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?421Please respect copyright.PENANACuMojt2Ges
When there is music in my halls.421Please respect copyright.PENANAYuX0o2Kym0
All I see is an empty room.421Please respect copyright.PENANArzzo7rF0Z9
No more joy, an empty tomb.
It's so good to sing all day.421Please respect copyright.PENANANTqLdVP1ct
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:421Please respect copyright.PENANAbwf2R0ydSE
Every little mistake results in casualty421Please respect copyright.PENANAzGM9TPQQKA
Oh, why are you creeping through my room?421Please respect copyright.PENANANvyfLNIY5a
Oh, why are you hiding? Hiding away from me421Please respect copyright.PENANAgqCiDoonQb
All I do is
Twirl around the day, twirl around the night421Please respect copyright.PENANAhATcA935M6
that you're brave enough to hold on to your life421Please respect copyright.PENANA3H6bgQdldj
Listen to my lullaby, my lullaby, my lullaby,421Please respect copyright.PENANAjnQkBvSVr4
Dancing down below, flying up to pray421Please respect copyright.PENANAp0N41k6u0h
Metal parts be bleeding, help me get away, get away from down below
Down below, down below, down below
Look at your reflection421Please respect copyright.PENANAiZVPNvVZKI
Tell me what you see421Please respect copyright.PENANADwM3zYvsQW
You look familiar421Please respect copyright.PENANAwGaluc6vaN
(Knock, knock) oh, what a tragedy!
Oh, has blood up the wall as you continue to fall421Please respect copyright.PENANAeUS3VzKOQv
Oh, an explanation421Please respect copyright.PENANA5RCJTcF5Sa
About that mangled thing, wires and strings
Twirl another day, Twirl another night421Please respect copyright.PENANA7NHEhRPOY6
Shocking that you're brave enough to hold on to your life421Please respect copyright.PENANAHWNK5Nwas3
Listen to my lullaby, my lullaby, my lullaby, listen and close your eyes
I remember a time so long ago421Please respect copyright.PENANAoZ02RWakmL
When I opened my eyes and the Sun would glow421Please respect copyright.PENANAkzN2nKMJId
But that was so long ago
I twirl another day, I twirl another night421Please respect copyright.PENANAEB48fuTTFM
I wish I could go back from this stage to my old life421Please respect copyright.PENANAnuHmEaB5AG
Listen to my lullaby, my lullaby, my lullaby, listen and close your eyes421Please respect copyright.PENANAgczWgkBpo6
Dancing down below, flying up to pray421Please respect copyright.PENANAnsvmTuAkQH
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:421Please respect copyright.PENANARjeP50vYc5
Bring you down here in the dead of night421Please respect copyright.PENANAlzUuhRhMWz
Keep you working421Please respect copyright.PENANAbvpt0mA9k4
Try to survive421Please respect copyright.PENANAxfG8aWgHHr
We are secretly watching you too421Please respect copyright.PENANAxscg7KKF5K
Trying our best to get at you
Run421Please respect copyright.PENANAWDVds9VLqY
You can run421Please respect copyright.PENANAHTh1OQBclZ
You can't hide421Please respect copyright.PENANAvil09e4rl3
We'll always seek421Please respect copyright.PENANAXOHx7nPbWo
We'll always find421Please respect copyright.PENANACxOCbJoQ4l
You can run421Please respect copyright.PENANAzy0DEa01cc
But you can't hide421Please respect copyright.PENANAqsVmSMqnmh
We'll always seek421Please respect copyright.PENANAG2XUiOeXSj
We'll always find421Please respect copyright.PENANAfu2b7sAKFh
You can run421Please respect copyright.PENANAkvxZ1uC8bg
You can try421Please respect copyright.PENANAdqRIEGOjQV
You can run421Please respect copyright.PENANA0Hjr6C3Ph9
But you can't hide421Please respect copyright.PENANA7250JRHw7k
You can run421Please respect copyright.PENANAxowKJg38PW
You can try421Please respect copyright.PENANAD2a3BuSqBO
You can run421Please respect copyright.PENANArGGexE6Fgt
But you can't hide
Michael:421Please respect copyright.PENANAWcdeA11OZd
They're laughing while finding421Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZA5721FDh
I'm hiding, I'm trying421Please respect copyright.PENANA28zgl445SQ
I feel like she's lying421Please respect copyright.PENANAIORVVxVJDl
I feel like I'm dying421Please respect copyright.PENANALEchNHbIen
She's guiding me quietly421Please respect copyright.PENANA1zu9tajJ42
Instructing me blindly421Please respect copyright.PENANAjC7oEj9OTe
Afraid of what might be421Please respect copyright.PENANAlM0jqLga6a
I feel like I'm dying
Funtime Freddy:421Please respect copyright.PENANAvef4ddjQTU
Hide421Please respect copyright.PENANAeb8xBrXvcI
I hear a sound
Bon Bon:421Please respect copyright.PENANAsS2ngHGYS7
(It's prolly just a mouse)
Funtime Freddy:421Please respect copyright.PENANAGibPNgRF51
I see them in the dark
Bon Bon:421Please respect copyright.PENANAn56ubHYwA7
(I only saw a spark)
Funtime Freddy:421Please respect copyright.PENANAH4ynP6tWQb
I know there's someone there
Bon Bon:421Please respect copyright.PENANAubfPTkm0I7
(Not as far as I'm aware)
Funtime Freddy:421Please respect copyright.PENANAInPpJwPOQj
Why don't you believe me?421Please respect copyright.PENANA1awzjBPx9p
Maybe you're right
Bon Bon:
(It's just another night)
Funtime Freddy:
But I heard a creak
Bon Bon:421Please respect copyright.PENANAK6VZPN9LFH
(Just go back to sleep)
Funtime Freddy:421Please respect copyright.PENANADYG4nHzqSV
I'm always quick to rage
Bon Bon:421Please respect copyright.PENANAlC2X5xArBm
(So go back to your stage)421Please respect copyright.PENANAz5w5xMEWtH
(Wait, now I hear it) Run
Funtime Freddy:421Please respect copyright.PENANAMckpJ1F8su
What's that sound?421Please respect copyright.PENANAkkaovpdfe5
I know someone's there421Please respect copyright.PENANAqFn4ZJL9u4
Hiding in the shadows421Please respect copyright.PENANAxhBXrpDIe9
Thinking I was unaware421Please respect copyright.PENANA1mR7EQGUXk
Who's that I see?421Please respect copyright.PENANAz7ADTfl8GV
The birthday boy to be421Please respect copyright.PENANAWn7QRrRGCz
Let's invite him over421Please respect copyright.PENANAhAvQI9mrZA
Hurry up before he's bolder421Please respect copyright.PENANA6VhR7FrXzB
Oh Bon-Bon421Please respect copyright.PENANAdECp7pt0Xv
Let's make this fun421Please respect copyright.PENANAzjxQNifNIb
You can't deter me this time421Please respect copyright.PENANABpJWgr4dhw
No I'm done421Please respect copyright.PENANAWCOvWCeCxX
I won't go back to my stage421Please respect copyright.PENANAxRhtDJN54O
It's my new trend421Please respect copyright.PENANAYUX1pOmsPJ
Well, let's go say hi to the new friend
421Please respect copyright.PENANAkG6Vva9T2J
I knew I was right to think I would find you over here421Please respect copyright.PENANAdiYe6dXTde
Well isn't it intriguing that421Please respect copyright.PENANAUF7iuxGVau
You seem to be just a little bit weary421Please respect copyright.PENANAdgULvxLlmV
Of Bon-Bon and me421Please respect copyright.PENANAmzgPJrgRvX
Well there's no need421Please respect copyright.PENANAF8lHjkARQf
We know you want to deactivate us421Please respect copyright.PENANACyfYBHPwhf
But we just can't let that happen421Please respect copyright.PENANAQ67r3oSVXx
Every night always, it never changes421Please respect copyright.PENANAwGXgdXjhfe
But we can make accidents happen421Please respect copyright.PENANAO1aCoNJXLE
We can make accidents happen421Please respect copyright.PENANAnpjl3GEYTg
We can make accidents happen421Please respect copyright.PENANAB9g7VDOruz
We can make accidents happen421Please respect copyright.PENANAhJoXHoFse6
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:421Please respect copyright.PENANAHIO8ocRIhl
It seems like a lifetime ago421Please respect copyright.PENANAy1M4tfQDdB
That I saw the gold sunshine glow421Please respect copyright.PENANAE1vKHnFB4f
No, it doesn't reach down below421Please respect copyright.PENANA8wA4VPtLAZ
Shadows become the light421Please respect copyright.PENANAyFHMISfdAc
Here where the monsters hide
Normal is just a dream421Please respect copyright.PENANAmP9BjRFvHA
For all the ghosts like me
I hate my metal bones421Please respect copyright.PENANA3G1vPKG9pk
My bones and gears creak in my chest421Please respect copyright.PENANAzbQsk8wWvM
My chest forever cold421Please respect copyright.PENANAsba8e6OqRN
A cold and maddening descent421Please respect copyright.PENANAdxSxAFY5Lg
Descending down so far421Please respect copyright.PENANAjBE8ZYEjHz
Fall farther 'til there's nothing left421Please respect copyright.PENANACioL2W94AS
I'm left here in the dark421Please respect copyright.PENANAJZhAZAaaL6
The dark, I dance to forget
This is my penitentiary421Please respect copyright.PENANAng88KWL4V4
Fractured apart from the world421Please respect copyright.PENANAmLdp2PAdey
Where I want to be421Please respect copyright.PENANABzdXYhsEIy
Lock the door, throw away the key421Please respect copyright.PENANANllK4ItSr6
And let my dance resume421Please respect copyright.PENANARBBrCqxtoc
Down in a pitch black room
Normal is just a dream421Please respect copyright.PENANAm7osR849fm
For all the ghosts like me (like me)
I hate my metal bones421Please respect copyright.PENANARpaf07YseR
My bones and gears creak in my chest421Please respect copyright.PENANAnM5S8e4BLk
My chest forever cold421Please respect copyright.PENANAksWntWqwxW
A cold and maddening descent421Please respect copyright.PENANA8EaBaNdUQy
Descending down so far421Please respect copyright.PENANArs3OLGyBBA
Fall farther 'til there's nothing left421Please respect copyright.PENANA1DclJeIYpD
I'm left here in the dark421Please respect copyright.PENANAdeZaqsmRcG
The dark, I dance to forget421Please respect copyright.PENANAVhKptwgsFV
I dance to forget
Come now, dance with me421Please respect copyright.PENANABBOGN2MBLP
As the song plays421Please respect copyright.PENANAVLZi08FG5t
Down, down, dance with me421Please respect copyright.PENANAbo5g8sehHc
Stuck on replay421Please respect copyright.PENANARTFCFHtLlF
Come now, dance with me421Please respect copyright.PENANAzoGB8uIDSG
As the song plays421Please respect copyright.PENANA00ecGSr4He
Down, down, dance with me421Please respect copyright.PENANAzS8MCr7LoL
Stuck on replay
I hate my metal bones421Please respect copyright.PENANAOYcangviS3
My bones and gears creak in my chest421Please respect copyright.PENANAzvGuq4LrG8
My chest forever cold421Please respect copyright.PENANAXA8fh35kRz
A cold and maddening descent421Please respect copyright.PENANA3AxYMjnD5Q
Descending down so far421Please respect copyright.PENANAdyxRcnKkA9
Fall farther 'til there's nothing left421Please respect copyright.PENANACMEIy6TT2D
I'm left here in the dark421Please respect copyright.PENANAdRlPVPpxoY
The dark, I dance to forget
I dance, I dance, I dance (I dance to forget)421Please respect copyright.PENANA8C4Az1OgwT
I, I dance, I dance (I dance to forget)421Please respect copyright.PENANA0F65Vx58CV
(I dance) I dance (I dance to forget)421Please respect copyright.PENANA6IaR43CVtw
(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.
421Please respect copyright.PENANAMIwAn5ZXj9


