The Project Phoenix Files

Nearly a decade ago, something strange happened. People, once perfectly human, emerged back into the world with abilities born from cursed, demonic ink. {A weird half story, half rp au of an au for Bendy and the Ink Machine.}

[doberart]

both the Henrys should go grab drinks at a bar or something they need to vent about their terrible ex-besties

Give them a strong cup of coffee as they discuss how awful William and Joey are. Lol. They’d be best friends in no time. Got some terrible former business partners and friends here.

[moobrvoobl-moobmoob-oobmpoobroom]

You did it, Tony. You can rest now.

[totallycorrectbatimquotes]

Allison: I made a marshmallow Tom. See, his arms are crossed because he’s mad at all the other marshmallow ink people for annoying him. Do you like it?

Tom: *choked up* It’s fine.

[adobe-outdesign]

the funniest thing about Bendy Land’s failure is that Joey literally? has a fucking demon running around in the studio? just slap that thing in a booth and announce that you have an actual real goddamn demon on display and people will pay out the ass to see it. if you have people sign a waiver first you can’t even be held responsible when it inevitably breaks out and starts killing people

[gentechlabs]

The Absolver

Designation: Project_5125

Object Class: Keter

Description:

5125 appears to be a simple aluminum backed mirror, measuring 3m by 1.5 m. It’s anomalous feature stems from its sentience and it’s tendency to display a subject’s worse value according to one of the seven sins.

When a subject stands in front of 5125, a figure, designated 5125-A, appears directly in front of the subject. 5125-A’s appearance will change depending on the subject’s gender but will always remain independent from the subject’s own movements. According to the displayed sin, 5125-A will show what could have been and induce extreme guilt. If the subject denies their apparent sins, the induced guilt will steadily intensify until the subject [DATA EXPUNGED]. Multiple instances of 5125-A have been recorded, each mimicking one of the subject’s friends and/or family.

For instance, if the subject is a businessman known for being an extremely prideful for his company’s success to the point of shunning his wife and children and denying his co-workers their required credit, 5125-A will show the exact opposite.

Addendum 5125-A-23-1:This has already happened. Said business man is a D-Class. After ██ days of denying both pride and █████, the D-Class [DATA EXPUNGED].

In the case that the subject agrees with the shown sin and makes efforts to change and improve themselves, 5125-A seems to stop inducing guilt and begins to appear more encouraging to the subject, often suggesting ways to continue if the subject becomes stuck. 5125-A also shifts to imitate the subject at a slightly higher level of improvement than their current level.

However, in the case that a child under the age of 6 - or the rare adult - stands in front of 5125, 5125-A will take the physical appearance of the subject’s closest family members or - occasionally - friends. If any sins are shown, a significantly lower amount of guilt is shown in the subject and 5125-A immediately attempts to guide the subject away from the sin.

Containment Protocol:

5125 is to be kept in an airtight room, with constant surveillance with the use of motion sensors. However, 5125-A has shown to be incapable of containment, appearing on multiple occasions outside of 5125. It is to be noted that 5125-A appears to be fainter the further away from its original point.

Addendum 5125-A-25-1: 5125-A and its multiple duplicates are not capable of speech but are able of answering questions with gestures. At this current moment of time. 5125-A seems content with remaining in the Labs and cooperates with researchers.

Addendum 5125-A-25-2: In the case of multiple subject being present at one time, 5125 shows the sins of each subject individually, meaning one subject only sees 5125-A as themselves and their own family and friends, not anyone else’s.

Addendum 5125-A-26-1: 5125 has been deemed unbreakable. Anyone that attempts to break 5125 gains Wrath as a “minor sin”.

[mendokayalways]

I may not believe in the supernatural but I believe in demon shane

[gentechlabs]

The Legendary Christmas Party of Joey Drew Studios

To be fair, it started off much calmer

It was supposed to be Henry, Sammy and Norman hanging out like they normally did, just with more cheesy stories and/or a game or two

Maybe a movie and snacks

But then Susie asked Sammy what he was doing for Christmas

To be honest, neither of them expected Wally to be nearby

That man is a gossip sponge, apparently

Wally told Thomas, who told Allison who asked Norman if she could come too

It was safe to say that that’s when Henry and Sammy also realized Wally gossips like no tomorrow

It took some time before Norman asked the other two and she was allowed in

So was Thomas and the rest of the studio

Thankfully everyone brought something for a party

But somehow everyone got drunk as hell — but Henry and Norman. They were “designated drivers”

Joey might have accidentally broken a few vases and managed to turn the eggnog into a sentient mini Bendy

Sammy also managed to confess how much he cared about Henry

Only him though

Said amount of care was already blatantly obvious

Henry was incredibly amused that day.

It helped that Sammy was wearing a cheesy and ridiculous christmas sweater

Even more so considering Allison and Susie teamed up to buy a bunch of two person sweaters

And a three person one just for Henry, Norman and Sammy

That was the first ever viewed incident of the ever rare grinning Norman

By the end though, eggnog and cider had gotten soaked into everyone and everything.

[gentechlabs]

The Original Dream Team

It’s an affectionate nickname, thanks

A bit more formally called the Production Team

Cause heaven and hell knows that the studio would go completely bankrupt without them

It sometimes, rarely includes Joey

Sure Norman has to frequently check up on Henry and Sammy to make sure they don’t overwork themselves again?!

But the entire studio knows they’d probably be able to pump out an episode in two days

Maybe one and that’s pushing it

Someone is highly likely to be tugged along by their wrist

Especially when there’s a deadline approaching

More often than not, Norman’s dragging an exausted Sammy or an extremely tense Henry to the break room but there’s been different combinations too

There’s a tally and a game somewhere in the studio

Once Allison saw Henry half drag a half asleep Norman into the infirmary

She encountered the oddest mix of smugness and irritation ever seen

Wally also told her of the time he saw all three of them tucked into each other, fast asleep

Admittedly it was after one of Norman’s sensitivity episodes so

Henry may have considered asking one of them to be his best man though

Who he asked and what they replied is the mystery

It’s super easy to make Henry laugh. So, so easy

Like anyone can make him laugh or grin

Somehow, Norman, Sammy and Joey manage to make him laugh even faster

It makes Joey so, so proud

Sometimes its even at something that's the slightest bit funny

Just loud laughter right after

Sammy’s got a really quick temper

The random nonsense - or as Sammy himself says - idiocy Joey gets up to makes it worse

Norman and Henry are godsends for both of them though

Henry can usually Dad Look Joey down and if not, he can just pull Joey away

Norman’s usually the one that can cool Sammy down enough

Apparently his calmness rubs off really well.

[gentechlabs]

Allison Pendle

That girl that you would love to lose to in a fight

The only other girl in the studio that could give Lacie a run for her money

Cause she got skill

Like, she’s probably a black belt in at least three different martial arts and a master of like seven weapons

She’s really not

She only knows like, kickboxing. That's it

And she’s pretty dang good with sword like items

She may have whacked Joey once with a yard stick

Poor Joey. Think first, please

Pretty cute when she wants to

Girl can rock both a dress and pantsuit

She tried to mix them one day

No one till this day knows why

Despite her apparently high level of confidence, she still got really bad nerves the day she was supposed to be trying to voice Alice

She looks up to Susie a lot actually

She met Norman because of her nervousness though

It’s probably one of the things she’s never going to regret

He found her pacing in front of the recording booth and mumbling to herself

She also may have screamed bloody murder when he tapped her shoulder

She still apologizes frantically whenever she remembers that day

But it was nearly lunch anyway so Norman asked her if she wanted to head out with him and some friends to a local diner

At first, she was worried

But suddenly she met the studio owner’s closest friend who could easily just convince Joey to let her come

Not to mention that the band’s music director was there too

Besides, she could always say she was working too

She agreed

In almost a day, Allison was pulled into the group

Oh no, Susie was there on occasion too eeeeedontembaressyouselfPendel

She happened to meet Thomas through Norman so that was an even bigger plus

One of his projector broke and it needed some more complex things beyond internal repair

Somehow it had broken a pipe too

That’s just how their projectionist does things, she guesses

But dang, that mechanic is kinda cool

MaybekindacutetoowhaddyameanNorm

[gentechlabs]

Susie Campbell

The runner up for Office Sweetheart

One of the band members was dozing off in the break room and she draped a blanket over her

Said intern sleepily replied with “Thanks mom.” before snapping herself awake and frantically apologizing

Susie just laughed it off

Hell, Wally called her mom once too

May be a sweetheart but man can she be savage at times

Forever banned from prank wars because of this

She almost tar-and-feathered a perfectly innocent Norman once

She felt so awful she got him all the books in his favourite fiction series

He was confused that day, safe to say

A++ Fashion

Somehow manages to be beautiful and cute at the same time

Probably because she’s small

5’ even. Smol

But surprisingly shy

Beautiful singing voice, but can’t dance well even if her life was on the line

She may have found out Sammy could, though

It was also the day she discovered his quick temper

She hid just in time though, surprisingly

Best aim in the entire office

Shot down a spider that tried to crawl away into the ceiling once

Made Joey scream thanks to it

An entire box of chocolate chip cookies went straight into the garbage that day

She eats like a demon possessed her

Poor Sammy found that out when they went out for lunch

Not on a date obviously hahahawhatareyoutalkingabout

Sammy’s just her friend

(And they actually are pretty good friends. It just went past that)

Living squeaky toy when flustered

Only to be further emphasized when she’s around Sammy

Which Norman and Henry find hilarious

“Just ask him, Susie” “Noooo! But what if he doesn’t like me back?”

Henry has never snorted so loud before

She still remains ever so clueless

Somehow

[gentechlabs]

Joey Drew

Faceplants at least one a day

That’s not counting the times he’s slammed into a wall

How is his nose not destroyed yet

It’s all the ink’s fault

Technically his own, but mostly the ink’s

Sometimes the floor is still wet after Wally’s cleans it

There was once a day when Henry got him a pair of special Bendy socks

Joey’s accident count shot up to double digits that day

He also managed to get his hands on a Bendy puppet

For the rest of the day, he only spoke in a high pitched Brooklyn accent

The puppet was no where to be found the next day

The embodiment of already landing to conclusions

He means well but sucks at communication

Henry’s really the only one with actual patience to deal with him

Also the least forgiving

One of the animation interns swears she saw Henry whip an eraser at him

It was hard enough to make Joey stumble back a bit

Incidentally, he can’t find his cookies anywhere

Sucks at drawing figures but his backgrounds are beautiful

He pouts at Henry regardless

He was rather interested in the occult during high school

Henry says it didn’t go anywhere

Maybe

The entire cause of the entirely true rumour that the studio becomes a haunted house during halloween

He’s only second in the most hyped about Halloween category though

The creator of the “Norman Polk’s emotions are cryptids” rumour

Every intern believes it

May or may not have given Norman the idea to get Sammy a kazoo for his birthday

Either way, the music director loved it

5’9”, so you got no grounds to call people short, DREW

[gentechlabs]

Sammy Lawrence

That one extrovert in a group of friends?

Yeah, that’s him

A good 80% of anything said in their little friend group is said by him

Boy yells a lot too

Surprisingly, not much of it is in anger

As much as the interns believe it, he doesn’t actually hate or dislike Wally

But there’s only so many times you can have someone come to you because they lost their keys

He’s kept track of Wally’s record

It hit 5 in a single day, once

Proud first recipient of the Befriended-Norman-Polk Award

Probably because they both happened to have offices close to each other

Actually only became best friends with Henry recently

The interns say that’s a massive lie

He may like the more classical songs, but lord knows he loves the fast, upbeat ones even more

The more chaotic, the better

The local pun master, in addition to being the music director

Poor Jack

So many puns in one song that he’s had to remove or veto entirely

Also the one guy that drinks like seven cups of coffee a day

In fact, the entire coffee bean incident was because of him

Also, the only one THAT CAN COOK ANYTHING EDIBLE GOOD GOD

Anything that doesn’t look the slightest bit burnt or undercooked and is more complex than pasta is made by Sammy

Master baker though

Cakes are to die for

Norman once got a massive encyclopaedia cake for his birthday

Turns out Henry can draw with icing too

Incidentally, Sammy’s also in charge of the office Halloween party

The sole reason every intern was cowering in the corner of the animation department one year

May or may not have tossed Joey into a pool of ink when he yelled at an intern when she broke an instrument

She completely skipped her break just to get her part of a song right, so Sammy felt it was completely warranted

Totally doesn’t have a crush on Susie

hahahawhatareyoutalkingaboutNormanI’mtotallynothidingfromherHenry

Totally doesn’t screech quietly whenever he’s super flustered or anything either

No way

5’9”, but super frustrated about it

???

[gentechlabs]

Norman Polk

Quiet as all hell, but also the one with the most mischief and sass.

Which is saying something when considering one Joseph Drew and one Walter Franks work there too.

Totally has an engineering degree, and is actually quite intelligent.

But he willingly chose to work as a projectionist.

Why?

Tends to be more sensitive to light and sound than other people

espECIALLY AFTER TRYING TO OVER WORK HIMSELF, POLK

The times when it get too bad is when Sammy and Henry go dad mode.

They just drag him over to the closest office, turn off all the lights and toss one of the blankets Henry’s claimed as his own over him.

Sammy’s scrounged up enough for a pair of headphones too

It may have taken a Papa Wolf Henry kicking Joey out to let them take a break a few times, but its nap time then.

Practically a ninja, otherwise

He’s the one that everyone goes to for gift ideas during Christmas

Also has prime blackmail material

Like that time Wally fell asleep waiting for a few of the animation interns to finish up, ended up falling into a bucket of water and got stuck with it over his head.

He thought no one saw it because everyone had been busy that day

He was wrong

Or the time Joey found a squeaky plush Bendy and proceeded to squish the hell out of it for a solid half hour

Whenever someone is being particularly annoying, he’ll take their favourite snack or drink from the break room and stick it somewhere they can’t reach

Only for a bit though and only once. He’s not that petty, thanks

It helps he’s the tallest in the entire studio.

6’1” and ready to rumble, baby

Strong as hell, too. Those projectors ain’t made of cotton candy, that’s for sure.

Also deals with making each episode’s reels and syncing the music and vocals to it.

Everyone in the studio agrees that he’s definitely the second most deserving person to get more money.

Helps he’s a pretty cool guy, too

Still not paid more, though.

Then again, who is

[coffee-toffee-twisty-frosty]

Chapter 5 was one hell of a ride. Wish I knew what the hell was going on tho…

[gentechlabs]

Henry Shaw

Almost identical to his real life counterpart. Except Mr. Stein was significantly more mischievous and extroverted.

Both are complete dads, though. Even to the interns and the others in their department

Was first only good friends with Joey until a few months into the studio opening.

They’d been friends since middle school so

Almost immediately became best friends with Norman. Sammy came a bit later, but it was hard not to after a week or so.

He may be a really nice guy, but that’s not stopping him from poking fun at Joey when he admitted he got a bit jealous one night.

Usually draws with guidelines, but with looming deadline on the horizon, he just ignores all that.

May have gotten a massive cramp the day the first christmas episode was finished

That was also the day he forced himself learn to draw with his left hand.

Completely ignores Joey’s, Norman’s and, on occasion, Sammy’s pleas to stop trying to draw 100 panels in an hour, dammit even if you can draw with both hands.

Doesn’t mean he can do anything else left handed though.

The interns’ idea that he’s a nice, quiet guy is instantly shattered when they hear yelling from the break room

At first they thought it was Sammy and his office was flooded with ink again

It was not

Let it be forever known that the local head animator is almost as dramatic as the local music director

All poor Norman did was shove the coffee beans a little too far back

“How could you betray your best friends like this, Norman” “I thought you loved us”

The poor man had the blankest expression on his face as he ever so casually slapped the bag off the shelf

Henry caught them, obviously, but the intern that witnessed the scene swears he saw the projectionist smirk.

Said intern also claims he saw said projectionist fling both the music director and head animator into a pool of ink after they both tried to overwork themselves. No one believes him though

It was true though. Norman had a hose on hand nearby, though. And a spare set of their clothes that everyone keeps in the studio.

The threat of ink flooding the studio and drenching everyone is very real.

A perfectly normal 5’10”, thank you very much, DREW

[gentechlabs]

>print(project_Lazarus)

CHECKING USER ppds001-748 ACCESSES

ACCESS GRANTED

PROJECT_Lazarus

Name: Polk, Norman

D.o.B: April 30th, 1927

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California

Date of Securement: January 23th, 1992

{Formerly classified as Dark Room, Lazarus is one of currently four beings that fall under Alpha’s apparent “protection”. Regardless of said protection, Lazarus is a force to be reckoned with, despite current appearances.}

Place of Securement: Pennsylvania

Threat Level: Medium-High

[None-Low with Oracle and Alpha, Low-Medium with Uriel, High with Samael]

Related Projects: Project_Dark-Room; Project_Samael; Project-Phoenix; ppds_CreatorII

NOTES: Lazarus has shown signs of immense strength, near perfect night and low light vision as well as surprising agility for his current height. Much like the other in Project-Phoenix – save for Alpha – Lazarus also is known to have gained immortality after the events of Nov 26, XXXX. As such, any partially disconnected wiring that is otherwise temporarily unneeded will remain hidden. [noted_02-639: As of yet, Lazarus’ disconnected wiring has yet to be found. it is possible that only a select few are aware of its location, but only Maverick seems to have gained enough trust to gain this knowledge.]

Lazarus has the appearance of a male, approximately between the ages of 25 and 30, with an approximate height of 6’2”. Additionally, Lazarus’ eyes have changed since [case_jdslXXX], the scelera and pupil have changed color from the original to black and a glowing, luminescent yellow respectively as well as gaining perfected vision. In a similar change, his skin tone has grayed and darkened, yet is only noticeable if compared side by side with his pre-change skin tone. Lazarus’ physical condition seems to be about average for his height, and seems to only show minor indications of scarring, all of which is restricted to Lazarus’ face. This is likely caused in [case_jdslXXX] but doesn’t seem to cause Lazarus any distress beyond a slight increase in stress and a slight irritation of his skin. The harness like structure attached to Lazarus also seems to not cause any distress, much like the wiring attaching it to the back of his neck. It is thought that Lazarus’ speech is further enabled by the speaker attached to the harness and while not vital, Lazarus’ speech becomes rough and static filled without the attached wiring. It is highly recommended to all personnel that said wiring is not to be detached at any time, for the benefit of all parties involved, but specifically your own.

In the case of Lazarus becoming highly aggressive, agitated or his stress reaching high levels of stress, alerting Alpha or Oracle - only when Oracle is responsive, however - will pacify him. If Alpha and/or Oracle are cleared for visit when Lazarus is considered docile or neutral, his stress will drastically drop and his mood will improve immediately and greatly. Visits with Uriel provide a similar but less drastic effect and visits with Lupus provide an even lesser but equally positive effect.

Around Samael, Lazarus has shown signs of being on high alert though his caution has lowered slightly after [case-ppdpXXX]. As of yet, no changes in Lazarus’ mood and stress have been recorded, neither positive or negative. Lazarus and Samael seem to be content with simply being in each other’s presence. However, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should any personnel allow an agitated or aggressive Lazarus come into contact with an aggressive Samael, as conflict is guaranteed erupt between them, one that not even Alpha can resolve. Any personnel involved with said conflict will be tested and treated if needed then promptly dealt with. In some cases, a neutral or happy Lazarus can ease an agitated Samael into a calmer state.

While not as close to Lupus and Samael, Lazarus is known to be quite protective of them. This protective nature is, however, drastically strengthened when Alpha or Oracle are harmed without their approval. This will guarantee Lazarus becoming highly aggressive. With matters concerning Uriel, Lazarus is equally protective over her but will only become agitated if she is similarly harmed. This does not mean that you will not be harmed or dealt with.

Lazarus, like the others, is allowed to leave the Labs under two conditions. Due to the harness and speaker attached to him and his speech coming from the speaker and him simultaneously, Lazarus must be with either Alpha or Maverick when leaving the Labs as they are allowed to speak on behalf of him. In addition, Lazarus must wear additional clothing in order to cover the harness and pair of glasses with lenses dark enough to hide or disguise his eyes. All clothing is provided by the Labs.

[gentechlabs]

Welcome to Genesis Research Labs. Please input username and password.

USERNAME

ppds001-748

PASSWORD

**********

“Welcome, Research Head of the JDS project. Input command.

>print(project_Alpha)

CHECKING USER ppds001-748 ACCESSES

ACCESS GRANTED

PROJECT_Alpha

Name: Shaw, Henry

D.o.B: June, 20th, 1927

Place of Birth: Unknown

Date of Capture: January 15th, 1992

{Alpha willingly joined under the condition that none of their - his, as Maverick, the Head of Security, insists - friends aren’t hurt unless absolutely necessary, and even then, all tests must be done in his presence, and with their strict approval. In addition, they were to be treated as humans and given proper, working accommodations for the duration of the securement.}

Place of Capture Securement: Detroit, Michigan

Threat Level: Extreme

[None-Low with Oracle and Lazarus, Low with Uriel, Medium-High with Samael]

Related Projects: Project_Samael; Project_Lupus; Project-Phoenix; ppds_Creator; ppds_CreatorII

NOTES: Alpha had shown the ability to manipulate the substance classified as [cds_ink] after previous repeated and likely prolonged exposure. This ability extends from the very substance itself to other beings infected with it, However, the manipulation of [cds_ink] only allows formation of solid objects which can then be made semi to fully sentient, depending upon Alpha’s desires. In addition, signs of rapid healing has been shown as well as nigh immortality when in range of Samael or [jds-b].

Alpha currently has the perfect physical appearance of a male, between the ages of 25 and 30. Additionally, Alpha’s physical condition is currently at its best. However, this was not Alpha’s appearance or condition upon arrival to the Lab. It is believed that Alpha’s change in appearance and condition is caused due to his body’s adaptation to [cds_ink], thus restoring Alpha to the peak of his prime.

While not necessary, visits with Oracle and/or Lazarus has shown to greatly improve Alpha’s mood, often to the point of all three leaving in rather high spirits. While it has been recorded that Alpha has directly caused physical changes in Oracle and Lazarus (as well as changes in Samael and Lupus and minor changes in Uriel), he outright refuses to exert any form of physical manipulation on them unless given express permission to do so.

While Alpha does react differently with who he visits, he is fiercely protective of them all, nearly bordering on overprotectiveness when concerning Lazarus, Samael and Lupus. While Samael seems extremely reluctant and saddened around Alpha, it hasn’t stopped Alpha from repeated, often frequently in a single day, forgiving and tugging Samael into an embrace. Additionally, aa protective as he also is with Uriel and Oracle, Alpha seems to trust them with the ability to protect themselves, though this seems to not extend to Lazarus despite his own abilities. This may be caused due to fear of a repeat of [case_jdslXXX] happening again. Any time the case is brought up around him, Alpha becomes immensely distraught.

Alpha is currently the only one allowed to leave the Labs without Maverick accompanying him or without any special equipment. Alpha has also agreed to limit any use of his abilities, as far as he is aware of. Alpha is only permitted the use of his manipulation in order to alter his appearance as to not draw attention and must also carry one of Maverick’s locators for emergency use.

Entry 001-812-2:

Alpha, though accepting of Siren, proves to be cautious around her, especially when aggressive. It may be due to some unknown connection between Alpha and Siren but it is best of all parties to not ask either of them about the incident. Siren has, in fact, apologized already.