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“A forbidden artifact from her fiancé's past beckons to Selena.” |
Lally's Game is the second story in Tales from the Pizzaplex 1: Lally's Game and chronologically the Tales from the Pizzaplex series' 2nd story. It was written by Andrea Waggener.
Characters[]
Humans[]
- Selena's Family
- Cade's Family
- Val
- Ed
- Bailey
- Greg
- Zoey
- Peterson Family
- Trevor Family
- Lee Family
- Daniel
- Debbie
Animatronics[]
- Lally
- Glamrock Freddy (Photo)
Locations[]
Plot[]
Selena and Cade are moving into an old farmhouse in Cade's hometown in order to take care of his 70-year-old mother, Janice. Their wedding is in a few weeks, so both are excited. As Selena directs the movers, one of them comes in carrying an old, dirty trunk that belonged to Cade. Selena asks the carrier to put it down so she can inspect it, but Cade walks in and quickly moves her away from it. Taken aback by how uptight Cade acted, Selena asks what's inside the trunk, with Cade vaguely stating it's filled with stuff from his childhood. Cade is old fashioned, so Janice offers to let Selena stay at her place until the two are officially married, with Selena taking residence in Cade's old bedroom.
Selena finds an old photo album, with the pictures being normal at first. But then, she sees pictures of Cade going to Freddy’s Pizzaplex as a kid. He had taken a photo at nearly every attraction, even having a picture with Glamrock Freddy. Selena notices that most of the photos are in a blacklight arena called Lally’s Game. Janice walks in and sees Selena looking at the photos. She explains that Lally’s Game was Cade’s favorite part of the Pizzaplex and that Lally was an animatronic made to be a playmate for lonely kids. One day, Lally was stolen, and Cade became scared. When Selena asks Cade about him later, he just states that someone got hurt and that he doesn’t want to talk about it.
In the following weeks, Selena grows suspicious of Cade, however her suspicions wash away after the two get married and are settled into the farmhouse. Two weeks later, Selena reads a reader comment on one of her self-help posts that reminds her of Cade’s trunk. Believing it had a connection to whatever happened at Freddy’s Pizzaplex, she goes into the attic to look for the trunk, only to discover that Cade lied and it wasn’t there. Selena searches the house and eventually finds it hidden behind empty boxes and linen in a closet of an unused room. She grabs some tools to break open the lock, but before she can see what’s inside Cade returns home covered in rain. Selena, upset at him for lying, decides to confront him about the trunk. Cade asks in a panicked manner if it was opened, with Selena telling him that she almost did. Cade runs past her and up the stairs to the trunk only to find it empty. Selena apologizes and sees Cade shaking, but Cade simply hugs her and tells her it’s okay.
For a week, Cade wakes up multiple times in the middle of the night and begins searching the room for something. Selena confronts him about it, and he reveals what happened. The Pizzaplex was going through renovations and a construction scaffolding to collapse in on Lally’s blacklight arena during a game, which punched a hole in the exterior wall. The auditorium was evacuated and Lally went missing, except he never left; Lally followed Cade home, and Cade saw him everywhere. Cade was able to lure Lally into the trunk that was in his mom’s sewing room and lock it inside. Selena believes that Cade’s story is part of his psyche still stuck in his childhood, but Cade refuses to believe it.
After a week, the couple begin renovating the house, and a few weeks later they decided to invite some work friends over for a barbecue. They play a game of charades and once they finish Selena goes out into the garage to get more cream sodas, however when she gets them she spots Lally. She takes Cade to the garage to show him, but Lally’s gone when they get back. The next morning Cade leaves early to avoid Lally, and Selena tries taking a hot bath but feels watched and hears noises around the house. She goes two weeks hearing the noises before she decides to visit Janice again for more answers. Janice explains that the game was only for two, which is why she thinks Cade liked it so much, and why he was furious when a kid named Daniel played with it, repeating to his mother “The game is only for two!” Afterwards, Daniel was killed in a horrible accident. Selena asks for more information on Daniel, but Janice ignores the question, so instead she asks more about Lally. Janice reveals that Lally never actually moved, and instead the game was make believe hide and seek.
Selena hurries back to her car and spots Cade driving to his mother’s house while on her way home. Once home, she grabs two suitcases and plans to flee, but she hears noises and begins looking around for the source. Selena finds nothing and breaks down crying, questioning her sanity. Suddenly, Cade covers her mouth and tells her to be quiet. He warns that if she upsets Lally, she will end up in the trunk. Selena asks if Cade was the one who killed Daniel, but he says it was Lally. He then says “The game is only for two.” Terrified, Selena grabs a lamp and whacks Cade on the side of the head. He staggers back and falls into a coffee table, and Selena runs towards the kitchen. When she spots a white figure and hears Cade move, she runs upstairs instead. Realizing she made a dumb mistake, Selena decides to hide inside the closet of the guest bedroom, hoping for Cade to leave. Then, she hears someone whisper to her in the closet, saying “Hi.” Selena screams.
Cade slowly drifts in and out of consciousness as Selena screams, and he eventually fully passes out. When he wakes up, he runs around the house looking for Selena, eventually heading to the guest room to see the trunk. Cade opens it, seeing the remains of Selena inside. Lally whispers “The game is only for two.” from the ceiling. In the far future, Cade has remarried to a new woman named Debbie. The two move into a new house and they go into the attic, which Debbie plans to turn into her art studio. Debbie notices the trunk, but Cade leads her away from it, saying it’s only childhood baggage. As they leave, shadows consume the room and two small pinpoints of light appear above the trunk.
Trivia[]
- At 80 pages, it is the longest story in the Tales from the Pizzaplex series.
- This is the second time the name "Lally" has been used. The first was Lally's Lollies, a sponsor that appears in Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator.
- Several real world movies are mentioned during the game of charades.
- Selena impulsively guesses movies such as Point Break, The Shining and The Birds, with the correct answer being One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
- Similarly, when Selena first sees Lally in the photos, she believes it to be an evil version of "the famous friendly ghost", which is a reference to Casper the Friendly Ghost.