▐▐The Fractured Pizzaplex▐▐ - I Always Come Back

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▐▐▐▐ SUMMARY>>

The fractured Pizzaplex is somewhere between a fantastical mall and a theme park that can only be dreamed of, but much like its Subverted owner, it is not all that it seems, and genuine dangers lie within its walls.


▐▐▐▐ THE TREE>>

This is no ordinary tree. The glade that it sits within is soaked in viscera and black tar-like gunk that smothers the leaves and chokes the struggling, gnarled foliage. The forest does not just die here but contorts and twists into bizarre, tortured shapes that feel like a fate worse than death for the flora and fauna in its grip.

Somehow, in defiance of the lack of food in the blasted clearing, rabbits seem to live here in large numbers, but disease runs rife through their numbers, and many have exposed or weeping wounds across their emaciated bodies.

Dominating the space, a vast baobab stretches up against the sky at the heart of the clearing. It is not a natural tree; inorganic and made of all the wrong substances, with golden bark in varying tones of yellow. It is composed of roughly textured metal that only resembles natural bark.

The tree's branches are a vast array of rainbow hues, with a kaleidoscope of sparkling and multicoloured branches defying anything found in the natural world. They are strung with lights and gleam with glass. The baobab’s roots are LEDs sustained endlessly by no visible power source that blaze even during the day, tangling with an array of twisted fibre optic cables that plunge into the earth around the tree.

The baobab feels like a growth on the limitless forest rather than anything that would live symbiotically alongside it, and in the heart of the trunk itself yawns a vast and dark doorway encrusted with the same bright lights as the roots.

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The Heart's Vision

In lieu of the swamp, you find yourself in the sprawling atrium of a vast dome-shaped building, bustling with adults and children seated at long rows of tables eating mountains of junk food. Moving through them are animatronic mascot versions of the denizens of matope in bright colours, entertaining the kids and performing with one another. The entire scene is a blazing array of blacklight shadows, neon lights and smiling faces, overlaid with the mingled smell of pizza, innumerable other rich foods, ice cream and cake. Some of those attending the tables are Pizzaplex employees, dressed in bright glowing bracelets and collars, while others are vaguely human-shaped simplistic robots stamped with S.T.A.F.F. across their chests.

The Pizzaplex is truly enormous and encompasses the resources of a small city.

It is an enclosed world of fantastical games and events for all ages, and though it is a complete assault on the senses, it is certainly never dull.

This is for reference, the fine details of the Fractured Pizzaplex do differ somewhat from the FNAF iteration.

▐▐▐▐ ATRIUM>>
The main entryway to the Pizzaplex is accessible without paying to enter. Within this area, there are turnstiles, ticket sales booths, and some photo op spaces. If you upgrade to a visitor pass, you get the rare privilege of accessing the coffee shops and gift shops.


▐▐▐▐ PLEX BLASTER>>
The Plex Blaster arena is a laser tag arena themed around outer space, where players zap one another and staff bots to capture the flag!


▐▐▐▐ KINGS CAIMAN GOLF>>
A cheesy fairy themed mini golf course with novelty snapping Caiman heads and a swamp theme.


▐▐▐▐ TYRANNYS RACEWAY>>
Tyranny, the coyote has an entire themed raceway, with go-kart racing for the whole family!


▐▐▐▐ LABYRINTHISIZE AND FITNESS>>
An ever-changing maze and fitness area where you can eat pizza and work out at the same time. That isn't a bad idea.


▐▐▐▐ SUPERSTAR DAYCARE>>
Those with very young kids can leave them in the superstar daycare, where their children will be suspiciously well-behaved but may suffer nightmares afterwards. It has been 10 days since our last lost child.


▐▐▐▐ ROCKER'S ROW>>
The green room of the Plexes star performers where they hang out when not on stage. Visitors can book autographs or meet and greets, or simply just swing by to admire the hall of fame.


▐▐▐▐ WILLS BOWLING>>
I Always Come Back's favourite area, Will loves bowling and this area has a huge set of bowling lanes, alongside an ice cream diner.


▐▐▐▐ EAST ARCADES>>
Hundreds of arcade machines with plenty of seating for parents (and some alcohol sales too), along with darts for them to play.


▐▐▐▐ DJ ARCADE>>
Arcade machines as far as the eye can see, dominated by a huge music generating DJ and kareoke rooms.

Kid's Cove
Repeat's Log Ride
Restaurants

Tree Swings
Fast Forest Coaster
AR Booth
VR Booths
Urban Legend Roleplay Auditorium
The Warren Tube Fortress
Lil Buddies Boutique

THE FLIP SIDE

Alongside the Pizzaplex, others see there is a strange reality below the surface, accessible only to those who stumble across it.

Finding a way to remove one's "mask" or simply accessing the Storyteller's network as an animatronic character can present access to a ruined and desolate version of the normally flawless world.

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Additional Information

Those who enter this realm are remade either as -


▐▐▐▐ STAFF>>
---- Workers at the Pizzaplex range from those stuck working tables and janitor work to the engineers and administrators helping to maintain the sprawling facility. Think Disney; any role that might exist over there would exist here. The Pizzaplex treats its staff almost ludicrously poorly, with long, arduous hours, low pay and dangerous conditions. In the world beyond the Pizzaplex (inaccessible in this realm), Plexcorp owns most of the major public facilities and controls media perceptions. It's a horrible place to work, but it is one of the most favourable options in a failing world.

Journalists and other individuals investigating conditions do so at their risk. It is not beyond Plexcorp to vanish people sticking their noses where they shouldn't be.

The uniforms for most staff are red shirts and uniform pants, with brightly coloured badges and "flair"; however, for security, the uniform is black and white. Engineers dress in uniform boiler suits but with strange animal-shaped masks to interact with the network in the location.


▐▐▐▐ VISITORS>>
---- Visitors are human and come in any imaginable size, age and demographic. The Pizzaplex appeals to all ages; therefore, all ages are found within its walls.

Everyone enters on a day pass, which gives them varying degrees of access depending on what they want to interact with and ride on. The Pizzaplex is incredibly expensive.

Season pass customers have themed Plex watches shaped like their favourite animals. These watches are used to track arcade tokens, pay for (incredibly expensive) shop purchases, skip lines, and generally keep track of where customers are at any given time.

There's no real restriction on what a visitor form can look like.


▐▐▐▐ MASCOTS>>
---- It wouldn't be the Pizzaplex if it wasn't for the animatronics; these mechanical creatures work and live in the Plex but cannot normally leave. They are typically themed a creature of some sort and are never quite right, with a bit of an uncanny vibe to their design. Some have fur, some do not.

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▐▐ NAME>> I Always Come Back - Nicknamed "Will"
▐▐ SPECIES>> Kimeti
▐▐ GENDER>> Male
▐▐ PARENTS>> N/A
▐▐ BREEDING>> He's very fussy. Roleplay only.
▐▐ DESCRIPTION>> I Always Come Back is an unsettling kin with exposed and permanently bleeding parts of his body. He smells like he is decomposing, his eyes glowing uncannily constantly. He smiles often, but there is nothing amicable about it, his exposed teeth razor sharp and uneven, with one broken on one side of his face. His voice is at odds with his appearance, sonorous and intelligent, with a reassuring quality that is almost fatherly. It is difficult to judge if he means harm or not. Though appearing similar to a rabbit's, his ears are entirely prehensile. He can use them to manipulate tasks.

He is of indeterminate age, a little silvery in his fur in places, but wholly fit and capable.

▐▐ PERSONALITY>> Keenly intelligent, I Always Come Back is capable of creating strange and horrifying inventions when he is so inclined. Due to a loss in his past, he is utterly obsessed with understanding the swamp's magic and is entirely willing to do anything to acquire it. He wants to overcome mortality, learn how to reverse ageing, and put souls back into their previous vessels (or new ones).

He was an entertainer kin once and retained this charismatic streak and talent set, though, in recent years, it has become partially obscured with anger and irritation. The closer he grows to his goals, the more impatient he becomes to obtain them. He relies on his companions to do his dirty work, enlisting other kin who share his end goal to work alongside him. He is capable of an absolute lack of empathy and sees little issue with disposing of those who stand in his way.

He is a deceiving character by nature, and most who meet him do not encounter his innermost self.

He has a very long-standing feud with his old parter whose twins he murdered.

<<CERT▐▐

L i n k

<<LYRICS>>
Trapped in our own disguises
Cut free but soulless still
Our dreams are haunted by the
Ghosts we kill
Identities of silence
In search of cheaper scares
We're all surrounded by the
Masks we wear

- Masks - Aviators -

▐▐ FAMILIAR NAME>> Spring

IN UNIVERSE
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