Chapter 4. Daycare?
November 20, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Gregory entered through the doors on the second floor that led to the gift shop. In this room there was even a TV above the reception. Generally speaking, the boy liked the style of the establishment… Well… apart from some of the oddities that he has already managed to meet here. But still, it was nice for him to walk around this place. Someone clearly knew how to attract a large number of visitors to this place: neon lights, bright colors, interesting design… But okay… Let's go down to earth. Now he had to go to the terminal. He found a door that led just to the store on the 1st floor, however, at first it was necessary to go through the premises for the staff, but it wasn’t difficult for the boy. Finally, he went into the store and, finding the terminal, approached him. There was a hole in it that was designed to receive passes. There were no other openings. This meant that an improved pass should also be issued through him. The boy inserted his pass there, after which it was accepted, but something went wrong in the terminal. For a while he could see the blinking of the terminal screen. The terminal didn't give him an improved pass. The boy immediately called Fazbear.
Gregory: «Freddy!»
[Freddy: «What happened?»]
Gregory: «The terminal ate my pass! He didn't give me an improved!»
[Freddy: «Um, yes… Well… Try to trick him with a magnet. There should be a lot of fridge magnets in the store opposite. Go there and get one of them»].
Gregory: «Well, my God!.. Why is it always like this?.. Okay. Don't hang up yet. I hope that I'll do it quickly».
[Freddy: «Righto, superstar»].
The boy saw a button near the lattice located in the main entrance of the store. He ran up to it and pressed it, after which the lattice immediately opened. Without slowing down, he ran to the store, but saw that the lattices were closed there, which was no longer surprising for him. Gregory ran around. The good thing was that Chica was far away from him, thanks to which he quickly reached the store on the 2nd floor, which had a wide bluish staircase to the store below. The boy reached the counter in the store on the first floor and started rummaging through things until he found what? Right! A gift with a spinning handle! Um, yes… Okay, though. It's still quite a funny style. He opened the gift containing Mr. Hippo magnet.
Gregory: «Um… Mr. Hippo magnet? Who is it?»
[Freddy: «Well… it's a long story, Gregory»].
Gregory: «Okay…»
Fortunately, there was also a button for opening it near the lattice in the main entrance to the store. The boy immediately went to the left store. He walked over to the terminal. Further, the boy didn't quite understand what needed to be done with a magnet, so he turned to Fazbear for help:
Gregory: «So, I'm at the terminal again. What should I do with this magnet?»
[Freddy: «Try to attach it near the area where the pass is issued»].
Gregory: «Okay. Wait…»
The boy attached a magnet to the bottom of the terminal and… he was lucky! He put the magnet in the right place the first time. Gregory was given an improved pass.
Gregory: «Gotcha! He gave me a pass to!.. Daycare? Oh, are you serious?!»
[Freddy: «Not a bad place! You should be safe there… Well… if you keep the lights on. Just get to know the Daycare Attendant – Sunny. He will not hurt you! I am just going to the front entrance of the Daycare. That's where we will meet»].
Gregory: «What about the light? What happens if turn it off?»
[Freddy: «Better not check! There were many complaints that the Sun turns into the Moon and scares the children there very much, putting them to sleep in a specific way… too specific»].
Gregory: «Um, yeah… An interesting Daycare. Now I don't want to go there twice as much. But there is no other way out».
[Freddy: «Everything will be fine! Nothing bad should happen if you behave carefully. In the Daycare there should be a table on which there should be a security pass of the 1st level. So, you can get access to other premises of this institution. Good luck, superstar!»]
Gregory: «Has accepted. Thanks», – he said and they ended the conversation.
After that, the boy, with an eye on Chica, who was far enough away from him, went to the second floor in the direction of the Daycare, located to the right of the escalator. He entered through the doors, behind which there was a corridor leading to the statues of the Sunny and the Moon. And when the boy finally reached them, he saw behind them a rainbow slide leading to a pool of plastic balls in the Daycare. He walked up to her.
Gregory: «Okay… Let’s go», – he muttered to himself.
The boy rolled down the slide, after which he immediately found himself in the aforementioned pool of balls. The landing was quite soft. After that, he went to the exit of this pool. Halfway up, the Sunny came out on top of the podium.
Sun: «Ho-ho-ho!» – he said and jumped into the pool to Gregory.
The boy felt uneasy from his sudden appearance, after which he accelerated towards the exit from the pool, but right before leaving, the Daycare Attendant took him with his fixed smile and, bringing him to his face, carried him to the center with the words:
Sun: «Hello-o! Who are you? How did you end up here? It's too late! Did you come to a slumber party? Where are all your friends?»
Then he lowered the boy to the ground and began to dance a wave in front of him, all the while keeping himself in the boy's field of vision.
Sun: «We'll have fun with you! We can play ball! Or draw! Or drink Fizzy Faz until you turn blue!.. But there is one rule. Do not turn off the light in any case! Keep the lights on! On. On…» – he said at the end in a hoarse tone.
«Interesting…» – was in Gregory's mind: «Daycare Attendant seems friendly. It is also interesting that he himself tells me about the lights. Apparently, he knows something about himself and is trying to prevent all the worst cases. He may even be able to help me, since he has such an attitude».
Gregory: «Um… Hello. You scared me a little at first, but still…» – he didn't have time to finish.
Sun: «How scared? Do not be a bore! Let's have fun instead!» – he said and immediately picked up the boy in his arms.
Gregory: «Wai!..» – he didn't finish, as the Daycare Attendant began to gently toss him up.
Sun: «Relax!» – he said joyfully and threw the boy up a few more times, and then put him on the floor.
Sun: «Heh! Aren't you having fun?»
Gregory recovered a little after that and started talking again:
Gregory: «Sunny… I'm grateful that you're trying to cheer me up. I'd like to have fun myself right now, but… listen! I need your help».
Sun: «What are you talking about, kid?» – he stopped for a while and straightened up, looking at the boy.
«Yeah! He heard me!» – boy thought.
Gregory: «It will be difficult for me to explain it, but I'll try. Now I must to get across the Daycare to the main entrance to meet Freddy. I also must to get a level 1 security pass, which should be on the staff desk. I hope I named it correctly».
Sun: «Alas, kid! This is absolutely prohibited!» – he said and raised his finger to the ceiling.
Gregory: «Yes! I know! But I haven't finished yet…»
The Daycare Attendant lowered his hand and continued to listen to the boy.
Gregory: «I didn't have time to leave the place, as it was closed. But this isn't the most important thing! I noticed that all animatronics, except Freddy, have been infected by a virus that is designed to control them by someone or something from afar. I don't know exactly what it is, but it's clearly doing something wrong with them… So… together with Fazbear, we are going to return them too normal. While we’re still developing our action plan, but still… we need to have at least some minimum for action. Can you help me and show me where this pass is?»
Sun: «You have an interesting fantasy, kid! Maybe we will go write an essay together?» – he said and began to approach the boy to pick him up again.
Gregory: «Wait!»
The Daycare Attendant, fortunately, listened to the boy and stopped.
Sun: «What?» – he asked in surprise.
Gregory: «Eh… I understand that you can't trust me, since we recently met, but… I can contact Freddy, and he will confirm to you what I just said… Wait…»
He started calling Fazbear.
Gregory: «Freddy, can you hear me?»
[Freddy: «Yes, and very clearly. What happened?»]
The animatronic's voice was heard quite loudly from the Faz-watch, and the Daycare Attendant started up a little.
Sun: «Fazbear, it’s you?»
[Freddy: «Yes. It's you, Sunny?»]
Sun: «Yes. It’s me».
[Freddy: «I understand you've both met each other already?»]
Gregory & Sun: «Yes», – they said in unison.
[Freddy: «Good. Gregory, did you find a level 1 security pass in the Daycare?»]
Gregory: «Just in the process. Listen, Freddy. Can you confirm that we are trying to help Chica, Roxy and Monty? Sunny needs to know this so that he will believe me».
[Freddy: «Ah… No problem! It really is, Sunny. We're trying to get them back to normal»].
Gregory: «Thank you, Freddy. Do you believe me now?» – he said and looked in the direction of the Daycare Attendant.
Sun: «All right, little boy. I believe you. Your name is Gregory, isn't it?»
Gregory: «Ah!.. Well yes. I haven't told you about it yet, but yes – my name is Gregory».
Sun: «Nice to meet you!» – he said, sitting up a little.
In response, the boy grinned a little and said:
Gregory: «Mutually!»
A warm and pleasant enough atmosphere was created for a conversation.
Gregory: «But still, Sunny, can you help us?»
Sun: «Eh… Alright… We are not acting by the rules right now, but I will take you to this table».
They approached the reception and went behind it from the side of the charging for flashlights in the form of Freddy's head.
Sun: «I do not know exactly where the security pass might be here, so we will have to look for it a bit».
Gregory: «Oh, it's not the first time I've to do this», – he said in a cheerful tone.
[Freddy: «As far as I know, they should be inside the opening head of me. You need to press the nose to open this container»].
Gregory: «Thank you, Freddy. I'll take a note…»
This made it easier to find a pass and literally 10 seconds later the boy found the same container with about the same style as charging for flashlights.
Gregory: «Found it! I’m opening…»
The boy opened the bear cub's head, in which the aforementioned pass was located. He took it and put it in his pocket.
Gregory: «Thank you, Sunny! You helped us a lot! I may still need your help».
[Freddy: «Yes. If anything, I will connect you at a distance through a special connection. We will communicate together»].
Sun: «Good. I will be ready to help you».
They were about to go to the exit, but suddenly the lights went out.
Gregory: «Oh, crap! What was that? Wait…»
Sun: «Oh no! This shouldn't have happened!» – he said, and then groaned in pain: «Runaway, Gregory!» – with the last of his strength, the Daycare Attendant said, after which he fell to the floor and began to transform into the Moon.
Gregory: «What's with you?! Hey!» – he looked at the Daycare Attendant in surprise and after a while ran according to his instructions, taking with him a flashlight from the aforementioned charger.
[Freddy: «Problems with electricity… This is bad, Gregory! You will have to turn on the backup power with the help of 5 generators located in the Daycare. Without this, you will not be able to get out of here, since you need to use the button, which is now de-energized, to open the main gate. Do it as soon as possible!»]
Gregory: «Aye!» – he said and started looking for generators with a flashlight as he ran.
Meanwhile, the Daycare Attendant woke up in the guise of the Moon with glowing red eyes and saw a boy running away.
Moon: «Naughty-Naughty boy… It's past your bedtime. You must be punished. Ha-he-he…» – he uttered in a more malicious tone, after which he flew up on a rope into the air, abruptly disappearing from the child's field of vision.
For the boy, such a change in the Daycare Attendant was unexpected… He already knew for sure that at this point in time the Moon was hostile to him. Not for nothing he was warned about the light? While the boy didn't know how to position the Moon to himself, so all that remained was to run, hide and look for generators…
Notes:
Who thought of such an appearance of the Daycare Attendant? I have more and more questions about this institution! But okay…