Rats Are Friends, Not Food

They're Just Children - Dance Of The Damned - Is Finished!

Roxanne delved back into the MoNode as she waited for a verdict on the new Mazercise plan from Freddy, he'd been trying to contact the DJ at the time and the girls were already accounted for so it was just a waiting game. Six was crawling over the top of the Candy Shop's chrome counters, there were all sorts of bubbling pots and scattered utensils that clicked and clanged as they rushed through the cooking machines from steamers to large boiler-like tubs. The cabinets above were covered in residues like old caramelized sugar and moldy fruit syrups. Warmers and coolers with empty notches for trays of treats were beneath every counter and beside every oven.

One wall in the corner had some clunky towers of gears for applying wrapping paper to more complexly packaged treats and another had a window out to the expansive city of heavily pouring rain. Other than the end of a sopping wet overhang, she couldn't see anything interesting on the other side through Mono's eyes (which was probably a good thing, knowing what little they did about the kids). Cassie didn't end up here, did she? The loud bubbling of many pots covered the small slaps of their footsteps.

There was a tall stand with multiple cups holding a variety of utensils for them to hide behind as the shop owner followed them into the back room. He looked around with a blank, eyeless face and stomped through the aisles like he'd forgotten he'd been chasing them. Mono and Six ducked behind the towers of equipment as he pulled open drawers and warmers. He set things like sucker sticks, sugar paper, and candy strings around his work space and turned up the heat on some of the vats of molten sugar while Freddy's kids got as good of a look at the kitchen as they could from their cramped kiding spot. They kept elbowing and headbutting each other in the rush to find an escape route without leaning just one fatal inch (from their perspective) that would catch the Cady Man's attention.

In a turn of luck, he appeared pretty hyper-focused on his work.

In a turn of bad luck, the Broadcaster craned his neck in an uncomfortable way that let him see what was being prepared.

Does Six consider rats to be friends?

more like food

Excerpt From They're Just Children

"I know you have already completed both of your games, but we believe you two would be very well-suited to this challenge." He clarified, not wanting the pair to be angrier at the normal girl who was just acting on a mix of fear and self-preservation and the newcomer who didn't have the slightest idea of what was happening, respectively.

"We can stop somewhere to look for a fresh ham." Freddy hummed and offered, deciding they probably hadn't had anything substantial since Six stole and mauled a raw steak right in front of them... And the mini bath Cassandra tried to give her.

They at least took their attention off of the girls and stared up at him with wide, cat-like eyes. A dim lapiz glow shone behind the wolf mask's eyesockets and Six's eyes burned a comparatively brighter ruby. The normal visitors may have been here for the games and shows, but that didn't mean there was no way to bribe these two. He wondered if they'd gotten the chance to try some pizza as they wandered to the maze.

It shouldn't take long for the kids who could teleport and turn into shadows, they were just wandering the rotating fabric walls and figuring out where they needed to go while waiting for the squirrel drones to arrive. Cassie took a seat next to Roxy while idly tapping her thighs, Bailey tiredly slid down the wall on the other side and lightly shut her eyes, Monty crawled up and out of the way beside her, and Rebecca causiously crept up but stayed a fair distance away from Chica with big, curious forest green eyes. The bird acted like she wasn't there as if she was dealing with a frightened kitten timidly asking for attention.

When the other Raincoat Girl finally reached her side and peeked out from her poor hiding spot, behind a chair, Chica slowly turned her head. It stuttered and seized but she got her working eye to see the timid little girl who wanted a friend when the only person she knew was by a large wolf with a mouth full of fangs. She shrank for a second, so Chica lightly patted her lap. Rebecca crawled over and tentatively rested her head on the chicken's leg.

(Got delayed by birthday shenanigans)

Hey friends. Do this:

This probably took this person 3 seconds to do but it immediately told me that they liked my story enough to come back and read it again and they liked it again the second time.

Your favorite writers Do Not Know that you think about their stories after you read them. I generally assume that my stories make people happy for the few minutes they’re reading and then they never think about it again. To know that that’s not the case and that someone has returned just makes my little heart swell with joy.

I needed this today. If you’re the person who left this comment (or if you’ve ever commented on any of my writing) I love you.

Missed opportunity to have Pigment phasing through the jail.

Monopoly Time!

Of course everything would go wrong in the best way. (They don't know the rules, Huey and Mew teamed up to rob the bank)

Fanart of @xxtc-96xx's characters

Based on this

My first ever piece of (Digital) Art; Bailey!

An original, chaotic, kinda drunk, and resourceful leader and old friend of Gregory before the events of They're Just Children who has no deep, underlying issues whatsoever!

Bailey wasn't meant to be a center character when she was first added in an early chapter to expand on Code Baby's (Greg's) backstory but she wound up meeting the Little Nightmares during Day 2 and got way in over her head on Night 2, much to Mono's excitement and Cassie and Six's annoyance.

Armed with a bat, some hidden shanks, and pure spite, she's joined the party to unravel the Malhare's plots for the Pizzaplex or die trying... probably the latter...

This christmas remember: Other people giving you gifts is not your time to feel guilty and question if you deserve to be given a present or reflect on your relationships too much. It's time to just enjoy.

PSA

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Screenshots from here.

If you get a comment like this, just report for spam and delete.

If Six little nightmare, then y she bby?

These two things are not mutually exclusive :D

sweet

SWEET

C O N S E Q U E N C E S

I just LOAAAAVEEEEE seeing him suffer don’ cha think?

✨REBLOGS APPRECIATED✨