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It was getting late. You had been at the Pizzaplex for quite a while, exploring as much as you could. You had gone to a show, hung out at the arcade, at one point you even tried your hand at Fazer Tag. (You were terrible at it.) But you were starting to get tired.
You tried to get a sense of where you were in the Pizzaplex. You had been walking around a lot, and you didn't quite remember where you had come in. You had taken a map from a map bot earlier, but when you looked in your bag, it wasn't there. You were starting to panic. And of course, as soon as you started to panic, you began to slip.
You looked around for a quiet area, and saw a restroom. You ducked inside quickly, and to your relief, it was empty. You curled up inside of a stall, and tried to calm down. You could hear muffled sounds, but you didn't understand them. It was probably just people outside the bathroom.
By the time your breathing had calmed down, you had regained a sense of control over your feelings. You left the stall, and walked out of the bathroom, your legs still shaky from sitting. It was oddly quiet as you walked through the upper floor of the Pizzaplex.
A brightly colored sign caught your eye as you walked around. You walked towards it.
'WELCOME TO THE SUPERSTAR DAYCARE'
Below it, there was a rainbow tunnel slide. You felt your regressed self practically begging you to go inside. So, you pulled your bag onto your lap, and slid down. The bright colors made you feel a bit dizzy, but it was so fun, that you started giggling. You felt yourself picking up speed, and saw a light at the end. Before you could react you had landed in the botton of a colorful pile of… something. You tried to grab onto the plasticky items, but you couldn't get a good grip on them. You started panicking again, and this time, your headspace came crashing down around you like a pile of boulders.
You thrashed around, trying to get out of whatever you were in, but you couldn't quite figure it out. Suddenly, a pair of hands grabbed onto your sides and pulled you up.
"OH! NEW FRIEND! YOU'RE HERE RATHER LATE! OOOO ARE WE HAVING A SLEEPOVER?!?!"
You kicked your feet as the loud animatronic held you up to their face. They noticed your discomfort and immediatly quieted down.
"What's your name new friend? My name's Sundrop!"
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"OH! That's such a handsome name! Well ___, we are going to have so much FUN! We can fingerpaint, and read stories, do puppet shows and drink Fizzy Faz until our heads EXPLODE!"
You nodded your head excitedly and put your sleeve in your mouth to chew it. Sundrop noticed this and gently tugged your sleeve out of your mouth.
"Aww sunbite, don't chew your nice clothes! How about we find something nicer for you to chew on! And maybe even some toys for you to play with! We have a whooooleeeee bunch of toys here, but you can't take those home!"
You nodded, and felt yourself regressing even younger as you experimentally grabbed his rays. They crinkled under your grip, making you giggle and reach up for them again. Sundrop lifted you closer to the rays in response, walking with you in his arms.
He walked out the large doors, and took you back upstairs. He turned a corner when the two of you got to the slide. Upon reaching a gift shop, he pulled you down from his rays.
"Alright friend. Do you think you can sit by yourself for a second? I'm going to bring you some things!"
You nodded and Sundrop put you on a counter, making sure you wouldn't fall over, and started searching the store. You tapped your feet against the side of the counter, putting your fingers in your mouth.
Some time passed, and you started feeling anxious. You didn't want to be alone. You wanted Sunny to pick you up. You could feel yourself getting younger. Sundrop's bells came closer, jingling fast.
"Oh no! I'm sorry for taking so long little one! Here, why don't we take those yucky fingers out of your mouth, and you can take a pacifier, ok sunbite?"
You whined, but allowed your hand to be pulled away from your mouth. You saw a clear box with 3 pacifiers in it appear in front of you. One of them was red and yellow, and had a little sun on it. Another, was blue and purple with a moon. The last one was purple and yellow and had a combination of both a sun and a moon.
You tapped your favorite one, and Sunny quickly slipped it out of the case, and put it in your mouth. He slipped his finger around the loop, and repositioned you in his arms.
"Now, let's get you back to the daycare! And maybe you can even meet Moon! I wonder if he's done charging now."