he’d decided to head to a STILL RUNNING PIZZERIA . his new home was…. nice , one could say . but it was still DARK , DREARY && often times S C A R Y . the only time he could remember LIGHT in the run down trap were the occasional TEENS trying to get a rush from ADRENALINE .
through the G R A P E V I N E ( or more accurate DECAYING WALL ) he overheard news of a dave && buster’s , supposing to be a new && cool ARCADE with FOOD . he’d tried to go during the DAY , but it was so PACKED && OVERWHELMING he could only make it ten feet without getting OVERWHELMED by all the PEOPLE . they were so LOUD with all the CHILDREN … . .
all the children … . .
memories of THAT DAY rushed back to him , but he’d managed to push them BACK, not wanting to cause something around the KIDS .
he left , but only until N I G H T F A L L . once the sun fell && only the moon dimly lit the city , he returned . much like freddy’s , at night it was EERIE . loads of the arcade games were still ILLUMINATING the large room , still on ( they must not turn them off at night ; he’d always wondered about that…. ) . hearing a noise made the boy TURN , trying to find what made said noise . the MAIN PURPOSE of coming at NIGHT was to g e t a w a y from all the PEOPLE , so why was someone else there?
finally , in the light of the games , he spotted a FIGURE , one much T A L L E R than himself . he could see TWO BRIGHT LIGHTS where he assumed EYES should be . WHAT WERE THEY , he would wonder , only to walk closer upon CURIOSITY . they were near an arcade game —- one of fox’s FAVOURITES when he was a child . “ who ‘re you ? “ he called out , building up a feigned CONFIDENCE , PUFFING OUT HIS CHEST to make himself appear STRONGER than he was ( literally being a child in a teenagers’ body ) .
“ me? i’m no-one SPECIAL, ” came the quiet, but SMOOTH reply. the being turned to face his inquisitor fully, and his long coat FLUTTERED in some ghostly air, BILLOWING around him like an aura. “ i didn’t realize anyone else was in here. i just wanted to look around and EXPLORE. ” almost as if to prove his point, he motioned to the arcade game he’d been looking to play.
he moved closer to the young man, alighting on the ground silently. his skin paled to from CHARCOAL to STERLING, and his eyes lost most of their glow, showcasing bright green irises. the creature straightened out his coat with CLAWED hands, and smiled lightly.
“ my name is emmerick. what’s yours? ”
