Party Team Ask's Open!

The au is mostly inspired by the first 2 fnaf locations, where in the animatronics are possessed, and you work the nightshift. However it's also somewhat inspired by fnaf SB since the way you/Cyrus progresses through the night is different (and the tech is more advanced) To finish a shift/progress through the night, the nightguard has to go check every room in the building and hold up a little watch/data-card to a scanner in the room. It takes about 5 seconds and then the room is considered checked on the map. Check every room and you finish a shift successfully. Miss one and you get your pay docked </3 ..unless you're dead.

But basically: It follows closer to the idea of the first 2 fnaf games, except it also takes from SB with the open world and high tech. Oh and the company running it also has an animated cartoon. ++ it is five weeks because i figured 5 days was NOT enough time to have all of the lore I wanted, felt too rushed and i wanted to keep the "5" pattern. Might be a little overkill LOL but cyrus will live :)

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FunLand employee contract has utilized loopholes that somehow allow them to stop people from quitting until 5 weeks pass. If you quit or don't show up they can essentially call the police on you and have good reason. Cyrus gets minimal pay but for the first 5 weeks he's only receiving about 50% of what he would actually get.

How do the partygoers work here?

The partygoers are pretty high tech animatronics compared to fnaf 1 and 2 (but dont have as much of the technical abilities as the animatronics from SB)

At day they perform and do whatever their assigned tasks or events are, at night they power down to charge and get bolted to their stages. ...Unfortunately they do seem to have figured out how to unbolt themselves..

Each of the partygoers have protocols installed that stop them from damaging themselves or FunLand property, so they cant purposely break stuff. They can move things around but it has to be done in a manner that won't destroy it.

All of them are possessed (similar to pre-SB) with a different slaughterer being behind it. Though the amount each of them remembers who or what happened before is different (similar to how my current PG's work)

As for physical anatomy of the partygoers, they're mostly metal but have fabric/cloth/stuffy-like exteriors on some parts (i have pictures that i'll end up putting below...)

Where the teeth would be on a normal partygoer, they instead have like-- spiral teeth that open (mechanical iris type mechanism??) which allow for them to blow up balloons and attach strings to them. Balloon maker in handsss!!! that accidentally doubles as teeth / saws for grabbing people.. </3 (the art is gonna be so helpful i think) They're also incapable of seeing screens, the ones on the doors or tablets or phones are black in their vision.

Why attack the nightguard + Why is there a nightguard?

It's more of a game to them than revenge. But due to past experiences they only have hate towards the nightguards. Volt was initially the one who suggested they just try to scare the nightguards away, though no one knows where he got the idea from... And it seems to have progressed into a killing game since then.. A few of them don't actually want the nightguard dead but those ones aren't exactly the most open about it. FunLand mostly needs a nightguard because of past repeated attempts to break in, there used to be an animatronic to accompany the human one as back up. There are a few others who have been nightguard before, Thirds was a nightguard at a different location, The last nightguard before Cyrus (missing), and Mav (who's less of a jerk here and works the dayshift) once filled in for Cyrus when he broke his arm. To which he found a lengthy audiotape stashed in the Nightguard locker. (Mav considers Cyrus insane here for keeping the job after the 5 weeks.) The audiotape actually has the information of the next section.

What roles do each partygoer have?

HHEHEHEJHEHEEEE OKAY so technically since Cyrus has to leave the office, each of the partygoers have their own ways of being avoided / hunting him. Cyrus has also taken the time to assign each of them a danger level and how to avoid /escape them in his notes.

Volt: Hes the main one, freddy fazbear. He's more of a magician/performer/singer/actor. Danger: 3/5 Volts footsteps through the halls are decently loud it's not that hard to avoid him, however he's rather perceptive and will usually hear you if you aren't careful. How to escape: Volts a fast runner (chaser) but struggles with making sharp turns, If you can run him around enough corners you'll be able to lose him. Just be careful not to let him run you into a dead end. He's able to be dodged in close corners due to his lack of foresight into his actions but its unadvised. /

Marble: A rival to Volt, inspired somewhat by foxy's concept but doesn't follow his pattern. He's a thief who's constantly trying to steal stuff from volt / mess up his acts. Has a pirate/thief themed room. Danger: 2/5 Marble wont give chase, unlike Volt he likes to stick in places that get passed through often (ambusher). Be careful around open doorways. However unlike their daytime counterparts, Volt and Marble actually often try to work together. Marble attempting to block exits for Volt to corner the nightguard. Sometimes the two hatch plans to give chase in specific areas that are easier to block exits too. Attempting to run through a doorway where Marble is situated will have him grab you, unless Volt is nearby (inwhich he'll throw you to him) its gameover. Bonus: not actually active every night, usually doesn't wake up if theres events the next day. /

Jelly: The cook!! Chica the Chicken but he doesn't leave the kitchen and also has a cleaver.. Danger: 2/5 1/5 Considering he doesn't leave the kitchen, avoiding him is impossible unless you decide to skip checking the kitchen. However it's possible to bargain with him for temporary access. Cyrus brings him the daily newspaper as a piece offering since he likes the recipe section. Bonus: He hates having the other partygoers (aside from PB) in the kitchen just as much as he hates cyrus being in the kitchen. So your safe from the others as long as he's not gonna kill you. /

PB: Nutcracker?? Hes like the police here, often chasing away Marble during their daytime in-character skits. Seems to be more of a medical animatronic though. Safety focused and also has bandaids/supplies stashed on him. Danger: 0/5 Doesn't seem to care at all about the nightguard stuff, almost never awake during the night but when he is he's in the kitchen with Jelly. More friendly and makes small talk, (unlike jelly who stares daggers at Cyrus if he's over-enjoying his stay) Seems to have a knack for fashion that isn't in his original coding. /

Oddy: Local Clown! he does performing and tricks, hes also much smaller than the others. Danger: 0/5 Oddy is a helper, he's first to wake up in the night and is usually always awake. Hes one of the few nice ones but doesn't directly try to help out of fear of the others, hes good for a quick chat before shift though <3 Being a smaller animatronic has its perks, hes almost always up in the vents, his bells being a dead give away for him. The daytime employees can't seem to figure out how he gets so dusty. /

Jest: Local Jester! acting partner to Oddy, they have their own stages but frequently do duo acts. Danger: 2/5 Jest is odd, he doesn't try to kill on sight. Rather he tries to set up games to trap you in that have pretty bad consequences if you fail. Cyrus nearly had a heart-attack the one time the stage lights of the theatre turned on and focused on him. Sometimes resorts to using the vents to try and find the nightguard, doesn't have any bells. (Hide) Jest wont kill you himself but instead get one of the other animatronics to. He's also not often awake. Bonus: Him and Oddy, despite being "bestest friends" in the cartoon and for acting. Really don't like eachother here, whenever they run into eachother during the night it usually results in bickering. Oddy is a good distraction for sneaking out of or avoiding Jests games. /

Print: Walking Jungle-gym of the bunch, she's a lot softer than the other animatronics due to her interaction with kids in the play area. Danger: 0/5 Print doesn't attack or hunt, he shows up far less than the others, being a very big animatronic means it takes more power to move. and he moves a lot during the day. He's by far the most different during the day, leaving Cyrus completely confused after talking with his manager who referred to Print as "she". Apparently the original animatronic and character design is a girl??? Who knew. Most of the animatronics seem to accept that Print doesn't follow the gender of the original character and swap accordingly during the day and night... Aside from jest who seems to constantly mix up which pronouns to use. (He's been to parts and service on more than one occasion due to calling print he during the day) He also doesn't seem to like charging in the play area and instead can often be found slumped in supply closets and different employee-only areas to charge. Print is by far the most helpful of the bunch, having given Cyrus the tazer (not in his contract to have) as well as the funcam (also not in his contract to have.) Both of which Cyrus has hidden away in his locker since he fears bringing them out of the building will set off an alarm. Also stopped Volt from attacking him during the day once. Bonus: Print has a silly nightcap that he uses when sleeping, /

Tulip: [OUT-OF-ORDER] Friendly neighborhood security! While PB is a policeman for show, this guy will actually be the one to walk you out of the building if you break a rule. He's got a bunch of touch-pad screens on him that allow for emergency connection to the security systems. (though at least one employee has tried to see if they could play doom on it.) His right arm has access to the movement detection systems, while his left has access to the cameras. He's able to open and close metal doors around the building. Danger: N/A The old parts n service room has been jammed shut for the longest time, attempts to re-open it were futile and the vents have been blocked off too. No one knows how the metal door got jammed, only the bots are strong enough to do that and they have protocols that stop them. FunLand had been wanting to build a better parts n service anyways so they took the opportunity gladly. Unlike the other rooms, the old P&S room is excluded from needing to be checked,, due to lack of access to it. The animatronics don't talk much about it. Sometimes during chases from the other animatronics, the doors will close behind you cutting them off. Cyrus doesn't know why this happens, though he could have sworn he saw the LED screens flash a star for a second. /

Laughable: [DUE-FOR-DECOMMISION] Springtrap A bright and cheery animatronic, she loves bringing cakes around and telling jokes to the visitors! Danger: 5/5 IGNORE IT IGNORE IT IGNORE IT, If you feel like something is following you in the halls Ignore It. Don't try to do anything, your safer leaving it be. You'll be able to tell when its there because the other animatronics will avoid you. And may whatever god you believe in be on your side, because as soon as she knows you know she's there. It's too late. It's faster, somehow. Quieter, too. You can hear the metal from the other animatronics as they move but this one is dead silent, even when running. Whatever you do don't turn your back to it, if you have a tazer, use it. It likes to throw objects, often breaking them. But any pay-docking you would get during the day for the damages never seem to come. She's been overdue for decommission for a long time, but for some reason every time efforts are made to follow through with that something gets in the way. Its either severely bad luck, but Cyrus is pretty sure she's the one doing it. Cyrus doesn't know how it can stay on his trail for so long, he has half a mind to guess it can somehow detect his movements. But he doesn't know. Theres no mention of it during the day and whatever records of it seem to be wiped, the only reason he knows its name is because of the Active Animatronic List the funcam provides. The specific one he got seems to have been broken out of the camera app. The digital depiction of the character being light blue doesn't seem to match the faded white of the actual animatronic.. /

Are partypoopers just normal people here?

Yeah pretty much, they still retain their traits from the backrooms but they exist alongside humans. Cyrus shares an apartment with Pim and Lux, out of the 3 of them though he's out cold for most of the day since he works nightshift. They like to organize plans together when Cyrus is off. They both have work they go to as well though so its hard sometimes. + Cyrus keeps receiving hush money from FunLand so he has a bit extra to spare, usually gets coffee before his shift. He's got a car <3

Would there be an incident between Cyrus and Begonia like in canon?

She actually already hates him quite a bit, she's 90% of his uses of the tazer he got from Print <3 She got him back once =) Mav had to fill in the nightguard shift for him while he recovered from that.

But technically there would be an incident that causes her to hate him more, that being the fact he ends up fixing Tulip and undoing all her hard work.. </3

EXTRRRASSSS

Sequel Prequel thingy

On my end I technically do have art for a fnaf 3 concept as well as a bit of fnaf 6 concept <3 but those are the only two I plan on having cus its Cyrus related. (trying to follow the FunLand franchise for answers and then get rid of Begonia for good in 6) You can totally make your own inspired sequel/prequel though! :O You could also make your own fnaf au too if you want :] I dont own the idea, I just had the thought one day of "damn I like fnaf a lot rn but also partygoers... wait, what if i mix them." and suddenly it existed. Honestly you can take the idea of the funland company and just be a different location if u wish too. Funland is basically just,, level fun LOL, I'm not very original </3. if you want it to be directly related to my au tho then I'm chill with anything (assuming it wouldn't be canon to my content) as long as proper credit is given <3 Go off!! have fun!! X)

Who's the man behind the slaughter here?

You know what, I almost dont think there is one! maybe we're all safe and fine :))))

Non-night shift details?

None of the dayshift employees aside from the supervisor/manager and Mav have seen Cyrus. They know theres a nightguard but none of them have met him. In the employees breakroom theres a big bulletin board with notes on it about different stuff, Cyrus occasionally puts stuff up there, post-it notes and things in reply to the conversations up there. Once saw a note asking if anyone knew if the nightguard was cute or not this time LOL.

Kyros doesn't like funland, Lux likes funland, hes been there a few times. They have good food. Pim hasn't been, thinks the animatronics are creepy.

Cyrus managed to get himself Print merchandise once.

The one time Cyrus did go to funland during the day was for a small meeting with his supervisor, in which, Volt managed to back him up into an area in a camera blindspot and nearly killed him. (Print stopped him.)

Cyrus has came home a few times from his shifts with wounds/bruises/injuries. The worst one was the broken arm, but hes got more than just a few bandages hidden under his clothing. Especially on the arms.

Pim and Lux once managed to hide in FunLand past closing so they could wish Cyrus happy birthday, that was how they found out about the whole thing. And also terrified Cyrus half to death.

Print has a rainbow multicolored marker given to him by Cyrus. ANYWAYS

ART TIME WOOOO YAHHHHH + EXTRA DETAILS WHEN I REMEMBER THEM

++ My phone camera is acting up and filtering all of my pictures really weirdly so my traditional pics are gonna look really crumbs, believe me. ITS DRIVING ME INSANE (IVE LOOKED THROUGH SOOOMANY SETTINGS WTF DID THEY ADD INTHE NEW UPDATE) So im just gonna let hte traditional pics be the whole pages </3 sorry for the terrible quality.

^^ the singular fwafl 3 thingi have.... oh also Interestingly, this is the only au where you consistently see Cyrus's hair, (thats gotta be so weird for yall... I'm used to it) His hair used to be rainbow dyed actually but I changed it to be black when I turned the partypoopers into shadow/silhouette people. The two standing over the couch in the one doodle are pim and lux actually, pim is the taller one, lux has the poofy hair. Some of my tulip stuff from the art is outdated, being that he has to be CONSTANTLY plugged in to an emergency cable in the old P&S room otherwise he'll power down within seconds. He barely moves in there because hes trying not to take any further damage but eventually ends up crawling to the door to tap out an S-O-S when he knows cyrus is nearby. To which case Cyrus spends forever in the vents himself trying to dig out the blockage. And also he punches begonia Laughable in the face when he leaves P&S :)) I THOUGHT I HAD MORE NOOOOO whatever take my unfinished animatic CYRING

> Are partypoopers in your story Extinct?

I'm doing this one first since its kind of a big plot point and i do reference it later. They're not extinct, but deeply in hiding. During the fun war there were escape parties that managed to get out using a distraction. But the war left them at a complete loss for materials as well as numbers. As far as the wanderers, organizations, groups and partygoers are aware. The partypooper's have long since died. But they're not. Just recovering <3 Only a select few of the post-war partypoopers are allowed to go out due to lack of training due to lack of resources.

> Whats your Partygoers POV about partypoopers?

As far as the partygoers after the war are aware, Partypoopers are dead and have been looong dead. I'm sure many of them reminisce on how fun it was to mess with the partypoopers before the war, while others are glad they're gone 'for good'. There were minor concerns after the war that maybe some had made it out, but those concerns were quickly rid of with the expeditions they made to go find other minor partypooper setups and take them out. I think if anything the Partygoers saw the Partypoopers more like toys though. Things that were meant to play along in their big game. Mild amusement and hate consideirng they see most other entities as lesser species.

> Is it just Cyrus and his dad Kyros?

Theres actually more partypoopers! I uh, dont talk about them a lot woops. But they're split into 2 sorts of parties (ha). Partypoopers from before the war (Pre-war/veterans) and partypoopers from after (Post-war/newgen) Cyrus is weirdly in the middle of all this where he wasn't around long enough before the war to have been considered fully settled in (in my lore partypoopers don't have childhood phases. They kind of just show up at some point without parents. Like a new student in class. Everyone always knows they're new.) So he fits in more with the newgen PP's I list the newgen PP's somewhat in the next question but heres the veterans: Kyros/"Frost", Soren/"Thirds", Mimic, Cloudy, Diver and Rifle. (Most veterans just have nicknames, while the newgens tend to share/take on personal names.)

> Does Cyrus feel alone?

Cyrus has a multitude of connections throughout the current base/setup the partypoopers have. He's got his two friends Pim and Lux. Theres also Pims sister, Eryx who he knows briefly. And theres a partypooper named Mav who's trying to have a one-sided rivalry with him (he doesn't care much for it. Mav seems intent on starting something though) But to say he feels alone is an understatement. Despite Cyrus's many connections he feels horribly isolated. Pim and Lux never got to experience the fun-war. and he's out of place alongside the veterans due to only getting a foothold after everything went down. He feels like theres some kind of expectation he has to look up to because many of the newgen partypoopers somewhat look up to him because of his fatherly relationship with Kyros (the one who mostly led building up the outpost/camp after the fun war, who also risked his life dragging a bunch of partygoers into level 129/The White Forest with him.) (For the record, the newgen partypoopers actually don't actually think that much about him, hes just kinda that guy everyone seems to know. But he learnt from Pim that Eryx and her group of friends all think hes really cool and its affected his anxiety for the worse.) Cyrus is very outgoing but constantly feels out of place. and his situation with Print didn't help either. The partypoopers entire structure right now relies on remaining unseen, a structure that shattered for Cyrus the minute Print saw his mask. Its a very small but important part to the story that Cyrus actually couldn't tell anyone about Print because he was too scared. He was mortified of what he'd done and what that meant for him. Being one of the few non-veteran partypoopers that were allowed to leave after the funwar, under the condition that no one see him. And he messed it up in the worst way possible. He couldn't bring himself to admit how badly he fucked up. It's like being a straight A's kid and suddenly getting an F on a test that- if your family saw. Would cause you all to have to move cities. Utterly mortifying (for him </3) He has since then somewhat recovered after learning more about Print but still feels buried under expectations when it comes to the group.

As for if he'd be a sibling person? I dont know. I dont think he would be. smh.

> Does your Partypooper society have strict rules or just a knit community?

I wanna say its a mix of both? things like customs were very very strict before the war. It was seen as a sign of respect to the community to remain in ambiguous/anonymous clothes that blended in with everyone else. (it also kept them from being targetted specficially since wanderers and partygoers couldn't tell them apart from eachother.) Though after the war that specific rule has became severely lax. Considering Cyrus's crazy outfit LMAO. But also because the partypoopers cared more about keeping themselves alive than wearing the same clothing. If they were going to be in hiding it didn't matter what they wore. Many of the veterans as a result ended up gaining 'themes'. Like how the 4 stickmen fighters from Animator vs Animation (alan becker's series) started as just random npcs that felt the same. To finding out their special interests with AvM. However many other rules have been made much harsher since the war, I mentioned previously that only a small amount of the post-war partypoopers are allowed to go out. They haven't been trained enough to be trusted outside of the current base set up. No more making outside friends </3 THOUUUGHHH one rule- i wanna mention quite extensively. or more like?? belief?? custom?? Its their MASKS their masks bro okay, Masks here are more important than their lives, for a partypooper to take their mask off in-front of someone is seen as one of the highest forms of respect. It nearly never happens unless they've decided to pursue a relationship, Which- considering they dont reproduce, is a very odd thing to happen anyways. (....looks at Pim and Lux, no one actually knows ab them being together other than Cyrus.) On the contrary, de-masking a partypooper is one of the worst punishments they can receive, it essentially strips them of their identity (as well as their mental health..) Kind of like a public execution of sorts... theres so much stigma revolving around the removal of masks and the cover of their heads that partypoopers who have been de-masked in the past have known not to stick around long afterwards. Disappearing into the endless bounds of the backrooms, or surrendering their lives to an entity.. While head and face cover is very very important, removing the cover of ones body isn't AS bad as long as the mask stays on and theres something to hide the head, but doing so in the presence of wanderers and other entities is considered reckless. Considering most of them came into existence with the mask on in the first place, its also usually seen as a betrayal to remove it by those that are more? religious? I dont think partypoopers are very religious but im sure theres at least a few out there. I dont think they'd necessarily have like rules about who's in charge / who does what or that sort, most of them consider themselves equal but acknowledge that others have more skill. Though that was before the fun-war. Now its muuchh acknowledged that some have skill than others.

>How does your partygoer society work?

Rather simple actually! Its a forever continuous party that everyone's invited to! =) They've even got mini parties happening inside the main party! isn't that cool??? Though all in all the partygoers kind of work like a hive mind without the ability to directly live in eachothers brains. Partygoers with special mutations get assigned to tasks that help with that kind of stuff (example: Marble is strong and has tough skin. They had him bust through some barricades that had been set up by wanderers. He also helps with moving party supplies like tables since its a one-goer job in his case <3) Whatever you're good at you do! They don't like to waste talent. Some partygoers dedicate themselves to special jobs but most of it is in the name of the party. It's more like a group of friends with evil intentions that some kind of living area. They like to organize events and stuff like talent shows (Volt once broke some lights on accident with his singing woops) Or uh, a cult probably. Dedicated to the party!! Most partygoers don't have a specified friend group, they'll hang out with just about anyone! Though it's not uncommon for some of them to stick together cus of experiences. (Marble and Volt had no idea who eachother was before getting put in jail the ERC lab. As you can see, they are, inseparable... much to Marbles dismay/j) Sometimes they form large groups to get specific things done (like raids on settlements or overthrowing portions of levels, usually done with the help of a partyhost to keep them connected. though sometimes without. Also just big parties.) They also dont tend to have names unless certain partygoers get brought up enough to need some kind of distinction (Marble and Volt both getting theirs from the patterns on them, Print was just the "Big Light yellow one" though with it being a mouthful the partygoers near him kinda just shortened Big Light to Blight. Begonia is an outlier since she never actually had anything special about her to deserve getting a nickname, only Marble and Volt + Print call her that since M and V knew her before she was a partygoer and Print picked it up from them.) Though on an interesting side note! My level fun is actually a bit of an amalgamation of multiple of the versions. Not only is it the normal level fun you'd think of, but theres also a whole sub-section/sub-level that connects to the version of the lore where it's a cruise ship. They're able to travel out up on deck from that sub-level and the flooring and structure is a lot different. Level fun also has multiple different sets of floor tiling that never ever repeat twice. The partygoers like to use these patterns to mark specific locations for events and planning since they know how to follow the tiles get to specific pattern progressions. (if that even makes sense?? Essentially if you showed a Partygoer a picture of the floor in level fun as a geo-guesser they would be able to figure out where it is in the level even if they hadn't been there before.) It also includes the deeper parts of the level that are flooded from one of the other lore's though in this case its more like a massive pool party than some abandoned viral infection.

>How did Begonia get her scar?

Begonia's scar is actually one that happens quite a bit further in my 'timeline' of events that happen, she actually got it from Cyrus who took some kind of heated blade/weapon to her eye and down. As for what the weapon is specifically I haven't figured it out yet because I'm filling in the space between that time and the buildup towards her finding out. :)

>What's her pov about partypoopers?

Hmmmm this isn't something I've thought about actually. I wouldn't say she necessarily hates them, despite everything about her it's not exactly in her nature. But she definitely doesn't like them either. She sees them as more of an uncontrolled variable? a problem to work around. A bug in the system. They're nuisances to work with, and take for granted the 'wonderful' position they were offered (the truce between the partygoers/partypoopers). She's not one to kill on the spot though... If anything, stalk. She likes to gather intel. That isn't to say she doesn't enjoy killing them though. But i think she enjoys killing just about anything. Even her own. Though that was before the truce was broken. After the war, I think her opinion shifted somewhat. Considering she most definitely contributed more than just a little bit in the massacre that happened that day. As well as the interesting things displayed (personal lore, during the war there were a few different partypoopers equipped with much deadlier weapons and would be a distraction incase of retreat. Kyros was one of these) I think she's well aware the partypoopers are likely still alive. Begonia's smart enough to know they definitely had backup plans and its something she looked into intensely after the war. No doubt found at least one of them. While she currently has no proof of the partypoopers continued existence its something that nags at the back of her mind. The later interraction with Cyrus has also left more than just a bad taste in her mouth.. While before she was willing to put up with them and have patience, shes now much more brutal and relentless, Wanting to know what they are and where they came from. So she can make sure it never happens again. As a side note she's most likely de-masked more than just one partypooper in her lifetime.

[Silly reply to the 2nd last thing] Volt: WHUH HUH WHAT??? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?? <=)

I like Volt, i think He makes Marble carry him places. :))))