//------------------------------// // Night 2 // Story: Five Nights at AJ's 3 // by Danny Eclipse //------------------------------// 12:00 AM I was sitting in my office. Yesterday, I had signed in for a job but I had missed my first Night, but the manager told me that it was no big loss. There was really nothing important to watch over. I was waiting and I began to receive a phone call. I answered and heard a new Phone Guy’s voice. Phone Dude said “Hey, man- okay, I have some awesome news for you! First of all, we found some vintage audio training cassettes! Dude, these are, like, prehistoric! I think they were, like, training tapes for like, other employees or something like that.” “Oh really? Are they as old as the Dinosaurs or Predacons? Cause if they aren’t then they aren’t that old.” “So, I thought we could, like, have them playing, like, over the speakers as people walk through the attraction. Dude, that makes this feel legit, man. But I have an even better surprise for you, and you're not gonna believe this.” Phone Dude continued. “I probably going to think that-“ Phone Guy 2 interrupted “We found one. A REAL one.” I looked at the phone and realized they were talking about an animatronic ‘That’s not possible! I took the entire cast with me! Who did I forget!?’ Phone Dude continued “Uh-oh-uh gotta go man- uh, well-well look, i-it's in there somewhere, I'm-I'm sure you'll see it. Okay, I'll leave you with some of this great audio that I found! Talk to you later, man!” “Well, that was rather-“ Phone Guy said “Uh, hello! Hello, hello! Uh, welcome to your new career as a performer/entertainer for Applejack's Barn.” “…I spoke too soon. And I thought this guy was dead.” “Uh, these tapes will provide you with much needed information on how to handle/climb into/climb out of mascot costumes. Right now, we have two specially designed suits that double as both animatronics and suits. So please pay close attention while learning how to operate these suits as accidents/injuries/death/irreparable and grotesque maiming can occur. First and most discussed is how to operate the mascots while in animatronic form. For ease of operation, the animatronics are set to turn and walk towards sounds they hear which is an easy and hands-free approach to making sure the animatronics stay where the children are for maximum entertainment/crowd-pleasing value. To change the animatronics to suit mode, insert and turn firmly the hand crank provided by the manufacturer. Turning the crank will recoil and compress the animatronic parts around the sides of the suit, providing room to climb inside. Please make sure the spring locks are fastened tight to ensure the animatronic devices remain safe. We will cover this in more detail in tomorrow's session. Remember to smile; you are the face of Applejack’s Barn.” Phone Guy explains. “Alright, at least I know that this was a recording and some other stuff they will probably help me later on.” I looked on a camera. I clicked until I found a camera with an animatronic Sunset looking right at it. She screeched and destroyed the camera. “…At least I know she is coming towards me.” I lowered the camera and looked about my surroundings. I found an entrance and I see it was a vent opening to my right. I chuckled, grabbed the tablet, and went into the vent. There was some mechanical stomping as Sunset came in front of the glass to look inside. She sees I was no longer in the room. Sunset shouted “Impossible!” She looked back to where she came from and groan in disappointment. She knew it was a hunt to see if she could find me or not, since I was somewhere inside the place. I was at the entrance/exit of the place. I activated the tablet and see myself on camera. I looked at it and waved at it. “Hi Mom! I’m on TV!” I looked back down and began to look through cameras and found a camera with a black and white “Mangle” Discord on it. I looked up and began to walk to where it was at. I walked down some hallway and turned and found the Phantom Discord. He looked at me with his jaw open. PD greeted “Hello Danny.” “Hello Phantom Discord. Say, you look bored. How about we play a game on the arcade machine?” Phantom Discord looked like he shrugged his non-existing shoulders and I walked over to a machine. I began to play it and found I was playing a head of Discord while fighting an army of Balloon Spikes. 2 Minutes Later… I had died in the game and I looked at the, now entertained, Phantom Discord. He thank me before fading away from existence. I looked around and found no sign of him. All I found was bowtie and I grabbed it. Before I could do anything I heard the bell and I left the place. Later, in the Dream World… I blinked and I found myself in the Applejack’s Barn place. The place looked soaked and in ruins. However, I heard whirling and I looked at the source and to my surprise, I see Applejack and Pinkie active. They looked to their left and began to walk towards there. I shrugged and followed, wondering where this was going to take me. When we enter the next room, I caught sight of something on the other side of the room. It was Purple Applejack! Purple Applejack said “Follow me.” The animatronics had angry expressions and they gave chase. I followed them and I see Purple Applejack going into a long hallway. The other two animatronics wanted to chase but they stopped at the entrance. Applejack and Pinkie said in unison “Error.” I instantly knew what was going on. The animatronics weren’t allowed in the room down there! I knew this was a staging area to where they can’t fight, this was a trap. The animatronics wanted to move forward but their programming prevented them from doing it. So, they turned and began to walk away. However, I saw it coming, I saw Starlight charging from the hallway and attacked Applejack with an axe! She managed to pin Applejack to the ground and swing the axe down on her, dismantling her. Pinkie tried to attack but Starlight used her magic to push her back. After dismantling Applejack, Starlight got up and attacked Pinkie. She managed to pin Pinkie down and she began to dismantle her. When Starlight finished, she took her axe and fled back to the other room. I was alone until I saw some lights emitting from the dismantled animatronics and the souls of Applejack and Pinkie left them. I smiled and saw myself fading in the darkness.