XXIII: Adjustables
He gets into the elevator shaft. He is greeted by Hand unit.
"Welcome back for another night of intellectual stimulation, pivotal career choices and self-reflection on past mistakes. We're committed to creating a unique and fulfilling work experience. One part of that commitment is ensure that you don't get tired of the voice that you're hearing right now."
The keypad appears in front of him.
"Using the keypad below, please select a new companion voice. For male, press 1. For female, press 2. For text-only, press 3. For other options, press 4."
Michael tries to type, however, he is baffled and couldn't type correctly due to the glitching.
"It seems that you had some trouble with the keypad. I see what you were trying to type, and I will auto-correct it for you. Thank you for choosing: Angsty Teen"
As the elevator gets down, it stops and opens. Hand unit has now a different voice.
"The elevator stopped. You know the routine. You can get out now or... whatever. You can stay here if you want."
Michael: "Wait, that voice sounds familiar...ain't that (thinks of the other bullies he was with during his brother's incident however as his brother's death is lodged in his head) wait, nevermind"
He crawls through the vent.
"So... funny story... a dead body was found in this vent once. Okay... not that funny. But it's a story!"
He eventually reaches the Primary Control Module.
"Ok, let's start with your nightly chores. You should check on Ballora and make sure she's on her stage but... whatever."
He checks Ballora but she isn't there.
"Huh, I guess Ballora has better things to do. Let's zap 'er! That should be fun."
After he zapped her, the Hand unit voice gets a strange garbling noise. Michael records it, and as he speeds it up 200%, he learns of the words,
"Argumentative. Standards. Elevation. Passive. Heights."
Michael: "What the hell does that suppose to mean? Could it be the Company's Motto? Weird but interesting"
"Let's check on Funtime Foxy, make sure he's ready for show time tomorrow."
He checks Funtime Foxy. But as soon as he's done, the Hand Unit goes strange again.
"GREAT. GREAT. GREAT"
"There seems to have been a problem with the voice synthesizer. Default settings have been restored. Please proceed through the vent ahead of you to Circus Baby's Auditorium."
He crawls into the vent.
"Circus Baby had a busy day today! Let's check the light, and make sure she's in proper working order."
He checks Baby, but she isn't there.
"Oh Circus Baby, we aren't here to play hide and seek. Let's encourage baby to come out of hiding with a controlled shock."
He zaps her, but something isn't really well with the shock.
"Let's try another controlled shock."
He zaps her again, but the shock isn't responsive and kinda distorted.
"There seems to be a power malfunction that is affecting our ability to properly motivate Baby. Please stand by, while I reboot the system. I will be offline momentarily during this process. Various other systems may be offline as well, such as security doors, vent locks and oxygen. Commencing system restart."
The power suddenly cuts off. Circus Baby then speaks.
"I don't recognize you. You are new. I remember this... scenario, however. It's a strange thing to want to do, to come here.
I'm curious what events would lead a person to want to spend their nights in a place like this... willingly. Maybe curiosity, maybe ignorance...
There is a space under the desk. Someone before you crafted it into a hiding place... and it worked for him. I recommend that you hurry though. You will be safe there, just try not to make eye contact... it will be over soon. They will lose interest."
He crawls under the desk. Ask he is under the desk, a metal cover tries to reopen as small animatronics called Bidybabs. He tries not to make eye contact with them.
Bidybabs: "Hello in there. Someone is inside. Isn't this the same person?"
Michael: (in his mind) "Uhm, they sound familiar. Are they trying to mimicking Elizabeth's voice?"
The Bidybabs try to barge in on him.
Bidybabs: "Knock knock"
They try to barge in on him however,
Bidybabs: "She's watching us! We have to leave now! We will see you again soon!"
Baby: "When your "guide" comes back online, he is going to tell you that he was unsuccessful, that you must restart the system manually. He will then tell you to crawl through Ballora Gallery as fast as you can to reach the Breaker Room. If you follow his instructions, you will die. (shifting noises.) Ballora will not return to her stage anymore. She will catch you. The power will be restored shortly. When you crawl through Ballora Gallery, go slowly. She cannot see you and can only listen for your movement. When you hear her music become louder, she is growing near, listening for you. Wait, and be still."
Hand Unit: "Thank you for your patience. It seems that the power system cannot be restarted automatically. You will need to restart the power system manually. Please return to the primary control module."
Michael escapes the area and crawls back into the Primary Control Module. As he gets there,
"You will now be required to crawl through the Ballora Gallery using the vent to your left to reach the Breaker Room. It is recommended that you stay low to the ground, and reach the other side as fast as possible as to not disturb Ballora. I will deactivate myself momentarily, as to not create an auditory disturbance. Deactivating."
The vent towards Ballora opens. And as soon as he is about to walk,
"Why do you hide inside your walls?23Please respect copyright.PENANAOGIkLrWS05
When there is music in my halls.23Please respect copyright.PENANAQzx2WWZK7e
All I see is an empty room.23Please respect copyright.PENANA9IuJwNZVUb
No more joy, an empty tomb.
It's so good to sing all day.23Please respect copyright.PENANAuRIyJkxAed
To dance, to spin, to fly away."
Michael: (in his mind) "Is that...mom??"
Ballora: "Is someone there?"
Hand Unit: "It seems you are taking a long time. Please proceed as quickly and as quietly as possible."
Suddenly,
Ballora:23Please respect copyright.PENANAxFJ4Ikuruv
Every little mistake results in casualty23Please respect copyright.PENANADa9q5lMeRG
Oh, why are you creeping through my room?23Please respect copyright.PENANAa3cNdo58W2
Oh, why are you hiding? Hiding away from me23Please respect copyright.PENANA4SdqBAeZ6H
All I do is
Twirl around the day, twirl around the night23Please respect copyright.PENANAP8ALEuPYAh
that you're brave enough to hold on to your life23Please respect copyright.PENANAo87MHsoPey
Listen to my lullaby, my lullaby, my lullaby,23Please respect copyright.PENANA3AC04wPMUL
Dancing down below, flying up to pray23Please respect copyright.PENANAmwBx0RuCDJ
Metal parts be bleeding, help me get away, get away from down below
Down below, down below, down below
Look at your reflection23Please respect copyright.PENANAy1vzi2sW2F
Tell me what you see23Please respect copyright.PENANAY5vOLTWgg7
You look familiar23Please respect copyright.PENANAmteUqhtZpZ
(Knock, knock) oh, what a tragedy!
Oh, has blood up the wall as you continue to fall23Please respect copyright.PENANAzlnxRJSzfn
Oh, an explanation23Please respect copyright.PENANAP9tTAtPxN9
About that mangled thing, wires and strings
Twirl another day, Twirl another night23Please respect copyright.PENANAFPKU4ClZk1
Shocking that you're brave enough to hold on to your life23Please respect copyright.PENANAUmil3p7kLR
Listen to my lullaby, my lullaby, my lullaby, listen and close your eyes
I remember a time so long ago23Please respect copyright.PENANALGETVx86co
When I opened my eyes and the Sun would glow23Please respect copyright.PENANARFM8vhn0uu
But that was so long ago
I twirl another day, I twirl another night23Please respect copyright.PENANABlgvNcMZo7
I wish I could go back from this stage to my old life23Please respect copyright.PENANAM3DDbi4my2
Listen to my lullaby, my lullaby, my lullaby, listen and close your eyes23Please respect copyright.PENANAPFGqhgiwwW
Dancing down below, flying up to pray23Please respect copyright.PENANATevrWeJtWQ
Metal parts be bleeding, help me get away, get away from down below
Down below, down below, down below
Michael gets to the breaker room.
Inside the breaker room, he finds Funtime Freddy there.
"You may now interface with the breaker control box. Using the interface may disrupt nearby electronics. If you feel you are in danger, feel free to disconnect the interface temporarily, until it is safe to reconnect."
As Michael tries to reconnect it,
Funtime Freddy and Bon Bon:23Please respect copyright.PENANAiFAAmIHxTC
Bring you down here in the dead of night23Please respect copyright.PENANAt4wR4DGjnO
Keep you working23Please respect copyright.PENANAOcsbluaYRB
Try to survive23Please respect copyright.PENANAHBZPqdKCWe
We are secretly watching you too23Please respect copyright.PENANAueuk3v8ohZ
Trying our best to get at you
Run23Please respect copyright.PENANApjHzRlfqUE
You can run23Please respect copyright.PENANANJlCw6xUJA
You can't hide23Please respect copyright.PENANAuKsidR1XHh
We'll always seek23Please respect copyright.PENANAo5uePUUIDX
We'll always find23Please respect copyright.PENANAEW3nwKQDSh
You can run23Please respect copyright.PENANAIE7IUsEFyD
But you can't hide23Please respect copyright.PENANAIjtaed4pH6
We'll always seek23Please respect copyright.PENANAby5846FMnd
We'll always find23Please respect copyright.PENANAZgIShGJrUA
You can run23Please respect copyright.PENANAC85qGlLx0B
You can try23Please respect copyright.PENANAE4YiXZPV7d
You can run23Please respect copyright.PENANAwBVLl1ViOB
But you can't hide23Please respect copyright.PENANA3lRQte2dsA
You can run23Please respect copyright.PENANA24J8U0nr2l
You can try23Please respect copyright.PENANA5tDcILTUiB
You can run23Please respect copyright.PENANAUPENXQSxBh
But you can't hide
Michael:23Please respect copyright.PENANA7khU4oQWxy
They're laughing while finding23Please respect copyright.PENANALQmKGYJ1Qe
I'm hiding, I'm trying23Please respect copyright.PENANAPSqzB4Yeey
I feel like she's lying23Please respect copyright.PENANA2OWcAdMSXl
I feel like I'm dying23Please respect copyright.PENANA9i9cX9mRPm
She's guiding me quietly23Please respect copyright.PENANAtcDa7j9W2Z
Instructing me blindly23Please respect copyright.PENANAICgSnWQZ8X
Afraid of what might be23Please respect copyright.PENANANs1oaz1qqn
I feel like I'm dying
Funtime Freddy:23Please respect copyright.PENANA02yfwINzB6
Hide23Please respect copyright.PENANAj6i9L5Kfqc
I hear a sound
Bon Bon:23Please respect copyright.PENANAjmsnOxxh5Y
(It's prolly just a mouse)
Funtime Freddy:23Please respect copyright.PENANAZa8s4AboMA
I see them in the dark
Bon Bon:23Please respect copyright.PENANA0V93KwKrG8
(I only saw a spark)
Funtime Freddy:23Please respect copyright.PENANAdSMhlRmJIm
I know there's someone there
Bon Bon:23Please respect copyright.PENANARu9NcHDqFf
(Not as far as I'm aware)
Funtime Freddy:23Please respect copyright.PENANAoWeQkmc8Wb
Why don't you believe me?23Please respect copyright.PENANAH3nJ1MpMIk
Maybe you're right
Bon Bon:
(It's just another night)
Funtime Freddy:
But I heard a creak
Bon Bon:23Please respect copyright.PENANAeCwp5lKu79
(Just go back to sleep)
Funtime Freddy:23Please respect copyright.PENANAI8j9oYGsxM
I'm always quick to rage
Bon Bon:23Please respect copyright.PENANAuFkieLDKI1
(So go back to your stage)23Please respect copyright.PENANABIcNUgfin6
(Wait, now I hear it) Run
Funtime Freddy:23Please respect copyright.PENANAB1CAtmcqeF
What's that sound?23Please respect copyright.PENANAT28o4L6MdN
I know someone's there23Please respect copyright.PENANAMOkI82kmUF
Hiding in the shadows23Please respect copyright.PENANA105TWAABb2
Thinking I was unaware23Please respect copyright.PENANA5orjCSRFWV
Who's that I see?23Please respect copyright.PENANA7FqZLqEFtw
The birthday boy to be23Please respect copyright.PENANAM7alOKO0uC
Let's invite him over23Please respect copyright.PENANAo96hQRVYrf
Hurry up before he's bolder23Please respect copyright.PENANAZk6hjG0aqP
Oh Bon-Bon23Please respect copyright.PENANASghKGaET0T
Let's make this fun23Please respect copyright.PENANAa5ZX2WmuJ4
You can't deter me this time23Please respect copyright.PENANAlTvzQv2ORl
No I'm done23Please respect copyright.PENANAPR2BdP0sRH
I won't go back to my stage23Please respect copyright.PENANAMPeclu8tc0
It's my new trend23Please respect copyright.PENANAsfJkF78vnu
Well, let's go say hi to the new friend
23Please respect copyright.PENANAStXqQmGYuF
I knew I was right to think I would find you over here23Please respect copyright.PENANA0XXcBlwNyW
Well isn't it intriguing that23Please respect copyright.PENANA308UOs5nSC
You seem to be just a little bit weary23Please respect copyright.PENANAjSoDarmajP
Of Bon-Bon and me23Please respect copyright.PENANAwLUhQN8q3N
Well there's no need23Please respect copyright.PENANAI0cQasFmko
We know you want to deactivate us23Please respect copyright.PENANAopmO1zNb0i
But we just can't let that happen23Please respect copyright.PENANAReU9sZQB9W
Every night always, it never changes23Please respect copyright.PENANAUAGQGP7TrK
But we can make accidents happen23Please respect copyright.PENANA3iqFbcI1tx
We can make accidents happen23Please respect copyright.PENANAASbkdHBFkr
We can make accidents happen23Please respect copyright.PENANASIMBhYferS
We can make accidents happen23Please respect copyright.PENANA6vyulZoA2p
We can make accidents happen
He manages to pull it off.
"Great job. This completes your tasks for the night. Please proceed back through the Ballora Gallery with care, and we'll see you back here tomorrow."
He then goes through the Ballora gallery again, when suddenly,
"I can hear someone creeping through my room"
Michael: "There it is again"
Ballora:23Please respect copyright.PENANAe2bhIXbrqy
It seems like a lifetime ago23Please respect copyright.PENANA1bUYx8xdMC
That I saw the gold sunshine glow23Please respect copyright.PENANAfpwGfQ78wP
No, it doesn't reach down below23Please respect copyright.PENANA8coVxfpy0N
Shadows become the light23Please respect copyright.PENANAxSoOOlA1Hy
Here where the monsters hide
Normal is just a dream23Please respect copyright.PENANAnRXhhaoqZ1
For all the ghosts like me
I hate my metal bones23Please respect copyright.PENANAcM4qWAWL6r
My bones and gears creak in my chest23Please respect copyright.PENANAN7bSa00Oyv
My chest forever cold23Please respect copyright.PENANAGotc1RhK4C
A cold and maddening descent23Please respect copyright.PENANAcdRtJmNNYk
Descending down so far23Please respect copyright.PENANA39bUWoKzcT
Fall farther 'til there's nothing left23Please respect copyright.PENANAdzfdooUJCg
I'm left here in the dark23Please respect copyright.PENANAZgLbQ7Jaw3
The dark, I dance to forget
This is my penitentiary23Please respect copyright.PENANAKu1Fkc9xDs
Fractured apart from the world23Please respect copyright.PENANAW1Sh38ROIN
Where I want to be23Please respect copyright.PENANAE4qMDlURGD
Lock the door, throw away the key23Please respect copyright.PENANAgixdvSh751
And let my dance resume23Please respect copyright.PENANAyrcRmYmoaE
Down in a pitch black room
Normal is just a dream23Please respect copyright.PENANASrsgAQvhoM
For all the ghosts like me (like me)
I hate my metal bones23Please respect copyright.PENANAkg5ki6VlFF
My bones and gears creak in my chest23Please respect copyright.PENANAm4JkdR45oJ
My chest forever cold23Please respect copyright.PENANAn28wdoe9zP
A cold and maddening descent23Please respect copyright.PENANAnC0Nzl0SB6
Descending down so far23Please respect copyright.PENANAZd8UEb5mvL
Fall farther 'til there's nothing left23Please respect copyright.PENANAQNkye1HA86
I'm left here in the dark23Please respect copyright.PENANAi2dxv1PoXH
The dark, I dance to forget23Please respect copyright.PENANAaRVlrYUxDk
I dance to forget
Come now, dance with me23Please respect copyright.PENANAVAcbBvIQJu
As the song plays23Please respect copyright.PENANACp2S5R83hV
Down, down, dance with me23Please respect copyright.PENANA2w3HlblnpO
Stuck on replay23Please respect copyright.PENANAMLSv0yW3ml
Come now, dance with me23Please respect copyright.PENANAYpiRSibaqJ
As the song plays23Please respect copyright.PENANA23bLFRQY8x
Down, down, dance with me23Please respect copyright.PENANA7Y5z7bk14Y
Stuck on replay
I hate my metal bones23Please respect copyright.PENANAcZQ1jd6yhn
My bones and gears creak in my chest23Please respect copyright.PENANAPoi6VRSFGC
My chest forever cold23Please respect copyright.PENANAnawEpKh69H
A cold and maddening descent23Please respect copyright.PENANAu2bUcUFCqh
Descending down so far23Please respect copyright.PENANAWJNGv2LN52
Fall farther 'til there's nothing left23Please respect copyright.PENANAvegVLJ2N9E
I'm left here in the dark23Please respect copyright.PENANAEdT1xE2ZIt
The dark, I dance to forget
I dance, I dance, I dance (I dance to forget)23Please respect copyright.PENANAALZVofbzk6
I, I dance, I dance (I dance to forget)23Please respect copyright.PENANAINyeCiObGl
(I dance) I dance (I dance to forget)23Please respect copyright.PENANAbk6G77L1LL
(I dance) I dance (I dance to forget)
As Michael reaches the vent,
Ballora: "Perhaps not..."
He gets out of the facility and goes home to watch The Immortal and The Restless again while eating popcorn. After the day have passed, he gets on with his next shift again.
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