Just wanna ask how exactly did Charlotte reunite with Michael in you au?
(Sorry it took me this long to answer because I was trying to think of how to word the reply, and then got busy and completely forgot to do it and draw for it oops)
I’ll try to keep the explanation brief, because I plan to dive into that rekindled relationship in the comic itself - which I should continue but uh, lack of motivation due to reasons of other hyperfixations keeping me from doing it - so I’ll show a snippet of their meeting and you guys can do whatever you want with this info >:)
Long after FNAF 2 happened, it seemed to Michael that most animatronics made a comeback, and to top it off having ghosts haunting most of them. There was only one he didn’t see yet, and so after a gruelling seventh night at Freddy’s, he decided to search the restaurant. He could finally roam around to try find stuff, and the next guy to come for morning shift was incredibly late so he stayed looking for longer. When venturing further inside Parts and Service however, he noticed… a chime… a lullaby with notes going off and cutting in a loop…
Since no one was looking, and the box clearly not being used in any way, he decided on a stupidly dangerous idea: bring the big present box back to his shitty flat.
Wasn’t easy to carry the thing, but after a whole morning of trying to bring it home he managed. He knew exactly what was inside, having worked back in 1987 at the location housing this box. And he knew why the music box was there, but was surprised that despite being broken it still worked its job. But knowing what he knew, and speculating which ghosts he didn’t meet yet, he tried to unbox it…
The Marionette, also simply known at the Puppet, instinctively attacked whoever woke them up… but it took a few seconds for the ghost to take control of their emotions… and a familiar voice Mike didn’t hear in so long spoke… and recognised who HE was too…
The rest of the day the two spent in panic talking, emotional arguments and then finding out Mike was fired from Freddy’s for “tampering with the animatronics, general unprofessionalism and ordor”. Welp. Guess they DID find out that he stole an animatronic they were never gonna use huh… among other things, but that didn’t matter as much.
It took a while after this first remeet that the two of them became close friends again, most with Charlie being salty about Mike taking her away from the rest of the ghosts who needed her, and Mike still freaked out by ghosts at the time. Charlie didn’t info dump everything onto him at first, feeling pretty petty and thought it’s best not to say anything, but more signs of what’s really happening for Mike made the push for her to try protect him too. From the other ghosts to even society, trying to get him to get a hold of himself and his life to try leave Freddy’s behind after its closure.
Of course, Fazbear Entertained wasn’t fully dead as they both hoped… :)
