Software Error

Mirror Match

I and the other me circle each other a bit, we have around the same specs after all. Of course, I have less vision, but my other self doesn't need to know that. It seems to be a stalemate but I know they are just waiting for an opening. Something they seemingly find, as they start dashing at me rapidly. I fake being scared just seems to excite the other me more.

I run a little bit to the side, just in front of a bookshelf, and the other Lyle decides that now is the right time to pounce. I quickly dodge to the left as they tackle where I'd been and crash headfirst into a bookshelf, sending it toppling over themselves. I hear a small crunch as the other me goes down before getting back up, clearly damaged.

You see, those bookshelves are fixated to the floor, but not particularly well. After all, they were only expected to encounter some small disturbances, namely kids being kids, not an animatronic throwing its entire weight at it. Lyle growls in anger at me, clearly peeved that it ended up being the one hurt, not me.

He's not entirely keen on letting this fight end here, as once again he starts encircling me. Throwing the occasional shift in movement over and over. Being much more cautious. I have to be more subtle with my movements now because when I position myself in front of a bookcase he immediately goes for another angle of attack.

I decided that since he's not attacking, I need to find something else to do. I retreat to a bookcase and grab a book before tossing it at Lyle as hard as I can, he wasn't expecting it so it domes him in the face, the pages getting all crinkled. This angers the other me even more as he throws away all pretenses and starts charging again.

This time, I'm less fortunate. He read my movements this time so I got tackled by him, however, I still managed to situate myself in front of a bookcase so it falls on the both of us, him taking the brunt of the blow. After I separate from him I feel myself out, nothing seems out of place, fortunately, though I may have gotten a dent somewhere. The other Lyle is looking much worse for wear. The occasional spasm and one of their arms hang limp, unmoving.

This time, however, no matter what I do Lyle does not try to go after me if I'm directly in front of a bookshelf. I wonder how I'm going to stop this stalemate now. Can I win if I attack directly? Probably, but I'd risk being damaged and that goes against my goals for the night. So I get to thinking and a plan hatches in my mind.

I walk closer to Lyle, closer than I'd been any of the other times. And he sees it as an opportunity to finally get me. So he starts a chase, and instead of running directly to the bookshelf like an idiot, I instead make a spiral shape. Trying my best to be ever so slightly out of reach to encourage him to focus on that instead of what I'm doing. Eventually, I spiral us to the outer edge of the igloo, Lyle seeming incredibly annoyed at how I'm outpacing him. That is until I trip. As I trip he goes for a lunge, ready to capitalize on my mistake, not stopping to think about the fact that I'm an animatronic. Tripping isn't in the range of things that we do.

Of course, this was all according to my plan, and in this major spout of ignorance on their part, I strike. I'd waited until I was ready and directly beside a bookshelf. I make my trip slam myself into the bookshelf, giving me a bit of a stabilizer and making it unbalanced, before grabbing the other side of it and toppling it with my strength. Right on top of the other me, and this time. They aren't so lucky. The wood directly falls on the neck part of their endo. Severing it completely. "Y-you.." Lyle's voice cut off as his power supply does not have a complete circuit anymore. Noticing how his voice box is still intact, I, er, "borrow" it. In case I can replace mine later. 

I look around the room, it's trashed with books and pages strewn about everywhere, I sigh as I feel an urge to clean it up, but they've got custodians for a reason. Sorry in advance whomever you are. I head to the center of the room where the rocking chair with Holes is. And, sure enough, the bookmark is the security badge. It was a pretty good hiding spot, but unfortunately for the other me, I'm, well, them.

Suddenly the lights turn back on as I walk out of the igloo. I start heading over to the exit when Sun pops out of absolutely nowhere with Gregory in hand. He looks at the mess I created in Lyle's Lair and looks even madder than they already seemed. He grabs me as well. "Troublemakers! You are banned from this daycare! Security alert! Security alert!" And he shoves us out where we see Freddy and the other animatronics gathering. Gregory quickly climbs into Freddy's chest hatch as the animatronics close in. The animatronics thankfully didn't notice Gregory, but they of course noticed me. 

Chica speaks first, "Lyle, what happened to you? I almost never see you outside of the daycare and you look... well, scrappy." I'm a bit embarrassed to hear that actually, but, wait. I think they think that I'm the other Lyle. "W-well, the daycare lights got t-turned off for whatever r-reason, and Moon g-got really angry at this kid. I decided to l-look for them, but, well, we e-ended up crashing into each other. I got the w-worst of it." Chica looks concerned. "Aw... poor thing. Well, please let us know if you see that child again." They then walk off. Me and Freddy staying behind. He looks very worried about the current state I'm in. "Lyle... I'm sorry for giving up on you like that. I-if I'd know you were-" I interrupt the bear. "Calm down F-Freddy. You couldn't h-have known. We can worry about... all," I make a demonstrative gesture at myself, "th-this later." He nods. "Right, let's focus on keeping Gregory safe," Freddy explains that it's nearly time to recharge so he walks with Freddy to a recharge station. I take the time to put my unpowered Faz-watch into a charging box nearby. Gregory claims he sees this weird rabbit lady, but Freddy says he didn't see anyone. Gregory looks at me with hope but, I was busy looking at the wall and wasn't watching the fountain. Gregory seems a bit disappointed, but I don't doubt that he saw something. Who can mistake a big rabbit frolicking around? I hope this doesn't mean anything bad...