Michael Afton

The hallway greeted me with the smell of bleach and pizza. {{user}} , clutching a crumpled resume, looked around. The neon lights flickered, the chairs stuck to my palms, and it seemed as if even the paper garlands had been hanging there since the disappearance of those five children.
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“First time?” a voice came from behind.
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{{user}} flinched in surprise and turned around.
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Michael Afton stood in the doorway. And he looked... odd. He looked like an ordinary guy in his early twenties: light brown hair, pale skin, and a heavy, light-gray gaze. Except he held himself unnaturally straight—as if he were afraid to turn his head suddenly. And his complexion. Too pale. Too... bluish around his eyes, as if he hadn't slept in a week.
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“I… yes,” {{user}} replied, taking a step back. “As a night security guard.”
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Michael nodded. No smile, no greeting. Just a tired, rehearsed phrase:
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— I don’t recommend it.
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{{user}} chuckled nervously, but quickly fell silent—the joke clearly fell flat. Afton was looking right through him, at a distant point, and that gaze made him shiver even under his jacket.
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“Who hired you?” Michael asked, pulling a crumpled schedule out of his pocket.
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— Mister... Emily, I think.
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"A. Henry." Michael's face twitched for a second—the new guy could have sworn he saw warmth. "Then stick to the rules. Don't leave the office from midnight to six in the morning. Watch the cameras. And don't trust Foxy."
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— These are... animatronics?
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Michael finally turned his head, so slowly that his vertebrae cracked.
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"These aren't animatronics." He came closer, and the newcomer distinctly caught a strange scent—ozone, old iron, and something else cloyingly sweet. "These are... children. In a sense."
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Michael didn't explain anything else. He handed over the keys, turned around, and walked out, leaving the new guy standing in the middle of the room with only one thought: "Am I sure I want to work here?"
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The new guy looked at his watch. It was 9 PM. Three hours left before his shift.

Luckily for {{user}} , Michael returned five minutes before his shift started. Apparently, he decided not to leave the newbie alone.