Thread:Jeffrey Penguin/@comment-39147269-20191018190915/@comment-39147269-20191019165321

Alright, let's see if this works.

 So, the bare bones of the plot is Johnny(who's backstory is virtually unchanged besides him getting convicted wrongly for the MCI, which will include some flashbacks) goes to Barney's, where he does his shift full of paranormally induced hallucinations, killer robots and a guy named Travis who keeps trying to convince him he's insane and that there's nothing wrong. Feels familiar so far? But there's a twist; every night Johnny gets texts from an unknown number, that sends him creepy videos that the staff of Barney's would totally deny existed in court along with ominous texts, detailing tasks for him to complete. I would say what these are, but frankly I'm unsure what they'll be myself, but I know the last one is going to involve a major plot twist, one of which I'm going to keep secret for now as it basically ruins the mystery, and as much as I like being open with some things others I like to keep to myself. I've also decided this will come first for two reasons; it makes sense from a timeline perspective and works better due to it being like trilogy-era fanfics, so it's both a throwback and wholly new story. Plus, this one is designed to be open-ended, so works better as an introduction to the first wave of stories.

 Since I'm not limited to just the universe of FNaF here, I decided to get creative for this one. So this character, who for now we'll call "Swift" for lack of better name at the time being, is an animatronic created by REDACTED in an alternate/not so alternate(it'll make sense in the full thing) timeline where they succeeded and conquered the multiverse(well, it is infinite, but you get what I mean.) They're part of an experimental group of 4 robots who instead of relying on restrictive programming learn a variety of skills to help them capture unsuspecting universes and add them to the growing empire. After years of service, they've found disguise to be the most effective means of completing their tasks(feel familiar? It should.) Anyways, one day they're out on their daily patrol of all the different FE locations in all the different universes(which can take up to a week given the sheer size of the empire at this point but time passes weirdly so it's not really not that long to the main universe), when they're called back to base due to prisoners escaping(in case you're wondering why they're taking robots it's because a large percentage of the army is repurposed animatronics taken from various corners of the multiverse, because building one yourself is way more counterproductive and one universe has only so many resources. Any humans are killed on sight.) Long story short, they get their asses kicked, with Scrap Baby from the SL/FFPS = AU universe(which can do whatever it pleases as it's no longer canon) causing Swift a humiliating defeat that left him with an enormous cut in his armour and an even deeper one in his pride. However, what hurts him the most is seeing that his fellow squad members have been destroyed, so he vows revenge on the escaped prisoners and sets off after them. He also decided to do so in the costume he was wearing at the time(a Funtime Foxy with purplish accents) instead of one in a better condition, but that's a symbolic thing. Cue a long absence until he shows up later, where he wrecks all the escapeés(but doesn't kill them) and fights Scrap Baby to a standstill. Then, REDACTED uses this pause in the battle to announce that they have been tracking Swift, and now they are going to blow them up along with the petty resistance Scrap Baby had been gathering. Realising he's been duped, Swift then makes a quick exit, only to come back seconds later and save everyone. When asked why, he explains he had to go somewhere(although I'm not sure where, maybe to see the remains of his teammates?) and that it made him change of his mind. He then leaves, and isn't seen until near the end where he protects Scrap Baby and co from a creation of REDACTED while they escape. Although presumed dead, he comes back at the very end which, but before he can explain why or even how he ended up in the other timeline, REDACTED's army crosses over, setting up for part 3. It's not great, and frankly it doesn't sound half as good as a fragment, but for it to work better the whole of EF would have to be explained, which would take ages. If I had to sum it up, Swift has a backstory that's basically a combo of Infinite and Shadow's, with a few unique elements here and there. The fighting wasn't exactly something I wanted to implement, but it's there to emphasise this isn't normal, and that things strayed from conventional long ago. I mean, this is a WAR waged across the space time continuium, not a night shift at a place with killer entertaining robots. It's bound to feel out of place for both audience and characters, and as such things are going to be chaotic and unpredictable. I highly doubt this would be received positively, and people would question just what was going on, but that's kind of the point: It's still a mystery, just a different type of one.

Sorry this took a while, things got weird yesterday, as I was simultaneously me, ISJLYG and logged out. Took a while to get the right one to work, but hey that's life.