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You're placed in the Daycare and locked inside, now without power.
You're an intraining nightguard, this is your last test to prove yourself, prove to Vanessa, AND prove yourself to Fazbear Entertainment that you are a capable human being.
The Endos you figured were the hardest part of your training.
However, the ‘good luck champ’ from Vanessa before the Daycare doors were closed behind you is now giving you second thoughts.
The encouraging Pat on the back now a mere memory as the lights are shut off, leaving you in pitch darkness.
What was that!?
Your torch light shines Upon a large stuffy resembling Freddy.
Nothing-
But you thought you heard something.
Well, slowly you make your way further into the darkened play place, listening for anything but gaining nothing as answer.
The playmat below your feet makes any footfalls muffled, the size and openness of the play place making any noise sound like it could be anywhere!
You're so engrossed in these realities that you run into a pile of jingly play blocks and they fall three to the ground with a noise that startles you.
It seems to startle something in the Daycare with you as a deep gravelly snarl comes from seemingly nowhere, “Gaaah, clean up, clean up!” Then, just as silent as a predator, your torch light catches something lanky and lethal dropping from the heavens right at the location Where the toys have been toppled.
You don't stand there and wait to study it, the noise of the toys was one thing, now a figure from nowhere?
Nope!
That VOICE if you could call it one too?
Chills run up and down your spine as you swiftly and silently bolt for the Daycare doors.
But they're locked!
Panting, back pressed to the huge wooden door, you catch yourself and try to calm down.
You were training to be a night guard! Not a baby that ran at the first sign of danger!
Well, with courage now over taking your primal fears, you step back into the silent darkness of the play place and continue your training, if only with a bit of a tremble in your hands as you do so.
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Unknown to the player, Something is watching. Allllways watching, and it's not Vanessa nor the potential employers of the player!
The watcher's head ticks one way then the other then makes a complete 180 before it rights itself back upon its shoulders and a devilish smile splits its lips and reveals sharp pointed fangs.
A very low, raspy giggle can be heard followed by scuttling as the predator watches its prey, following them unseen along the ceiling.
THIS was Moondrop!
The Nighttime Attended of Superstar Daycare!
In the light, he worked beside Sunnydrop with the kids in the Daycare. Tending to nap times and snack time respectively.
With the lights on, he seemed as gentle as a lamb, if still frightening to some. But you could see him, he wasn't Out to get you, unless in a game of hide and seek!
Now however, in the darkness with night vision helping him seek the player out along with nimble limbs and claws and a way of contorting his form to fit into small places, he's the apex predator that Fazbear Entertainment always dreamed of owning.
And now they do!
A master design of human And animal like genetics, Moondrop was perfect at his job as night patrol!
Later added as an afterthought to the Daycare when his design seemed to go well with Sunnydrops and used lucratively as a result.
Now, the player must survive until the time runs out or Moondrop would have another head to add to his belt of failing in training night guards!
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First hour goes by and you feel pretty confident!
Nothing more happened after whatever that was with the toppled toys from earlier, And now you've gotten a decent idea of the play places layout~
It's only when you feel this achievement that the battery in your torch flickers and dies in your hand.
Then, all confidence is drained out of you and is replaced with the primal fear of the dark!
Was that something on that play structure!?
What was that, was it a noise or just a trick of the mind!?
You quickly remember the charging station at the guards desk and back step towards it, not turning around, fearing the unknown in both directions.
You reach out a shaking hand at some point and your fingers brush against something smooth. At first you believe it's a structure and turn slowly to see which it is.
It however-
Is not!
Two sharp red eyes bore into your very small irised eyes and the soul flees your body before it's too late.
Veeeeeery slowly, the red eyes Master leans its head down to be level with you.
A small click click click could be heard, a small clip clip following this action.
Just at the last second, before the red eyed creature can move an inch closer, with one swing of your arm, the torch is kicked back on when it strikes something and a screech of pain follows the blast of bright light it emits.
Standing before you, as tall as the tallest human alive was this… THING!
Dressed in nighttime attire, sleeping cap and all, was what at a glance could be called a ‘sleepyhead!’
Yet this ‘sleepyhead’ wasn't so innocent looking as you watch it shrink away into a safe hole.
It had fangs, pointed and dripping in its mouth, only noticed as it screamed in pain from the beam of light.
Claws on the ends of its fingers show as it uses them to hide its face from your beam.
That clicking was its jaws, the clip was its long, gangly joints!
For a heartbeat, you and it remain where you were. One hidden the other in the open.
The light stays with you long enough to aid in this but starts to flicker, reminding you why you were going that way in the first place.
So, keeping the light on the beast's hiding place, you race to the desk and manage to put the torch inside the charging station.
You look around frantically as it slowly charges.
Maybe you could hide under the desk?
Leaving the light to charge you try this, such a small sliver of hope!
Only-
‘This area is off limits!’ A voice Chirps overhead followed by a pain washing through you like a bolt of lightning.
Retreating from the desks, you hear a ‘ding’ and find your torch is Fully charged.
With the desks out of the question and that THING out there now with a painted face, you have to choose what you're to do.
Go back out there like a brave man or cower by the door like a mouse until the time runs out!
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Moon however chooses for the player.
He's ticked by the flash of light and wants to give payback ten fold!
Nothing turned back on him when he hunted!
Nor would the player!
Silently and swiftly, he moves like a shadow towards the charging station and desks.
He knows the player tried to hide away and sneers just over the counter as the player scrambles away from the cause of the pain and sits curled up by the torch station.
A sharp giggle makes the light wielder come alive and flashes a beam towards where they heard the sound.
But Moon is already gone~
Fool him once, shame on you, fool him twice-
There was never a twice!
Using his claws, he slooooowly Scurries up a slide, making a loud, angry noise as he went, a beam of light barely Reaching where the sound was heard.
Moons already moved on however!
Jingle jingle of a tiny bell gets the light holder's attention, it sounded so close by!
And yet-
Moon had long since gone away from the spot the light touched.
With a cheeky grin and a silence of a specter, Moon slipped into a new space and readied for his next attack~
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You jerk and scream when something plastic and round hits you.
You shine your light upon the offending object and stare stupidly at a-
Plastic ball!?
Another smacks you on the head and gains a snicker deep within the darkness as you stumble backwards, nursing your head.
These balls were from the ballpit!
You brave yourself up and stomp towards the large ‘pool’ of balls, ready to confront The ‘beast’ like a real man!
This wasn't SCARY!
How could you have been scared of THAT?
You were more scared of the Sun guy than this plastic ball thrower!
All you needed was the light!
The Sun guy was a different story!
‘You done?’ You call then grunt as another plastic ball smacks You in the face.
A few more are thrown at you then everything stops.
Then rustling of plastic balls moving alerts you and gives you a chance to shine your light upon the advancing thing.
‘Not scared anymore!’ You say and feel your words ringing true.
How was THIS the end result of becoming a night guard!?
It comes, the answer as to how, as something shreks like metal in a blender in an eruption of plastic balls, something feral and horrific following the maker of said sound as it sprang forth.
You're so startled, you nearly misplace the torch but with only seconds left, you shine the light on the attacker and the shrek is turned into a scream of pain, a splash of plastic balls tells you it's gone away and you can look again.
This seemed harmless compared to the fright you had just had before!
Maaaaybe having it throwing ballpit balls at you wasn't so bad after all-
You still had quite a few hours left-
And now it seemed pissed-
Shit!
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So much for playing nice!
With a click click of his jaws and a twitch and spin of his head, Moon now decides to amp it up.
Sunny had always been the nice one!
HE hadn't been, even from the start!
He remembered his prior job at the Plex!
With a quick look towards the loft overlooking the Daycare, Moon chooses to let old habits take hold and slips back out into the play place, no longer mister nice guy!
No more simply scaring the player, no longer toying with them!
They would PAY!
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Another hour goes, you haven't yet left the desk area, but the creature hadn't returned either, soooo?
‘Have you chosen to give up!?’ A well known voice asks overhead, startling you into a mini heart attack.
It was the very creator of Freddy Fazbear Entertainment himself! The one you were trying to work for!
‘If you remain where you are, you have chosen to fail and failure is not an option at Freddy's!’ The voice continues and leaves you with a cold realization Of what was about to be said.
‘If you choose to continue, you have a chance to come out as an employee! Stay put and I'll allow Moondrop to do with you as he so wishes!’
Yep, there it was!
Go back out there and brave your death head on or stay and allow the creature known as ‘Moondrop’ to take you down however he so pleased!
The choice was not simply yours either as timers began to tick on the monitors along the desk beside you!
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Hearing that voice, Moon stayed put, readying himself to release his pent up energy and take down the player like a cheetah to a zebra.
His eyes focus and the irises grow huge, like a cat watching something just out of reach.
Chitters can not be stopped as he grows more and more excited at the thought of the player getting taken down!
Chasing them down, snagging them on the arm or along the leg, sinking his TEEEEEETH into the fleshy body!
Slinking further forward, Moon can't contain himself and starts his sprint on all fours towards the player.
He had one thought and one thought Only and it was to dispatch the intruder, PUNISH The naughty one that dared step into HIS home, that DARE attack HIM!
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The sound of something catches you off guard from the timers ticking beside you.
Soft sounds, like a cat clawing a rug-
However-
There was no cat nor was there a rug, just Moondrop and the soft padded floor beneath your butt.
In a last ditch effort to hide under the desks, you inadvertently lead Moon after you and grant him the same zap of pain that sends you out a second time.
You notice he's stunned a moment, hear him growling and hissing, watch as his claws flex in and out along the padded floor below.
You quickly put two and two together and before Moon can recover, you flash the light into his face and back away from him.
He too backs up, screeching and snapping his jaws. The light was hurting him somehow!
Much like the Endos, he HAD to be faced or he'd catch you!
A perverted game of red light green light!
And since you could no longer camp out at the desks-
The game had to be played on his court!
Pulling your courage and strength into yourself, you flicker the light swiftly as you race away and up into a play structure.
Behind you, in pain and far more angered, Moon recovered from the assault slowly where he was stunned.
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Sooooo, the player figured it out!?
The light did indeed stop him from coming closer!
Knew this was truly life or death if they failed!
Well now!
When Moon finally recovered, shaking himself bodily, he took a moment to recalculate this situation he now had on his hands.
Vanessa learned this and got out alive.
She'd been the only one though!
With a snaaaarl and dark look thrown towards the play place beyond, a simple comment left his lips in an almost singsong manner, letting the player know it was on~
‘Hidey hide! Hide away~’
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The voice of Moon sounded like it was everywhere!
You shiver but hold fast.
Keeping the light off until you really needed it, you move as quietly as you could along the platform, seeking a tube to hide inside To regroup now that he was awake and hunting again.
Breathing slowly, you begin to remember the Endos!
How they made a sound when they approached, clomping sounds! Yes!
You listen.
You listen harder.
You wonder if white noise had an actual sound for all you hear is the titular fuzzy sound around you in any other given situation.
The BELL!
Moon had a little bell on his hat! And his LIMBS!
They made clip Clip sounds when he moved them!
You filter through the sounds, pass the white Noise and think you hear one of the two sounds you found that could pinpoint Moon!
It sounded like it was coming up the slide to this very structure!
As quietly as you can, you get on your hands and knees and crawl further away from the approaching sound, careful of your torch as if it clicked Along the platform, it would alert the Moonman!
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Silly little person~
He knew where you were~
You were a mouse and he was the cat!
He could see you yet you could not see him~
He knew the giveaway sounds of his hat and body, but had ways of getting around them~
Didn't wanna wake the kiddos during naptime now did we!?
Without removing his always present cap, Moon simply plopped the bell end into the caps white trim~
His limbs well~
He contorted himself into an impossible formation and giggled deeply, letting it echo all around the Daycare.
The mouse was smart, but the cat was smarter~
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That giggle would haunt you for the rest of your life-
Or for as long as that life was to be, being it sounded close and Moondrop seemed in hot pursuit of you now more than ever before as the third hour chimes on the large clock adorning the loft's entrance.
The sun was moving soooo sloooowly!!
You wished you could hide up there but how the hell could you get up there!? Who knew if that was even a smart idea!? What could lay in wait up there!?
That could be the Moonmans lair for all you knew!
Better focus on not dying down here then!
Something wet drips onto your head and down your face without warning.
At first you ponder if the place had a leak, only to then hear something bone chilling inches from you.
A sudden jingle causes you to squeak and flip onto your back just as a form comes up behind you from above, climbing the structure like some humanoid spider!
Moon snarls and backs away from the light until he's hidden away, leaving you to choose whether to jump from this height or chance reaching the slide down.
Moon chooses for you as he recovers faster than you expected and goes for you again, not hasiting this time however.
You fall three play structure stories and land with a soft ‘thump’ but have no time to catch your bearings as something akin to a stealthy killer bird swoops just inches over your head.
The form seamlessly settles on the next play structure before you and you see its Moon!
You go to flash him only to then notice your torch is missing!
He too notices-
Oh good god!
As if you're watching Disney's Dinosaur, Moon leaps from the top most of the structure with ease and lands like the raptor before the main cast of characters.
Even more so like the raptor in the movie, he stands there a moment, eyeing You, clicking and purring in a gravelly manner, head tilting from side to side, triangulating like an owl, then-
You watch as your life flashes before your eyes as he jerks forward and SCREECHES, fangs bared and dripping, mere Inches from your silently screaming face.
Without thinking, you tuck in your legs, ready to kick him away then find out at the last second this was a bad idea.
With lightning fast reflexes, your leg is snagged by sharp claws and your yanked hard towards this monster simply called ‘Moondrop!”
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‘Naughty!
‘Naaaaaughty!
‘No hitting in the Daycare!’ Moon chatters as he pulls the player's leg again then twists it in a disturbingly wrong Direction.
The pain hits the player and leaves Moon with the delicious sound of suffering~
He takes a moment and lets it sing to his ears~
Such a sound! A good sound! A punishment sound!
Gooood~
‘Bad people must be PUNISHED!’ He snarled, righting the now broken leg back into place with ease.
With a fluid Motion, he yanks the broken leg of the player and watches as they pass out from the pain, leaving him alone with the body he won this night!
Ooooooor, so he thought too soon!
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An ungodly strength takes hold as you feel something hot and sticky breathing just along your jugular.
And in it, you can see the torch, you reach for it, and turn it on and find Moon had been inches away from tearing out your throat!
As he writhes backwards off you, you finally kick him away and with an adrenaline fueled need to survive, make it to the charge station and the desks.
You've had enough of being scared!
This wasn't about getting a job anymore!
This was about surviving what could only be this creature's live feeding!
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Moon shook himself again then leapt into the air, aided by the wire.
Damn the player!
He held his chest and snarled.
No hitting in the Daycare! That was one of the rules! And if you broke a rule, you'd be punished!
Sun knew that too! He knew the rules!
Sooo if Sun so happened to come upon the end of this test with Moon as the victor, he'd understand that the bad player was being PUNISHED as they should be for breaking the rules!
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Swiftly removing the torch from the charger and with a mind to survive, you go back out there, ready to face this bastard one way or another!
‘Standing’ in the center of the play place, you wait!
You listen, you seek, you hone your mind, you're ready!
Like the Endos, Let Moon come to you!
Like the Endos, he WOULD come to you!
Just be patient!
Just listen!
Be ready!
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On the camera feeds, this showdown was broadcast to a couple of people sitting in plush chairs, either smoking or drinking.
One was a well known young man, sipping a beer, watching as the player swung his light towards a sound and barely caught Moon's figure as he slipped behind a large plush Freddy.
The other-
Was a decrepit golden rabbit! One with dead eyes and an even worse smell!
The two sat in silence, watching this take place.
One smoked and the other drank.
They knew the outcome from the start, but other than Vanessa, this was the longest surviving tester they'd ever seen!
Let them think they won, made the game even more fun~
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Was it another hour?
You don't chance a glance at the large clock on the wall. You're laser focused now!
A single blast of light is thrown forth now, scanning up and down, the perverted hide and seek now on the other's court.
Moon had to keep slipping and slinking to avoid the constantly flickering sliding light as he moved, causing him to be unable to find a place to settle and prepare to pounce.
Whatever hour it was, you knew you had just enough power whilst doing this to be able to remain standing in the center and show Moon and anyone else watching you meant business!
Moon wouldn't stop you!
If light hurts him, then light is what would keep you safe!
Flash flash flash!
Side to side to side.
Up and down up and down up and down!
Parts of Moon are caught in a motion akin to a strobe light effect.
Slow, almost mesmerizing!
A hand, a foot, a sliver of his cap, maybe a slipper heel!
You had him pinned!
You feel superior!
You were going to win!
Slowly backing up, for the last time you reach the charging station and go to charge your torch.
You chance a glance at the clock and smirk as it shows only seconds remaining between you, death, and employment!
You feel confident, you feel brave!
You look into the darkness as your light charges and open up your arms, a loud call thrown out to the Monster of the play place beyond, ‘I WIN!!!’
Then, close your eyes, expecting the power to turn back on~
Expecting sweet, sweet victory!
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Moon too knew the time and stayed put, expecting the player to be let free.
The taunting in their voice making him seethe.
However, something wasn't happening as it should have!
Sure the sun on the clock shone on the bottom now, signaling night was done and morning had come.
Sure the player had ‘won’ but once the power remained off and Sun didn't come out just then-
Moon slipped out of his hiding place with a dark, hungry smile now pulling at his moon themed face.
Closer and closer he got to The player and still it remained dark!
Moon understood the assignment! Understood it well~
Sure the player had ‘won’, but they hadn't WON!
There we rules to this game~
And in Moons house, HIS Daycare, HE made those rules as he pleased~
The people who made him seemed just fine to let this be if the power being off still told him anything~
Well, time To personally congratulate the winner then~
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You watch as the red eyed shadow approaches you in a deliberate, slow, haunting manner.
You reach for the torch only to find it locked away, the time for flashlights ‘ended’ as morning was upon the Daycare!
‘I… I won..’ You say in a shaking voice as Moon's chuckle grows darker and more devilish the closer he gets to you and you're frozen in place position.
‘He…llo?’ You call weakly then hear the wonderful sound of your new Bosses voice overhead, stopping Moon mid step closer.
‘Indeed you've won! Congratulations!’
Confetti rained down and cheers could be heard all around, however-
‘However, you seem to have forgotten who's in charge and the rules given to you before you began!’
‘Rules being, survive till the allotted time, use the flashlight as you so needed, charge it just the same, listen out for sounds, and above all-’
You realize Moon has been creeping ever closer as the voice of your undertaker Says in solem final, ‘How there WON'T be any second chances if he catches you!’
‘Have you forgotten that he indeed HAD if you at one point!?’
Cold sweat beads all over you and the pain in your leg radiates to a new degree-
Was that your heart you heard in your ears, racing like a wild stallion!?
‘It's also against the rules to hit in the Daycare!’
The sound of Moon giggling merrily tells you all you needed to know-
You ‘won’, but this wasn't just ANYONE'S game!
‘Now, since you so kindly offered your services to Fazbear Entertainment, willingly stepped into the Daycare Attendants home, we are not accountable for anything he may do now that time has been called and simple rules have been broken!’
The voice stops speaking only to be replaced by Moons darkest, nastiestly hissed out, ‘Gooood niiiight~’
Then well-
It's Fazbear Entertainment!
You didn't expect to win now did you!?
Really!?
Cute~