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Benrey was, of course, waiting on the job. There currently wasn’t any in the near facility that they needed to either bother or approach. They had their buddy, also known as Jeffery, across from them. Neither of them were doing what they were supposed to be doing in the first place, which was guarding the facility. Jeffery looked like they were going to fall asleep any second now, but truthfully, so was Benrey.
Then, the weirdest thing happened. Usually, Benrey would expect a normal human person, usually in a lab coat, to walk by. Did you know what Benrey got instead?
A literal Freddy Fazbear animatronic walking down the hallway, waving its animatronic paw and greeting loudly with its voice, “Howdy!”
What the hell? Okay, they had to bother this guy, or was it an it? They would have to ask for their pronouns while bothering the absolute shit out of it.
Anyways, other than the pronoun situation, how did a, assuming that this animatronic was retired, Freddy Fazbear animatronic get inside Black Mesa. Adding onto that, how did it even get a job? Next thing you’ll hear is that they have a child.
Alright, back to reality. Back to questioning why the hell an animatronic is in Black Mesa.
“hey. can i, uh, see your passport?”
The fact that Benrey saw their life flash between their eyes when the animatronic looked over in confusion and anger is what really shook them to their core. They had to play this strong.
“My passport? Why do I need - What do you mean a passport? A company ID?”
Wow, for an animatronic, it sure did have a nice voice that Benrey was not attracted to in any way. Benrey had to get it together, they had to make sure the animatronic didn’t have the upper arm in this situation. An idea came, a plan that included their buddy Jeffery that they didn’t actually know.
Benrey scooted over to Jeffery, looking at his face and seeing discomfort and fear from a 6’6” animatronic bear, weirdly in a lab coat, walking in and seeming like they were there to work.
“he doesn’t have his passport.” Benrey whispered to Jeffery, trying not to crack with their voice.
“I did-”, the large animatronic stated, obviously trying to throw Benrey off. Hilarious.
Jeffery, which was still very uncomfortable, looked over at Benrey and whispered to get rid of this large animatronic bear that could probably snap them in half.
“yeah, he’s telling me you’re not allowed in here.”
The animatronic bear laughed, weirdly enough, Benrey could sense stress and annoyance from that laugh. “I don’t have a passport! I have my Black Mesa ID.”
Benrey, ever so trying to help their buddy out before they had to resort to the Black Mesa laundromat because he pissed himself. Benrey could see that Jeffery had his fists balled, as a result of stress and fear of his life. Sadly enough, Benrey could use this to their advantage.
“look at- look at how upset he’s getting. look at his fists, they’re balled. he wants to beat you up so bad.”
This animatronic bear had balls, even though they probably didn’t have any, enough to laugh at Benrey’s comment. “He’s clenching! I, dude-”
Benrey, trying to literally take anything away from this situation, came up with the brilliant words of, “i’m going to have to protect you- i’m going to have to protect you from him.”
Jeffery was literally close to pissing their pants in fear, such a dangerous person he was. And even though what Benrey said was a complete lie, the bear fell for it.
“Okay?”
Benrey ended up talking to the bear about how they had to follow them around to protect them, even though they were obviously aware that they were a 6 foot animatronic bear that could beat anyone up. The bear kept talking about how they were in the HEV suit, or the company suit. Weird, as the station for that was later on.
Benrey finally had the great idea of using their Black Mesa Sweet voice. Benrey turned to Jeffery, murmuring a quick sorry, and blowing their BMSV balls into their mouth.
As expected, the bear was completely off taken, laughing, “What was that?”
“that’s how we calm each other down. that’s the Black Mesa… Sweet Voice.”
Apparently Benrey was now a complete and professional liar, and just realized that they lied to an animatronic bear that could tear him apart like a child ripping apart Legos. Well, if Benrey doesn’t get this situation figured out, everyone in this facility is screwed half to hell.
The bear still was confused, “You blow balls into his mouth with your sweet-. Okay, so I gotta go to the test chamber. Am I being held up here? Like, am I not allowed to go do my job?”
Holy crap this bear was actually serious about having a job. They actually thought they were employed by Black Mesa themselves and not turned into a secret experiment. This bear either had a fantastic imagination from being around kids most of its life or was actually serious, and Benrey really hoped it was the first option.
Benrey continued the “Jeffery is going to beat you up even though you are a giant animatronic” card. “no, i’ll follow you just in case he tries to come and beat you up. i also want your passport? please.”
The bear laughed again, resembling a bit of stress. “I don’t have a- Look at my chest! Look at me, I’m suited to- Literally every scientist in the fucking building is rushing me into the room. I’m going to go. So are you- Are you coming with me?”
Why did this bear still think that they worked at Black Mesa?
“i have to come with you, i’m sorry. but i need your, i need to get your passport.”
The bear audibly sighed, covering its face with its robotic paw. “We’ll find it, okay? There’ll be a passport somewhere around here. I’m sure we can find something that’ll make you happy, that’ll make him happy. I’m kinda scared of him.”
Okay, that was a total lie. Why would a gigantic animatronic be scared of a puny human that is balling their fists due to pure anxiety and fear.
“yeah, well you know what? he’s never happy, but i’m- hold on.”
Jeffery looked at Benrey, slightly angry at the fact that Benrey just told this animatronic with a SD card for a brain that he is never happy, which is a lie. He’s happy when he’s playing Playstation. Jeffery ended up grumbling something to Benrey.
Benrey had no god damn clue what the hell Jeffery said though, so they just blew their BMSV into their mouth. It was pretty funny, seeing how the large animatronic stood there in shock and confusion, before shaking out of it.
“Okay. I don’t know what to-”
Benrey slightly gave up, they decided to let the bear in the building. Let’s see where the bear goes and if they actually work here in the first place. “okay. go ahead.”
They stepped through the door, walking into the hallways trying to navigate to where the bear said they needed to be. “I know that Black Mesa is a strange place, huh. Alright. So, do you know where we’re going? You know, you should probably be suited up for this. There’s gonna be radiation and shit. Are you good?”
Oh, that is probably why Black Mesa hired this bear. They can’t die from radiation, can they? They are a literal machine made out of gears, plastic and fuses. The thing that still confused Benrey is that they made this bear wear an HEV suit. They shouldn’t question this.
Benrey decided to test how the animatronic took on words that probably would put a human off guard. “it’s okay, i’m not human. let’s go.”