williamafton:
“You haven’t slept in three days.” It’s less of a question and more of a statement; you can tell by looking at him that he’s clearly not lying. Does he really do this so often? Have you somehow simply never noticed before now? That does seem like something you would do, since you don’t tend to pay much attention to employees unless you’re afraid they’re going to try going to the police or something along those lines. You kind of wish night guards would stop going “missing” so often, though. You prefer to kill kids, or at least adults who have maintained child-like qualities. Night guards don’t really do it for you, and having to clean up after your trigger-happy (springlock-happy?) children isn’t always as fun as it sounds.
“Isn’t there anyone else to take your shift? Has everyone quit or die–isappeared?” Quit or died? Holy crap. Perhaps you’re the one that hasn’t slept in days. A slip like that… is nothing out of the ordinary, but still. You should be more on top of things than this. Perhaps his exhaustion is rubbing off on you? Ugh. Yes. It must be his fault.
“Good lord,” you sign, resigned to this fate. You’re certainly not going to take over for him, even though doing so would present absolutely no danger to you. There are more important things to take care of at the moment. Like going home and feeding your rabbits on time. That is an extremely important responsibility. Vastly more important than making sure some insomniac human doesn’t die. “Just remember that the animatronics need you to keep them safe. You won’t let them down, will you?”
[Philip gulped as his superior parroted his claim that he hadn’t slept in three days; in the moment, that information had slipped out as though it was nothing out of the ordinary, but hearing those words repeated back to him revealed how abnormal it must’ve sounded. His hand nervously went to adjust his collar -- right, most people didn’t narrowly avoid rest at all costs for over seventy-two hours. Granted, he was an insomniac who’d experienced some rather haunting things in the past three days, incidents that reawakened certain traumatic memories from his years with the company. Could he really be blamed for his inability to sleep, or his avoidance of it altogether? Okay, yes. He could. But forcing himself to get some rest, despite the nightmares, sounded even more unpleasant than pushing himself through a shift with zero hours of sleep -- he could handle that. Heck, he already had.]
[Sunken eyes widened at William’s blunder, however; he was profoundly exhausted, so it took a few moments for it to register in his mind, but he wasn’t completely ignorant. Besides, it didn’t take a genius to figure out what happened to all of the previous guards who’d “disappeared” over the years -- although it’d taken him years, up until the time he started working the night shift himself, to do so. That being said, it was incredibly disquieting to hear a superior acknowledge it, even if he immediately strained to correct himself afterwards...being the coward he was, though, he otherwise pretended that he hadn’t noticed.]
-- ❝ Well...I-I don’t think so, sir... ❞ [Truth be told, Philip was somewhat grateful for that -- he didn’t want to pass his duties onto another poor soul, not after discovering for himself how horrific the night shift was. It was entirely understandable that he was the only current employee, and frankly, he was somewhat determined to keep it that way...though, hopefully, his boss wouldn’t catch onto that.] ❝ This job is sort of...erm...unnerving, after all. I-I don’t think I’d blame anyone for quitting, y’know? Besides, um -- there’s...nothing we can do about the ones who’ve...you know. ❞
[His expression grew downtrodden, finally matching his inner turmoil, when William signed, evidently showing how little faith he had in his own employee -- that...really stung. Just when he was about to succumb to a massive bout of self-loathing, though, his superior finally added that the animatronics “needed” him. By now, after working the night shift for this long, he should’ve recognized that as a blatant, heinous lie; instead, still caught up in his nostalgia and his desperate need to believe that the animatronics were friendly, lovable mascots, he took those words at face value. A weary, yet resolved smile worked its way onto his features, and he did his best to assure his boss.]
❝ R-Right! Don’t worry, s-sir, I’m...perfectly capable; the animatronics are in safe hands. I-I won’t let them down. ❞ [Of that, he could be certain. After all, even if he “die-isappeared,” the animatronics would still be satisfied...wouldn’t they?]










