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It was yet another normal day in the home- or rather, mansion, known as the Little Nightmares Fanfiction Hall. The sun was brightly shining, lawnmowers were going off around the neighborhood of servers, and Meph was shrieking at a wall covered with posters.
“OH! MY! GOSH!!” he screamed out, ripping a poster off the wall before running back, fixing his tie as he ran into the door, creating a Meph-shaped indent, before backing up and opening the door, walking in whistling merrily as Serenity stared and sighed before opening up her wallet and getting the insurance company’s number.
“HEY!! GUYS!! GUESS WHAT!!” he yelled happily as various members of the home came into the hallway.
“Yeah? What’s up?” Khonshu asked as he stepped forward, twirling his silvery hair. “What is it this time? A new circus came into Disland? Someone fell down a hole and you got a photo of them midair screaming?”
“YEAH- well- NO- but-” Meph rambled for a minute before shoving the poster in Khonshu’s face, making the latter stumble back slightly before reading it aloud.
“Netflix Presents: Little Nightmares Live-Action.” He read aloud thoughtfully as Sith groaned in the background.
“Nooooo- not even LN is safe…” Sith whined, folding their arms as Khonshu began to grin.
“Actors needed…” he read again. “Hey, why don’t we all go audition?”
“THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYIN'!!” Meph yelled out happily. “It’s today! 3:00 pm sharp!” he pointed at a time on the poster.
“Anndddd what time is it…?” Khonshu glanced at his watch before his eyes widened. “2:45-”
“Seriously-!?” Tea yelped. “We better hurry!! Sith, Canary, Khonshu, Fox, Meph, let’s go, let’s go!” they called out as they pulled on their neon green dinosaur rain boots and sprinted out, the whole server following.
The last thing everyone that stayed behind heard was Meph’s screech; “Do we have to siiiiiinnngggg-??”
Ten Minutes Later
The six of them skidded into the lobby, with Sith going so fast they hit the wall as Fox crashed into them, then Meph crashing into Fox, then Tea crashing into Meph, and finally Canary crashing into Tea as Khonshu calmly walked in sipping some boba, passing the wreck of people.
“OW-!” Meph yelped out as Fox began fake crying. “FOX WHY ARE YOU CRYING-?”
“I'M SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO OLD PEOPLEEEEE!!” Fox fake wailed, kicking their legs helplessly.
“ARE YOU SAYING ME AND SITH ARE OLD??” Meph screeched in both pain and partial embarrassment as Fox continued to fake sob.
“YES!!”
Khonshu stared, obviously unamused as he folded his arms and took a sip of boba before speaking, “C’mon guys, get up. We only have like, five minutes until we gotta audition.”
Fox pulled out their tablet and pressed a few buttons, “I filled out the Google Form to get in!” they grinned.
“You guys never answered my question- do we hafta sing-??” Meph whined from the almost-bottom of the pile. “Yes or no-”
“Probably?” Khonshu shrugged. “You’re the one that brought in the poster, you tell me…”
“YOU KNOW I DON’T READ THE POSTER- I just saw Mono an’ Six an’ the words ‘Little Nightmares’ and ‘Actors Needed’ on it so I grabbed it-” Meph wailed. “And I can’t sing-! I can only sing opera! You know this!”
Khonshu winced, remembering karaoke night a few weeks ago. “I am aware of this…ability, but it’s fine, you probably won’t even have to sing much…”
Meph began to panic before opening his mouth. “I haven’t even practiced recently-! Uh– la la la LAAAA-” his voice became shriller until Khonshu covered his ears and announced.
“Stop-! I think it’s time for auditions. Meph can go first.” he added quickly as the blonde-haired receptionist came in with a clipboard, quickly reading off it before announcing. “I’m looking for a Mister Labs…?”
“That’s me!” Meph jumped up, dusting himself off and fixing his fake mustache…which fell off. “Hold on a moment, miss-” he yelped awkwardly before turning around and slapping it on his forehead, turning back around. “I’m ready!”
The receptionist smiled awkwardly before beckoning him with her arm. “Right this way, sir.”
“Alright, time to wait…” Khonshu sighed, leaning against a wall and scrolling on his phone, wolf ears flicking.
Two Hours Later
Fox skipped out, humming as their fox tail raised itself, bushy. “That went well!” they grinned as the receptionist came behind them, sweating.
“That was…an experience.” She muttered, leaning against the wall for support before sighing. “ANYWAY, I have the results on who was hired!”
“Oh, that was quick.” Khonshu hummed as he stepped forward, “And pray tell, my good woman, who is it?” he asked politely, tilting his head and grinning, sharp teeth glinting.
“Yeah, Miss Ma’am, who was hired?” Fox asked, jumping up and down as they fixed their overalls.
“Well, ah…u-um…” the receptionist, Miss Ma’am, stuttered. “We have Mister Wolf here cast as Otto…” she mumbled as Khonshu’s grin widened. He did a fist pump, “Miss Bird cast as Raincoat Girl…” she said, a bit more bravely as Canary managed a small, stunned smile, “Miss Order as the Teacher, and Mx. Tail here as an extra for ah…Noone.” she finished, a smile gracing her lips.
“And me?? What about me??” Meph asked excitedly. “What’d I get? I bet it’s something cool! Like a dragon!!”
“Ah, um…Mister Labs, we found that your uh…special talents aren’t needed…here in this um…point in time but uh…you can audition later on if any pa-parts uhm…open back up?” she managed weakly as Meph’s smile faded.
“Aww, okay…” he huffed.
“But,” she began, “you get to watch filming live if you so wish, you get front-row tickets to any viewing of this show in theatres and free merchandise samples.”
Meph’s eyes lit up. “Really? Hooray!” he jumped in the air. “I’m so happy I could SIIIIIING-”
“Ah- no- thank you-” Miss Ma’am said quickly. “This uh, building is um…not suited for your…talents.”
“Aw, okay…” Meph grumbled before his eyes lit up, “But that just means my singing is even better!”
Khonshu grinned, “Why don’t we go tell the others about this? Maybe we can get some ice cream on the way home too…thank you, Miss…Miss Ma’am-” he hesitated on her name.
“You are very welcome, Mister Wolf.” she smiled half-heartedly as she waved goodbye. “Goodbye now, have a safe journey back to your server.”
“Yay! Ice cream! Ice cream!” Fox and Meph chanted in sync, fist-pumping the air as the six walked off. “We should go to Paradox Icecream!”
“Haaah…alright…fine. But just this once-” Khonshu agreed as he pulled out his wallet, “And I’m not paying. Potato can, though!”
“Yaaaayyy!!” Meph and Fox cheered as Fox began to skip, Meph quickly joining them. “WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE ICE CREAM MAN! THE WONDERFUL ICE CREAM MAN OF PARADOX ICE CREAM!”
At Paradox Icecream
Fox burst into the shop with Meph quickly trailing behind. “Yay! Icecream!”
“You can’t break everything everywhere, you know…” Khonshu sighed, massaging his temples as Potato waved from the cash register.
“Heya, everyone!” Potato smiled. “What’s everyone getting today? It’s rare to see you around here and not at the mansion.”
“Vanilla! Just straight vanilla, more va, less nill, and a moderate amount of a, no toppings unless you have Cloud Soft Whipping Cream in which case put less whip and more cream, and a total of seven sprinkles that have to form a stick man otherwise I won’t eat it!” Fox declared proudly as Khonshu hit his head on a nearby wall.
“Ignore it. Just straight vanilla, please. I’ll get…probably an Oreo milkshake, and- wait, Meph, what do you want?” Khonshu asked, looking around for Meph. “Wait, crud, where did Meph go?” he spotted Meph reaching for a glass bottle on a nearby high shelf, standing precariously on two chairs and a table stacked atop each other. “MEPH LABS- YOU ARE NOT FIVE- GET BACK HERE-”
“NO- THE BOTTLE’S A PRETTY COLOR!” Meph screamed back, standing on his tiptoes to reach it…before it all fell over. “Dang it-! Ow…”
“...I live with these people.” Potato and Khonshu deadpanned in sync, staring at Meph, before looking at each other in surprise. “Hey, I said that first-wait, stop copying me!”
Khonshu sighed as Meph called out. “I want a rocky road ice cream with two and three-fourths scoops!”
“HOW THE HELL ARE YOU S’POSED TO GET THREE-FOURTHS SCOOPS-??” Tea half-asked, half-yelled in surprise.
“BY MEASURING IT!” Meph yelled back, standing up and dusting himself off, cheek slowly turning black and blue.
“HOW-? UGH…” Tea huffed, smiling. “Alright. I’ll get a chai latte…”
“Uh- we don’t sell that here-” Potato muttered, sliding his hands into his pockets. “I have matcha ice cream?”
“Nevermind.” Tea waved him off. “It’s fine.”
“Allllrighty then…” Potato typed it up. “That’ll be…seventeen hundred thousand, eight hundred fifty, ninety-nine ninety-zero cents. Will you be paying cash or card?”
“Put it on your card.” Khonshu smiled as Potato rang it up, the register buzzing.
“Putting it on my car-” Potato reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet before stopping. “Wait, what?”
“Put it on your card, thanks!” Khon grinned. “Please and thank you, in advance.”
Potato was silent for a moment before sighing. “Gah…fine…” he typed in a few numbers until the total slowly came down to ninety cents. “That was all the coupons the store had in stock today…” he shrugged before inserting his card and grabbing the ice cream, handing it to Khonshu. “See y’all at home.”
“See ya!” Khonshu grinned as he grabbed Meph by the shirt collar and Fox by the sleeve and led them out as Canary, Tea, and Sith followed.