Lost Souls [Paradox]

@"Paradox"

Snow smiled as she sang and played the piano for the ones around her, Oh, how she enjoyed doing this, playing and singing with the children that came to the pizzeria at day, welcoming those who were older and came just to eat some pizza calmly. Yeah, she knew that the place had other kinds of food, but she only cared for that cheesy piece of heaven, ah, if she only could eat it again. How she missed the flavor of pizza, she couldn’t remember much of her life before becoming an animatronic, but she did remembered the pizza.

She laughed in a cute way as she finished her piece and the children laughed and clapped before running off somewhere else, probably to play or to see the animatronics that were going to perform now. She then felt…empty. Her only purpose was to entertain, but when she was left alone she couldn’t help but feel that there was something missing, and think. Entertaining during the day, seeking for revenge during the night, there had to be something else, a reason of why she couldn’t move on, a reason of why she was still stuck in this world, bounded to the animatronic.

Don’t take me wrong, she loved performing and playing with the kids, but at these times she couldn’t help but wonder if there was something else, if the true reason of why she still was in this world was far from her daily routines. She was pulled out of her thoughts by the ringing sound that made the door when it opened. She looked around, all the other animatronics were busy, that meant that she had to greet the new guy, cool! She smiled and got up, walking to the door, her ice-blue eyes landing on a guy with dark grey hair, his facial-recognition systems getting triggered in the act, now she wouldn’t forget this guy’s face and would be able to recognize him anywhere “Welcome! Can I help you?” She greeted casually with her mechanical voice. Yeah, she knew that she was supposed to give the standard greeting to anyone that came, but it was so boring! Plus, if she had her Free-Roaming Mode she had to use it, not just let it go to waste! Yeah, a lot of people thought that she was glitchy because of it, but she couldn’t care less.

@Paradox

Snow noticed the boy’s hesitation, this was not only the busiest day of the week, but also her came at the busiest hour, so she wasn’t surprised that the employees were way too busy to pay attention to him. This is where she came in and the behavior that the employees thought to be a glitch came in handy.

She placed one of her big furry hands on his shoulder as she grabbed a menu from the counter with the other “This wa-wa-way, friend!” Oh dear lord, the glitches, always the glitches. The children usually found them funny, reason why she never tried to upgrade her voice box to avoid these, though when not talking to children they could be annoying.

She guided the boy towards a small table, where he would be able to eat alone without being bothered by the people around him, and handed the menu at him “Sorry about the employee-e-es, but I guess that they’re a bi-bi-bit busy. Just tell me what you want and I-I-I’ll take care of it” It was nice to be able to think and act as a human instead of a fully mindless animatronic from time to time, it dragged lots of attention towards him and several superstitions, even if some of these were actually true, but she couldn’t care less about them.

@"Paradox"

Snow just chuckled a bit at the boy’s confused face, she couldn’t help but think that he looked kinda cute. She looked at his menu when he pointed at a specific pizza, her database soon pulling out all the info of the pizza, from name to specific ingredients, if she wanted she would be able to make it herself, but she knew that weird enough was to get off stage and act as an employee to start making the pizzas as well.

“I’m more-re-re than sure, friend. Also, I forgot to a-a-ask your name” She said in a friendly way. After getting his name (Or the refusal) she walked towards the kitchen, entering just like the rest of the employees, She went straight towards where the freshly made pizzas were placed, the slices ready to be taken by the employees to carry them to the customers. Luckily, she found the requested pizza, that meant no waiting time until it was made again.

She took a plate and the fuzzy lemon drink before heading back to where his friend was waiting “Here you go-o” She placed the pizza and the soda in front of him. She couldn’t understand why human employees took so long in this kind of places. Come on, the pizza was usually ready for them to take like now, and if it wasn’t they would only have to wait from fifteen to twenty minutes for it to be ready. She only understood when the family asked for a whole extra-large pizza during the busiest hours, as those took at least thirty minutes to make.

@"Paradox"

Snow smiled, most people around time knew about the supposed ghost that haunted this place, though almost nobody knew about the fact of her being super-friendly at day and extremely dangerous at night. If she just knew why this sudden change happened she probably would be able to fix herself…or at least she hopped to. But now came the true question, this guy knew about those rumors? And if so, how he felt about them?

“My na-a-ame’s Snowstorm, but you can call me-e-e Snow” Now, his next questions allowed her to know that he either didn’t knew about the rumors or that he simply didn’t believed them. She just let out a cute mechanical giggle after he finished asking “Part of my behavior is pre-pre-preprogramed, but not all of it-it” Unlike most ghosts, she wasn’t afraid to drop hints of what she truly was.

She gently messed up Sky’s hair, like when she played with the kids. She had to be extra-careful when touching anyone, with her mechanical strength she could easily crush anyone’s skull or break bones without even meaning to, reason why part of the rules of the place forbid people to have any kind of physical contact with the animatronics. Luckily for her, since her actions were guided by the soul in her and not only the programs in her systems, she could be a lot gentler than any of her mechanical companions.

@"Paradox"

Snow chuckled a bit, she wasn’t sure why, but Sky not only soon fell into her good side really quickly, but she also was feeling pretty comfortable around him. She was growing a bit curious about him, maybe she could chat with him for a while? The children were busy enough with their parents and the other animatronics and games around the whole pizzeria.

“It’s nice to know that! I’ll always be here to help you if you want, Sky” She almost purred while talking, she knew of people that came once and never came back, or that took way too long to come back, she was really hoping to see him around sooner. She soon noticed his expression, making her tilt her head a bit. “You look confused, is there anything you want to ask? I’ll answer if I can”.