Unsurprisingly, the parking lot was overflowing. It was to be expected, Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Plex was an increasingly famous entertainment centre, known for their animatronic entertainment and staff.
Thankfully, the staff parking had quite a few open spots, evidently it was understaffed. Which brings the reason he was here at all, usually he wouldn't be anywhere near such a loud overcrowded place. But he was in need of a job, specifically, a night guarding job.
So he parked his car, he could already hear the squealing of children and chattering of people from there. He entered the building through a too-large door and made his way to the front desk, where a teen sat, eyes locked on her phone and looking as if she wanted to be anywhere but.
As he walked to the desk, the girl dragged her eyes away from her phone to stare at him, unimpressed. She popped a piece of gum, "Hello, welcome to the Mega Pizza Plex." she drawled, no doubt wanting to go back to her device.
"I have an appointment." he said, the girl looked him up and down, this had to be the most androgynous person she had ever seen.
She decided she didn't care, so she pressed a button on the side of her desk. A moment later a tall balding man walked in, he smiled at him, "Ah, you must be Ray Jayrs." he greeted cheerfully, and without waiting for a response, he twirled on his feet and made his way out "Follow me, please."
Ray did, and was led into an office, he was gestured to take a seat, and he did, with the tall man sitting across from him. "I'm Mr Bron, the manager, you have applied for the night shift, correct?" Ray nodded, "Great! We are understaffed, so you will have some janitorial duties."
Ray nodded again, "Then, you're hired. Come back at 7:30 for a tour and your schedule."
Ray left the room quietly, heading to his car. He had been surprised, he was expecting an interview, or a few questions about his competency at the least. Not just getting it handed to him, they must have been desperate, or they just didn't care all that much. Either way, he got the job.
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Ray stood by the front desk, he had returned five minutes before the set time, so he opted to just wait. He didn't have to for long, because Mr Bron came to greet him, "Welcome Back!" he smiled, then handed Ray a watch, coloured brown with small ears, the likeness of Freddy. "That's a Fazwatch, all employees are required to wear them. You should be able to access the camera's through it." He explained, then started to walk, Ray followed silently, strapping the Fazwatch onto his left wrist.
"These are the Green rooms. This is where they charge and spend their free time," the man gestured to four rooms that you could easily see into because of the glass. As if they were animals in a zoo.
Each of the animatronics were powered off, but he could tell that they were large, the smallest of them, the white bird, Chika, was 7'ft at the least. The tallest being the alligator, Montgomery, roughly 8ft.
He was taken to a large stage, with rows upon rows of seats, filling up multiple stories. "This is the main stage, where the Glamrocks perform." He was told, then he was led to a small room with lockers. He was led to the third one, "This is your locker, your uniform should be inside, and all your equipment. For today, just look around, and you'll get your schedule tomorrow via your Fazwatch, head home at 12." With that, the man left, leaving Ray standing in front of his locker.
There was a small square screen on the locker, where a lock should have been. He stared at it for a moment, before his eyes found his Fazwatch, which was a suspiciously similar size. So he brought his watch to the screen, and after both screens went blue, the locker clicked.
He pulled it open, allowing him to see the contents. He noted the uniform, then he inspected the gear. He had a flashlight, and a taser, a strong one at that, it could probably kill a human with one strike. He noted to himself that he might need to tweek it slightly to fix that, and there was a card, it had his name and picture on it, as well as his job.
Taking the uniform, he walked into a door to the side, clearly labelled 'Changing Rooms' and slipped his uniform on. The White button-up was slightly baggy, but not uncomfortably so, but the black pants fit just fine, and he kept on his black gloves.
With that, he strapped his taser and flashlight into his belt, and took out a stack of papers stapled together. It was all the rules, and such. Most people would have skimmed through it then left it to be forgotten. But Ray wasn't most people, so he read through it carefully, every line, and in between, he memorised. Taking most of an hour ensuring he remembered everything.
Once Ray was sure he knew all he needed to, he placed the stack of papers back into his locker, then left to explore, as instructed.
He started to wander around, "Take a Map!"
He turned, and there stood a bot, it wasn't one of the main attractions. "Please, take a map!"
It held out said map, gesturing for him to take it. He did, and as soon as it was in his hands, the bot rolled away.
Ray stared after it for a moment, before continuing to wander. He found himself at an arcade, and said arcades were disturbingly dirty. He wondered if they got cleaned at all, he noted this area, he would remember it. It was in his job description to be a pseudo janitor, after all.
Before he knew it, his watch chimed, telling him it was the end of his shift. With that, he went into the locker room and donned his clothes on again, then grabbed his stuff and left, ignoring the slight jingling of bells he could faintly hear from above.