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Chapter 7. Promotion.

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      Where were we?.. Ah yeah! The trio hugs again! He-he!.. Well… Let's go back.       Gregory could do it forever. It's so nice to be around your mates… or comrades… After all, you understand that now everything is fine with those who are next to you and they understand it too. The boy felt this concern for each other and some… cohesion. He felt good around them. And the most joyful thing is that they were also pleased to be with him. Everything is mutual! Each of them will be ready, with all their might, to stand up for others in order to help and protect them! Despite the fact that they recently met, a common misfortune and the principles of each united them. The three of them knew that they could rely on each other.       They stood like that for 30 seconds (almost like last time). They could have continued hugging, but they needed to move on in order to continue their business of returning everyone else to normal. Everyone understood this, and therefore the animatronics let each other go, and Chica put Gregory on the ground. They became a little more serious.       Gregory: «Well… We need to find everyone else and get them back to normal. And… look for better security passes for greater maneuverability».       Freddy: «Right», – he said seriously and encouragingly, after which he continued: «First you need to get a higher level of access, so you will need to go towards the cafe on the 1st floor of the atrium. There will be a security office there».       Chica: «Oh! I know this place!» – she picked up Fazbear's speech: «I can get him there!» – and finished happily with a little demanding.       The bear smiled a little, looking in her direction, and then continued, looking at both:       Freddy: «And also on the 3rd floor of the atrium there is a El Chip's Cafe. If you go to the staff quarters, then you can just see the security office there… But now, as for me, it is better to choose the 1st option, since Chica will be able to take you there without any obstacles».       Gregory: «I agree with you. It will be at least safer this way», – he said decisively: «Well then… we won't waste any time and let's go?» – he looked questioningly at the animatronics.       Chica: «Yes! Let's go faster! It will be a piece of cake!» – she said with impatience in her voice and was already walking towards Gregory.       Freddy: «But I will have to leave you on the way», – he spoke seriously.       Chica stopped.       Gregory & Chica: «Why?» – they said in unison and abruptly turned towards the bear with surprised looks.       Freddy: «I will must to find a detour to “Rockstar row” through a low-access atrium for Gregory. We may need this in the near future».       Gregory: «And maybe we'll do it… later?» – he asked uncertainly.       Freddy: «No», – he said decisively: «We have no time to waste, so we will need to split up».       Gregory: «Well…» – he said a little sadly, but then he returned to normal and continued: «Then how do we get into the atrium?»       Chica: «By elevator near the entrance to the foyer», – she said calmly, but a little sadly: «Okay… let's not delay. Freddy, tell us later when you're free», – she finished decisively.       Fazbear nodded and walked towards the exit from the corridor to the foyer. Everyone else followed him.       They walked in silence until the exit, but after that the boy remembered something important:       Gregory: «Listen, Chica, how can I contact you if we are suddenly far from each other?» – he said and looked at her questioningly.       Chica: «Oh! It's good that you reminded me», – she said and looked at the boy, and then at Fazbear: «Freddy, you remember?..» – before she could finish, the bear picked up her speech:       Freddy: «Yes, I remember. Now we will get in the elevator and start setting up your Faz-watch, Gregory», – he said with a smile on his face, looking at both of them.       They entered the elevator, and Fazbear pressed the button to send them to the top floor, after which the doors closed and the trio went upstairs to the main musical theme of the mascots. Meanwhile, the bear bent down to the boy, gently took his hand and raised it so that the watch was visible. Then he began to explain:       Freddy: «Look. You have a message tab here. Next, you can find an icon to search for a new interlocutor. See?» – he said, pointing to the icon in the watch, and looked questioningly at the boy.       Gregory: «Mm-hmm», – the boy voiced that with a pause, and then immediately continued: «Ah! And is it possible to find you there through a search?» – he finished and looked at Fazbear with understanding.       Freddy: «Yes. Just try to find Chica now. Then try to send her any message or call her. In order for you to continue to communicate, she should add you to the “white list”, and then you can contact at any time», – the bear spoke and let go of the boy's hand.       Gregory: «Got it! I'll do it now…» – he said and immediately clicked on the icon for adding a new interlocutor.       Chica leaned slightly towards the boy and began to examine his actions in the watch. After that, the boy used the physical buttons on the watch to type in the name “Chica”, and she immediately appeared in the recommendations.       Chica: «Yes! That's me», – she said and pointed to her icon in Faz-watch.       Gregory: «Got it», – the boy spoke and immediately chose her.       After that, an action menu appeared on the watch:

“Open a profile”,

“Call”,

“Write a message”,

“Add to friends (not available)”,

“Add to blacklist (not available)”.

      The boy thought about what is the best action to choose.       Gregory: «And what is better to do: call or write?»       Chica: «Call me. It will be easier this way».       The boy obeyed her and chose the “Call” item, after which, a second later, the connection began.       Gregory: «Chica, can you hear me?» – he said in the Faz-watch.       [Chica: «Yes, and very well. Now adding to the “white list”…»] – she said and stopped the connection.       The boy was a little surprised that he heard the voice only from the watch, but at the same time Chica herself was silent next to him.       Gregory: «And how did you talk to me through the watch while saying nothing?» – he asked and looked at her in bewilderment.       She just giggled a little and said:       Chica: «We simply recreate speech in the form of signals and send them to the connection».       Freddy: «Of course, we can talk in the real world at the same time, that is, through the speaker, and in the connection, but it is easier to redirect the entire signal from the synthesizer to connection. So, at least, it is more economical».       Gregory: «Affirmative», – he said with understanding.       Chica: «If anything, I have already added you to the “white list”, so now you can contact me at any time», – she said, looking at the boy.       Gregory: «Great!» – he said with joy.       Meanwhile, the elevator arrived at the atrium, notifying the passengers with an audible signal, and opened the doors. Gregory was the first to get out of it and immediately a map-dealing bot popped up in front of him.       Gregory: «Uh, my!..» – the boy said in surprise, jumping back a little, and looked in the direction of the bot.       Map bot: «Take a map», – he said and handed the boy one map from his “pockets”.       Gregory: «Um… Well. Thanks!» – he spoke and took a map from the bot opposite: «But don't scare me like that anymore, please», – the boy finished calmly.       Map bot: «Thank you. Distribution of free map!» – he said and returned to his post near the elevator.       Gregory put a map in his pocket and turned back to the elevator, after which he saw two animatronics laughing at him.       Gregory: «But… well… here are the… shitheads de shitheadors», – he told the two of them.       The animatronics started laughing even harder. After that, the boy began to look at them reproachfully.       Chica: «Sorry», – she spoke through laughter: «You just looked so cute right now».       Gregory blushed a little with embarrassment. Fazbear also laughed hooligan-like, and then spoke, after “clearing his throat":       Freddy: «Do not be offended. They always draw attention to themselves in this way. And it helps them in the crowd», – he said, laughing less now, but still with a crooked smile.       Chica: «Oh…» – she interrupted the laughter with a “sigh" and continued: «Okay. Let's get busy already», – she said, looking at both of them and smiling.       Freddy: «Yes-yes. I will go to right», – he spoke in a mischievous tone and got out of the elevator together with Chica: «Well. Good luck to you!» – the bear finished by waving to both of them.       Chica: «Come on, good luck, big guy!» – she said jokingly, also waving her hand.       Gregory: «Good luck!» – and the boy waved his hand too.       Then Fazbear went along the 2nd floor in the direction mentioned earlier, and Chica and Gregory were left alone.       Chica: «Well then… shall we go, Gregory?» – she said and took the boy by the palm.       Gregory: «Let's go…» – he spoke, squeezing her hand in response.       After that, they went down the escalator to the 1st floor in the direction of the aforementioned cafe. Despite the fact that they were now executing an effective plan, Gregory and Chica were worried about Freddy. What if something could happen to him? Despite this, they tried to be optimistic about this issue.       This duo walked along the atrium in silence, so as not to attract other people's attention to themselves. Fortunately, there were only security bots there, who endlessly walked around the positions and checked the order, but still they were safe just in case and moved as quietly as possible.       After they entered the back room of the cafe, Chica decided to start a conversation:       Chica: «Gregory… I… know that now, of course, I'm not really asking this question at the right time, but…» – she spoke a little uncertainly.       The boy looked at her and began to listen carefully.       Chica: «You remember our meeting in the foyer earlier?» – she asked resolutely, looking at him.       The boy at first didn't quite understand what the animatronic was talking about.       Gregory: «What are you talking about?» – he asked her, puzzled.       Chica: «Well…» – a little reluctantly she said: «When you were hiding near the strollers».       The boy began to remember that incident.       Gregory: «And… Well… and what are you interested in?» – the boy asked her awkwardly.       Chica: «Is what you told me at that time – is true?» – she asked anxiously, but seriously.       The boy started up a little.       Gregory: «Um… What exactly did I say?» – he asked just as clumsily, trying not to open this topic.       Chica: «You said that you don't have parents, as I understand it… It's true?» – she asked in a more serious tone.       Gregory: «Um… Well…»       Chica stopped, turned to him, lowered herself to his level, got down on one knee, and, releasing his hand, put her palms on the boy's shoulders.       Chica: «Tell», – she echoed sternly: «It's important. Don't worry… I will understand you», – she said regretfully at the end, looking him straight in the eye.       Gregory initially looked at her with a stunned look, and then, after a few seconds, he took his gaze away from her to the floor and in it you could see a small sadness mixed with anger. After a second, an empty look appeared in it along with a little regret. After 2 seconds, he answered her:       Gregory: «Yes… it’s true», – he said and shrank a little to contain his emotions: «I can't find them… I've never even seen them in person…» – the boy lowered his head even more and cringed: «I don't know where they are. And… I don't know what is with them now… So… I'm just homeless», – the boy said and paused for a while: «But I don't care!» – he straightened up, saying this in raised tones, and slightly raised his head, but still looked at the floor: «I've already come to terms with it», – the boy said, turning his head to the side: «So… let's just… get back to doing… the task…» – he spoke heavily at the end.       He was about to go further, but Chica grabbed him and hugged him sharply.       Chica: «Why didn't you tell me about this before?! We can help in the search! We can look through all the databases or ask the police for help! We can help!»       Gregory: «Do you think I didn't try to do that?..» – he said softly.       Chica: «Well, anyway! We can try to help too! Suddenly it will be possible to find? Hope dies last! Precisely! We can find them by surname! Do you understand?» – she said with a smile, at the end holding the boy in her arms in front of her.       Gregory: «Chica…» – he still wasn't looking at her: «I don't know my surname… I only know that I'm – Gregory. And then I'm not quite sure that's my name…»       Chica looked at him worriedly.       Gregory: «Moreover, it's possible that they have been dead for a long time, since I couldn't find them after so much time…» – the boy said extremely dryly: «In general, forget about it… I don't like this topic… And!.. I really ask you not to tell anyone about this, so that there aren't unnecessary questions…» – the boy said, still looking at the floor.       She looked at him for a while, and then again gently pressed him to her.       Chica: «Oh, Gregory…» – she said and began stroking the boy on the head.       After that, she got up, turned around and walked further along the corridors in search of the security office, talking to the boy at the same time:       Chica: «Even if that's the case, we will be there for you», – she spoke in a soothing tone: «We will never leave you and we will try to make you the happiest child on the planet», – the animatronic said, pressing Gregory a little closer to her, while continuing to stroke his head.       The boy, after a moment's thought, hugged her tightly in response. He began to sobbing a little from crying. The boy tried his best to restrain his emotions, but, as always, in vain. She couldn't help but notice. She laughed a little softly, and then spoke:       Chica: «Gregory… everything will be fine. I promise you», – she said affectionately, patting the boy on the back a little and continued to walk through the corridors.       The boy remained silent, but at the same time pressed even closer to her.       Thus, they went all the way to the security office, through various corridors, special rooms, bridges and many other places. About 2 minutes were spent on the way. During this time, the boy just managed to pull himself together and calm down.       Chica: «Well, here we are, Gregory», – she said and lowered him to the floor near the door to the security office.       Gregory: «Accepted. I'll be back soon…» – said the boy and went through the iron door.       After that, he started looking for something similar to a pass on the table. But, like last time, he met the miniature head of Freddy, in which it was. Clicking on the nose of the figurine, it opened, and the boy took a level 2 pass from there.       «Well… at least something. Higher and higher!» – thought Gregory.       It took about 30 seconds for everything about everything. Then he went to the exit back to Chica.       Gregory: «That's it! I found it! Here it is!» – he said joyfully and held out the pass in his hand forward.       Chica: «Well done, asterisk!» – she spoke with joy and took his hand.       Gregory was a little embarrassed by such words addressed to him, but didn't show it, although he didn't really succeed. She noticed his redness and giggled a little, but then continued:       Chica: «So… let's go back to the atrium?» – she said with a smile.       Gregory: «Yes, come on! I can't wait to meet Freddy again», – the boy said, barely restraining himself, and put the pass in his pocket.       Chica giggled a little and led him back to the atrium along about the same route as they were coming here.       And now Gregory already has a little greater number of possibilities for maneuver. He finally has a little more space available. He can begin to explore this institution even deeper and unravel some secrets that are still unknown to him and, as he studies this whole place, he will receive even more new opportunities…
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