Back in the late 80’s, the small nautical theme park Pirate’s Cove opened, with their “human” mascot Captain Soot, and his voice actor Wilbur, as well as the fox, First Mate Sally and her voice actor, Sandra. It did fantastically, earning enough money to expand, keep the park well managed.
Unfortunately, when they had enough money to pre-record lines well, and feed them into speakers within the animatronics, they had no need for the people behind the voices themselves. Wilbur and Sandra, who had become a romantic couple outside of their work, were fired from their positions.
Losing the jobs that they had adored so suddenly was shocking and hurtful. They couldn’t just let this treachery slide. Yes, the two of them were on the surface just voicing the characters, but they were truly becoming the characters when they stepped into the roles.
So together, they came up with a plan. It would hurt them, sure, but they weren’t going to just let the park keep using their voices, their characters without consequence. They were going to wreck the animatronics so badly that the park would no longer be able to use them. They wanted the park to fall.
So one fateful night, they snuck in with crowbars, using paths they knew like the back of their hands. And they got to the store room, with some hesitation and only a little arguing about the deed, they tore into the animatronics. But holding back was their downfall, and they were caught.
The guard that caught them shot, fearing being injured when they fought against detainment. It was fatal, and they didn’t live after for more than a few minutes. By then, the Captain Soot animatronic was too broken to go on. He never left the storage room to perform after that night. Sally, however, was still intact enough to continue, so she became the new head mascot, and she alone was a hit.
Though, after that night, people in maintenance were wary of the animatronics. Something seemed off about them, almost as if they were alive. But that’s just paranoid nonsense, right?
