The Clown & The Dancer

Welcome brother!

Afton returned from his VERY thorough inspection three hours later.

Somehow, he only managed to find seventeen things to complain about. And once he got those out of the way, he decided to tell them... well, whatever he was planning on telling them.

"Alright everybody." He clapped his hands together. "If any of you were paying any attention at all, you would know I have some news, which I am now going to tell you." The crew exchanged nervous glances. "The news is... you'll be having another member in your crew!" Wait... what?

As soon as Afton said that, Baby's hulking brother stepped into the room looking creepy, as usual. He had on an unsettling stitched together clown mask clinging to his face by brown leather straps, a red bow tie, a small green and yellow striped party hat, and a suit of the same colors that was poorly stitched together. If the children weren't scared of clowns before, they certainly would be now.

Before Baby could even process what Afton just said, how he even knew her brother, or why Ennard of all people was apparently the new crew member, Afton walked straight out the door and left without another word. That was rude.

Lolbit leaned towards Baby and whispered "Hey, isn't that guy your brother?"

"Yes."

"Wow. I didn't know anybody related to you could possibly be tall."

She socked Lolbit in the arm.

"Hey little sis!" Ugh. She hated that he called her that. He wasn't even older than her, he just called her that because she only reached up to his elbows. She loved her brother, but boy was he annoying.

"Hey Ennard!" The ringleader was just going to roll with this until she could drag her brother away.

He greeted her with one of his pats on the back, which was delivered with enough force to nearly knock her over.

"Whoops, sorry! I keep doing that."

"That's fine." She grunted.

Ennard looked towards the other crew members; they had been mostly surprisingly quiet this whole time.

"Looks like you've made some friends since the last time I saw ya. Who are these people?"

She disregarded the comment about her not having friends.

"Well, uh... the girl with the purple lipstick ...who apparently isn't listening to a word of our conversation because she has her earbuds in, is Lolbit."

"Did you say something?"

"The big marshmallow with the rabbit puppet is Funtime Freddy."

"H-HELLO!"

"The genderless potato with the ridiculous ponytail is Funtime Foxy."

"It's not ridiculous, it looks good!"

"The girl with the pink hair that looks like she's five is Bonnet."

"Hey!"

"The old guy is Yenndo."

"I'm not that old!"

"The mischievous little fucks with the suspenders on are the Bidybabs."

"That's us!"

"The individuals in the beige spandex are the Minireenas."

"Hello."

"And the pret-" she coughed. " I mean, pretty awesome girl over there is Ballora!" Alright, that wasn't much better.

Ballora let out a soft laugh. "That's me."

"Hello everybody, nice to meetcha!"

"Yeah, yeah, introductions are out of the way now. And you've got some explaining to do." She grabbed Ennard's hand and dragged him away. "What do I have to explain???" Baby turned around. "An explanation of how you know Afton would be nice." Mr. Afton was a hard man to come by. He spent almost all of his time in his workshop, working on animatronics or whatever.

Ennard smirked beneath his mask. " Only if ya tell me something in return." Baby groaned internally. Of course.

"Alright, what is it?"

"You have ta promise you'll answer."

"Fine, what is it?"

"What's with you and that ballerina girl? You were being super shady when you introduced me to her." Okay, that wasn't what she was expecting.

"I wasn't being shady!"

"Yeah, alright."

"I wasn't! There was zero shadiness involved!"

"Nice try little sis, but can read ya like a book."

"Like hell you can, you can't read!"

Ennard chuckled. "Fair point. But I can still tell when you're lying. And ya promised me an answer."

"Fuck, I know."

"I'm still waiting~"

"Alright, alright. I-"

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I'll just cut it off right there 'cause I'm an asshole :3