Chapter 40: Tuesday & Wednesday

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Pov: Third Person, Michael Afton

Michael entered the building at 4:21 AM the next morning, being unable to sleep.

"Good morning, sir!"

"Hi, Helpy." He said to the bear as he picked up the device on the table, he still
Has the $710 he made yesterday, and now it was time to spend it.

Oh, I unlocked Stan's Budget Tech. Might as well check it out. He thought as he pressed the button on the screen.

He first looked at the foil party set for $50, it's in pretty good condition, and will raise his atmosphere by three, and his health and safety by two. . He's unsure how it will raise his health and safety, though.

He clicked the arrow to keep browsing, finding an enhanced speaker set for $125 that claims to be in very good condition and will raise his atmosphere by three.

"Why not?" He said to himself and pressed the BUY ITEM button.

He then instantly regretted that decision after pressing the arrow button again.
There is a deluxe speaker set in very good condition that will raise his atmosphere by eight for $250.

He tried to sigh as he bought the item, dropping his money down to $335.

He pressed the arrow again to reveal a fruity maze game in very good condition for $150, which he bought without even looking to see what it will raise.

Two hours later, the games showed up and Michael paid

With $185 left, he bought something called Midnight Motorist Arcade for $170.

"I'm really not being very smart with my money." He muttered to the small bear sitting on the table.

"Do whatever you feel is best!" Helpy replied.

He then went into the blueprint mode and placed the two games into it, one on each side of the room. Before he pressed finish, he noticed a sponsorship offer for $500, he pressed accept without thinking.

"That's probably not gonna end well." He said to himself as quickly bought the foil party set, a balloon barrel, and a gumball machine named Gumball Swivelhands. When he was finished he finally decided to press finish and sit down at the table to wait for everything to be brought in.

When everything finally showed up two hours later, Michael paid $300 total for them to install coin slots and to polish the games.

How and why they polish arcade games he doesn't know, but he doesn't really want to find out.

When they finally left at 6:54, he was finally ready to open for the day and get to work in his office.

"That animatronic I salvaged yesterday is going to try to kill me, isn't it, Helpy?" He asked as he entered his office.

"I don't know what you're talking about!"

Michael stared at the small animatronic, unsure if it was lying, programmed to answer certain questions like that, or telling the truth.

"Using your play tokens to play games will earn you money!" The bear suddenly said.

"What?"

"You've got ten play tokens! Play the games to earn money!"

"How does that work?"

Helpy shrugged in response.

"Fine, I'll play the games." Michael said as he went over to Fruity Maze and started to play it. The goal was simple: you play as a small girl, and you collect fruit before the time runs out a rather simple game.

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