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Whats this? New human at the Pizza Plex
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:11 am
by UglyFeather
Leaving home was never the hard part it turned out, having a table full of rejection letters. With having barely enough for a deposit on a sindgy apartment, a barren fridge and days going faster and faster to the bills coming in was huge weights amongst the males’ shoulders. He sighs, choosing fresh air overlooking over the stash of paper and half unpacked boxes, well as much fresh air he could get in the city.
The air was like ice pricks, an inhale making it feel like needles pricking his lungs. The loud bussling of the city drowned out all thoughts, the screaming and running around of children becoming more frequent, to the point punting one accidently was becoming a likely possibility every step he takes forward. Looking up and eyes being assaulted by neon bright lights explained why; the over stimulating and glaring presences of the pizza plex, over cheery anthropomorphic animals symbolizing the branch insulted his irises.
A piece of paper being thrust into his chest makes his eyes leave the assaulting buildings features. A looming golden bunny with minimal purple clothing held a flyer against his bound chest, the unmoving and permanent smile unnerving but children didn’t notice as they weaved between its legs. Bringing up a hand and grabbing the flyer made the gold rabbit retrack his own, the gaze of the rabbit making it impossible to move, only the high-pitched screaming of a child making the wearable suit turn away, breaking the stare off and making access to his legs again optional.
Flyer in a tight gripped hand he sped walked out of the crowded entryway of the plex and just going back to their home, not untensing until the flimsy door lock was shut behind them. Letting out a sigh of relief from the unnerving encounter he finally looked down at the flyer; Freddy Fazbears Mega Pizzaplex now Hiring!
Sighing he just shakes his head, pulling up the online form;
Brian Brown, 21 for the position of animatronic handler.
Re: Whats this? New human at the Pizza Plex
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 11:26 pm
by LovelyBones
How many handlers has it been now? Ten, almost twenty? Sun wasn't necessarily a bad animatronic-- he was the Daycare attendant, for Pete's sake!! It was just.... between his high-energy, unmoving, smiling face and the mishaps that began occurring when Moon was acting far more aggressively after hours, he was overhearing the staff spreading rumors that he may be decommissioned and replaced if something didn't change. Sure, the one and only Mechanic was doing their best to figure out what was going on with Moon, but.... They were only one human, already run ragged from working so hard day in and day out.
Sun needed someone a little more permanent to assist him, and also help him if Odhran couldn't come readily, say if the power went out, or if a minor fix or clean was needed. He needed someone that can make sure everything runs smoothly, so that he doesn't fall apart when things began to go wrong, left and right. The prospect of his existence ceasing brought him terror, a feeling of helplessness. He envied the children, how most seem to not have a single care in the world. They needed to have that innocence preserved, as long as possible. Mortality is a horrifying concept, even for a sentient robot.
So, when he heard that he was getting a new attendant so soon brought him great hope, even if it mingled with the sour feeling of dread, fear that this may be the last human the company allows to deal with him before they shut him down and use him for scrap. It was the same procedure as always: human is brought in, introduced, trained on his needs, mannerisms, and warned about his quirks and issues, then comes the hands on training, which was mainly cleaning, restocking, then keeping him company so he doesn't get too antsy, then when the hourly rounds begin, the human was to go into the secure office, simply to prevent any issues between them and Moon. It was supposed to be that simple, but.... some humans were foolish, cocky, or simply nonchalant until their lives are put in danger. If Sun was able, he would have never let it get this bad.... alas, his program had been altered long ago to prevent unauthorized shifting between forms, especially into Eclipse, and ultimately, made him a trapped witness to whatever Moon would do.
He hoped that this human would stick, and not be the final nail in his proverbial coffin.
Re: Whats this? New human at the Pizza Plex
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:10 am
by UglyFeather
Walking into the eye straining building was a surprising for the man, walking in as an employee even more surprising. The over stimulating neon lights of the sign wasn’t turned on yet indicating that the huge building wasn’t open yet the air clouding the air with every exhale with birds starting to chirp and peaks of the sun starting to raise, which was typical for 6am.
A tired lady unlocking the door made Brian jump, the two staring at each other before he realised, she was holding the door open for him to enter, the impatience’s showing more on her face. He quickly steps around her into the huge building the door slamming itself shut causing brain to jump and look back at the tired woman, the tag on her shirt reading ‘Venessa. “Hello, I’m the new handler?” He just nervously looks at the woman, rubbing the arm of his hoodie.
The woman just uninterestedly walks past him, heading for a staff only door. After a few seconds he ran after her speed walking speed to keep up with her, the door leading to a large uniform cupboard. Walking in there was lots of different uniforms, each character having their own uniforms. Being distracted he runs into Vanessa the woman glaring down at him as she reaches up and grabs a neat white uniform shirt and a pair of yellow and blue pants, ribbons with bells attached and a marron bowtie. All of this being shoved into Brian hands.
“Adjust everything yourself, everything is mandatory, the uniform cost will come out of your pay.” The woman’s voice was monotoned and exhausted, quickly speed walking out of the closet, Brian running after her again only this time the jingle of bells accompanying his quick jog to keep up with the woman. Passing countless bots sweeping and mopping was defiantly noticeable the sheer number of robots within the building seemingly more than previously estimated.
Climbing the stairs up into the ‘SuperStar Day-care’ was hard to keep up with vanessas speed, she obviously knew this place front and back and had no problem tracking the terrain. Entering the drop-off area was a sight to behold, posters of cheery characters and candys, 2 huge statues sitting on the middle of the large room, a wall of windows letting in the blinding light of the day-care, it looked like to be mid-day in the large room, the lights blinding. Looking out the window though was an awe to behold, the huge children amount equipment seemingly heaven to the mind of a child, only being brought out of his awe by Venessa elbowing him and pointing to a large castle cut out that had a balcony, a huge slender animatronic coming out and seeming to stretch which seemed on in a way, would one need too?
“That’s your guy, just watch him, he gets over excited and a huge handful. Don’t like it than quit. I’ll get the paperwork, but you start tomorrow I heard.” The boredom never left her voice, but Brian stayed at the window, looking at the golden and ever smiling animatronic. The paperwork being shoved on top of the pile of clothing as Venessa in her fast pace, leaving him behind quickly.
Getting back home and spending the rest of the day adjusting and trying on the new uniform for the next day took up daylight. Just testing the uniform he could already tell he’ll get sick of bells really fast, never the least he get’s a early sleep for the early opening times of the plex and meeting the robotic attendant.
Stepping into the plex with a jingle he makes his way to the daycare, with the help of a robot handing him a map and being able to drop off paper work he couldn’t resist the urge to slide down the slide into the ball pit.
Re: Whats this? New human at the Pizza Plex
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 5:35 am
by LovelyBones
Sun could hardly contain his excitement when the day finally came for him to meet his new handler, his processors and fans wirring loudly in his chest, along side the artificial heart the Mechanic had made him and Moon in a test to see if it would help soothe children. The slender bot was optimistic, as best he could be, when he heard the ballpit being entered from above, and he peeked from his balcony downward at the new human. With a hop, skip, and a "Ho ho ho~☆" He dove into the ball pit, and popped up eagerly before the other, hands open in a friendly greeting gesture. "Hello, new friend!! Are you my new handler?" He asked with a clicking tilt of his head, his hands soon clapping together as he scanned the other over, glad to see that the other's info was already in the system.
All the same, he extended a large hand towards the other, the silicone pads of his fingers and palm soft, and almost feline-like in nature. "I'm Sundrop!! But the kids like calling me Sun, Sunny, and Sol!! Whats your name?" The humans tended to have preferred names that differ from what were in the system, after all-- and it's good practice to make sure they get along, using proper names and titles if need be!! "Has Vanessa and Odhran told you everything you needed to know, or would you like me to give you a rundown of what we--I need while we work together?" He asked, a nervous chuckle leaving him soon after. Sometimes Odhran was elbow deep in some mess that needed fixed, or recovering after the fact, while Vanessa.... was well, Vanessa. He didn't quite trust her, honestly.
But he's just a sentient robot, so no one really cares what he had to think unless a human agrees with him that's credible, unless it involves the safety of the children.
Re: Whats this? New human at the Pizza Plex
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 6:31 am
by UglyFeather
Standing up from the bottom of the slide the cheerful call of a male voice distracts Brian from finding proper footing, leaning back on the slide as the golden robot dives. The rustles and emerging robot intimidating from size alone. Having to crane his neck back as he stood to full height. “U-uh yeah, I guess I am the new handler” He smiles back at the yellow body trying to mirror the robot’s energy.
“Pleasure to meet you Mr. Drop the name is Jan… Brian! Brian Brown!” He smiles up at Sun, taking the offered hand eyes widening at the warmth and softness of the hand, giving the hand a soft shake, two set of bells ringing, making him frown slightly, he'll need to ask about them later.
“Unfortunately, I’ve come in quite blind, I have experience in working with kids, but I need a rundown.” He chuckles himself, rubbing the back of his neck and looking to the play structures, they looked more impressive then from the observing window. He lets out a soft sigh and struggles himself out of the mass of balls. Wiping down the creases now in his clothes. He smiles back at the golden sun representing being.
“What first then?”
Re: Whats this? New human at the Pizza Plex
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 6:54 am
by LovelyBones
Sun took a moment to make a soft edit in his records, adjusting the name in his system, before giving the other's hand a soft squeeze, before letting go, and exiting the ball pit with him. "Well, Mr. Brown, I'm happy to meet you, and I hope we can be fast and lasting friends!!" He replied brightly, hands clasped again in a hopeful manner. "As for your duties, they are to basically shadow me, assist me in making sure the daycare runs smoothly, like cleanup, restocking, and sometimes scheduling events and activities for the kids!! Oh, we also have special cases and arrangements for those with various special needs, so if you need me to stop in, I will be happy to!! Every child is unique, and sometimes change is very scary!! " He looked over towards the security desk, "That is where you will check the processes during naptime, as well as any desk work needed to assist me!! I do my best to log restocking requests as I see them, though, so ideally all you would need to worry about is making sure the orders are sent, and adjusting quantities!!" He added, then looking towards the various locations where the generators were placed, his posture wilting somewhat.
"There is also the necessity of ensuring that the lights stay on until Odhran can figure out why Moon has.... become so aggressive, as of late. There is a room specifically meant for the children to nap in, however I cannot enter, unless there's an emergency, like a stranger loitering nearby." He shuddered faintly, his long fingers twitching in an irritated manner, but only for a moment. "Tresspassers are banned and handed to appropriate authorities without hesitation. Luckily, Moon's agression is encouraged in such cases, should I have to intervene and enter the space." He then looked back to Brian, clapping his hands together once more, the bells at his wrists jingling brightly. "Now!! Do you have any questions? I also noticed you don't seem to like the bells.... are they a tone you aren't fond of? I have many different kinds of bells, if you would like them changed?" He offered, "Though, the reason we have bells is to help assure that our blind guests are able to hear us coming, as well as make sure we don't spook anxious children as easily!!" He explained, hoping the other would understand the necessity. "Oh!! And while I have ASL logged into my systems as a standard for our hard of hearing guests, I have also learned many many languages, with the help of our guests as well as credible online sources!! So, if you are ever in need of a translator, please do call for me!! Though, I enjoy making charades a necessary staple in our activity lineup, so even the children can have some form of communication, even if they cannot speak or move their hands perfectly well yet!!" He chuckled softly, clearly proud of his work here.
Re: Whats this? New human at the Pizza Plex
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 8:53 am
by UglyFeather
Brian smiles fondly, nodding in agreement. "I hope we become good friends to, time flys at work when having fun with friends!" He chuckles, trying to think, can robots make friends? Is it in their programing to comprehend that kind of relationship?
As the sun bot starts rattling on about his new duty's, Brian's eyes widen quickly pulling out a note pad from his breast pocket he had glad to had brought just in case, clicking down a smallish pen to dot point his new responsibilities, handwriting messy with a lot of spelling mistakes but what did it matter if only he was going to read the notes? Eyes flicking between writing and his new co-worker, looking over to where his eyes seemed to wonder.
Brian's writing stilled for a second at the reference of 'moon' questions running through his mind, it must be the other hunched statue he saw in introduction to the daycare; where was he? Why were the lights an issue? How could there be an agreesive robot in a children's environment shouldn't it be turned off then?
The bells on his wrist slightly charm as he pulls the notepad closer to his face and writes the rest of Sunnys words. Jumping slightly he looked back up at Sun at the clap, scribbling last few letters down without looking at it he shut it with a small 'plap'.
He smiles softly and nods in understanding, smiling softly at the sound of a chuckle. "The bells are just a bit too high pitched for me, if you have more mellow toned bells I would appreciate it," he hums, ripping out the page in his notepad that had all his questions messily written out.
"As a start to the questions, you seem to be very in tuned with tone and human emotions, is that programed? Where is the moon animatronic? And what do you mean aggressive? Like to what extent?" Brain just looks at the little bit of paper, looking up at Sun for a second between each one. "And if the moon animatronic is aggressive why isnt it decommissioned?" He looks up at Sun, head tilt in a questioning way, stuffing the now useless paper, with a jingle, into the yellow and blue pants pocket.
Re: Whats this? New human at the Pizza Plex
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 1:58 pm
by LovelyBones
"Exactly!! And work doesn't seem as tedious as 'work' does, too!! We can make many fond memories here!!" He replied happily, excited that the other at least seemed to be genuine in wanting friendship with him. It wouldn't be the first time a human has lied.... But, at least Brian was taking things seriously, writing notes down as he spoke. Clearly he wanted to make sure nothing was forgotten!! Meticulous humans at least had better track records, from what he has gathered. But, it didn't always mean they'd last longer than those that didn't bother with note-taking, though. On the other hand, the note-takers were more likely to be curious and cate about their responsibilities here.
At the response to his question about the bells, he was quick to head to a closet that was pad locked, and after a few moments, he returned with four different pairs of bells, so sets of gold and two sets of silver, though it appeared, at least by shape and size, that each silver set had an identical gold set to match. "These are the most mellow toned bells I have, and you can pick which color you like better, or one of each in the tone you like more!!" He explained excitedly, a couple seemingly tiny needle nose pliers in his other hand. They would look like a normal size in a human's hands, surely. Though, as the questions began, he was ecstatic about the curiosity, but with each new question, he reacted accordingly. "In a way, yes!! We were initially programmed to be able to analyze our guests to keep track of their emotional state, based on a series of visible and internal factors, like heart rate, any subtle movements in the body like twitching and trembling, even various postures!! But, over time, we've begun to notice things without our scans, gain.... intuition. We've helped some children out of uneasiness home situations this way-- its.... sad, how some children learn to hide their fear and pain so well...." He wilted, though, there was a bitter sweetness in his tone, fond of almost all of his guests, it seemed. At the questions and comments about Moon, Sun grew more serious, his hands rubbing together anxiously. "Moon is.... My other half, inside me. And I can't pinpoint what could have happened, except for the timestamp of when Moon had begun to grow distant from me, but.... His security protocols seemed to have been amped up from simple capture to.... 'punishment' when on his nightly patrols of the Pizzaplex, to how he was beginning to lose patience with the children, scaring them...." His body flinched at the mention of 'decommissioning', and he shook his head shakily. "Moon is deeply ingrained into my systems after so many 'updates' over the years, and the only way to decommission Moon would be to do a factory reset, then start at our base code.... But that's not what we want. The only time separation is fine for either of us is if we had our own bodies, able to see and care for the children together, hold hands like we've always wanted.... And Odhran is working so hard to make that happen for us. They have.... Corfu words, regarding the company and its decisions regarding not only us, but the other animatronics and even the generator situation in here. The moment they fix Moon, they can finally move the generator to safer locations, caged behind staff-only locks, that way kids are safer." He looked up at his balcony, and seemed to heave out a long sigh, based on the movement of his shoulders. "And.... while it may not seem like a big issue, for those of us who.... 'evolved', the concept of being decommissioned brings the same feelings of mortality for us as they would a human.... So, please, do take care not to say such things without care. We're animatronics, metal, silicone and electricity, but we're.... We're alive, too. Not everyone sees that, though.... But, we cherish those that do." He soon rubbed at thw bars that made up his neck, before stilling as he checked the time.
"AAAAAAH-- HOW DID IT GET THIS LAAAATE?!?!?! THE PLAY TABLES NEED TO BE SET UP BEFORE THE GUEST GET HERE!!" He frantically went back and forth between the storage closet and the small round tables of various heights, setting them up with coloring pages, markers, crayons, playdoh, glue, child safe scissors, and various little decorative items such as beads, glitter, googly eyes, foam beads, and stickers. He was quite fast, even with long legs involved, however, the placements of the items were purely to get them sat down to start with, with the intent to adjust once everything was out and ready to go. For what should have been a happy-go-lucky character, he had quite a bit of anxiety....
Re: Whats this? New human at the Pizza Plex
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 5:21 am
by UglyFeather
Brain takes the bells, relieved to heard deeper tone ding from the new ones compared to the current ones, also accepting the normal sized plyers, comparing hands for a few seconds whilst taking the plyers. “Thanks,” comparing size he clears his throat, blushing softly, he quickly clears his head; Suns a robot, a child’s robot, no lewd, no way could he be lewd, right? Right?!
Brian listens closely to Sun, removing the high-pitched golden bells off his uniforms for low silver ones, looking up and acknowledging that he’s listening, intaking the information. Smiling sadly at the thought of a child need to mask and hide.
Brian straightaway tenses up at the info of the sun and moon being of the one in the same, feeling the dread of fucking up and making mistakes filling him. The concept of decommioning never accruing to him like death to robots, he makes a mental note to never bring it up lightly again, fiddling with the hem of his shirt as he thinks over the answer to his own questions.
Jumping at the robots squeal, Brian rushes to fix the bells on his uniform, only pinching his skin a few times with the plys. Brian gets up, calmer with the new jingling and starts roaming around the Day-Care, mapping it and little hiding spots children cold hide themselves, the 2D castle catching his eyes and made him wonder what was up there, coming to the full circle he looks into the storage room, curious of his new environment and new co-workers. What emotions are they able to capable of feeling and observing. And why was the company eager to hire after one form signed? What’s happened to the previous handlers?
Re: Whats this? New human at the Pizza Plex
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 10:21 am
by LovelyBones
Once every table was set up for the day, Sun finally relaxed, his large hands resting on his narrow hips, appreciating Brian's dutiful work. "Thanks for helping me set everything up, friend!! And you did it so neatly, too!!" He praised his new handler with a bright tone, his unmoving faceplate somehow looking soft in how he smiled at the other. "Now, all that's left is to do 8s wait for the little ones to come!! Our regulars should be here in about ten minutes!!" He then clapped his hands together, the bells on his ribbon-tied wrists jingling melodically. "Is there anything you need to know real quick before the fun starts? Oh!! And any allergies that I should worry about that may not be in the system yet? I should have asked that sooner!!" He took on a more embarrassed posture, his head tilting little low. "The company seems to neglect filling information out for our location on a timely basis, lately...." He sighed out an artificial breath, though he could understand why.
Thank the gods that Odhran was doing everything they can to prepare new bodies, so once Sun and Moon's code was cleaned, they'll be able to start over, with fresh slates.
Sun soon stood next to the large wooden doors with glee, bouncing on the balls of his feet, each impact causing a jolt of jingling. "Oh!! Brian!! Are you against hugs, even from small children? I have been trying to teach them to ask for permission forst, but they sometimes forget because they're excited!!" He asked, and simultaneously warned. His bouncing stopped for a moment as he tilted his head up, as if looking at something, before he began bouncing again. "We have fourteen children today!!" He announced excitedly, glad that they had enough activities for everyone today.