Okay continuing on with my fnaf lore ask to GO READ THE FIRST ONE
Eventually, decades pass, and all of the animatronics are falling into disarray. Typh still manages to keep himself relatively composed but even his parts are starting to rust and decay. Eventually some kindly nightguard comes during the day, having heard about char and asks typh about it. Typh is forced to lie about char during the day but secretly asks the nightguard to meet them at night so he can tell them something. Night falls, and typh finally spills everything about the mistreatment of the company and about how much disrepair char (and the other animatronics) are in. The nightguard offers to fix up char by bringing in the spare parts they need to fix him up from outside the establishment (typh can't leave the property without shutting off)
Typh, eventually trusting the nightguard (and maybe a little desperate to fix his friend), brings them to the back room where char is located, and by god hes an absolute mess. He barely looks like ANY variant of recluse, being reduced to a garbled mess of wires and animatronic parts, with the occasional rotted felt and metal sticking through
"Don't worry, you don't have to say anything, Char. This nightguard promised they'd fix you. You'll be back in business in no time, you'll see!" You can't tell from Char's lack of expression, but he doesn't look hopeful.
You start with the voice box, then start building the legs and arms back up, along with making some replacement parts to cover up the exposed wires, and voila! Char is back kinda. He definitely still looks like an absolute mess but at least he doesn't look like a pile of scrap metal in the corner anymore. Typh thanks you for helping out and even offers you front row tickets to a performance by Typh and Char!
Not just Typh anymore. Char is there too.
"But Typh, I haven't performed in decades..."
"I still remember the old script like it was yesterday! I can guide you if you forget some of the moves."
"My gears are rusted. They're going to squeak like crazy-"
"I don't mind the noise! And I'm sure the nightguard has heard far worse noises by now."
"And my fire! I can't use my fire anymore, and half the point of that attraction was-"
"I don't care whether or not you can use your fire anymore! All I care about is getting to perform with you again after all these long decades! I've waited years for this, because the stage always felt so empty without you there."
"So please. Won't you have one last dance with me?"
"...Alright. I can't refuse a face like that after all..."
They perform together, and although it's not the most spectacular looking show (half the lights don't work and char can't use his fire) but by god they are putting their all into it. And char finally smiles after years of not having a face to do so anymore
And little by little, char is remembered again
. So . What if I died right now
