have been dreadful," the Judge shook his head.
"It was. That poor little girl..." Freddy agreed.
"...What little girl?" the Judge asked.
"Why, the birthday girl," Freddy informed him. "There was a birthday that day. But the original Day Guard quit the day before, so the Night Guard had to be put on there." He snorted, "Though, some Night Guard. He never once showed up on any night. We had to try to get this malfunctioning Animatronic out of his room every night this week, but it kept vanishing with one fully-suited."
"My, my, what a terrible night guard," the Judge scolded Jeremy, who hit his head on the table with a sigh. "Mr. Wright, you may proceed with the cross-examination."
Cross-Examination
"After they had disappeared, I went off to find someone."
"HOLD IT!"
"Who did you go off to find?" Phoenix asked.
"One of the day workers. I knew who they were because all of them always wear a hat shaped like my head," Freddy said.
"It took me ten minutes to find someone, I'm ashamed to admit."
"HOLD IT!"
"Mr. Fazbear, why did it take you so long to find someone?" Phoenix asked.
"A group of kids wanted to ask me some questions," Freddy informed.
"Fatbear's programming has it so that his top priority is children in the vicinity of his form," Blackquill informed the court. "It isn't surprising a child could distract him from his task."
"Mr. Fazbear, please continue. What happened when you found one of the workers?" the Judge asked.
"After I informed them of the missing children, they told me to act like nothing happened and went to the phone room."
"HOLD IT!"
Phoenix slammed his hands on the Defense stand. "Mr. Fazbear, please. Try to remember. Did they say something aside from acting like nothing happened?"
"Hmm...Well...Oh! I remember now. They said something about 'how'd they find a bare suit?'" Freddy remembered.
"A...bear suit?" Phoenix asked.
"Yes. A bare suit," Freddy restated, before removing his head and showing the inside. "See?"
The Judge banged his gavel. "Mr. Fazbear! Please! Alert the court before removing your head!"
"My apologies," Freddy apologized as he put his head back on.
"Oh, I get it now," Jeremy spoke, "Did you think he meant 'bear' like him, Mr. Wright?"
"Um...Y-Yeah," Phoenix replied before blinking, "Mr. Fazbear, what do you mean by 'bare suit?'"
"Well...It was really early on," Freddy tapped his chin, "About ten years back, back when we were just starting, there was only me and two people wearing special suits."
"Special suits?" Phoenix repeated.
"Yes," Freddy nodded, adjusting his tie. "They were Spring Freddy and Spring Bonnie. They were designed for me to wear, too. You could just wind them up and the parts in them moved apart enough for no discomfort for the wearer but also let them move about."
"Your Honor, I demand we search the extra room immediately!" Phoenix demanded, "If what Mr. Fazbear says is right, then that means our murderer wore one of these suits to perform the killings!"
"Um, Mr. Wright, I do apologize but they've been destroyed," Freddy informed.
"...C-Come again?"
"Nine years ago, the other location we had at the time had...an accident. Five people in those special suits died when the locking mechanism malfunctioned," Freddy informed sadly, "The suits at our location were then scrapped."
"Do you remember seeing them being destroyed?"
"No. I do not," Freddy replied, "But I know that the man in charge at the time was ordered to get rid of them. I remember seeing him vanish with the suits."
"Vanish?" Phoenix blinked.
"Hmph. Well, Wright-dono, what are you thinking?" Blackquill asked.
"What I think..." Phoenix smirked, "Is that we need to look back there immediately."
"?" Blackquill slightly tensed.
"Why do you ask?" the Judge asked, "What evidence do you have that we should check back there?"
"TAKE THAT!"
Phoenix presented the floorplans for the pizzeria, "As we found out in your earlier testimony, Mr. Fazbear, you couldn't see the murderer or children because they went into the room that you can't see. And just now you added that 'I remember seeing him vanish with the suits.' This means that..." He slammed his hands on the desk and pointed at him, "...THE SUITS MAY BE BACK THERE!"
"Ghhhh!" Freddy yelped, his hat shooting off his head as his bowtie spun around. Murmurs erupted in the crowd.
"Order! Order! Order in the Court!" the Judge shouted, banging his gavel, "Mr. Blackquill, send out an order to examine this hidden room immediately! In the meantime, I'd like to hear a bit more about these suits and the man who was supposed to get rid of them."
"I'll be happy to oblige, Your Honor," Freddy said, putting his hat back on and fixing his bowtie.
"Who was it who ran your restaurant back then?"
"Oh, that's easy. He works as the Phone Guy now," Freddy stated. "He gave up his position, but still wanted to work there."
"Very well. Prosecution, please get this 'Phone Guy' ready for Testifying," the Judge ordered before banging his gavel. "We will now take a twenty minute break."
"Jeremy, can I speak to you while we wait for the Phone Guy?" Phoenix asked his client.
"Sure. What's up?"
"Why weren't you working the night shift?"
"Oh, yes. Listen, it's not what you think."
'If I had a nickel for every time someone said that...'
"You see, the animatronics seem to be glitched or something. They always seem to be going after Night Guards."
"How is that possible?"
"I wish I knew." Jeremy took out a Freddy head. "I was told that if they got close to the office, I had to wear it, or else I'd be hurt by the Fazbear crew."
"A Freddy mask?"
"Yes... There's a reason I chose you as my lawyer, the multiverse's best lawyer."
"You're a Looper?"
"Anchor to the backwards expansion. There was an issue with locations for Mike Schmidt, so he couldn't Anchor my Loop. I know what they do to the night guards, Mr. Wright. It's horrible."
"Geeze, I feel sorry for you."
"Don't be. The puppet stopped killing me for some reason. I hope you know what to do."
"Trust me, I always find a way." Phoenix assured Jeremy.
Freddy Mask added to the Court Record.
The two went back to the courtroom, ready to find out the truth.
The Judge banged his gavel. "Court is back in session for the trial of Jeremy Fitzgerald."
"The Defense is ready, Your Honor," Phoenix informed.
"...And the prosecution?" the Judge asked.
"..."
"Very well, then. Now, your opening statement, if you would. I believe it's standard procedure for the prosecution to handle it."
"...Your Baldness..."
"?"
Blackquill tapped the side of his head with a dark smirk. "It's plain to see that you've always dreamed of delivering an epic opening statement."
"I have? Hmm...I don't know if I'd say that," the Judge noted.
"What's going on here?" Jeremy whispered, noticing Freddy was standing by the Judge's stand with a badge reading 'Temporary Bailiff' on it.
"As Athena would put it, he's playing Simon Says with the Judge," Phoenix deadpanned.
"Why, of course you have. I saw it in your eyes the last time you gave the opening statement," Blackquill informed the Judge. "That was the look of one who yearns deeply for the thrill of an epic opening statement."
"Playing him like a fiddle," Jeremy sweatdropped.
"For decades now, you have been watching opening statements from your bench," Blackquill said. "They were the crown jewels of the court! One thing you could not possess!"
"The crown jewels...of the court?" the Judge repeated.
"Now, at long last, they are within your grasp. How could you possibly refuse?"
"...Oh, uh, so you don't mind if I do it, then?" the Judge asked.
"I'll make a special exception, just this once," Blackquill replied.
"I'm starting to wish we had a different judge now," Jeremy admitted as the Judge banged his gavel.
"Well, in that case, I think I might go ahead and make the opening statement myself," the Judge said, before clearing his throat. "Twenty minutes ago, we learned the shocking truth that...the murderer was able to prevent Freddy from stopping him by going into a secret room that the Animatronics are programmed to not acknowledge as existing. It was further revealed that upon learning about what went on after the murderer did this, that there was five deaths already related to the Freddy Fazbear restaurant at one of their other locations, which involved a malfunctioning set of suits. These suits were checked for by the police during the twenty minute break. Prosecution, the results?"
Taka flew over to Blackquill, a sheet of paper in his beak. Blackquill read the sheet.
"The police arrived in time to stop construction workers from sealing off the backroom on orders from the current owner," Blackquill stated. "What was inside the room, already locked tightly up...were the bodies of the five children, put into costumes resembling the four Animatronics Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie Bunny, Chica Chicken, and Foxy the Pirate. A slice of cake was set before each of the bodies."
"Th...The bodies?" Jeremy gasped before Taka swooped over the Defense's bench, dropping a set of pictures. "These are..."
The first picture was that of five children, all dressed up in costumes resembling Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Golden Freddy. They were all put around a small children's table, a plate with a slice of cake set before each of them and a doll of who they were dressed up as in their laps. Blood had stained the costumes around the eyes and mouths, mucus added to it. The second photo was that of two glass cases, the left case holding a gold Freddy costume while the right had a gold Bonnie costume. The final picture was that of a small room with both images in it.
Murdered Children Picture added to the Court Record
Animatronic-Human Suits added to the Court Record
Secret Room Photo added to the Court Record
"As you can see, the 'Spring Bonnie' suit has been moved, evident by the broken lock on its glass container," Blackquill said. "It was discovered that a hammer was used to break it. There are no fingerprints, though this is a moot point because all employees of both the day and night shifts are required to wear white gloves at all times."
Hammer added to the Court Record
The Judge banged his gavel. "Prosecution, your witness?"
"Um...Right here, Your Honor," a voice noted. Everyone looked at the witness stand to see a phone.
"...The witness is a phone?"
"Your Baldness, he's currently in the hospital for a broken leg and a kidney transplant," Blackquill informed the Judge. "As such, Lone Guy will have to speak to us via phone."
"Um...I-I just like to, um, be called 'Phone Guy', okay?"
"Um...Witness, your real name and occupation, please," the Judge ordered.
"Um, o-okay...Philious Han Gui. Th-Though, uh...I just, um, yeah I like to be called Phone Guy. I'm in charge of the phones in Freddy FazBear's Pizzeria and used to be the manager until I stepped down. Too...too tough, especially with, uh, with what happened," Phone Guy informed.
"His...His name's Philious Han Gui?" Jeremy gawked.
"It could just be the name he has for this Loop," Phoenix replied.
"Ah yes, the suits," the Judge nodded before banging his gavel. "Witness, you will tell us why, despite the fact you had been ordered to destroy the costumes, you kept them hidden in the secret room."
'Okay. Here it comes...' Phoenix readied himself.
Witness Testimony
-The Suits of Old -
"Okay, so... I was told to destroy the suits after we had an... incident with them."
"So I took them to the back room to disassemble them."
"Before I could that, one of my workers came to me, panicking."
"A kid was murdered in front of the restaurant!"
"So I dropped everything and went to the scene."
"I was so worried, that I just... forgot about the suits."
The courtroom was silent. Soon, the Judge broke the silence.
"Another child... MURDERED!?"
"Yes, this was before Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria was a thing. Some guy stabbed the kid in the heart. Poor guy bled out before the paramedics came."
"Is this child's murder related to the case at hand?" Blackquill asked.
"I hope not."
"Well, Phone Guy, it seems that you had a reasonable claim to breaking orders here," the Judge said.
'Hmm, there's something about what he said that makes me suspicious. Could it be possible that he's the murderer?'
"Mr. Wright, would you proceed to cross-examine the witness?"
"Yes, your honor."
Cross-Examination
"Okay, so... I was told to destroy the suits after we had an... incident with them."
"HOLD IT!"
"Incident?"
"Yes, well, the hybrid animatronic suits were... defective."
"Defective?" Blackquill asked.
"Uh, yes. The springs that hold the suit open... it could suddenly fail, and anyone in the suit would've been crushed and cut up simultaneously. Any poor sap in the suit would be instantly dead."
'Ugh, sorry I asked.' Phoenix looked green.
"Witness, this is an important piece of information. Please amend your testimony to include this information about the suits."
"Sure thing."
"The springs in the suit would fail, and anyone inside would be killed."
"HOLD IT!"
"And how do you know that?"
"Ehhh... it was before hours, and someone... Well, you know. It's why we now have waivers."
'Why do I keep asking?'
"Witness, are you saying..."
"Trust me, we gave the family of the man some wonderful compensation out of court."
"Err... right. So what did you do about the suits again?" Phoenix said, hoping to deflect the topic.
"Right..."
"So I took them to the back room to disassemble them."
"Before I could that, one of my workers came to me, panicking."
"A kid was murdered in front of the restaurant!"
"HOLD IT!"
"There was a child murdered?"
"This was a bad... no no... horrible thing. We never caught the murderer. It's still unsolved today."
"Whoever kills a child is a lowlife. I hope that person knows that," Blackquill remarked.
"Agreed. So where was I? Oh yeah!"
"So I dropped everything and went to the scene."
"I was so worried, that I just... forgot about the suits."
"OBJECTION!"
"Phone Guy, there's a huge contradiction in your testimony!"
"What's that?"
"So you say that you just up and forgot about the suits after a child was murdered in the front of the restaurant."
"Yes."
"Phone Guy, while you may not be able to see this photo, it is clear to me that the suits were not forgotten about, considering that they were in glass cases!"
The phone rang loudly suddenly.
Murmurs cried out in the courtroom.
"Order!" The Judge yelled out, banging his gavel. "Mr. Phone Guy, how have you not told us that you put these suits in glass cases?"
"What glass cases? This is the first I've heard of them!"
"Wait, so you didn't know that the golden suits were in glass cases?"
"Yeah, I didn't. When I was disassembling them though, they were purple."
"Uh, what?" Phoenix was hoping that this was a joke.
"Yeah, they must have molded over, it was really humid back in the day."
'And like that, I've lost my appetite.'
"Oh, gross!" Jeremy groaned out.
"I agree with the defendant. Suddenly, I don't feel like having lunch anymore," the Judge moaned out.
"Wait, so with the fact that you've never seen these glass cases, and the fact that they're not what they used to look like..."
"What are you talking about, Wright-dono?" Blackquill questioned.
"What I'm saying is, someone must have preserved the suits, and they did so right under the higher ups' noses. Your Honor, we need to find whoever worked at Fredbear's Diner during the time of that murder!"
"Are you sure, Mr. Wright?"
Phoenix nodded. "I'm positive! Whoever worked at that diner, must have been the murderer of the five children."
"Very well. We'll have another twenty minute recess while we find someone who fits the description," the Judge said.
"I never even knew they were purple," Jeremy noted as he and Phoenix waited in the defense lobby. "Always thought they were, well, gold."
"I see..." Phoenix nodded, "So...who did you think was the murderer?"
"Well, I...kinda followed the theory Matpat in the Hub Loops had, that Phone Guy was the murderer," Jeremy admitted. "But I'm starting to think otherwise."
"Defense, court is resuming!" the Bailiff informed.
"Okay, here goes," Phoenix informed.
"Court will now resume. Prosecution, were you able to find anyone that worked at Fredbear's Family Diner around the time of the first murder?" the Judge asked.
"..." Blackquill whistled.
"You called?" Fulbright asked, dashing in immediately.
"Foolbright, bring them in," Blackquill ordered.
"Yes sir! In Justice we trust!" Fulbright declared before dashing out and came back in, dragging in a toy-box with a music box on the top with a few grunts of effort. "The other...Witness...is in the lobby...right now...!"
"A toy box?" the Judge pondered.
"Hmph. It is not the scabbard you should focus on, but rather the blade within," Blackquill stated. Fulbright put the box at the Witness Stand just as the last few notes played on the music box.
The box opened and the Puppet emerged from Puppet gently took out a set of four dolls and put them before him, as if they were prizes to be given. Phoenix shuddered as he looked at the figure.
"Witness, your name and occupation," the Judge ordered.
"...I am...known as the Marionette...and the Puppet...I am good with either name," the Puppet said. "Giving gifts...to the children...is what I do."
'How anyone can be excited that something like you is giving them gifts, I'll never figure out,' Phoenix shuddered.
"Did you use to work at Fredbear's Family Diner?"
"I did...it was...happier times...Freddy and myself...and the two suit actors..." the Puppet reminisced. "Though...the Night Guard...was never there..."
"The...Night Guard was never there?" Phoenix asked in disbelief.
"Was always...naked Animatronic...breaking rules...the music...forced me to sleep..." the Marionette said.
The Judge nodded, "Witness, please tell us about the day of the child's murder at Fredbear's Family Diner."
Witness Testimony
-The First Murder-
"I... stayed in my... box."
"I... came out of my... box."
"People... were panicking."
"A child... was dead."
"A man... told me what happened."
"Erm... could you be clearer, witness? I barely understood that," the Judge asked.
"Marion here told us what he needed to tell us," Blackquill retorted. "Nothing more, nothing less."
"Yes... I suppose... even if it was... cryptic."
"Cryptic or not, I still have to look at this witness's testimony," Phoenix declared.
"Very well, Mr. Wright. Please begin your cross-examination."
'I have to bring more details out of this... thing. I'll have to press every issue I can.'
Cross-Examination
"I... stayed in my... box."
"HOLD IT!"
"You mean the box you're in now?"
"Yes."
"Alright... please continue."
"I... came out my... box."
"HOLD IT!"
"How do you do that?"
"I... wait."
"Wait?"
"My box... think it as a jack... in a... box."
"Oh, those things always get me," the Judge remarked.
'And yet you deal with spirits and parrots on the witness stand, your honor.'
"Hey, Mr. Wright... I've noticed that The Puppet only told us the bare minimum," Jeremy noted.
"I know. I'm trying to squeeze whatever extra testimony I can from this thing," Phoenix explained.
"Well, if you find a connection between this puppet and the murder we're supposed to be dealing with, maybe we can catch the real murderer."
"I guess."
"People... were panicking."
"HOLD IT!"
"Were there any noteworthy people?"
"Workers... children... paramedics... police."
'This thing's always answering in a technically right way, even if it's useless.'
"Mr. Wright, I'm not sure what you are up to, but you are not exactly proving anything here," the Judge warned him.
"I know, Your Honor."
"A child... was dead."
"HOLD IT!"
"Do you recall any details?"
"He... liked me... he was... my friend."
"Oh. Sorry for your loss," Phoenix offered his condolences.
"I moved on. Do not worry."
'!'
"Mr. Wright? Did he just-?" Jeremy realized.
"He did. Maybe now I can poke around his earlier testimony."
"A coworker told me what happened."
"HOLD IT!"
"I thought you said it was a man?"
"He was."
"Now you say he was a coworker?"
"Vincent was his name."
"Vincent?" the Judge asked.
"Oh yes, that's the name of the witness in the lobby!" Fulbright affirmed.
"Oh... that's interesting."
'I think I found our murderer... I just need to press on!'
"I stayed in my box."
"I came out of my box."
"People were panicking."
"HOLD IT!"
"Are you completely sure?"
"Vincent was... always calm... always unafraid."
"Witness, this is an important piece of testimony. Please amend your testimony to reflect this," the Judge ordered.
"Yes."
"Vincent... was the one... who stayed calm."
"HOLD IT!"
"How calm?"
"SILENCE!"
The courtroom went completely silent. Blackquill spat out the feather in his mouth.
"Wright-dono... this hoop jumping is utterly ridiculous. And I intend to make sure that this drivel ends," Blackquill then shattered his bonds.
'Oh... this isn't good."
"Mr. Wright, he broke his chains. Is that a bad thing?"
"Yes, Jeremy. Very bad."
'Because as much as Simon is a good person, when it comes to his performance in court, he is really scary. I guess that's his psychology training for you...'
Blackquill tossed something, which cut the feather in half, right in front of Phoenix.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
"Bailiff! Please restrain the prosecutor before he murders someone!"
Murmurs cried out in the crowd.
"Hmph, please. I wouldn't kill unarmed whelps like you. I'm more interested in making sure you fail this ridiculous quest of your, Wright-dono."
"...Try me then."
"Witness, it seems like you've haven't been of any use thus far. We may need to let you go," the Judge said.
"Of course... your honor. I remember... the yellow suits."
Phoenix perked up.
'That's it!'
"OBJECTION!"
The courtroom suddenly became silent.
"Your Honor, I think I can connect this witness to the crime we've been investigating now!"
Murmurs came out of the crowd.
The Judge banged his gavel.
"Order in the court! Mr. Wright, what proof do you have to support this claim?"
"Well your honor, the evidence to prove that is..."
"TAKE THAT!"
"Your Honor, these glass cases contain the suits, and as the Phone Guy claimed, he was suppose to disassemble them, and they've gone yellow from years of neglect. And yet someone found it reasonable to case these suits up."
"What are you saying, Wright-dono?"
Phoenix slammed the table with his hands.
"What I'm saying is... The witness put these suits in the cases in the first place!"
The Marionette just stared.
'Wow, the fact that instead of panicking, it stares just makes it... creepier.'
"What! Witness, is this true?"
"SILENCE!"
"Wright-dono, Marion could not have entered the safe room, animatronics couldn't enter there!"
"HOLD...IT!"
The courtroom went silent.
"I... could."
Phoenix smugly smiled.
Blackquill grasped his chest.
The Judge widened his eyes.
"You... you could do that, witness?"
"Yes."
"Your Honor, I think that he might have been involved in the murders of the five children back in the safe room!" Phoenix exclaimed, pushing his advantage.
"Yes... but... I didn't do it."
"What?" the Judge asked.
"Let me... explain."
Witness Testimony
-The Safe Room-
"That room...was special..."
"Spring Bonnie...would bring special children..."
"I...give gifts...and they would give life."
"That day...I was meant...to do so again after...so long had passed."
"Five...children...were in there...asleep."
"I...gave them gifts...but...there was no life. I...didn't understand..."
"You...You were made to go with that room?" the Judge asked.
"Yes..." the Marionette nodded.
"First time I ever heard it," Jeremy noted.
"Your Honor, I would like to begin cross-examination," Phoenix stated.
"You may," the Judge nodded.
Cross-Examination
"That room...was special..."
"Spring Bonnie...would bring special children..."
"HOLD IT!"
"What kind of special children do you mean?" Phoenix asked.
"...A celebration...that only happens once a year...but never happens again once... they are no longer...remembered," the Puppet informed.
"It...That room was meant for birthday children?" Jeremy pondered.
"I...give gifts...and they would give life."
"HOLD IT!"
"Give life?" Phoenix repeated.
"Yes. Giving...gifts would...give life," the Puppet informed, "It...is called..the Joy of Creation."
"You mean...that when you would give children gifts...gifts on their birthday...you were giving them the gift of life as a year older?" Phoenix rubbed his chin in thought.
"Yes...You understand like...Vincent."
"It's quite interesting to hear," the Judge noted, "But tell me, what went on the day of the murders with this room?"
"That day...I was meant...to do so again after...so long had passed."
"HOLD IT!"
"You... stopped doing it?"
"The...new management...got rid of...that. But...I put them...in there to...remember that time..." the Puppet informed the court.
"The two suits," Blackquill noted.
"Yes. But...it was strange that day..." the Marionette noted.
"Five...children...were in there...asleep."
"HOLD IT!"
"You mean..." Phoenix showed the picture of the children, "...these five?"
"Yes. ...They were...sleeping. So..." the Marionette informed.
"I...gave them gifts...but...there was no life. I...didn't understand..."
"OBJECTION!"
"Marionette...You did understand, but refused to acknowledge what you saw. What you saw..." Phoenix said, showing the full picture of the room, "...was that the children were all dead!"
"..." the Marionette remained still as the crowd gasped in shock.
'Again?' Phoenix thought.
"Order! Order in the Court!" the Judge ordered, banging his gavel, "Is this true? Did you...move the children?"
"...I did," the Puppet informed, "I...thought that...if I gave them...gifts, they would...wake up. That I would...give life."
"As much as I would love the world to work that way, I'm sorry but that wouldn't work," Phoenix shook his head. "You can't bring back the dead...just give them a chance to be at peace by finding the truth."
"...The truth?"
"Yes. Marionette, please tell me, where were the bodies?" Phoenix asked.
"..." The Puppet looked over at the chart of the secret room. "...There...behind the cases."
"The...The cases?"
"I...thought it was...spilled drink, so I...cleaned there," the Puppet said sadly. "When the police...came, I...went to my box...Did not...want to remember...the last time the sirens...were heard..."
"You mean...when the child was murdered at Fredbear's," Phoenix noted.
"Yes. I...hate sirens..." the Puppet said, gently picking up the Bonnie Doll, "Only...sadness...comes with them."
"...Your blade was put into reverse that day," Blackquill quietly said. "You've altered a crime scene. Were you human, that would be a grievous offense to the law."
'And you'd know, Simon…'
"I...am sorry..."
"Did...Did you clean anything else up in there?" Phoenix asked.
"No..." the Puppet said, before going into his box and pulling out a bloody knife. "I...was going to...return this to the chefs...today."
"That's-!" Blackquill's eyes widened.
"The missing murder weapon!" the Judge realized, causing the crowd to go into an uproar, "Order! Order in the Court! Mr. Puppet, why did you not bring this to someone earlier?"
"...Afraid..."
"When you heard the sirens...and found that knife while you were cleaning, you thought you'd be blamed, didn't you?" Phoenix asked.
"...Yes...If...I was found...with this...No more gifts...no more...life," the Puppet admitted.
"Mr. Puppet, please submit that as evidence at once!" the Judge ordered, "Bailiff, check for fingerprints immediately!"
Taka landed before Blackquill, a paper in his beak. Blackquill looked at it.
"...There are two sets of different fingerprints on this knife...one set belonging to...the Defendant, Pitsgerbil..."
"Oh, he did not just mock my last name," Jeremy growled.
"And the other...the other Witness's."
"Wh-WHAAAAAT?!" Phoenix exclaimed in shock, the crowd going into an uproar.
"Order! Order in the Court!" The Judge banged his gavel. "Mr. Puppet, what you just gave us...may be the key factor into telling if the Defendant is really a murderer!"
"I...am sorry...for not giving this...sooner."
"It's okay," the Judge nodded, "You were afraid. Even humans make irrational actions when they're frightened. Though you may not be human, you acted just like one in that moment. Thank you for testifying today. It was quite brave."
The Puppet nodded, "...Thank...you. I...feel...braver than the night Guards who...never showed up...and the naked...purple Animatronic..."
'Except they always did show up...but you all thought they were naked Animatronics,' Phoenix thought.
Blackquill whistled.
"In Justice we trust! You called?" Fullbright asked, showing his badge.
"Next witness," Blackquill ordered.
"At once!" Fullbright laughed before zipping out.
"...Defense, remove the box from the witness stand," the Judge ordered.
'Why me?' Phoenix sighed mentally as he and Jeremy worked together to move the Marionette's box off the stand.
The man on the witness stand wore a purple jacket and was in his mid-thirties. In his left hand was a cellphone.
"Witness, your name and occupation," the Judge ordered.
"Vincent Purr-prell Mann, former day guard of Fredbear's Family Diner, former Night Guard of Freddy's Family Pizzeria, and former Day Guard of the same place."
'This...This guy must be the killer,' Jeremy thought.
"SILENCE!"
Everyone looked towards Blackquill, "...Enough jabbering. Swords have been drawn. The time for talk is past."
"Swords? What swords?" Jeremy asked.
'Please tell me that he doesn't have an actual sword this Loop...' Phoenix sweated heavily.
"This is a duel to the death. The fate of the accused rests in our hands. Ne gone, ye of cowardly heart! The battlefield hath no place for ye!" Blackquill declared, making a slashing motion at Phoenix, causing a bit of his hair to be cut off.
"Ghhh!" Phoenix freaked.
"Talk about close shaves," Jeremy gulped, seeing the few bits of hair of Phoenix's that had been cut fall onto the table.
"Spare me, pleaaaaaase!" the Judge begged, hiding under his desk.
"How is he doing that?" Jeremy asked.
"No idea," Phoenix replied as the Judge got out from hiding.
"Mr. Mann, your fingerprints were discovered along with the accused's on this knife," the Judge informed the witness. "Test results have shown that the dried blood on here does indeed match that of the five killed children. Please tell the court why this is so."
Vincent proceeded to give the biggest, toothiest smile he could give.
"Sure thing, Your Honor."
'There's something about that smile that... just scares me.'
Witness Testimony
-From Another Perspective -
"I was in my office, watching the security cameras."
"I had found the defendant grabbing the knife from the kitchen."
"Switching the cameras, I found out about the secret room."
"When I found the children, I had found the kids stuffed into the suits, where there was a Spring Bonnie suit walking."
"I grabbed the knife he was holding, so that explains the prints.
"He then proceeded to knock me out with a hammer he had."
"So, you tried to grab the knife out of the murderer's hands?"
"Yes," Vincent's phone rang. "Hello?" he answered. "Ah, yes... I'm in court now. Give me a few minutes. Can we make this quick, please? I have an important client coming in soon."
"Client?" the Judge asked.
"Yes... for I am the owner of the district's GRRRRREATEST tailoring store, The Velvet Rose!"
"OH! You own that place? My cousin loves that store!"
"Playing the judge like a fiddle," Jeremy deadpanned.
"Yeah, he's easily the easiest one to do that to."
"...Witness, Your Baldness... Stop stalling." Blackquill bluntly said.
"Oh, erm, right. Mr. Wright, your cross-examination."
'I may need to squeeze as much testimony from his as possible. It may be the only way to convict him!'
Cross Examination
"I was in my office, watching the security cameras."
"HOLD IT!"
"Cameras?"
"What? Did you honestly expect me to walk around by myself, armed with only a flashlight? No, we have cameras so that if something goes wrong, we can have a fast response time to do so."
"That seems perfectly reasonable."
"Yeah, so as I was saying..."
"I had found the defendant grabbing the knife from the kitchen."
"HOLD IT!"
"You mean this knife?" Phoenix said, holding up said knife.
"Yeah, that's the one."
"This knife is meant for cutting meat... and a child's flesh if need be for this disgusting man," Blackquill commented.
"Yes, of course. Mr. Mann, tell us what you did next," the Judge ordered.
"Of course!"
"Switching the cameras, I found out about the secret room."
"HOLD IT!"
"You mean the safe room?" Phoenix asked for clarification.
"The animatronics avoided that room like the plague, last I remembered."
"Well, it is against their programming," Phoenix shrugged.
"And what did you do next?" the Judge wondered.
"Ah, well..."
"When I found the children, I had found the kids stuffed into the suits, where there was a Spring Bonnie suit walking."
"I grabbed the knife he was holding, so that explains the prints.
"HOLD IT!"
"And that's how your prints got on the knife?"
"Yes."
"..." Blackquill remained silent.
"As I was saying..."
"He then proceeded to knock me out with a hammer he had."
"HOLD IT!"
"A hammer?"
"Well, yes. I didn't get an concussion, or anything. But I did get a nasty headache when I woke up."
"..." Blackquill was still silent.
"Okay... where was I?"
"I was in my office, watching the security cameras."
"I had found the defendant grabbing the knife from the kitchen."
"Switching the cameras, I found out about the secret room."
"When I found the children, I had found the kids stuffed into the suits, where there was a Spring Bonnie suit walking."
"OBJECTION!"
"Mr. Mann, there's a huge contradiction in your testimony!" Phoenix declared.
"What are you talking about, Wright-dono?" Blackquill questioned.
"Let's remember the previous witness' testimony."
"...There...behind the cases."
"The...The cases?"
"I...thought it was...spilled drink, so I...cleaned there..."
"I don't know about you, but I have to ask this. If the Marionette said that the bodies were behind the cases for the suits..."
Phoenix slammed his hands on the table.
"Then how did the children's corpses end up in the costumes?"
Vincent's smile faltered as sweat dripped down on his face.
The courthouse began to roar out.
"Order! Order! Order in the court!" The Judge banged on his gavel. "Mr. Wright, are you saying that the witness lied?"
"Yes, Your Honor. I may believe that the hammer was used to break open the locks on the case to retrieve the Spring Bonnie suit, and then used to knock out the witness, but I refuse to believe that my client, a scrawny man could stuff five children into suits with a bunch of crossbeams inside!"
"Hmph, the animatronics did it!"
"Say what?"
Freddy glared at Vincent.
"Ah, I remember my first night on the night shift at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. The animatronics... they seemed to have an issue. They were always trying to remove me from my office. I actually sent a request for a leave of absence so I could work out more to put me on even playing field on those machines."
"Wait, so the animatronics were hostile to the night guards?" Phoenix asked.
"Yes, they were."
"Well then, Mr. Fitzgerald. I'm sorry for questioning your work ethic earlier if this was indeed a serious occupational hazard," the Judge awkwardly apologized.
"Thank you, Your Honor," Jeremy said uncomfortably.
"Witness, explain how you know those animatronics were defective," the Judge ordered.
"If you say so."
Witness Testimony
-Faulty Machines-
"On my first shift, the Phone Guy told me all about what the animatronics were doing at night."
"When Bonnie came to my office, I had to hide under my desk."
"Bonnie... wasn't fooled."
"I was calm though, and I escaped through the vents."
"When 6AM came, the animatronics went back to normal."
"I honestly believe there's no way you could hide from any of them at all!"
"Hmm... this is an interesting development," the Judge mused.
"The animatronics were designed to be protective of children, so logically, they should be able to restrain a full grown man," Blackquill pointed out.
"And so your... bulking up was meant to protect you?" Phoenix asked.
"Yes. After I quit to follow my dream, I kept in shape. It was a good look on me."
"SILENCE!"
"Stop stalling, Purple Man. What you're saying is irrelevant," Blackquill said impatiently.
"Yes, indeed. You can exchange fitness tips after court is adjourned," the Judge affirmed.
"Sorry, Your Honor. Mr. Wright, continue on."
"As you wish, Mr. Mann."
Cross-Examination
"On my first shift, the phone guy told me all about what the animatronics were doing at night."
"HOLD IT!"
"Wait, he knew about the animatronic issues?"
"He knows that they tend to move about at night. He doesn't know that they're hostile to night guards."
"So the Phone Guy is genuinely clueless about this issue?" the Judge asked.
"Yes. It's a shame, what with all the first night quitters that came before and after me."
'I wonder if I can make him slip up some important details here?'
"When Bonnie came to my office, I had to hide under my desk."
"HOLD IT!"
"You hid under the desk?"
"Freddy is right over there, Mr. Wright. Are you blind?"
'Geeze, he has a point, but does he really need to be a jerk about it?'
"The Purple Man has a point. Unarmed against his foe, unable to draw a sword to protect himself, he resorts to fleeing to fight another day," Blackquill stated.
"Well, not fighting, but you know the basic concept." Vincent shrugged.
'I remember my first night at Freddy's, and I did flee at the first sight of Bonnie.'
"Bonnie... wasn't fooled."
"HOLD IT!"
"Are you saying that the animatronics are intelligent?"
"Well, more clever than not. Bonnie is stubborn enough to at least look for me, at the very least."
"Witness, we've has no less than two animatronics speak on the stand before you," the Judge pointed out.
"I have noticed," Vincent deadpanned.
"Very well, tell us how you escaped that encounter."
"I was calm though, and I escaped through the vents."
"HOLD IT!"
"Vents?"
"The management decided to make the vents big enough for the animatronics to move through... and they decided to cut costs by making it so for every vent, including the ones going to my office."
"Isn't that a serious hazard to anyone, not just children?" the Judge asked.
"The only good manager I had was Phone Guy. The rest weren't... as forward thinking."
"It's a wonder why you stayed as long as you did."
"Same here."
'I wonder how this trial would've gone if Apollo were here. Maybe he'd catch onto his lies easier... or get a hawk to the face, like everyone else.'
"When 6AM came, the animatronics went back to normal."
"HOLD IT!"
"Normal?"
"They went back to their positions: Freddy and the crew went to the stage, Foxy went to the cove... etcetera, etcetera."
"Wait, so you're saying that the animatronics stop attacking on 6 AM, sharp?"
"Exactly!"
"Your Honor, this is an important piece of testimony!"
"I agree, Mr. Wright. Witness, please add this information to your testimony."
"As you wish."
"From Midnight to 6AM, the animatronics became hostile."
"HOLD IT!"
"So for 6 hours, the machines attack you?"
"Incidentally, it's also the time of the night shift."
"Thank you, Mr. Mann. Continue."
'I've got you now.'
"I honestly believe there's no way you could hide from any of them at all!"
"OBJECTION!"
"Mr. Mann, I believe you when you say you have no way to stop the animatronics from attacking... but there is one way."
"Wh-what?" Vincent said, sweating.
"I have a mask right here."
"A Freddy mask?"
"...What is this ridiculousness?" Blackquill asked.
"Mr. Fazbear, take a close look at me."
"Umm, okay."
Phoenix put on the mask.
"Woah, where'd you go, Mr. Wright, all I see now is a clothed endo-skeleton!"
Blackquill grasped his chest.
Murmurs broke out of the court.
"ORDER! Mr. Wright, what is the meaning of this?"
"Your honor..." Phoenix removed the mask he had on. "This mask tricks the animatronics into thinking that the night guards are animatronics. With that in mind..." Phoenix slammed the desk. "I believe there's proof that the animatronics were attacking innocent night guards without knowing better."
"And what makes you say that?"
"Well your honor..."
"TAKE THAT!"
"Earlier testimony shall explain it to us."
"Though, some Night Guard. He never once showed up on any night. We had to try to get this malfunctioning Animatronic out of this room every night this week, but it kept vanishing with one fully-suited."
"Was always...naked Animatronic...breaking rules...the music...forced me to sleep..."
"You see... The animatronics thought that the night guards were un-constumed animatronics."
Vincent smile faltered again.
The crowd began to converse about this predicament.
"HOLD IT!"
The court went silent.
"..." Blackquill was facing away.
Phoenix was staring.
And the Judge was confused.
"Mr. Fazbear, what is the matter?"
"You mean to tell me, that... those endoskeletons weren't... endoskeletons?" Freddy shook.
"Mr. Fazbear, are you alright?" Phoenix asked.
Freddy flashed back to everything he did from his creation to this moment. All the screams that came from those endoskeletons...
"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"
Freddy costume fell apart, revealing his endoskeleton.
His head came back on, and Freddy touched it.
*HONK*
Freddy then fell backwards.
"..."
"Well, Mr. Wright. I don't know whether to thank you sincerely or sarcastically," Jeremy remarked.
'I really screwed the pooch with this one, didn't I?'
Vincent glared at Phoenix.
"So, you found out our dark secret, am I right, Mr. Wrong?"
'Ah, he's losing it. But seriously, why is it always Mr. Wrong?'
"Let me tell you something... You've only proved that Fazbear Entertainment let this hostility slide."
Vincent took off his jacket, revealing a nice three piece purple suit. He then tore off his sleeves, revealing well developed muscles underneath.
"But you didn't prove that Jeremy didn't do the deed," Vincent said as he posed.
"GAH-GAAAAH!"
'You know what, I'd rather have the rapping pirate too.'
"So tell me, how are you going to prove that he didn't do it?"
Phoenix slammed the desk.
"By proving that you did it!"
Vincent chuckled. "Prove it then. Let me have one last testimony. If you can prove me the murderer then... then you win."
"Umm, Witness, are you completely sure?"
"SILENCE!"
"I see no problem with this. He has decided to face his opponent in this life or death battle. The blades of justice clash and in the end, only one will be left standing." Blackquill threw something, which cut off some more of Phoenix's hair.
"AHHH!"
"Well, at least it's even now?" Jeremy nervously remarked from under the desk.
"The witness shall speak one last time." Blackquill proclaimed.
"Thank you, Mr. Blackquill."
"Very well, witness. Tell us what testimony you have left about the incident."
"Thank you." Vincent smiled a toothy smile.
'Now or never!'
Witness Testimony
-The Last Laugh-
"I knew that the killer would not do this crime alone, so he forced one of the animatronics to do it!"
"So he tricked the Marionette to do so."
"The killer also used the Spring Bonnie suit, seeing that the photo here proves that happened, as a disguise."
"And stabbing the children through the heart, he killed them!"
"Wow, that's pretty well detailed." The Judge remarked.
"Yes, it is." Phoenix said.
"So, cross-examine me already, and get this over with." Vincent said.
'This is actually too easy. I don't even need evidence this time.'
Cross-Examination
"I knew that the killer would not do this crime alone, so he forced one of the animatronics to do it!"
"So he tricked the Marionette to do so."
"The killer also used the Spring Bonnie suit, seeing that the photo here proves that happened, as a disguise."
"And stabbing the children through the heart, he killed them!"
"HOLD IT!"
"Mr. Mann, about that last remark..."
"SILENCE!"
"Wright-dono, what is the meaning of this?"
"The meaning... is that the witness just sealed his fate!"
"Huh?" Vincent looked on in confusion.
"We never even got an autopsy report for those children..." Phoenix slammed the table. "Because they were just found today, in the secret room!"
"What!"
"So tell me, Mr. Mann... How'd you know how the children were killed?"
"Erm..."
"I'll tell you how! It's because YOU ARE THE ONE WHO KILLED THOSE CHILDREN!"
"AGH!"
"And you lied to everyone to save your own skin. So then... tell all of us..." Phoenix slammed the table. "Why?"
Vincent slammed his head on the stand, and then laughed.
He then looked up and smiled.
"I don't regret it."
"What?" The Judge asked.
"I'm telling you right now that I don't regret it."
"He'll be haunted for the rest of his life. How could he have possibly taken the lives of those poor innocent little kids. Every time he goes to sleep he's going to remember them, and the memories are going to haunt him till the day he dies."
"That's what they're going to say, right? Well, I'm telling you now that they're lying, or mistaken, because I don't feel any regret."
"If I were to regret anything, ANYTHING at all, it would be that I didn't take even longer. Imagine if I had taken just five more minutes! Imagine if they had caught me in the act of stuffing the last kid into the suit, while she was crying! She couldn't move and tears were falling from her eyes like some broken faucet..."
"Speaking of crying, I can't wait until the funerals. You can't have a funeral without the fun in it! HAHAHAHA!"
"Oh hey, another thing I'm excited about. I can't wait until you all go home, because, and don't take this like I want you to; it's inevitable anyways... You're going to remember me. You're going to walk by every mirror and see yourself, and you're going to see them there too. You're going to see them every time you close your eyes."
"And when you see them, you're going to see me! You're going to think of them, and you can do that without thinking of me! You're going to see the man who killed your kids without any remorse or regret. You're going to see my eyes, my smile and me."
"And when you go to sleep, you're going to see the ways it happened. Each time worse than the one before!"
"You're going to see me smiling away while it all played out. And you better believe it... I fucking enjoyed it! Watching their faces contort in pain while they were being sliced to bits? Their desperate gasps and screams of 'Mommy!' and 'Daddy!'? The horrified realization in their eyes when they came to terms with the fact that they were going to die?"
"Comedy gold."
"I bet I'm going to die for this, that I'm going to Hell too. You'll enjoy my death, and all that rage you'll feel is okay because I'll be dead then. That's fine. I am a murderer after all."
"I'll bet you'll be there when I die, feeling the smallest amount of satisfaction when they kill me. But if you'll be there when I die, why weren't they there then...?"
"Where were they when all of this was happening anyways?
"Were they at home, watching TV and not caring where their kids were?"
"Were they frantically searching the area around the pizzeria looking for them?"
"I guess it doesn't matter anyways, because they're dead now, and their final moments were thinking about how the people they trusted and looked up to the most were gone, and that they weren't coming to save them. I hope their last exchange of words were okay."
"Imagine the last time you saw your kids, you yelled at them. Maybe their last moments was them remember that and thinking 'Maybe they don't care. Maybe they know what's going on, but they just don't care enough to save me.' Maybe they thought that they deserved it."
"I guess what I'm trying to say is that this isn't some big 'Fuck You' to society, or a big part of some bullshit social justice movement. I guess it was just for shits and giggles."
"After all, I'm just the man that had a job at a pizza place. I'm just the man those kids laughed and played games with at the pizzeria. I'm just the man that smiled the whole time those kids begged me to stop and they weren't there."
"And if I'm going to be haunted until the day I die, then I can't to see how your lives play out when they haunt you!"
The lights began to flicker.
"And if you feel something else there- if you feel something other than guilt, if you feel some sort of evil there too, I want you to know something..."
The lights went out. When they came back on...
"IT'S ME!"
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"
"YEAAAAAAAAAH!"
"OH DEEEEEEEAR!"
"..."
Vincent began to laugh and laugh, wearing the Golden Bonnie suit.
"Mr. Mann, get out of that suit, now!" Blackquill demanded.
"Who is Mann? I'm not Mann, I'm just a murderer!"
"I'm serious, if you don't get out of that suit, you'll die!"
'Simon is panicking for the wrong reasons!'
"Screw you, I'll kill you if I have to!"
The lights went out.
"And I'll be su-"
Some crunching noises came about, followed by some coughing.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHH! SOMEONE, ANYBODY... HELP ME!"
"Someone call an ambulance, right now!"
Vincent screamed until a lone light came on on the witness stand. Vincent, tried to climb onto the stand and reached for help when one final crunch and a spurt of blood came from the mouth of the beast. Vincent then slumped over.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
The judge banged his gavel, a somber tone to the air of the courtroom, "Prosecution, what is the status of...the witness?"
"Paramedics were unable to remove the suit but were able to figure out his heart and brain had been pierced in multiple areas," Blackquill stated. "An ironic end to his tale. The very suit he used to kill innocent children was the very murder weapon to his own death."
The Judge shook his head somberly, "A death in a courthouse...What dark times we live in during this Dark Age of The Law."
"Dark Age of The Law?" Jeremy repeated.
"It's because of so many prosecutors and defense attorneys falsifying evidence to win court cases," Phoenix informed.
"And the...other witnesses?" the Judge asked.
"Fazbear-dono has willingly agreed to a complete data analysis and will be given new programming in hopes of this not happening again. If it is proven successful, the other Animatronics will be given this new programming as well. Until then, the pizzeria for Fazbear-dono will no longer be opened to the public," Blackquill informed, "As for the Marionette...he has...vanished."
"...Excuse me?" the Judge blinked.
"We discovered the body of the witness in his toy box, but...there was no endoskeleton within," Blackquill informed, "Furthermore, there were no signs of removal of the animatronic interior or any hint of it ever having an endoskeleton within, but there were spots on the body that correlate with old marionette strings and the purple lines on his face had vanished."
'You...You gotta be kidding me...' Phoenix and Jeremy thought in disbelief.
"This...I think I need a drink after this Loop ends," Jeremy admitted.
"I'm...I'm actually used to this," Phoenix admitted, sweating a bit in surprise.
"...Fair enough," the Judge nodded.
"...Is this guy serious? In this Loop, a guy we thought was an animatronic was just a puppet possessed by a spirit thinking he was an animatronic and he just says 'fair enough?'" Jeremy gawked.
"Yep. If this had happened when my friends Maya or Pearl Fey were around, you may have gotten to see them get possessed by one of the children," Phoenix noted before the Judge banged his gavel.
"I will now declare the verdict. This Court finds the Defendant, Jeremy Fitzgerald..." the Judge informed.
NOT GUILTY
Jeremy blinked in confusion as cheers, whistles, and confetti went about the court. He wasn't sure how he should feel right now, so he settled for hitting his head on the Defense's bench. This Fused Loop's court system was just weird to him. Fast, shockingly amazing, but incredibly weird all the same.
"Well, Mr. Wright, we did it," Jeremy stated as they walked out into the Defendant Lobby.
"Yes, Jeremy. We did. So, what are you going to do now?" Phoenix asked.
"I'm planning on finding a new job, considering that I'm practically unemployed with that stunt you pulled, proving that the animatronics were attacking night guards."
"At least I didn't prove anything much worse, like what they do to the guards."
"...Touche, Phoenix."
"Mr. Wright, that was amazing!" Apollo said as he and Athena walked over.
"Yeah. You managed to catch the real criminal," Athena added.
"Until he... you know," Jeremy sweated a little.
"I'm not gonna be sleeping well for a few months," Apollo deadpanned.
"Yeah, me neither," Athena affirmed.
'I'm so not gonna sleep well either... even if the loops have more nightmarish things around.'
Phoenix's cell phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Uh, hello hello? Uh, yeah, remember me?" Phone Guy said over the phone.
"Yeah, how'd you..."
"I got a laptop and searched for your name, and got your cell number from your site. Listen, it's nothing personal, but I'm gonna need some money since I've got...uhhhh... medical costs, and that my job is essentially over... so..."
'Please don't tell me...'
"I'm gonna need to sue you. Sorry pal."
"Wh-WHAAAAAAT!"
"I'll see you in court, Wright. Goodbye, and sorry."
'Why me?!'
"Something wrong, Phoenix?" Jeremy asked.
"Phone Guy called, he's suing me."
"! That's a surprise. He's usually so nice."
"He's sorry that he has to sue me too."
"Mr. Wright, since you're busy... you mind giving me some cases while you work out that lawsuit?" Apollo asked.
"Yeah, sure," Phoenix said, visibly sweating.
"Alright then... I guess we should give one hell of a exit, right?" Jeremy asked.
"Of course!" Athena cheered on.
'Here it comes...'
"OBJECTION!"