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familiarstale · 19 days ago

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Sibling Bonding Through Petty Crime

The best way for two fusion eclipses to bond

Under a Read More because it's over 3k words.

Both of them are ask/rp characters here, just be warned I can go from replying a few minutes after you to several months later

reblogs are allowed and heavily encouraged as they help a lot

“Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex is now closed. Initiating nighttime protocols.”

As the closing message played over the speakers, a large shutter creaked down over the front doors. All the people had left: the perfect time for Jigsaw to sneak back out without having to worry about being caught. And he had the perfect thing he wanted to do too.

Making sure his emotional support sword was tucked securely into the ruffled ribbons around his waist, the fusion eclipse darted down the hall. He ducked under some security cameras and waited for others to pan away before continuing. He figured he’d be nice and give less work for the young security bot to have to edit out. As a treat.

They were quiet, other than the bells on their shoes and new tail – something the fusioned bot was still getting used to. Specially since it often moved on its own. Something it started to do, wagging quickly, once he spotted the very bot he was looking for; bells now jingling much louder.

“Nixy!” Jigsaw called to the shorter fusion eclipse, sprinting over. The new tail wagged happily on its own.

The smaller robot’s rays drooped slightly, and he forced a grin. “Hi Ru…err, did you need something?”

Jigsaw nodded, rays twitching with the movement. “I do! You! We’re going to sibling bond!” He pulled the shorter bot into a side-hug, ignoring the other’s startled squeak and squirm of protest. “What do you say?”

“Bonding how…?” the uncertainty clear in Phoenix’s voice.

“You’ll see!” was the only response. He even booped the younger bot on the nose before he started heading off, pulling him along.

Nixy groaned in frustration but decided to just humour him. The taller bot had been on his best behaviour lately. So really, how bad could it be?

…

“We can’t leave the Plex, Jigsaw!”

The two were standing at the emergency exit that led up to the roof. Jigsaw bounced on his legs, tail wagging behind him.

“Are you worried about the tracking chip? I know how to take those out – I’ve done it for myself. Here, turn around. I’ll take yours out….” Jigsaw had him by the shoulders and already started guiding the shorter bot into a turn.

Phoenix squeaked in surprise, followed by a grumble. He didn’t like this, but they were only heading to the roof… and it’s not like Nixy was an angel. He’d broken a few stupid rules himself. He stood still while the taller eclipse opened a panel and slipped out a tiny chip. He couldn’t help the small shudder at the feeling of something being removed from his body. It didn’t hurt – it just felt … weird. Once the panel was closed again, Nixy turned back around to the taller eclipse, crossed his arms and glared in annoyance. “Alright. And now what?”

“First things first!” Jigsaw walked back away from the door, just far enough to flick the tracker chip onto a passing staff bot as it rolled by. “There. Now it’ll just seem like you were doing random patrolling! I’m a good big brother!” He went back to the door, patting Phoenix on the head, then opened the door and went out on the roof. They held the door open with their tail for Nix to follow.

Phoenix exhaled with a huff, then following Jigsaw out into the night air. His eyes and tail-tip glowed in the darkness. "You're a pain in the butt sometimes, y'know?" His annoyance dissipated as he took in the outside. This was amazing! There were so many stars. He could occasionally glimpse stars through windows, but being under them, without walls or glass – they seemed endless. His eyes sparkled as a look of childlike wonder spread across his face. Nixy started trying to find some of the constellations he’d seen in Moon’s books.

A low whistle made the shorter bot jump and pull his eyes away from the sky. Looking around he spotted Jigsaw climbing down the fire escape ladder. Nixy rushed over. “What are you doing?! I thought we were just coming out on the roof!” Jigsaw looked up at Nixy with a grin and kept climbing down, rung by rung, tiny metallic clinks the only sound. The shorter bot let out an unhappy whine. He couldn’t just let Jigsaw go off on his own. With great reluctance, Nixy turned around, reached out with a tentative foot, connected with the first rung and started down the ladder as well.

By the time Phoenix reached the bottom, Jigsaw was already there, waiting, his own eyes and wrists glowing in the dark. “Great! Let’s go!” whispered Jigsaw. “STAY CLOSE and run only where I run. Avoid noisy things. Follow my lead. If I duck, YOU duck!” And with that the taller bot sprinted off, away from the Mega Pizzaplex.

“Wha – WHERE?!” Nixy ran after Jigsaw with a small whimper. If they were caught, they would be in SO MUCH trouble…

He had to struggle to keep up with Jigsaw. Nix had never been out of the Plex before. He could not risk getting lost.

The taller fusion eclipse took care to not let them be spotted. He ran as silently as possible – avoiding kicking into cans, bottles and other roadside trash – and ducked down behind parked cars if he saw the gleam from a pair of headlights or heard the roar of an engine. Jigsaw was pretty good at this: they had to duck down twice. Both times, he motioned frantically with one hand, behind him, and glanced back after he was hidden. The first time he was worried about Nix, but when Nix also dove behind a parked car, and then did it the second time too, Jigsaw relaxed. A little. Both times, he checked very carefully around before sprinting off again.

Continuing like this, the pair were soon in the gloom behind a string of stores. Phoenix was on edge. He was looking around; left and right, behind him, left and right again, nervously fidgeting with his fingers. “Alright, we went on a run, now we should really head back! We shouldn’t be out of the Plex like this!”

Jigsaw’s grin fell as he noticed just how anxious the shorter robot was. His rays twitched up and down. “Hey Nixy – it’s ok! I’m not gunna get you in trouble! That’s not how we’re sibling bonding.” He put a hand on the shorter bot’s shoulder and gave it a small squeeze.

“Then why are we out here???!”

“Because!” the British bot started, “I had to get you out of there, to snap you out of the ‘Good Little Bot’ work and best behaviour mindsets! You don’t owe anyone anything out here!” He gestured around them with one of his arms and pulled Nixy into a side-hug with the other. “You can be yourself out here!”

Phoenix was still hesitant, but that did make some sense. Looking around, he didn’t see any of the security cameras that littered the Plex. “Fine... and what are we doing out here…?”

Jigsaw let go of Nixy to reach down and picked up a rather large rock. “Just a little bit of fun!” He tossed the rock up and caught it a few times – and then threw it through the window of one of the stores, shattering the glass. An alarm sounded almost right away.

Phoenix tugged at his own rays. “Jigsaw!! Jesus Christ!”

Jigsaw, however, sprinted over to the store and reached in through the broken window. He felt all along on the inside, reaching toward the nearby door, swiping here and there, searching for the lock.

Whining in frustration, Nix rushed forward and used Jigsaw as a makeshift stool up to the window. If this was happening, might as well not get caught and probably scrapped. He knocked in more of the glass so he could fit into the hole. The shards scattered onto the floor, tinkling alarmingly. Once his tail vanished into the inside shadows, all was still for about 10 seconds, and then the alarm shut off and the door opened. Nix glared up at the taller fusion eclipse. “I hate you so much…”

Jigsaw, however, had a wide and pleased grin. His tail wagged in delight. “Well done, Nixy! C’mon, let’s grab something and get out of here!” Patting the shorter bot on the head, he went inside and began looking through various candy items, from gummies to chocolates, trying to decide what he wanted. He used his glowing wrists to see what was available. “C’mon Nix! I know you love candy!~” he called out, in a sing-song tune.

Phoenix shot him a heated glare. However, …. they were already inside; it WAS candy and it’s not like Nix had never stolen anything before… With a sigh, the shorter bot began walking around the darkened store. He switched on his night vision and grabbed a single bag of hard fruit-flavoured candy. He then waited until Jigsaw was finished.

Which didn’t take too long. The taller eclipse soon slipped out the door, holding his haul.

Nixy looked around, planning his next move. He grabbed the one bag of candy he had taken and threw it out the window. He then piled up boxes just behind the shattered window, doing his best to cover up the hole. Then he adjusted the door lock to engage when the door was closed, and then reset the alarm. He had maybe 10 seconds til the alarm would activate. He then slipped back out the half-opened door and quietly clicked it closed.

Once out, he picked his candy bag up and ran.

Jigsaw darted after him. The pair only stopped once they were far enough away and in another patch of darkness, away from even streetlights. “What did you go and do that for?”

“So it looked closed! And hopefully won’t get robbed again. Well, not tonight anyway.” Phoenix huffed in irritation. “We did your little thievery adventure – can we go home now?”

Jigsaw instead sat down on the grass and patted the spot next to him.

Nixy sighed and sat next to the taller eclipse.

Jigsaw opened one of the bags he’d snatched. “I know you still don’t like me. I just wanted to bond a little without the stress of being in the Plex.”

Phoenix opened the bag he had grabbed and sucked on one of the hard candies. “What did you want to know...?” he asked, around the candy.

The taller bot shook his head. “I’m not after information! Just a chat, just a bit of getting to know you, a little. I live here now – it’d be nice to not be hated by one of my new brothers.”

“Well, a good start would not be tricking me into breaking rules!”

Jigsaw snickered. “Fair… fair… but – if I had said ‘Hey, let’s have a little chat?’ how long would it have been until you made an excuse to walk away? Saying you had to go on patrol, hmm?” He crinkled open a wrapper and popped one of his own pieces of candy into his mouth.

Phoenix couldn’t respond. He looked away. Jigsaw was right. There was no doubt in his mind, at all, that if they were still within the walls of the Pizzaplex, he’d have made an excuse to leave within a few minutes. Instead of answering, Nixy continued to suck on the candy, looking off into the distance. Sometimes, he glanced up too. SO MANY STARS. A mild breeze was making leaves rustle. The night sky had uncountable pinpricks of bright white light.

“… Sooooo! I thought this was the best way! I know you like candy, I know you’ve stolen before-”

Nixy’s head spun around to stare at the other eclipse with wide eyes. “How do you know about that?!”

Jigsaw blinked, and then grinned. “I didn’t, until just now~.” He snickered while Nixy groaned, burying his face in his knees. “What did you steal?”

The shorter bot grumbled quietly, then lifted his head from his knees. “…. You know my beanbag chair? The one I don’t let anyone touch?” Jigsaw nodded. “… I took that from a staff-only room on my first solo-patrol.”

Jigsaw snorted a laugh, which soon turning into a full-on cackle. “That’s amazing! Ohhhh Gods I wish I had come here sooner, so I could have seen the fallout from that!” He wiped a non-existent tear from one of his eyes.

Phoenix rolled his own eyes, though a thought soon came to him. Seeing as Jigsaw had insisted on bonding… “… I know you told Sunny and Moony all this, but where did you actually come from, to get here?”

The laughter died down. “Another dimension,” Jigsaw said, flatly. He lapsed into silence.

Phoenix glared. “Yeah I got THAT part! You came barrelling in like a bat outta hell showing that the … Marvel Multiverse thing is ACTUALLY a THING. But I’m asking where you’re from.” It was Jigsaw’s turn to look away, fidgeting with his wrist ribbons. “Nu uh. You wanted to sibling bond. You can’t just shut down when I actually try to.”

Jigsaw sighed, still looking down at his ribbons. “No, you’re right.” He glanced at Nix and then turned back to his ribbons. “It was a dimension pretty similar to this one, actually. And I had a role pretty close to yours, if I’m honest.” He let out a dry chuckle. “I’d… rather not go into all the details but let’s just say something bad happened and that the place became a living hell.” He fell quiet, though after a few moments of silence he added, “… It was a robot uprising. … It’s why I don’t laugh along when Moony jokes about starting one here.”

The shorter bot stared at him. “Is that why you also have …that?” He gestured to the sword still tucked into Jigsaw’s waist ruffles.

Jigsaw glanced down and then nodded. “It is. It’s also why I had … less than savory games I liked to play.”

The pair fell quiet again, until Phoenix broke the silence. “I guess I can understand why you were so aggressive when you first showed up, if you had just escaped a place like that.”

Jigsaw grimaced in guilt, his rays retracting. “Well... I hadn’t JUST escaped my home dimension. But it was a defence mechanism! I went to another place first. It was nice. I did try to fit in. But no matter what, anything and everything I tried was never… right. So I left, and ended up here.” They hesitated, and then added, “I’ll go into more detail another time. I’m just… not ready. I know I said I wanted to sibling bond, but, not just yet, on all of that other stuff. If it’s alright.”

Phoenix nodded. “Yeah, that’s fine! But I am eventually gunna wanna know more. About where you were in the uprising, where you went next, all that.”

Jigsaw let out a soft chuckle and nodded. “Of course! Of course! Going down THAT memory lane – I just need to be uh … more prepared for it.” He reached into one of his bags and grabbed another sweet. The wrapper crinkled. “Is there anything else you wanted to ask?”

The shorter bot thought a bit. Most of his questions revolved around the weird eclipse’s past – which Jigsaw didn’t want to talk about very much. Despite wanting to Sibling Bond. “Uhhh… I guess not.”

Jigsaw fidgeted with his ribbons. Hesitated. “I … I did want to have a bonding. And then here I am, shutting you out... Specially after practically dragging you out of the Plex, for a night of burglary… How about this. If it’s a question I just can’t answer right now, I won’t, but I’ll try to open up, alright?” He turned to look at Nix.

Phoenix wasn’t expecting that, and his rays twitched with delighted surprize. “Thank you!” His tail swished behind him while he thought about what he wanted to ask. “You said your original role was similar to mine – you were a security bot?”

“Not to your extent, but in a way. I didn’t watch security cameras, or go on patrols. But I would come out during an emergency and escort children to safety.” Jigsaw let out a sigh. “I do miss that part sometimes, if I’m honest. But then again after everything, everything I’ve done… I wouldn’t really trust myself around kids again.”

Nixy hesitated before asking, “Those games you claimed you liked to play – did you really play them?”

Jigsaw nodded. “I haven’t for quite some time now – but I did. I did…”

Phoenix swallowed. He was starting to see why Jigsaw didn’t exactly want to open up about things, if he really did used to play games like Stab And Seek, or Keep Two Lose One… “When, uh… when’s your birthday?”

The taller fusion wasn’t expecting the sudden change in topic and had started to brace himself for another difficult question. Instead, he found himself giggling. “July 25th, when’s yours?”

“December 21st!” Nixy couldn’t help but to wag his tail happily at that.

Jigsaw paused and checked his internal calander. The Plex had closed at midnight. Now, it was officially the next day. “Why – I do believe that’s today. Happy birthday.”

The smaller bot’s tail wagged a little faster, thwacking the ground behind them. Would he prefer to be back home, not having just broken into a candy store? Yes. But he did love being wished a happy birthday. He knew his code-related brothers would do something later today for him and was also excited about that. “Thanks!” After a few more moments, Phoenix noticed Jigsaw was watching him with an amused half-grin. Nixy’s tail slowed a little. “What?”

Jigsaw shook his head. “Nothing really – you just remind me of myself. Before things happened.” He snorted, reaching over to pat the shorter bot – and then playfully tugged Nix’s nightcap further down over his head, earning a startled squeak. “C’mon. Let’s head back. I’m sure you’re antsy enough about being out.”

Phoenix readjusted his hat and nodded eagerly. He very much wanted to return to the Plex. Before he could say anything, though, Jigsaw gently shoved his own and Nix’s candy bags into the shorter bot’s hands, then lifted him onto his shoulders. Nix squeaked again. “Wha- hey!”

“I spent many years outside a Plex. I know what everything out here looks like. You just enjoy yourself, looking around.” Jigsaw held onto Phoenix’s legs to keep the younger bot from falling off.

Phoenix stayed quiet and looked up at the black night sky as Jigsaw started walking back. It was now well after 2am. No more cars on the road. If there were any drivers still out, they’d be too tired, and just focused on getting where they were going, to notice two robots walking along. Still though, Jigsaw kept to the darkest paths. Phoenix kept his eyes on the sky. It seemed to go on forever. There were so many stars. And the moon itself seemed bright as a spotlight. “That’s what Moony’s named after – but it’s the real one, right?”

“Mhm! Pretty, isn’t it?”

“It is… Do you think Moony’s ever seen it himself?”

Jigsaw let out a small laugh. “Absolutely. With how much he hates the rules I wouldn’t be surprised if he snuck out all the time – maybe even a few times a night.” He let out a soft sigh. “I wish my own Moon could have gotten to see it.”

Nix looked down at Jigsaw. It made sense the other fusion eclipse had his own Sun and Moon. “What were they like?”

Jigsaw cast his gaze down but continued walking back to the Plex. “They had the same jobs as the ones here, though my Sunnie never taught himself how to repair things on his own. If he had to be active down in Parts and Service, Moonie and I would keep talking to him the entire time. Otherwise, if it didn’t matter who was active, I’d always volunteer to be the one out instead of them. If my Moonie noticed someone was upset, even if they weren’t a child, he would try to comfort them.” He lapsed back into silence.

“… You don’t have to answer it – but, what happened to them?”

Jigsaw flinched. “I killed them.” Nix gasped. “I’d rather not say more, but …it wasn’t my choice. I didn’t want to, and I wish, every day, I didn’t have to.”

“I’m sorry…”

Jigsaw didn’t respond, he just patted on of Phoenix’s legs.

Once they got back to Pizzaplex, Jigsaw set Nix down and took the candy bags back. “I got these, you use both hands on the ladder.” Shifting the bags to one arm, he waited until Nix started climbing back up, then began to move quietly, hand over hand, candy tucked under one arm and held to his side. As soon as they were on the roof again, Jigsaw handed Phoenix back his bag of candy.

Phoenix hesitated, tapping his mismatched blue and orange fingers on the crinkly bag. “We don’t have to head back in right away. We could probably sit out here and talk more. Maybe you could point out some constellations?”

The taller bot’s face lit up. Phoenix wanted to spend more time with him! He looked around and settled onto the roof. The shorter bot sat down too. Jigsaw put an arm around his adoptive younger brother.

“You know what, Nixy, the best way to see the stars is…” He laid back, and looked up, “…like this.”

Nixy settled back too, candy forgotten, and stared up at the endless sky.

Jigsaw pointed to a cluster of stars. “Do you see those four that look a bit squarish and some bright ones leading away?”

Phoenix followed Jigsaw’s finger. He observed the stars for a moment before nodding. They looked familiar. He knew that was a constellation from one of the books, but he was drawing a blank on which one it was… “That’s one of the spoon ones…”

Jigsaw let out a snort. “The Big Dipper.”

“I was close!” Nixy kept his gaze on the black velvety sky. “Point out more please!”

“Sure thing, little brother.”

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