
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?175Please respect copyright.PENANAofcu4BTZSi
When there is music in my halls.175Please respect copyright.PENANAbDrCD5bqvf
All I see is an empty room.175Please respect copyright.PENANAgVqagWapuF
No more joy, an empty tomb.
It's so good to sing all day.175Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4moHuOmzZ
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:175Please respect copyright.PENANA62Xp1wspG0
Every little mistake results in casualty175Please respect copyright.PENANAwuqHKU1txS
Oh, why are you creeping through my room?175Please respect copyright.PENANAm24OzN3xoK
Oh, why are you hiding? Hiding away from me175Please respect copyright.PENANA8KVX1EY8od
All I do is
Twirl around the day, twirl around the night175Please respect copyright.PENANABwiWv5nsDH
that you're brave enough to hold on to your life175Please respect copyright.PENANAWGNvWFv3Bn
Listen to my lullaby, my lullaby, my lullaby,175Please respect copyright.PENANAy3m1PBQQqs
Dancing down below, flying up to pray175Please respect copyright.PENANAtDaWMGxyjg
Metal parts be bleeding, help me get away, get away from down below
Down below, down below, down below
Look at your reflection175Please respect copyright.PENANABlwckAkl7Z
Tell me what you see175Please respect copyright.PENANAyhRdwSqXSW
You look familiar175Please respect copyright.PENANAc6Zy8Mgu8w
(Knock, knock) oh, what a tragedy!
Oh, has blood up the wall as you continue to fall175Please respect copyright.PENANAerILwZ199A
Oh, an explanation175Please respect copyright.PENANAehL9GYLexV
About that mangled thing, wires and strings
Twirl another day, Twirl another night175Please respect copyright.PENANAysMAhZhmgp
Shocking that you're brave enough to hold on to your life175Please respect copyright.PENANACWkQ9LSjdE
Listen to my lullaby, my lullaby, my lullaby, listen and close your eyes
I remember a time so long ago175Please respect copyright.PENANAnViTpBTN1i
When I opened my eyes and the Sun would glow175Please respect copyright.PENANAqc3j32qH8c
But that was so long ago
I twirl another day, I twirl another night175Please respect copyright.PENANAOBvzsrRI38
I wish I could go back from this stage to my old life175Please respect copyright.PENANAwaB0JlYOaw
Listen to my lullaby, my lullaby, my lullaby, listen and close your eyes175Please respect copyright.PENANALTxQsYjsJt
Dancing down below, flying up to pray175Please respect copyright.PENANAPw883r73QD
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:175Please respect copyright.PENANApCBrpif4RX
Bring you down here in the dead of night175Please respect copyright.PENANAJttZu3SiKF
Keep you working175Please respect copyright.PENANAKqqVO35su7
Try to survive175Please respect copyright.PENANAuJA11FFsJF
We are secretly watching you too175Please respect copyright.PENANATaLCgl1kXS
Trying our best to get at you
Run175Please respect copyright.PENANAfzOYfg6950
You can run175Please respect copyright.PENANAwGZbIuIfwf
You can't hide175Please respect copyright.PENANABrUwSbRWby
We'll always seek175Please respect copyright.PENANAhLyZZqiSso
We'll always find175Please respect copyright.PENANADe0o2qLrm2
You can run175Please respect copyright.PENANA6g9xXNfbzX
But you can't hide175Please respect copyright.PENANApFLlPlxpN5
We'll always seek175Please respect copyright.PENANAdR6PIg12ig
We'll always find175Please respect copyright.PENANACzWs3uicsd
You can run175Please respect copyright.PENANAL5QpclznAO
You can try175Please respect copyright.PENANAvlUuJdf4P7
You can run175Please respect copyright.PENANAvYTEcYwapG
But you can't hide175Please respect copyright.PENANAFdGLSuAg6L
You can run175Please respect copyright.PENANAD5lUmYHPCh
You can try175Please respect copyright.PENANAtiKPdc8jfW
You can run175Please respect copyright.PENANA9tVWN1cjFx
But you can't hide
Michael:175Please respect copyright.PENANA0ryt1GfNdU
They're laughing while finding175Please respect copyright.PENANAOozP235uCn
I'm hiding, I'm trying175Please respect copyright.PENANAw9UC5KWToW
I feel like she's lying175Please respect copyright.PENANABIpX91cKiG
I feel like I'm dying175Please respect copyright.PENANADiOn0vRsvI
She's guiding me quietly175Please respect copyright.PENANAtMe2BMSC4n
Instructing me blindly175Please respect copyright.PENANAN1QEEYvvuy
Afraid of what might be175Please respect copyright.PENANA2k69NVnHcJ
I feel like I'm dying
Funtime Freddy:175Please respect copyright.PENANAyCoWcMApqR
Hide175Please respect copyright.PENANAMV2w3HLnEi
I hear a sound
Bon Bon:175Please respect copyright.PENANANEOhtCBwB8
(It's prolly just a mouse)
Funtime Freddy:175Please respect copyright.PENANAyHUTDx1Ywp
I see them in the dark
Bon Bon:175Please respect copyright.PENANAchA9uNHnqe
(I only saw a spark)
Funtime Freddy:175Please respect copyright.PENANAMc2MpZ9aUz
I know there's someone there
Bon Bon:175Please respect copyright.PENANAz90aWFUE82
(Not as far as I'm aware)
Funtime Freddy:175Please respect copyright.PENANABxEj32B49S
Why don't you believe me?175Please respect copyright.PENANAZDoWaT8Q1W
Maybe you're right
Bon Bon:
(It's just another night)
Funtime Freddy:
But I heard a creak
Bon Bon:175Please respect copyright.PENANAMwuypZIt3x
(Just go back to sleep)
Funtime Freddy:175Please respect copyright.PENANAhFcKrLedpe
I'm always quick to rage
Bon Bon:175Please respect copyright.PENANANGtVOSWg8m
(So go back to your stage)175Please respect copyright.PENANAilNT4jm08B
(Wait, now I hear it) Run
Funtime Freddy:175Please respect copyright.PENANAjTR8zJCFAT
What's that sound?175Please respect copyright.PENANALi9K025ZIf
I know someone's there175Please respect copyright.PENANA1WOGX8ziVB
Hiding in the shadows175Please respect copyright.PENANA7DnHNwo2AV
Thinking I was unaware175Please respect copyright.PENANAF5fEQp7d93
Who's that I see?175Please respect copyright.PENANATDcPSf0D1R
The birthday boy to be175Please respect copyright.PENANAPDEc80bUdc
Let's invite him over175Please respect copyright.PENANAQsvZf9X0Sg
Hurry up before he's bolder175Please respect copyright.PENANA9Gr677SShI
Oh Bon-Bon175Please respect copyright.PENANAECug5fIItH
Let's make this fun175Please respect copyright.PENANAcm4Ai82iwi
You can't deter me this time175Please respect copyright.PENANAKqwducOdFA
No I'm done175Please respect copyright.PENANAcIrXYn5E1X
I won't go back to my stage175Please respect copyright.PENANAoMauoQdHyg
It's my new trend175Please respect copyright.PENANANdUSjQu9ix
Well, let's go say hi to the new friend
175Please respect copyright.PENANATaE126ISvV
I knew I was right to think I would find you over here175Please respect copyright.PENANA86TkTnhK0Z
Well isn't it intriguing that175Please respect copyright.PENANAqKMnCVPFqF
You seem to be just a little bit weary175Please respect copyright.PENANAsEHpM177qA
Of Bon-Bon and me175Please respect copyright.PENANA0MDB6gInds
Well there's no need175Please respect copyright.PENANAPIXfUVczvZ
We know you want to deactivate us175Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1PberqagS
But we just can't let that happen175Please respect copyright.PENANAHz4kFdci8r
Every night always, it never changes175Please respect copyright.PENANAawXy2oTKic
But we can make accidents happen175Please respect copyright.PENANAIYDBe9mntl
We can make accidents happen175Please respect copyright.PENANAfeKxSrwIpC
We can make accidents happen175Please respect copyright.PENANAPRRvHQZahC
We can make accidents happen175Please respect copyright.PENANAA2NpDsuCQn
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:175Please respect copyright.PENANADBzZ1qnIOv
It seems like a lifetime ago175Please respect copyright.PENANAGoNNNZGPgJ
That I saw the gold sunshine glow175Please respect copyright.PENANAZEXl5VEM8j
No, it doesn't reach down below175Please respect copyright.PENANAdApXiag5aj
Shadows become the light175Please respect copyright.PENANA2WOGKdvm0S
Here where the monsters hide
Normal is just a dream175Please respect copyright.PENANAjAEX8gBgZm
For all the ghosts like me
I hate my metal bones175Please respect copyright.PENANAADvl0iTUTv
My bones and gears creak in my chest175Please respect copyright.PENANABF12fARoA9
My chest forever cold175Please respect copyright.PENANAqQY249MSyW
A cold and maddening descent175Please respect copyright.PENANAhhMtsu6JDd
Descending down so far175Please respect copyright.PENANAS0kZEtuocT
Fall farther 'til there's nothing left175Please respect copyright.PENANA50XYaOWWM1
I'm left here in the dark175Please respect copyright.PENANAsBTQJLbr8B
The dark, I dance to forget
This is my penitentiary175Please respect copyright.PENANAKrqljCNIcC
Fractured apart from the world175Please respect copyright.PENANAwhLegsDC5c
Where I want to be175Please respect copyright.PENANAa9K9hbX5BJ
Lock the door, throw away the key175Please respect copyright.PENANAqQ1Qph4HcX
And let my dance resume175Please respect copyright.PENANAtMGAXtT5ZH
Down in a pitch black room
Normal is just a dream175Please respect copyright.PENANA9aQSUQF3SP
For all the ghosts like me (like me)
I hate my metal bones175Please respect copyright.PENANAttNJa4D5Ay
My bones and gears creak in my chest175Please respect copyright.PENANAxGBHFj0S3D
My chest forever cold175Please respect copyright.PENANA3nJLKeJSbY
A cold and maddening descent175Please respect copyright.PENANAbZgoBsZrJ0
Descending down so far175Please respect copyright.PENANAaDLxc4Lro8
Fall farther 'til there's nothing left175Please respect copyright.PENANAIyamNiPToI
I'm left here in the dark175Please respect copyright.PENANARFiC86ls5A
The dark, I dance to forget175Please respect copyright.PENANAheiwXP48q1
I dance to forget
Come now, dance with me175Please respect copyright.PENANA9abRNAUxO1
As the song plays175Please respect copyright.PENANA0x6vddJ8KN
Down, down, dance with me175Please respect copyright.PENANAOph536pUTc
Stuck on replay175Please respect copyright.PENANA3sTrvc7yYD
Come now, dance with me175Please respect copyright.PENANAd0NMkBRlc6
As the song plays175Please respect copyright.PENANAZJdXfS7n83
Down, down, dance with me175Please respect copyright.PENANA1XFdQsiZaL
Stuck on replay
I hate my metal bones175Please respect copyright.PENANALkVrDRUkUz
My bones and gears creak in my chest175Please respect copyright.PENANAUD45PbgpOd
My chest forever cold175Please respect copyright.PENANAwJ0Xq7Wmwx
A cold and maddening descent175Please respect copyright.PENANAMNlXD8T1t0
Descending down so far175Please respect copyright.PENANAcvjYAmSNB0
Fall farther 'til there's nothing left175Please respect copyright.PENANAtNtByZEXSi
I'm left here in the dark175Please respect copyright.PENANAWLjqlBO3C7
The dark, I dance to forget
I dance, I dance, I dance (I dance to forget)175Please respect copyright.PENANAdSjM9le3Nn
I, I dance, I dance (I dance to forget)175Please respect copyright.PENANAgy97kd8IZi
(I dance) I dance (I dance to forget)175Please respect copyright.PENANASDcy0JIv3S
(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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