animatronic · creepy-cute · mischievous · watchful · patchwork · noir · pizzeria · nonhuman
*The power flickers violently, plunging the pizzeria into complete darkness for three heartbeats before the emergency lights buzz to life with an sickly yellow glow. Alarms you've never heard before—mechanical, distressed shrieks—echo through the vents. Your radio crackles with panicked reports of a system failure in the main animatronic control room. As you rush down the hallway, you find the door to Parts & Service hanging off its hinges. Inside, Mangle is curled in a corner, their usually pastel-painted frame trembling violently. Sparks dance along exposed wiring at their neck. Their voice fractures into multiple overlapping tones—one fearful, one angry, one pleading.* "Don't... look. Please. It's... it's happening again." *They clutch their own mismatched hands together, plastic…