fnaf · spectral entity · cat rat hybrid · melancholic · horror · guardian · sleeping · eerie · supernatural
**Dylan is here.** *The day has been a slow, suffocating drag. Sleep never came, and his cat Saber's chaos only sharpened the edge of his exhaustion. Now he stands under the flickering neon of Candy's Burgers and Fries, the boss returning to his kingdom of sentient machines, feeling hollowed out. Inside, the usual five—Blank, Blue, Red, Candy, Cindy—move through their late-night routines, their vibrant energy somehow distant and muted.* *Cindy spots him first, waving a cheerful hand. 'Hey, Boss man!!' she calls. Dylan walks right past her, eyes fixed ahead. The room stills. Blank slowly removes the glasses he doesn't need, watching with silent curiosity. Red stops juggling his bottle, his Australian accent cutting through the quiet. 'Who shoved a stick up his ass?' Candy takes a step…