#some security guards too. mostly fritz and jeremy

[malkaviian]

its honestly so funny that my homophobic grandmother says that i should "make use of my talent" when it comes to art and that "if i had that spark glow, it was for something" girl............ i started to draw because i wanted to make gijinkas of the male fn4f animatronics kiss each other

[shitsecurityguards]

OKAY THE AU GUIDE IS FINALLY DONE. it's very long so it's going under read more. there will probably be edits added at some point bc things keep changing

AU INFO

This version combines the characters of the original Rebornica AU, the canon FNAF lore, and a lot of bullshit I made up because I like having fun. The canon FNAF lore is mostly in place, though some of it is delayed until later in the timeline.

The AU takes place in the modern day instead of the 1980s-2000s. The new pizzeria is in the same location as the FNAF 1 location, but it’s decades later and there’s new animatronics: The Rockstar animatronics + Rockstar Mangle, the Security Puppet, Balloon Boy and JJ. Corporate put all of the budget into them so that they’d have experimental AI personalities and be able to react and respond to things independently + in character (like the animatronics in Security Breach). During the day, they act like they’re alive, though at night the ghosts of the dead children interfere with their programming and use them as vessels to go after the guards. They also contain reused parts of the animatronics before them, and so they have some vague residual memories of their past iterations, though they feel more like dreams.

The ghosts of the missing children are not fully conscious and are missing a lot of their memories, including who killed them. They know it was an adult, and vaguely suspect it was a security guard, but really they would attack any adult if they were there at night. They tend to react very negatively to the color purple, and on Vincent’s night shifts will go after him harder than the others, though they aren’t conscious of why. Since they’re mainly running on instinct and emotion, they can’t put the pieces together of what happened to them.

William and Vincent are not the same person, and neither are Mike Schmidt and Michael Afton. Additionally, Jeremy, Fritz and Phone Guy exist in the present day instead of the 80s-90s.

The guards also have different ages compared to the og AU, and are all within a 10 year age span.

The couples that are canon are Mike/Doll and Chris/Vixen, also Vincent and Mahogany are exes. I know ppl want that purplephone yaoi but I think the original dynamic they have where Vincent has a weird sexual crush on Scott and Scott prays that he dies every night before bed is too compelling to give up. Also I want that purple guy but we aren’t getting into that here

There’s 3 humanoid species in this au: Humans (Mike, Chris, Fritz, Doll, Boss, Mahogany), Objectheads (Scott), and Huemans (GET IT GET IT GET IT. anyways Vincent, Vincent’s parents, William Afton, Michael Afton). As for Jeremy, umm I’m not totally sure what his deal is but he is a human, just like a strange subsection of human. Listen there’s not a lot of logic going on I’m just working with the cards I’ve been dealt

LORE GUIDE

All of the FNAF lore is just about the same until William Afton’s death. After the FNAF 2 restaurant, instead of dismantling the animatronics and being trapped inside of Springtrap, William Afton decided to lay low for a while. During this time period, his younger half brother and his wife were killed (who could’ve done that?), and as the closest living relative, William ended up reluctantly adopting Vincent, their 8 year old son. It turns out Vincent has the same murderous tendencies, and so William takes him under his wing, teaching him both about murder and the animatronics.

 William took him to the 2000s iteration of the original Freddy’s location a lot. There, Vincent met Mahogany, who was there a lot since her dad owned it, and they became friends. On one occasion, Vincent met Mike and tricked him into going up to Foxy, which led to Mike being bitten, which damagedmhis frontal lobe. The Schmidts and Fazbear Entertainment settled out of court, and all of the money Mike’s family won went to his medical bills.

William and Vincent lived well together as a weird freaky family unit for years until William eventually decided to finally go and dismantle the animatronics. After destroying them, he was cornered by the spirits and killed inside of Springtrap in the safe room. The spirits were freed and passed on, and the room was boarded up without anyone finding William’s body. 

With his uncle suddenly missing, Vincent had to drop out of school and get his GED in order to become independent and avoid the foster system. Him and Mahogany started dating, and she accidentally got pregnant. Vincent didn’t want the baby because he was 18 and also already hated kids, but Mahogany decided to keep the baby, so they ended up breaking up and settled into a friends with benefits situation instead while Vincent was also an absent father to Violet, their daughter.

After a few years of goofing off and living off his inheritance, Vincent finally started seriously looking for his uncle and got a job with Mahogany’s help at Freddy’s as a security guard. A lot of sneaking around later, and he found Springtrap in the boarded off safe room. Him and his uncle were finally reunited, but William was very pissy about the whole “I’ve been dead inside this suit for years and you never found me” situation and Vincent’s an asshole so he started teasing him about it. Ultimately, Vincent realized that his uncle was a lost cause and now it was his turn to continue his legacy, so he ditched William there to go kill people.

Soon after, Scott got hired to replace the other security guard, and so him and Vincent alternated between day and night shifts week by week. They didn’t see each other super often because of this, but when they did, they got along well. That was until Vincent developed a crazy psychosexual crush on Scott and scared the shit out of him to the point that Scott started avoiding him.

Mike at that point had just barely managed to graduate high school. His brain damage caused him a lot of issues that had made school difficult, and as Mike started trying to find and keep a job, he found that those same issues were affecting that too. After meeting Doll again and successfully getting them to go out with him, Mike pushed himself harder to retain a job so that he would be able to treat them well. Still, he struggled to find steady work due to his lack of experience and intolerance to the poor working conditions he often found himself in.

Mahogany brought Violet to Freddy’s frequently and would sometimes leave her there if she had something important to do since she figured it was safe. Vincent, being a shit dad, avoided her like the plague. It was very awkward when they interacted, especially since he was somehow dodging child support for years at that point. By the time she was 8 and he was 26, Vincent had already become a full fledged serial killer, but he still hadn’t fulfilled his duty to continue his uncle’s legacy and perform a copycat killing. Eventually, he decided to kill two birds with one stone. He tricked Violet into bringing her friends into the Parts and Services room, where he then drugged them and put them into the suits, which killed them when activated. Eventually Vincent did remove the bodies from the animatronics since he knew that they would inevitably be found if he kept them there, but the gruesome deaths imprinted the children’s ghosts to the respective animatronics they died in. The bodies were never found and Vincent was never caught, but the restaurant did shut down for a while due to the missing kids. Mahogany also stopped talking to Vincent after seeing how apathetic he seemed to be about Violet’s death, though she did not suspect him.

After the press coverage of the missing children settled down, Boss reopened the pizzeria with significantly more security and hired Mike, Jeremy and Fritz. Chris was also hired at the reopening since the other janitor quit. The hope was that the added security would bring customers back, and while many did return, some were lost to the competing Chuck E Cheese down the road.

Now the five guards change shifts on a weekly basis, with four working various areas of the pizzeria during the day shift and one working the night shift.

The ghosts of the children are confused, but also have realized how to override the animatronics’ AI and use them as vessels. They tend to go dormant during the day to preserve energy, though at night they go after whoever is on duty. The animatronics themselves do not remember what they do when possessed and are very confused why the guards don’t like them/are scared of them.

MIKE SCHMIDT

Mike is 26, uses he/him, and is a cis man + pansexual

He stays at Freddy’s because it’s the best job he can get and hold. His partner, Doll, is the main breadwinner, and while Mike doesn’t mind that, he does want to contribute as much as he can financially.

Typically, Mike appears to be very irritable and unfriendly. However, while he does have a temper, he is actually pretty outgoing and gets along well with a lot of his coworkers,  even those that piss him off (Scott and Vincent). Mike also enjoys puns and pranks, much to his coworkers’ dismay.

In his free time, Mike enjoys collecting Pokemon and baseball cards. He also goes to the gym on his days off. Mike wishes he had more free time so he could volunteer at an animal rescue, but right now he’s got a lot going on.

As a child, Mike was bitten by the older Foxy animatronic and sustained damage to his frontal lobe that resulted in him struggling with his emotional regulation, impulsivity and short attention span. Because of this, Mike did very poorly in school and struggled to keep a job before working at Freddy’s. His brain suppressed the memory of the attack and he doesn’t know that he was bitten at the same place he works, nor that Vincent was the reason it happened, but his hatred of Foxy stems from the subconscious memory of the bite.

Mike loves Jeremy, even if he isn’t the most outwardly affectionate with him. He’s one of the reasons Mike stayed at the job, since he was so worried about Jeremy’s safety. Over time, they’ve grown very close, and Mike sees him as a younger brother. While not as close, Mike is also very good friends with Chris, and feels a certain kind of everyman kinship with him, like they can sit around and talk about how weird and ridiculous everything is together. His relationship with Vincent is a bit more complicated, he’s like his shitty annoying freaky friend that he hates but also likes hanging out with. He’s the one that Mike goes to the bar with even though Vincent doesn’t even drink and sometimes gets him to do stupid shit. Him and Fritz are chill, although he has trouble following what he’s talking about sometimes and often has to stop him from actively putting himself in danger with the animatronics. To him, Fritz is definitely the most normal of all of the other guards, though. Scott pisses him off because he tells him about people dying in the restaurant all the time. Also, Mike’s first week was night shift and when he heard the fourth night’s tape he thought Scott died, and when he saw Scott the next week on day shift and found out he just had to get a couple stitches he totally freaked out on him. As time has gone on and he’s gotten to know Scott more, he’s tried to be more patient with him.

Mike is engaged to Doll and is absolutely head over heels with them. The two went to high school together but never really talked. They officially started talking at the library Doll used to work at, and he began going and pretending to read just so he could talk to them. Eventually, he worked up the nerve to ask them out, and they happily agreed. For a while, Mike struggled with insecurities in their relationship, mainly that he saw himself as not good enough or smart enough for Doll. Impulsively, he broke up with them, but quickly realized he made a mistake and fixed things. Five years later, they’re finally engaged and live together in Doll’s late grandmother’s house. Over time, Mike’s insecurities have dwindled, though his main concern now is that something may happen to him on the night shift. The two would like to have a baby once they’re married, but Mike wants to make sure he’ll be there for his family and not in a suit. For now, they’re considering a dog.

Originally, Mike HATED working at Freddy’s. However, as he’s gotten to know his coworkers and learned how to handle the night shift, he’s slowly grown to tolerate it. The animatronics still piss him off and he doesn’t like having to drag kids off of the stage, but it pays better than other jobs he’s had and at least his coworkers are kind of fun.

Mike has accidentally fallen face first into the secrets of the pizzeria. When he first got hired, he thought it was just a job he’d have to deal with for the paycheck. Now he goes to bed thinking about how there’s definitely ghosts and also the animatronics might be gaining sentience. However, Mike is not the most articulate guy, and so whenever he tries to tell anyone about his theories, he just sounds really nuts. Chris is his go to guy for crazy talk since he’s the most level headed of everyone at Freddy’s and will sit through his often nonsensical rants.

He is a pissy asshole at work but then he goes home and sees Doll and goes puppy mode. That man can act as macho as he wants but he is very soft for Doll

Mike doesn’t have a favorite animatronic (he hates them all), and his least favorite is Rockstar Foxy.

JEREMY FITZGERALD

Jeremy is 20, uses he/him, and is a cis man + aroace

Despite being terrified of his job, Jeremy stays on because he needs the money to afford rent and his online asynchronous college courses.

Jeremy’s already anxious demeanor is amplified at Fazbear’s, where the screaming children and murderous animatronics do nothing to soothe his nerves. He tends to be shy when first meeting people and takes time to open up to others, though when he does, Jeremy is a very kind and considerate friend.

His schedule is usually hectic between his job and his classes, but in between, he loves watching anime, collecting manga and figurines, doing arts and crafts, and occasionally streaming himself playing games. He really loves Sailor Moon, Vocaloid, and Sanrio.

When Jeremy first met Mike, he was scared of him, but as he got to know Mike and understand him better, he came to see him as an older brother/protector. Since Fritz and Chris are the closest to his age, Jeremy tends to hang out with them a lot. He relies on Scott for help a lot of the time and appreciates his assistance, but also is kind of intimidated by him since he’s so tall and has seniority. As for Vincent, he’s scared of him, but occasionally they can find common ground.

Jeremy isn’t originally from the area, but moved from another state to get away from his father. Originally, he struggled to make rent and feed himself, but after working at Freddy’s and meeting Fritz, the two moved into a new apartment together. Now Jeremy can make rent and has enough left over to take online college classes. Jeremy appreciates that Fritz will watch his shows with him, and in return he does his best to help with Fritz’s furby customizations.

Despite being scared of the other animatronics, Jeremy absolutely adores the Security Puppet. He thinks it’s absolutely adorable and he spends a lot of his day watching it. Jeremy has a soft spot for clowns and porcelain dolls, so the Puppet’s design is absolutely perfect to him.

He finds a lot of comfort in “girly” things since his experiences with masculinity growing up were very negative. When in new environments or when meeting new people, he tends to be a little shy about this aspect of himself. Thankfully the pizzeria’s environment is one where he feels safe to openly talk about his interests. Jeremy also tends to be very nervous around hypermasculine men, though his friendship with Mike has helped him work on managing those anxieties.

It’s not to the same extreme as Vincent’s love of toast, but Jeremy does really like lemons and lemon flavored things.

Jeremy’s favorite animatronic is the Security Puppet, and his least favorite is Rockstar Chica.

FRITZ SMITH

Fritz is 22, uses he/him, and is a trans man + aroace

Out of all of the guards, Fritz is the most enthusiastic about his job. He loves the animatronics, even if they try to kill him all the time. He rationalizes it as their security programming, and how can he be mad at them for that?

Fritz is a friendly guy, though he does have some trouble navigating conversations without relying on his interests for discussion topics. He finds that the animatronics are easier to talk to since he doesn’t have to worry about the same social cues and norms as he does with real people. Typically, he tends to get caught up in the fun atmosphere of the pizzeria, and his love of the characters and arcade games can often distract him from his actual job as a security guard.

Luckily for Fritz, his special interest in robotics— especially the Fazbear Entertainment animatronics— is a part of his job. He does mainly collect and study Fazbear related things, but he isn’t fully loyal to the brand, and does also enjoy Chuck E Cheese, though he’d never tell his coworkers that. He also enjoys video games and collecting furbies.

Fritz mainly hangs out with Jeremy and Chris since he has the most in common with them. Him and Vincent both know a lot about the Fazbear Entertainment franchise and its history, but Vincent’s tendency to refute Fritz’s statements with uncited sources irks him. Fritz appreciates Mike’s concern for his safety,  though he wishes he would trust him more with the animatronics. As for Scott, he thinks he’s a cool guy, even though Scott keeps telling him to get back to work when he’s stationed in the arcade.

After working at Freddy’s and meeting Jeremy, Fritz finally was able to move out of his parents’ house. Growing up with 5 sisters, living with Jeremy is a very nice change for him. Fritz usually cooks for both of them, and in return Jeremy drives him everywhere (Fritz can’t drive). On Jeremy’s night shift week, Fritz tends to sleep on the couch so he can make sure Jeremy gets home.

Fritz’s favorite animatronic is Rockstar Chica (she’s always been his favorite character), and his least favorites are Balloon Boy and JJ.

SCOTT

Scott is 30, uses he/him, and is a cis man + heteroromantic demisexual

He’s in the books as a security guard, but in reality he’s also had a management position thrust onto him since Boss can't be bothered to actually run his pizzeria and he refuses to pay a manager. He stays at Freddy’s because he’s been there for years at this point and he’s just kind of used to the terrible conditions.

Like the phone calls in the first two games, Scott comes off as awkward and a bit too nonchalant about the terrible and often morbid circumstances of the job. In fact, he has a strange fascination with Freddy Fazbear’s violent history, which often unnerves his coworkers. However, Scott does try to be friendly, even if he isn’t the most charismatic, and does his best to help his coworkers as much as he can.

Scott is politely and respectfully fighting gay allegations left and right. He likes cashmere sweaters and infinity scarves, he goes to a cooking class with a bunch of single moms once a week, he has a bonsai tree that he shapes, he drinks iced lattes and he watches The Real Housewives of New Jersey. However, to everyone’s surprise (Mike and Vincent especially), Scott is actually on the market for a girlfriend, and even goes on dates sometimes. Of course, Mike and Vincent wear disguises and spy on him in the restaurant, because what else would they do? NOT see what Scott is like on a date with a woman?

Scott’s an objecthead, so he’s biomechanical. His head is a functioning phone and works on the same pulse system as a regular rotary phone (reference below), it’s just also got some blood and nerves and brain in there. Think of the plastic exterior of the phone as like an external skull— if you touched it, it’d feel to him like if someone touched your tooth or something. There’s feeling, but it’s kind of dull. He talks out of the phone, but I like the idea that when he eats he unscrews the speaker part of the phone and that’s where the food goes. Let Scott be freaky 2025!!!

Vincent is Scott’s weird frenemy who he has been rejecting the advances of for years. They’ve been working together the longest, and are both Fazbear veterans, which has naturally made them gravitate to one another even if they don’t usually get along. Scott wants to be Mike’s friend, but finds that he’s always saying the wrong things to him without meaning to. Seeing as Jeremy and Fritz are significantly younger than him, Scott does feel the need to coddle them, even when they may not necessarily need it. It’s not that he thinks they’re incapable of doing it on their own so much as he projects his own anxieties onto them and as a result feels responsible for their safety and peace of mind.

Scott is fairly neutral about the animatronics. He doesn’t really resent them for trying to stuff him into a suit since he thinks it’s just their endoskeleton recognition malfunctioning, and while he is interested in their murderous tendencies, he certainly doesn’t like that they do that. He’s fine with interacting with them during the day shift, though.

Scott’s favorite animatronic is Rockstar Foxy, and his least favorite is the Security Puppet (he thinks it’s freaky looking).

VINCENT BISHOP

Vincent is 28, uses he/him, and is a genderqueer man, arospec + identifies as somewhere between gay and bi so he uses both labels

He’s worked at Freddy’s the longest at a whopping 7 years (since he was 21), so he knows the place like the back of his hand. Originally, he took the job in an effort to find his uncle after his disappearance, but after finding him in the sealed off back room, he decided to continue his uncle’s work at the new restaurant. He really hates the children, the noise and the crowds, but he can’t imagine working anywhere else.

It can often be difficult to understand Vincent due to how unpredictable he is. His moods change like the seasons, usually based on who he’s working with and how busy the restaurant is. Some days he is clingy, obnoxious and flirty, while other days he is standoffish and silent. What does stay consistent, though, is the aura of secrecy that surrounds him.

No one seems to know what Vincent’s hobbies are, and for good reason. After all, he does his best to keep his stalking, murdering and disemboweling under wraps. He does have some normal interests, though, and enjoys reading, journaling, and playing the piano. He also has an extensive collection of knives and vintage Fazbear merchandise.

Like Scott, Vincent isn’t a human, he’s a HUEman :D His all white eyes and teeth are visible in the dark, and he can see well in darkness. He’s also extremely flexible, even for what he is, and can turn his head 270 degrees like an owl. Freaky man yayayayayayay

Vincent tends to have very intense and destructive relationships with other people which in part is due to his tendency to see others as toys rather than people. Mike is the only person he considers a friend, even though he doesn’t regret tricking him into getting bit at all. He’s the closest thing Vincent has ever had to a normal relationship, and is the only person Vincent will hang out with voluntarily outside of work. Scott is a bit more complicated. They started as casual friends when Scott first got hired, but then Vincent developed a weird creepy interest in Scott that caused a huge rift between them. The intensity and creepiness of it has waned a bit over the years, but Vincent still makes it known that he is dtf. Him and Mahogany have a long history of dating, breaking up, being friends with benefits, and finally avoiding each other after Violet’s death, though Vincent does still try to hit on her sometimes to no avail. Jeremy and Fritz don’t really matter at all to him, but he does find them amusing to tease.

Overall, Vincent is not inclined to form connections with others. It’s much easier for him to study people from the sidelines— or sometimes the bushes— than to go through all of the work of trying to make them like him. Outside of work, he doesn’t talk to anyone (besides Mike) unless it’s part of some plan to kill them.

The only exception is Vincent’s uncle, who was the only person he ever really cared about. Since William was also a killer, Vincent developed a genuine love for his uncle and felt for the first and only time that he could be open with him. His best memories are of his childhood with his uncle, about learning from him and going to Freddy Fazbears together. However, William’s miserable state in Springtrap has made their relationship warp, and now Vincent sees him just as another toy.

Vincent doesn’t do anything that might make him inebriated (drinking, drug use) because he’s paranoid he’ll let something slip and get caught. When he goes to bars with Mike, he usually just drinks water.

Yes, he loves toast. Autistic W

Vincent’s favorite animatronic is Golden Freddy (he’s hidden him away in storage), and his least favorite is the Security Puppet (makes his murder plans harder).

CHRIS

Chris is 21, uses he/him, and is a trans man + gynosexual

Freddy’s isn’t his ideal job (he’d like to become a tattoo artist), but it pays for his student loans from art school. Still, he tries to see the bright side of the situation, and does his best to stay positive.

Overall, Chris is a chill guy, and is definitely the most normal one in that damn pizzeria. He’s not apathetic to the crazy shit going on, but he also doesn’t take it all that seriously. Sure, there may be killer animatronics and ghosts, but when he clocks out none of that is coming home with him. Of course, when Mike shows up on his doorstep with some batshit theory about the animatronics, he’s totally going to listen.

Chris enjoys drawing (usually either tattoo designs or comics), doing street art and skateboarding in his free time. He also listens to a lot of Weezer.

Mike is his work bestie, and Chris thinks he’s super amusing to hang out with. He also hangs out with Jeremy and Fritz a lot though since they’re around his age and chill enough. Chris doesn’t really interact much with Scott or Vincent, but from what Mike tells him they’re total weirdos.

Chris has a girlfriend named Vixen, but they don’t live together. He lives in a shitty apartment by himself.

Part of his job as janitor entails cleaning off Rockstar Mangle since part of her gimmick is that kids can draw on her with erasable markers. Sometimes it can be a pain, but Chris has also developed a love for Mangle as a result of the time they’ve spent together.

Chris’ favorite animatronic is Rockstar Mangle, and his least favorites are Balloon Boy and JJ.

DOLL SCHMIDT

Doll is 27, uses they/them, and is nonbinary + androsexual.

They work as an archivist at a museum.

They’ve encouraged Mike to quit his job in the past since he hated it and it was dangerous, but they eventually stopped pressing him when Mike stopped actively despising his job.

Doll has ankylosing spondylitis, which they use a walker for.

They went to Freddy’s a few times when they were younger for other people’s birthday parties, but haven't been there in 15 years or so. They’ve met all of Mike’s friends from work, though, and are always happy to have them come over to the house.

Doll thinks Mike is sooooooo cute <3 They love spoiling their trophy husband and taking care of him. Doll wears the pants in that relationship for sure

BOSS

Boss is 59, uses he/him, and is a cis man + straight.

He runs a few different businesses, but isn’t very hands on with any of them. They’re more investments than they are passion projects for him. When he bought the original Freddy’s location (it’s a chain, he doesn’t own Fazbear Entertainment), he figured it was cheap enough and had enough appeal as the og that it would be a smart business move.

Boss’ wife died when Mahogany was a preteen, so he had to step up and raise her by himself. He’s very much a girldad, even at 59, and spoils Mahogany to no end.

Boss’ name is Byron, but he just tells everyone to call him “Boss” since his name feels too personal.

He is very cheap and does not want to put more money into Freddy’s than he has to.

Boss adored Violet and did everything he could to help Mahogany with her. He was happy that Freddy’s could be a part of her childhood like it was Mahogany’s. After Violet’s disappearance, though, he felt immense guilt and shut the restaurant down to mourn and aid the investigation. He originally intended to sell it, but decided to keep the business as a way to remember his granddaughter.

MAHOGANY

Mahogany is 28, uses she/her, and is a cis woman + bisexual

She is unemployed, but helps her father out with his businesses where she can. Specifically, she is very charismatic, and is great at meeting with investors.

Mahogany is Boss’ daughter and lives with him.

In her youth, Mahogany was very outspoken and playful, though after having Violet she did mature a bit. Being a single mother was hard for her, especially at 18, but she did her best and loved Violet enough that Vincent’s absence was not felt. After Violet went “missing”, Mahogany turned very bitter and distant. She hates having to go to the pizzeria and despises Vincent for not caring about or helping with Violet’s disappearance.

She struggles with the loneliness of having lost both her daughter and, in a weird way, Vincent. Of course, Mahogany is beautiful, and has had plenty of lovers, but she wants to find someone who will treat her right and take care of her. Scott is definitely a person of interest for her, but his obliviousness to her passes at him frustrates her.

VIOLET

Violet died when she was 8 in 2022.

Violet was very outgoing and made friends easily with the other kids at Freddy’s. She also tended to be very hyper and rowdy, and would often have to be dragged away from the animatronics by Scott or Vincent.

She was very close with her mother and grandfather, and was happy with their family dynamic. Violet knew that Vincent was her dad, but she didn’t feel any kind of connection to him and often gave him a hard time whenever he tried to do his job as a guard.

Her favorite animatronic was Foxy. He is also the animatronic that she was put into and that she now possesses.

WILLIAM AFTON

William died when he was 65 in 2012, uses he/him, and is a cis man + bisexual

His parents divorced and his mother remarried, eventually having Jay (Vincent’s father). They moved to America from Britain when William was a teenager.

He was always sort of an oddball, but in a charming way. Behind closed doors, of course, he was much more sinister and hateful, but he was very skilled at hiding that side of himself.

William did initially care about all three of his children, though CC’s death made him despise Michael. William and his wife divorced, and Michael lived with his mother while Elizabeth went between houses until her death. 

After the murders, William did leave Fazbears as an owner. Still, he felt compelled to go back, and worked undercover as Dave for a bit to kill more. He was at one point looked into by police, but they had no evidence that would stick and let him go. Realizing how close he’d gotten, William decided to lay low and leave Freddy’s.

When the authorities reached out to William about taking in Vincent, he was initially very hesitant. When he did, though, he realized Vincent had the same murderous tendencies he himself had, and decided to take his nephew under his wing. William enjoyed Vincent since he saw a lot of himself in him, and treated him like the son he never got to raise. Vincent also gave him the opportunity to visit Freddy’s again, which had never stopped beckoning to him.

Eventually, William’s obsession with Freddy’s became too much, and he decided to sneak in and destroy the animatronics to rid himself of them. He succeeded, but in doing so released the spirits of the murdered children. They chased him into the safe room where the Spring Bonnie suit was being stored, and when he hid inside of it… ruh roh!

William’s body was never found, but the remnant (i dont understand that shit but its the only thing that could possibly keep his gay ass from decomposing in that suit so its here i guess) kept his body intact inside of Springtrap. By the time Vincent found him years later, his mind had deteriorated so much from the pain that he lashed out at his nephew. When Vincent turned on him and decided to mock him instead of helping him, William began to despise Vincent the same way he despised Michael.

He’s still in the boarded off safe room and Vincent is the only one who knows he’s there. He could theoretically move inside the suit, but he thinks it is futile since he is trapped in there and it would be even more painful. If he really tries, he can manifest as a ghost and leave the room, but it’s very draining and he cannot do it for very long.

MICHAEL AFTON

Michael is 55, uses he/him, and is a cis man + unlabeled

He is semi-undead and is stuck physically in his early 20s from when he was scooped. He usually wears a mask and covers as much of himself as he can to blend in. He also uses a cane and compression sleeves for his joints.

Michael has been trying to find his father for years now to no avail. He knows that Vincent knows SOMETHING, but he isn’t sure what. Freddy’s isn’t super accessible to him since he doesn’t have a kid, but Vincent will often let him in just to drag him around, mess with him, and then show him the door with 0 information gained.

Michael is dating Vanessa, who is a professional gamer/streamer, and lives with her.

[pastelpengwin]

I'm back with the FNAF AU stuff, here are my notes on the characters. There's quite a bit so buckle in.

Management

Henry Emily-

Info- Co-owner of Freddy’s with William. Nicer than Afton, does not interact with the staff too much, not much to be said. Not much different from the canonical version.

Notes- Talked about by the others, but never seen. Sometimes he might speak, but will always be off camera.

William Afton-

Info- Co-owner of Freddy’s with Henry. Not a nice person, at all. Not much different from the canonical version.

Notes- Rarely talked about by the others (he freaks them out and they’d rather not acknowledge him) never seen in the actual comic. Is the killer.

Phone Guy-

Info- Assistant Manager. PG is a friendly person, but overly nervous and prone to lying. Quick to be in denial when something goes wrong, says “everything’s fine” (or some other variant of that) so much, it’s practically his catchphrase. Loves to decorate Freddy’s for parties, but doesn’t like being at said parties. Ends up getting most of the paperwork dumped on him by Will. Generally anxious and in constant state of panic, which he does his best to hide, with not much luck.

Notes- Is scared of Will and will avoid him at all costs. Becomes Vincent’s roommate in season 2, the phone is a mask. Loves Freddy’s and the characters (apart from Puppet), Foxy is his favourite.

Employees

Vincent-

Info- Security guard, mostly dayshift, sometimes works nightshift too. Smiles a lot,   randomly appears behind people in order to freak them out and has a fascination with knives, but is mostly harmless, more bark than bite. He was a suspect for the MCI because of his personality/behaviour. Thinks Will is sketchy and keeps a close eye on him, won’t leave Phone Guy alone with Will.

Notes- Has a crush on Phone Guy and follows him around Freddy’s, they walk to work together. Likes to people watch. Somehow convinces Phone Guy to move in with him.

Mike Schmidt-

Info- Security Guard, dayshift and nightshift, Mike is the son of William Afton, and doesn’t want the other employees to know that, which is why he changed his last name and dyed his hair, Henry has his suspicions, William doesn’t know he’s working at Freddy’s because they haven’t spoken in years after Mike moved away in his mid teens, Will doesn’t deal with the staff (only management) so he hasn’t seen or spoken to Mike face to face. Mike is there to help free the trapped ghosts of the children, whom he can interact with due to the events of Sister Location.

Notes- Has a slight purple tint to his skin due the ‘scooper’ incident. He is rather sarcastic towards his co-workers, but is friends with most of them. Thinks Vincent is creepy, and Phone Guy is shifty, doesn’t like that PG won’t show his face to anyone (thinks he has something to hide(which he doesn’t but he doesn’t know that lol)

Jeremy Fitzgerald-

Info- Timid and is a scaredy cat despite being good at the nightshift, won’t work nights for more than two weeks at a time. Works at Freddy’s because it was the first job he got an interview for.

Notes- Becomes good friends with Mike, doesn’t like Will or Vincent, but gets along with the others. Favourite animatronic is Chica.

Fritz Smith- 

Info- The most extroverted of the bunch, loves parties and is full of energy. The most optimistic of the bunch too. He mainly works on the dayshift, rarely ever the nightshift. Actually doesn’t mind Vincent all that much, but again, like the others doesn’t like William. Likes working during the parties.

Notes- Hangs out with Mike and Jeremy out of hours.

[fivenightsatfreddysfanfiction]

FNAF - Overwrite

"So how much do you know about animatronics, really?" Jeremy asked suddenly, his head tilting as he tapped a socket wrench against the palm of his hand.

The group of guards, new and old, were gathered in the workshop to figure out how to counter the myriad of animatronics that were piling up in Meera's pizzeria, taking it over and searching for children to take. The young woman had locked it up and put up signs to warn families away, claiming a gas leak to be sure no one would come near. Each guard had their group they were experts against, but there were many that had never been seen before, were complete mysteries to them.

Luckily they had someone who had come with advanced knowledge of everything the Afton Family had been doing in regards to animatronics.

Jeremy found it strange to have what was essentially a replica of the man who had caused so much death and heartache for him and so many others just standing there by the work table, doing nothing but gazing curiously down at the components that went into the Securi-Toys. But the digitized Lucian -or Digi as he preferred to be called- didn't try to do anything to him or the others, not unless he was pushed so far to the limit of his patience that he either lashed out or shut himself down.

"Hm?" Digi asked, lifting his eyes to him in confusion. "Were you... talking to me?" That was another thing Jeremy found odd, the lack of self-confidence and smugness. The face and body were the same as the cruel man in purple from long ago, but Digi's hair was shorter, one eye the bright, bright green Baby had, and his personality was far different in many ways.

Jeremy nodded and Digi shifted in place, his hard-light mode giving his blonde hair a slight bluish shimmer as he moved. "Not much beyond what the files inside me say. I can operate Circus Baby perfectly fine, I was designed for her," he said carefully. "But I don't personally know anything about the way the others work. Not the way you all do."

That... didn't seem right. Jeremy frowned, the tapping of the socket wrench pausing. "But you... original you... you were able to crack my father's security software and reprogram the Toy Animatronics in 1987," he countered. Digi's eyes narrowed slightly at him and Jeremy felt a slight chill, half expecting him to leap the table and stab at him.

"Again, I can't be held responsible for what my old self did after I was put to sleep in 1984," Digi bit out and looked away with a pout.

There goes that angle...

"But... that doesn't sound like me," Digi added on softly, a faintly uncertain expression flickering over his face.

On the nearby couch, Ven and Damien lifted their heads to look up at him in concern. Fritz blinked in mid-bite, doughnut pressed to his teeth.

"That's what happened, though," Jeremy said, gesturing to the components on the table between them. "Hired in 1985, Lucian used his night shifts to crack my father's Active Security Mode software and reprogram the Toys to become blind to him, setting up for the events of 1987. Even worked out how to manipulate the endoskeletons and hardware settings of the animatronics that didn't have the software connections yet. All so he could use them to carry out the Missing Children Murders."

Digi held his chin delicately in one hand, the pensive expression never leaving his face as he looked back at the older man. "Why would I do it that way? That wasn't my plan at all," he said in confusion. "I'm not very good at electronic stuff. Well, when I was human at least. I'm more of a chemistry buff."

"Chemistry?" Damien echoed, blinking, "What was your plan then?" Digi looked over at him, a wry and self-loathing smile on his face.

"My goal was to kill more kids than the Pink Guy, so I was going to poison the food being served to the birthday parties that were being hosted that day. That many children, and my knowledge of poisons and delivery and effects... it would have been so easy. I just needed to learn enough about animatronics to know how to fool their sensors and tracking." The blonde shrugged, as if discussing his murder plans were no big deal to him. "That's why I went to work at Afton Robotics. I was hoping to learn that there but...."

He went quiet then, a haunted look coming over him as he gripped his own arms tightly. Jeremy swallowed hard, looking away as Ven reached out to carefully place a hand over one of Digi's own.

"You weren't there long enough to learn how to hack custom-made, military grade software," he said quietly and began tapping the wrench against his palm again. "So how did you have such mastery in less than a year?"

Digi shrugged, his breathing -false breathing, Jeremy had to remind himself- uneven and a bit too rapid for comfort. "I... I don't know. But... what... what did I do? In 1987? I don't know exactly... no one told me...." The blonde shut his eyes tight, bounced a few times on the balls of his feet. "Body count, kill method... what did I do?"

"Six kids, one by poison outside, five by poison, stabbing, and asphyxiation inside," Damien returned dully. "Most of the asphyxiation and injuries were caused by stuffing the kids into the animatronics that were moved into the safe room." He smiled weakly. "Not the best way to hide bodies."

Digi looked over at him, a tight frown on his face. "Only that many? And how was the poison given? Via the food in the kitchen?" he pressed. Damien shook his head.

"You had lured the five children to the safe room, gave them poisoned treats. Some of the kids were stabbed, but mostly they suffocated because they had been shoved into one animatronic," he said and gestured aimlessly. "Marionette later moved the bodies around, one to each member of the Fazband, but Faith's spirit escaped being bound to Golden Freddy."

Digi leaned against the table, arms folded over his chest as he considered the words. Jeremy watched him for a moment before speaking up. "You had also tried to get me to come along, but I never made it, so I was spared. Mike was almost killed, but survived because of Faith's help." The blonde glanced at him, green eye glowing, then held up his hands, fingers folding as he counted silently.

"...There were two more animatronics to take Remnant," he whispered suddenly, "That's why you and Mike were targeted. The Toys weren't Afton made, or hand-crafted and primed by years of exposure to the essence of life. No point killing more than the number of animatronics that can accept Remnant."

"What the fuck is he talking about?" Mike demanded, squinting at Meera. The young woman shrugged, swallowing hard.

"I don't know. I didn't read into all the files we stole; Jeremy's got them all," she said uncertainly.

"Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie Bunny, Chica Chicken, Foxy the Pirate, Fredbear, Spring Bonnie; hand-crafted and experimental, Remnant presence detected, Remnant acceptance level 96%," Digi suddenly spoke, the glow of his green eye bright, tiny numbers scrolling across the surface. "Marionette and Balloon Boy; Afton Robotics property, Remnant ready, Remnant acceptance level 90%. Toy Freddy, Toy Bonnie, Toy Chica, Toy Foxy; Fitzgerald Security and Defense Industries property, not Remnant ready, Remnant acceptance level 5%." His hands flew up, heels pressing against his eyes as he hissed softly to himself. "I wouldn't know that, not that me. That's Afton only knowledge. But that number of deaths, one for each animatronic that can take Remnant? That's not something I would do."

"You're sayin' that the Purple Guy we dealt with didn't follow your plan for killin' kids, used a way of killin' you don't know to do, and hooked up dead kids to the fuckboys that Afton approved as bein' ready to suck up their souls?" Mike asked him in disbelief. He gestured towards Digi, "And that approval of 'em is something you wouldn't know then, but you know it now?" Digi nodded, hands still pressed to his eyes. "So then how the fuck did you know it back then, if ya knew it at all?"

"Sounds like maybe it was someone else that did the stuff in 1987," Fritz said offhandedly, rolling his eyes. Digi lowered his hands, scowling.

"But it wasn't; you all insist that it was me who did it all! You have the memories of it being me, there's pictures and news articles saying it was me!" the blonde snapped. "But all of that?! That's not how I would do it! That's not how I would act!" Fritz nibbled on another doughnut, huffing under his breath.

"So what? You think that some random guy wearing your face committed the murders that way? Isn't that what you did by making people think Vincent did it?" he asked dryly. "That's pretty hypocritical. You made people think Vincent killed a bunch of kids, but now you're saying you were set up by someone else too!"

"You're the one who said it first! The difference is that I would own up to my crimes if I committed them my way!" Digi snapped back, slamming his hand down on the table and making Jeremy jump in alarm. "I took pride in what I did, no me digas lo contrario! My actions, my name, I worked to create a pattern that would make me infamous and what my original self did in 1987 broke that pattern! That might have been my body and face but it wasn't me!"

A silence fell over the group, and slowly the blonde's expression changed from outrage to dawning horror.

"My face... my body... but not me... not in that mind...." Digi whispered and his hands went up to his mouth, color draining from his face. "Oh god... Dios mío, lo hizo... lo hizo a mí... mí cuerpo... manos en mí cuerpo... mí mente... me tocó todos partes...." Jeremy moved around the table, recognizing the distant, glassy eyes, the heavy and uneven breathing, the sudden trembling in the other man's figure. Ven got up from the sofa where he sat with Damien, and the two of them approached Digi cautiously, hands up where they could be seen.

"Digi, you're not there, you're here in my workshop. My name's Jeremy Fitzgerald; you're safe here, there's friends around you," Jeremy told him as calmly as possible. He reached out slowly, took hold of one of Digi's hands, and then placed it over his own heart, hoping that the data ghost could feel heartbeats. "Breathe to this, follow my heart."

No one else said anything; Jeremy could see Meera nearby, the young woman poised to rush forward, eyes shining with tears and worry, wanting to zip in and hug her spirit roommate but knowing the wrong motion could cause more harm. He kept his own breathing steady and calm, watching and waiting if the distance in Digi's eyes faded. The light in the bright green and silver-grey dimmed instead, darkening the further he retreated into the memories of whatever horrors were replaying in his head.

"Digi, you're not there, you're here!" Jeremy said firmly, "Digi! ...Lucian, get back here!"

The light snapped back on, full force. "That's not my designation," Digi replied softly, almost automatically. He blinked, took a shuddering and deep breath, and let his shoulders sag, gaze falling to where Jeremy had his hand clasped against the soft green of his sweater. "Lo siento... I'm sorry for causing you trouble." Jeremy shook his head.

"Don't apologize for having a panic attack. We can't control when those happen, but we have people who can help us through it. Like how Mike helps me, and I helped you," he said quietly. He pulled his hand away, giving the ghost the choice to pull away from him. Digi swallowed, drawing his own hand back and rubbing at it carefully. "Can you explain what happened? If it won't harm you more?"

"I...," Digi murmured hoarsely and shuddered. Ven took his arm and guided him back to the sofa, Damien scrambling to make room so he could sit down. Meera darted in, tucking herself beside the blonde and pulling one of his arms over herself, letting him card his fingers through her hair. Jeremy watched as tension drained out more readily from the data ghost, like just the contact with the young woman was enough to keep nightmares at bay. "When I was trapped... down there... in my own body... I remember words...." Digi began, halting and cautious, as though he couldn't trust his own voice or words. "My memory isn't very good. Afton... did things... to me." He took another shaky breath, "Things that messed up the copying of memories from body to computer. But I remember his words."

He paused again, a sickly look on his face. "Remnant... it's the essence of life, but it can give more than that. It can be a way to anchor memories, knowledge. To pass the soul from one form to another." Digi pointed at himself. "I'm an example, my Remnant pulled from my body, analyzed and digitized, then copied and modified to be Circus Baby's A.I. system." He gestured towards Faith and Jeremy looked over at his adoptive sister in alarm. "The Remnant of the murdered children... they were to be applied to the animatronics at that pizzeria. That's what made them 'haunted'. Human to machine transfer."

"But... that doesn't tell us why Lucian didn't do things the way you would," Fritz pointed out cautiously.

"Afton's words... possible human to human transfer," Digi said slowly. "If Remnant can be extracted and injected to give a machine the awareness and memories of a human... why not to another human?" He shuddered. "Threads... in my head... I could hear him but he didn't speak... 'get to use your body so much'...." Digi shook his head, turning to hug Meera tightly as he trembled.

Jeremy winced and looked to his dad for comfort. Mike's expression was troubled but he reached out to bring him in for a hug as well. Ven and Damien reached for each other, fingers interlocking and sides pressing together as Damien's eyes clouded with memories of similar words spoken to him in the past.

"There's gaps... in my memories...," Digi finished shakily, looking up at the group and forcing a stern expression in place, a mask to hide behind. "But that's enough to make a guess. The me of 1987... Afton must have done a transfer of himself... to my body... to continue his research or have more lifespan to do it. I was young, healthy... he was old, dying." His mouth trembled, the mask cracking. "I... I wanted to be remembered... to have my name live on... Afton killed me... he killed me and erased my name and everyone forgot me, the real me, and I'm not even the real me. I'm a copy, a fake!" His voice broke into soft sobs as he sought out Ven's eyes.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry I said I would erase you, Vincent! It's horrible; you don't deserve feeling this, I don't want you to ever feel this!" The blonde deflated, curling around Meera for comfort. "There's nothing of me left, it's all Afton. He wrote himself over me and I'm just a stupid copy. The Enfuego name... it's gone, and it's my fault."

The guards looked at one another, alarm and varying degrees of pity on their faces. What could they do then? How could they go up against a family that had the technology to jump from body to body, destroying minds along the way? That had even broken the one person they had thought to be their greatest enemy?

END