Thread:The Wiki hopper 2/@comment-33352190-20190710120632

(Extended preview because I need to transfer my work(not that I've done much) to another platform.)

November 13th, 2023

He'd done it.

After all these years, he'd finally done it.

Johnny gripped the steering wheel slightly tighter, as he turned the car around a bend to behold his new workplace. It was a relatively small block of concrete, with covered up windows and an enormous neon sign planted on the shiny red roof. The words "Barney Bazamalam's Big Bar" stood out in bold italics, their white glow startlingly bright in the midnight gloom. Above them, there was a massive image of a smiling red cartoon bear with sparkling purple eyes, a white top hat balanced awkwardly on his head. Despite himself, Johnny found himself drawn to the bear's eyes, who seemed to follow him as he moved, an unnerving reminder of the darkness hiding behind the innocent facade.

Johnny had first heard of Barney's in the papers, in the same article about the fire that had destroyed Freddy Fazbear's Pizza just a week ago. According to the advertisement, a night guard was required to watch over the building for two weeks leading to the grand opening. After doing some research online, Johhny learnt that Barney's had been scheduled to open in 2018, but had been pushed back due to "issues". However, that was only half the story. By talking to the right people and tuning into the right channels, he found out that the real reason for the delay was the discovery of the body of former night guard Tracy Horton, who appeared to have had her head horrifically crushed.

The death was unexplained, but Johnny suspected murder. Digging deeper, he had found more strange occurrences; Trucks with their contents covered by tarps, employees disappearing without a trace, along with mysterious emails referring to " Paragraph 4."

The emails particularly interested Johnny, as they appeared to be sent by a Fazbear Entertainment employee, who had recently gone missing. Johnny had a personal grudge against Fazbear Entertainment, due to the presumed death of his son Fritz Smith in 1983. He had never bought the "tragedy" act; there was more to his death than that, and he was going to prove it.

After Fritz was declared dead, Johnny went off the rails, isolating himself from friends and family, while getting into one scrape after another. He turned to alcohol, which only made things worse. The drunken fights, arrests and one night stands took a toll on him, and he was brought to the brink of suicide. It was during that dark time he met Lauren, who pulled him from the edge of that bridge, and gave him a second chance in life. She took him under her wing, and helped him stand on his own feet again. As of today he was seven years sober, and things were finally looking up for him. But once he learnt of Barney's, it all came flooding back. This could be his only chance to discover the truth, and he needed to know it.

Suddenly, the car phone rang. That was probably Lauren calling now, wondering where he was and why he hadn't come home. He muted the call. As much as he hated doing this to her, she wouldn't understand.

He had to do this.

He had to find out what happened to his son.

Parking his car next to the block of flats across the street, Johnny walked over. As he approached the building, he became aware his feet were dragging slightly. Better not do that. Johnny thought. Might look unprofessional. He chuckled despite himself, walking at a slower pace. This was insane, all of this was insane. He should never have come here, he never should've went to that interview and he never should've stepped out his car. He should have just drove on, made some excuse, and forgot all about it.

But by the time he'd reached this conclusion, he was already at the door. 