After a mildly long drive, Nichole pulled up to the location—Percy's Playhouse. The Building was made up of different colors to help draw in customers. The sign had the main character on it, Percy Poodle. The Character was in a wink and with a large goofy grin on his face. "...Huh, I missed this place. Alright, let's just get this done." Nichole said to herself. She took out her keys and unlocked the door, walking in. The Entrance was the color of Violet, with a Percy Plush on the front desk and booths for people to sit and talk. There were also rules on the side, one of them being an odd one. "No Weasels! :(" Nichole never really knew why THAT rule was there, but hey, she didn't run the place. She walked into the dining room, to be hit with a wave of nostalgia. She remembered hearing the music and the kids cheering and running around Percy's Playhouse during the day, with the animatronics performing. Speaking of the animatronics she looked up to see the animatronics standing on stage. There was Charlie Cat, an animatronic grey cat, with a latex face mask and a yellow cone hat, with a red pom on it. He wore a Clown uniform and had a nice springy tail with red shoes and white gloves. Next to him, was Mother Moose, a female moose in a maid outfit and red lipstick, and she had a ring on. Rumor had it that she was married to Famer Felix, another Animatronic in the building. Her skirt had the letters "PP" on it, standing for Percy's Playhouse. And last was- Hey. He's not on stage. The Last Character WAS Percy Poodle himself, but he doesn't seem to be on stage right now. Maybe the Boss stored him somewhere else? Nichole shrugged as she kept walking, as Charlie's head slowly turned to look at Nichole leaving.
It took a bit, but Nichole eventually got to the office, there was a large window in the front, with a door for anyone to enter. There was a vent on each side of the office, and a comically large trashcan, and a few boxes. Nichole called her boss and he answered. "Hey Nichole, you there?" John asked. "Yeah, I'm here. What do you want me to do?" Nichole asked. "Alright, sweet. Now you might feel bored being here for a while, so I left you something for you to mess around with. If you look in that box in front of you, there should be a Pal Percy in it, remember those things?" John asked. Nichole laughed and took the toy out, which immediately turned on. "Yeah, I remember this little guy. I'll mess with it for a bit." Nichole said. "Yeah, should help the time go by, trust me. Oh right, when it begins barking at you, you should take care of it, not that anything bad would happen, it just won't stop." John said. "Yeah, that could get annoying. Anything else?" Nichole asked. "Yeah, there should be a Pal-Boy in the box as well. It usually plays games, but I rewired it to show the cameras, go ahead and take a look!" John said. Nichole got up and turned on the Pal-Boy, the Cameras flickered to life, showing the Showstage Camera. "John there's NO way you rewired this," Nichole stated, laughing. John chuckled. "Yeah, you're right, got Aurdey to do it for me," John said. Nichole got herself used to every camera before speaking. "Alright, got used to the cameras. Anything else?" Nichole asked. "Yeah, I put the animatronics on an auction site a few days ago, can you check after your shift to see if there are any takers?" John asked. "Yeah, I can do that." Nichole said. "Alright! That should be it, I'll call you tomorrow to see how it went." John said, about to hang up. "Alright- Wait, before you go, where's Percy? He wasn't on stage." Nichole asked. John didn't respond for a second, seemingly not remembering where the animatronic poodle was, before answering. "Oh! He's actually in front of your office, he's sitting on a desk under a tarp. He's not working quite right, so I'm planning to have technicians come in at some point this week to take a look at him and the others." Johnson inquired. "Ah ok, thanks. Alright, that's me good, I think I can handle it from here." Nichole said. John snapped his fingers. "Alright, Call you tomorrow. Good Luck!" John said. And with that, he hung up. Nichole checked what time it was. To her surprise, it was already 12am. She looked at the Pal Percy and Chuckled. "Huh. This thing REALLY makes time go by in an instant." Nichole said to herself. She checked the monitor and went to the showstage camera and noticed something odd and concerning. Charlie Cat was gone. "Shit. Where did he go? Did someone break in while I was talking to John?" Nichole asked herself. But she quickly found him in the Ratcade, just standing there, watching the camera, but also not. "What the..? How did he..?" Nichole asked herself. She put down the Pal Percy and left the office.
When she got to the Ratcade, Charlie Cat was no longer there. "Is someone moving these things around? Ok, real funny Boss, prank me on my first night back! Come on out!" Nichole shouted. But of course, no one came out. It was only her here tonight. At least… that's what she thinks. She's alone…right? These things can't move by themselves…right? She looked around, only to be startled by Mother Moose standing right behind her. "Jesus! How did you get here?!" Nichole asked, trying to catch her breath. Mother Moose just stood there before talking, as if she were talking to a guest. "H-H-H-Hi there Pumpkin, I'm M-M-Mother M_ose! Are you lost?" Mother Moose asked, her head slightly twitching and moving. Nichole looked at Mother Moose, but before she could do anything, she heard the Pal Percy beeping back in the office. She glared at the animatronic Moose one more time before walking back to the office.
When she got back to the office, it was 3 am. How did that happen? She wasn't gone for long, it's like…time was moving at a completely different pace here than outside the playhouse. But that would be ridiculous, right? She played a game on the Pal Percy to make it calm down when she heard something crawling through the vent. She looked down from the Pal Percy and stared at the vent when Charlie Cat poked his head out and stared at Her. Nichole didn't know what to do, so she stared back. That seemed to satisfy the animatronic as he backed away into the vent, leaving her alone for the time being. "...That's…Odd." Nichole thought to herself. She'd need to talk to John about that. She went back to playing the Pal Percy, which surprisingly was fun. In fact, she got so entranced by the Pal Percy, that she didn't hear nor see Mother Moose poke her head out of one of the vents. The animatronic stared at her playing before backing away into the vent. However the animatronic banged one of her antlers on the vent, causing Nichole to snap out of it. She looked and saw Mother Moose leave the vent. "...Why didn't she…Wait…Charlie left cause I stared at him, and I guess Mother Moose is satisfied when I'm NOT paying attention to her. Huh..Odd, but neat." Nichole thought to herself. She began hearing beeping again, but it wasn't the Pal Percy, it was her stopwatch. 5:30AM. Damn, she must have been playing that toy for a WHILE. She shrugged and placed the Pal Percy back in the Box, along with the Pal-Boy, and left the office. But right when she was heading for the front door, she remembered something. John placed the animatronics on an Action Site. He wanted her to check for him. Well, a task is a task, plus by the time she's done, it'll be 6am.
Nichole walked into Blue Storage, where the Compter was waiting for her. She sat down and logged in, and was immediately greeted with the Auction Site. ". Scrolling through the page, it listed the animatronics at varying prices. Percy Poodle was $1200, Charlie Cat was $1100, Mother Moose was $1130, Farmer Felix was $1000, and Rowen Rat was the cheapest, being $500. Probably because he was a bit damaged. She rejected the first offer on Percy, who wanted to pay $1000 for the animatronic Poodle. "Annnnnddd that isn't happening." Nichole said. She rejected the offer, but a new offer from someone else, ironically enough, the exact asking price. "Alright, that is a yes." Nichole said. She accepted the offer, but right when she did that, she heard footsteps behind her. Out of instinct, she dipped underneath the desk. From under the desk, she saw two large red clown shoes walking around, before they left her sight and she heard it leaving. Great. Looks like Charlie is still on. She got up and looked around. "Charlie's gone for now…great. This couldn't be easy, could it?" Nichole thought to herself. She went back to work and continued auctioning off the animatronics. It was going well, some took a little longer than others but she was making good time. However after she did Mother Moose, her computer began to glitch. "Wait..What the?" Nichole asked. She banged her hand against the computer, but the glitches persisted. That's when it froze, and an image, with two eyes on it showed up. "...What the hell is this?" Nichole asked. Text appeared over the eyes. "I'M DONE CLOWNING AROUND." it said. The image disappeared and ads began to show up on the computer. "Hey, buzz off!" Nichole shouted. She clicked off them, and went to action off Farmer Felix, however when she denied the first offer, the Internet got disconnected and she had to reconnect. "Shit! Which one was it again…Oh! Paltronics!" She shouted. She clicked it and continued, until right when she was gonna finalize Rowen, Charlie Cat returned. She dipped under the table again, but the Cat lingered longer this time. That's when she noticed something. The animatronic bent it's knees. …It was gonna look under the desk. Luckily for Nichole, there was a curtain connected to the desk that she could hide behind. When Charlie's head rocketed down, Nichole dipped behind the curtain just in time so Charlie Cat didn't see her. He got back up and walked away. She got up from Under the desk and clicked on the offer, finally finishing the grueling task. "WOO! FINALLY DONE!" Nichole cheered in victory. She powered off the computer and walked out of Blue Storage and into the Dining area, to see Charlie Cat standing on stage with Mother Moose, like they didn't move all night. "...Looks like I gotta deal with these things from now on." Nichole thought to herself. She shrugged. She didn't seem to mind. It was almost like a challenge for her, like a game. Nevertheless, the shift was done, she waved the to the animatronics and left the building.