Sun shut the door in the sputtering face of the man who'd been hurting Harriette. He took a bit of satisfaction in the shock in his face. Though he also hoped that he'd calm down enough to not decide to hurt Harriette for his limitations. Though Sun technically could still recognize faces, he wasn't actually supposed to hand a child over to someone without a wrist band. He'd made some exceptions with a few regulars he saw almost daily, letting the older two Weasley's pick up their siblings, letting Emelia go with one of her parents even if it was the other who'd checked her in and thus had the bracelet, or letting her go with her aunt. That was only a few of the exceptions he tended to make. He sent Adriana a message of the network, informing her of his messed up facial recognition and making it clear he wasn't handing children over to anyone without a bracelet, for safety.
She'd send the message out and the fazbear employees would follow the instructions. Those who weren't regulars wouldn't even need to be informed since they tended to have their bracelet's on them. Sun turned back to the table he'd left behind.
Harriette, Mayla, and Emelia sat together waiting for Sun to come back to the table, Harriette was giggling at one of Mayla or Emelia's jokes. The three girls really seemed to get along. It was going to be sad when Harriette had to go home. Sun wondered if he should have prevented it, but at the same time it seemed unfair to break them up. Besides it'd be a happy memory to hold onto when things got hard for Harriette.
"Hello, Ladies, I'm sorry for the rude interruption."
"It's okay," Harriette said. Mayla and Emelia paused their conversation to wave at him.
"Yeah, you gotta do your job," Mayla noted, before turning back to Emelia. Up close the two girl's were discussing the plot of a cartoon that they both liked. Harriette listened carefully.
"It's so good!" Mayla threw her hands up. "It's not fair that you're not allowed to watch it." Harriette smiled.
"It's okay, you guys have talked about it so well, I could probably draw it," Harriette said, giggling at her own joke.
"Oh! That's so cool!" Mayla said.
"Oh! It sounds fun too," Emelia laughed. "I wanna do that!" Sun laughed.
"Well, how about we grab some art supplies then?" Sun said. The three girls looked up at him in amazement. They were adorable. Then Harriette looked around the table.
"Won't we need to put these away first?" Harriette said. "They'll be in the way." Harriette said, looking up at Sun. It was clear she wasn't comfortable leaving a mess for later. Though Sun had to admit that he wasn't a particularly big fan of messes either.
"Well, yeah, I suppose we can do that," Sun said.
"How come we can't keep doing a tea party but with drawing," Mayla said.
"That would be boring, we'd have to be princess drawing, and that's not how princess are, they're not allowed to draw!" Emelia said.
"Eveyone's allowed to draw, but I agree that trying to draw with the table covered in stuff would be a bit hard."
"Oh, okay," Mayla said. "That makes sense."
"Yay! We're drawing characters from (Insert current cartoon)!" Emelia said, shooting to her feet toward the drawing supplies laid out. Harriette quietly took on the role of cleaning up. Mayla joined her.
"You probably have work to do, you don't have to watch over me like this, I won't cry," Harriette reassured when Mayla started off toward the place for the tea sets. They were all plastic, but they came in all kinds of shapes and sizes. Little girls really seemed to like the game, some boys did too, so it was always good to have some tea sets on hand.
"Oh?" Sun asked, crouching down to Harriette's level. "And what if…" He leaned closer like he was sharing a secret. Gesturing for her to put her ear closer to his face so he could whisper. "I like hanging out with you?" Sun asked. Harriette shot back eyes wide for a moment, before a smile burst across her face. She lit up the room brighter then the lights ever could. Sun was certain that he and Moon wouldn't switch even if the lights were turned off this very second. Moon sputtered a little laugh in the back on their mind.
True, he added pure delight at the thought.
Once the table was clear, Mayla and Emelia took turned describing characters for Harriette to draw, Sun adding commentary on the the bits he knew. He was allowed access to something similar to wikipedia for kids' information. Which was why he was able to participate in the game at all. Harriette was pretty good at following instruction in her art as well as free handing. She got things pretty close to the actual character in question. By the time they were finished the daycare was truly starting to fill up.
"Alright, let's spin 'fore it get's to crowded," Emelia shouted, slamming her hands on the table. Harriette flinched
"Gentle," Sun and Mayla said at the same time. Sun comforting Harriette while Mayla patted Emelia's back.
"We can spin, it sounds fun." Mayla assured, standing and stretching. "Let's go."
"Oh, would you look at that," Sun said. "Guess who just clocked in, right as you decided to start running around."
"Who? Who?" Mayla chanted.
"The Weasleys!" Emelia said.
"Looks like the young sister is there too," Sun teased, watching as three faces lit up.
"Genni!" Mayla shouted. "Fred and George! Genni and Fred and George!"
"Genni never comes this often," Emelia said. "Maybe she wanted to be around since you'll only be here for so long." Harriette looked at her in amazement.
"It-I'm sure its-" Harriette looked to Sun for a way to answer.
"Only one way to find out!" Sun said, grinning. "There they are!"
"Genni!" Harriette shouted.
"Fred and George and Genni!" Mayla shouted
"Weasleys!" Emelia shouted. The three girls rushed over to the slide, waiting only barely patiently for the arrival of their friends. Sun stood with them watching the excitement in each child's eyes. Sometimes Sun adored his job.
Sometimes Sun hated his job. The kids were being particularly difficult today. They were at max capacity and even a bit over. The kids were starting to notice that the space might not actually be big enough for all of them, and this had led to several fights.
Harriette was curled up in one of the smallest hiding spots that Sun had ever seen in the play structure. Honestly he hadn't even known it was a hiding place until he'd spotted Emelia, Mayla, Genni and the twins by it, but no Harriette in sight. Not that he was free to coax the poor girl out just yet. Two boys, none regulars, were fighting, not play fighting or even kid fighting, they were honestly a bit old for the daycare anyways. One of the boys' noses were bleeding, the other had a black eye. Sun ran a quick scan noting their guest profiles.
Alecio and Markayus age 10 VIP, special treatment *From Management*: Don't get them angry. Allergies: None. A third child, their sister, Alecia (Age:10. *VIP*. special treatment *From Management*: Don't get them angry. Allergies: None.) was sitting with blood running between her fingers as it oozed from her nose.
"Alright boys, it's time to break it up," Sun said. Fury almost caused him to short circuit. Somehow Sun's voice maintained a friendly calmness. "I need to give all three of you a check up and-"
"Shut the fuck up!" Markayus growled. If Sun had facial muscles they'd be twitching.
"Enough," Sun said. "I've asked you nicely." Sun picked both boys up like fussy kittens, pinned them to Sun then turned to Alecia. "Little one, let's go get you cleaned up. Why don't you tell me what happened and we can get things sorted." The girl nodded and started heading down the way Sun had come up. "Harriette, it's alright to come out."
"Don't wanna," she sounded tired.
"Alright," Sun said. "How 'bout when I'm done I come back and talk to you."
"I don't want you to get into trouble," This sounded almost petulant. Somehow that seemed to make it more precious.
"Alright, Pumpkin, come talk to me when you're feeling better, okay," Sun said. He was halfway to the med station before he realized he'd said it.
"Your stupid!" one of the boys shouted trying to kick him. Which got him moving even faster. He was calling their parents and at the very least complaining about them. They'd clearly upset Harriette, even if Sun wasn't one hundred percent how. Once again Sun almost stopped at the thought that crossed his mind.
The two boys had broken rules, caused each other and another child physical harm, and Sun was worried more about Harriette being scared. Sun wasn't sure why, but it felt more important. He tried to shrug it off, with a guessed explanation. Harriette was a sweet kid, kind and caring; but she was also being treated very, very poorly. She outright confessed this was the first time she'd made any friends. She was under weight and size. Struggled to sleep. And she was his other half sole sleepover buddy. It made perfect sense. Looking at the gushing blood on the other girl's nose and the worry over Harriette's emotional well being still being stronger made it really hard to believe that.
Naptime was rough. It was a fight to get the kids to sleep. Several kids throwing tantrums, a spilt mess, and a bunch of toddlers crying. Several wished for Moon's next upgrade to be his own body or for His own upgrade he wasn't picky. Harriette, Mayla and the rest of their group helping set up sleeping nests was an immense help. He'd add extra candies to Harriette and Mayla's treats at some point. It had been a while since they'd had to use the moondrops for this purpose though. Oh, Sun and Moon and both passed them out for nap times many a time, but it had been a while since it felt like it was the only way to get the littles into actually resting. It didn't help that several of the kids were honestly getting close to teen years and they were not happy about him trying enforce nap time.
"Well, if you can promise to play quietly-" Sun had started. Before another bout of absolute chaos. He'd bribed them with the Moondrops and sent them to pass out in the play structures. He'd drag them out to nap properly later. Or he'd just let them sleep like that. It wasn't likely to do them too much harm and they were being absolute brats. Serious, Harriette was still only five and she was acting more mature than they were.
Sun was going to lose his mind, he was once again holding Markayus and Alecio apart. The Two had realized that they could still reach each other and were kicking and screaming and pulling each other's hair. Mostly they were at least hitting Sun, though that was probably leaving it's own bruises. He'd called for their parents. They could deal with them. Alecia was standing next to him looking down cast.
"I'm sorry," She'd been saying for the last ten minutes while they waited for their parents.
"It's not your fault," Sun tried his best to force some cheer into his voice. Markayus managed to get his leg up to kick him in the back of the head.
"Let go you stupid bot," Markayus growled.
"No," Sun deadpanned.
"We're allowed to hit each other we're siblings," Alecio growled yanking Markayus's hair, to try and get a better shot on him.
"You've bruised several other children, caused emotional harm to several others," Sun shot back. "You've damaged Fazzbear property, you've incited multiple riots." Sun turned to a small hoard of children sitting in time out. He'd had to make an actual baby jail. Emelia had fun helping with that. Harriette was hiding in another nook somewhere. The Weasley twins and Genni, who was usually more well behaved, were all seated in small boxes waiting for their release. Sun had taken control of the remaining kids' activities to stop further riots. The not in trouble children were currently doing an art project to avoid chaos while Sun was busy holding the other two kids. Alecia was still invited to participate. She'd behaved the whole day, doing nothing more then try to rain in her brother's chaos. She was trying to stop her brothers from hitting each other, and taking several hits instead.
"Alecia, you don't have to help, though the thought 's appreciated," Sun said. "But I'll be fine. You should go back to your own art project." The two had started yelling at each other from across several tables, and when that wasn't enough they'd thrown themselves over the tables. Sun was exhausted.
Maybe another nap would help, Moon offered softly.
I appreciate the thought but management is probably already going to throw a fit, Sun shrugged to adjust his hold on the two boys. Alecio bit Markayus' hand when he'd tried to punch him. Sun sighed. Moon's offer was growing more and more tempting. Maybe a quiet time would work too.
I'll be happy to help, Moon said, sending a hug gif they'd made for each other. Sun would smile if his face wasn't stuck in a permanent grin. He sent a sighing then smiling gif. They'd made several emojis for each other, and the other animations and bots around the complex. They'd made some for the others too. It was to help make up for the limited facial range of their face mold, and the other bots that were just as limited in expression liked using them too. It had been fun and it had helped them to learn more about their own capabilities.
"Stop it!" Alecia shouted, trying to pry the boys apart.
"Alecia, really, I appreciate the thought, but I don't want you getting any more hurt, not under my care anyway." Sun groaned. Sun scanned the room for more of the kids. Too many kids. They were still over capacity, it was another reason that Sun had decided to limit games in the play structures. He didn't want to risk the girl getting hurt. One of her brother's started pulling her hair. Sun wished once again that they had another pair of arms at least. If only there'd been more time. Alecia pulled the hair from the grasping fist, and stomped a little away, folding her arms and glaring at the two. They both froze.
"Don't. You. Dare." Markayus growled. She took a deep breath.
"Look what you did," Alecio said, covering his ears. Markayus doing the same.
Oh stars above she's not going to…? Moon trailed.
It seems so, Sun groaned internally. He really hated when kids screamed like this. Especially when they had a good set of screeching pipes on them. Which if they were to judge by the brother's reaction it seemed the case. She was still inhaling.
Oh no, Moon groaned, Sun did too. It was clear she also had pretty strong lungs.
"We're sorry," Markayus said. "Please stop."
"No you're not," Alecio shot back.
"Really," Markayus growled. Alecio stuck his tongue out. Alecia started screaming.
It took twenty-two and a half minutes to get the kids calmed down after Alecia's aral assault. She'd screamed for just as many seconds. Sun was actually impressed, or he would be if his auditory sensors weren't on the fritz from it. She'd shrieked up until her parents arrived and judging from how she was talking afterwards she could have gone on way longer. Their parents seemed to favor Markayus, and took his side even when Sun said he'd started the riot and the drawing fight. He seemed smug about it too. Sun banned him from the daycare period, but said that Alecio was allowed to come back tomorrow and Alecia was allowed to stay for the rest of the day. Markayus didn't seem to care one whit, but Alecio seemed surprised an adult was taking his side. Alecia was still put in time out. Sun didn't want to get the other kids any more riled up. She seemed perfectly satisfied with the results though, and honestly Sun couldn't entirely blame her. It had gotten them to stop fighting, too busy guarding their ears.
Sun checked over the kids still at the table, noting that Katie and Harriet were both missing. Checking his sensors, the cameras and a few other tricks he located the two in a frankly tiny nook somewhere deep in the playground. Sun decided it would be best to go get them, or at least check to make sure they were okay.
Sun made his way up to the top of the play structure, and into the room that housed a small gap between play structures. Sun had honestly hated that particular spot since the beginning, but enough complaints from him and customers had gotten them to at least add an extra bit of flooring to it so that the kids would stop falling through, though now the more adventurous little ones used it to climb on top of the play structures. Sun and Moon were now complaining to management to add extra netting for safety reasons, but it would probably take several more years and a lawsuit to get them to actually do something about it. Sun ducked around the play structure to look over the girls. Harriette had apparently grabbed a set of cards. Sun couldn't quite tell what kind but it didn't matter.
"Hey, little ones?" Sun said, while slipping further over the play structures stuff. Harriette's eyes lit up for some reason, and her mouth dropped open. Katie just stared at him. "How are you two? Those boys were taken back with their parents, so you can come down if you want." Katie made the sign for 'loud'. Sun nodded, understanding. "It seems that their sister was finally pushed to her limit." Sun gave the girl the answer. "I don't think she'll be doing that again." Sun gave his version of a wink. Katie nodded, standing up, and making her way through the small gap. Harriette was still stunned by something. "What's up, little one?"
"You're like a spider," Harriette noted, excitedly. Sun chuckled.
"I suppose I kind of am like a big spider," Sun said. The grin on Harriette's face grew from a small tilt. Sun wished he could share it with her.
The rest of the day was a little easier, Sun had taken to keeping the kids busy. He'd cleared an area for a parachute game. Then they played 'red rover'. Then they played a game of freeze tag. Then they'd done a more imaginative quiet game exercise. Then several games of pictionary and other things. Fights still broke out, so many kids in such close proximity, well actually this number of any age of human in such close proximity, was bound to lead to some conflicts. No matter how careful and structured Sun was. Heck fights sometimes broke out on a normal day. It was just the way people sometimes were.
Finally parents started taking back their kids. Sun was given enough free time to examine the information for tomorrow. While the daycare was a mostly walk-in based event, there were several occasions in which people would schedule in advance for reasons that Sun didn't quite get but was sure made perfect sense if he had more context.
It's going to be a long week, Moon commented looking over the schedule for the week. That was not the usual happening. Oh, boy, they'd survived by the seat of their pants today, but this was going to be hell. Fortunately no one had a scheduled slumber party. Harriette would remain the only child to be sleeping over. Thank god, or gods or the stars for that fact. Moon muttered. They'd have to come up with extra group games to keep all the kids from being at each other's throats. It seemed that conference was in full swing now.
"Bram, I had a question about Mayla's father and why he is not around much," Sun asked. Bram and Nova would be leaving soon, and it was now or never. The girls were finally playing on their own, most of the other kids were already picked up. Bram looked to Sun and nodded a slow sad nod, understanding clear in his eyes.
"Her father is not in her life. He took my little Helena's death rather hard, and gave Mayla to us. He loves her dearly but his life as who he is was not something he wanted to put on Mayla, we'll update her file for you on the way home, so you can do all the digging you want on him," Bram said with a smile hoping it could also help the animatronics with their fight for equal treatment.
"Oh, no, please," Sun said. "You don't have to put something in that makes you uncomfortable. I- She was just talking about he remembered to call, something that simple- well, it doesn't. Sorry, maybe I shouldn't have asked."
"You should know incase something happens to us, here" Bram said.
"Oh, I- I mean that does make sense," Sun said. "You put his contact info, even if not his name so I'm sure we can just contact him if an emergency happens. Besides I don't have access to files that Fazbear Entertainment hasn't set up for me to have access too."
"We checked good for background checks. I'm sure moon can help with that." Bram said.
"I mean, I won't be able to read the files myself, unless Fazbear Entertainment decided that it's something that I would need to know… Mostly to make them more money. It don't want to-"
"I have a good feeling they will when we update it. After all if anything happened he could do alot of damage to the company," Bram said as he quickly updated Mayla's profile.
Child's Namer: Mayla
Age: 7 years old
Parent(s) Name(s): Mother: Helena Raywood Father:Tony Stark
Guardian(s): Maternal Grandparents Nova, and Bram Raywood
Emergency contact: Nova: ###-###-####
Bram: ###-###-####
Tony Stark: 212-970-4133
Special Needs: May have ADHD
Alergie: Wolfsbane aka Munk's wood
Likes *Daycare attendant is aloud to add to this field as appropriate*: Running, talking, spending time with others, purple, blue
Dislikes *Daycare attendant it aloud to add to this field as appropriate*: Alone time
Favorite Animatronic: Bonni
Other Notes *Daycare attendant is aloud to add to this field as appropriate*: