The dial tone sounded while Secure Ard waited impatiently in his office. Finally, somepony picked up.
“Who is this?” the pony on the other end groaned.
“Y-yeah, Teleafana,” answered Secure, stuttering.
“Secure!” the pony on the other end growled. “What do you want to talk about this time?”
Much to Telafana’s annoyance, Secure Ard talked to her a couple of times each night. Unlike Telafana, Secure Ard found it comforting that he could do his job and still have somepony to talk to when the nights got unbearably quiet. In fact, Telefana was the only pony he’d felt comfortable talking to. Even though he never met her in person, her voice alone made her sound like a beautiful and stunning mare.
Even during his shifts, he would fantasize about what she might look like. One image that stuck in his mind was a mare with long legs, a lean body, bright orange skin, light blue eyes, a long yellow mane, and a short yellow tail. He always meant to ask Telafana if they could sometime meet during the day, but he never had the courage to actually do so. But he wasn't just calling to hear Telafana’s voice; there was something that, to him needed direct attention.
“Ummmm…” said Secure nervously “something weird is going on.”
“What is it?” Teleafana demanded sternly.
“Well,” Secure hesitated, “you know the animatronics in the Main Six Display? Well…apparently they’ve been activated. All by themselves.”
“You’re not making this up are you?” asked Teleafana gravely. “Cause if it is…”
“It’s not! I swear!” Secure swore pleadingly.
“Was there anypony in the control room?” asked Telefana, thinking.
“I’ll check,” Secure replied. He switched to the monitor displaying the Control Room. He then reversed the footage to the time before his shift had started.
“At 10:00 AM, a pony-I assume it was a staff member-came into the Control Room and turned off everything.” Secure stated nervously. Then he fast-forwarded the tape a little more until he noticed something peculiar.
“At 12:00 midnight, on the control panel, one of the lights flashed on.” Secure stated curiously.
“Hmmm…” Telafana thought. “And that’s when the animatronics came to life?”
“Well, sort of,” said Secure, “All but one: the Twilight Sparkle one. She turned on two minutes afterwards.”
“Odd,” said Telafana, trying to find a rational explanation. “This is what I think. There’s probably some glitch in the system which turned the animatronics on. The animatronics are following their regular script, and they will continue to wander around as if they were giving their usual tour. By 6 AM tomorrow, their motors will lose power, and they should return back to their starting point to recharge. Sure, it will screw up the tour schedule, but other than that, there should be no problem.”
“But what should I do if they come here?” Secure asked.
“Don’t be ridiculous!” Telafana exclaimed. “It’s not in their programing! …But if, you know, another glitch happens, and they do find you, then you can either close the doors, or you could just…no. That’s not a good idea. Just close the doors if they come near, and that should be it.”
“Alright. if you say so,” said Secure doubtfully.
“Good. If something goes wrong, let me know,” said Telafana. “Good-bye.”
Secure was about to say “Will do”, but Telafana had already hung up. Secure then turned his attention to the monitors in front of him. The last words rang clearly in his head:
“If something goes wrong, let me know.”
He started to wonder if Telafana thought the same way about him, but then reminded himself that he was nothing more than a measly security guard. So feeling a slight twinge of sadness, Secure busied himself by watching the monitors in front of him.
Bad news, Telafana
I'm pretty interested in where this is going so far because it seems to be a three-way sort of engagement between Secure who just wants to survive, The Mane Five plus Spike who are going into FNaF mode and Twilight Sparkle the animatronic (?) who has her own task, apparently. I would say it's the real TS that's captured, but the notion of her hooves being heavier and the clang it made makes me think it's just a 'tronic. There is still the question of whether or not TS has her own special mind or if TS has somehow had her mind transferred into here, but that will be answered, I guess.
The one thing I don't like is how Teleafana just so brusquely gave that essentially carbon-copy paste of how FnaF works. I would grant that it may be something that she's seen before or at least seems semi-standard, but the way she speaks tells me she hasn't seen this before. If this was some kind of back-and-forth between the two of them where they hashed out the details, it'd be more believable, but I have no current reason to believe Telea could be that accurate about things. Well, at least with when she knows they'll turn off. It being a glitch of some sort is obvious, and thinking they'll just go on their regular schedule without any prior knowledge of their movements is a reasonable enough assumption. The notion they'll turn off at six in particular, however, isn't something she should know, especially since by all accounts the 'tronics wouldn't be running on a strict six-hour runtime nor should she know they'd shut down after six hours. Unless she was the one who did that.
Just figure out a way to not make her seem like she knows it all, and I think it'll be good. Making it seem like they're hashing out what'll happen (even if it's just Telea explaining each point to a confused/frightened Secure) would also be nice so long as it doesn't get too long. I don't think a basic back-and-forth would interrupt your pacing in this chapter (I think it might help, actually, as it feels a bit rushed near the end).