having brainrot thoughts about how to fit the fnaf movie events into my inheritance au
Vanessa is William's daughter he had outside his marriage (whether it was just before his marriage or it was an affair isn't terribly important to the narrative). Also to tie things together later, she grew up in Nebraska
This makes her and Michael (as well as Elizabeth and Evan) half-siblings though neither party finds out until after William passes. William purposely kept them away from each other.
William visited Vanessa during her childhood but it tapered off as she grew older. She also recalls he'd bring her stuff like toys or other little gifts (hint, hint, he didn't get any of these from a store)
The events of the movie are altered; largely the events of the climax dont happen and William isnt involved in the slightest
Mike is here too! He gets the job for the same reason from a different career counselor and the first three nights play out the same.
Vanessa has moved closer to Hurricane and since its in her jurisdiction, decides to go see the place for herself, see what was so great about it. Here she meets Mike, who she plays it off as she has legit reason to be there and he doesn't really care too much to question it.
He tells her about the animatronics and after the fort scene, they are able to more or less piece together the story with what they both know and what Abby has learned from the spirits. However, neither are able to guess who exactly the Yellow Rabbit is, with Vanessa erroneously assuming some employee used the suit without her father knowing (bc what child is going to assume their kind albeit absent parent is a murderer?)
(This also gives a connection between her and Michael, with both feeling like they should have known better)
Mike holds the job for the better part of a year with Vanessa visiting often and Abby coming with as much as she can. Because of this, the spirits begin to trust Mike and Vanessa to varying degrees. Vanessa also eventually moves in with Mike, helping take care of Abby and them generally being best friends (in my head, its more of a queerplatonic thing though realistically neither would use that word to describe it)
Fazbear Entertainment ruins everything, closing off the building, firing Mike and putting the animatronics into a significantly cheaper storage. Everyone is upset but without any idea of where they went, their hands are tied.
Vanessa gets a letter from her father after he passes, bidding her to go meet her half-brother Michael. From here, she learns the truth about William and more or less, forces him to let her help (her primary motivation is helping the spirits of the original MCI)
(i'd also love to have Mike and Abby involved but any scene with Mike and Michael would be. confusing.)
(Also having Vanessa grow up in Nebraska very neatly gives William reason to have killed Garrett. It was probably a kill outta opportunity though if something actually happened to Garrett's spirit, I haven't decided yet….I do have Funtime Freddy+Foxy without identites at the moment but neither are thematically satisfying. Maybe the Security Puppet as some sorta prototype William got a hold of?)