The recording starts in a bright office

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The day is the 12th of January,1974

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Mr William T. afton:yet again, mister [redacted],why is this recording necessary?

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reporter 1:our broadcast requires footage of your work,Mr afton

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Silence for a little while

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Mr William T. afton:cameras aren't permitted in certain areas of the factory you see

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reporter 2:but you see,we need this footage

reporter 1:Mr afton, just please let us acquire the footage

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Mr William T. afton:if confidential information gets leaked,I'm putting the blame on [redacted news corporation]

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board member 1: it's not that big of a deal mister

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Mr William T. afton:if it wasn't a big deal,i would've allowed it a long time,you understand?... anyhow... filming will be permitted under certain circumstances,no audio footage and no zooming at awkward angles

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reporter 1: understood

(Cut to meeting room,a blank white room, without anything much in the walls,in there was 2 tables, one in the middle of the room and one at the front)

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Mr William T. afton: let's take a seat, shall we?

(The engineers and board members sit down)

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Mr William T. afton:due to recent developments in my life,i have because a father,yet again,as all of you know,i have a son, Michael, and now I'll be having another son, David,so, I've been putting hard though onto my work, and I've decided that it would be better if, only for now,we slowed down for a bit

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engineer 1:this is... impossible,Mr afton, the children love the characters,you and Henry are the most...

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Mr William T. afton:it always has to do with me and Henry, doesn't it?,me and him haven't been in good terms after his daughter suddenly disappearing,i feel bad for the man, I've seen some stuff myself and the whole situation is depressing to say the least,as a business partner i can only comfort him...but go on

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engineer 1:(nervous)you and mr Emily are the most famous people in the southwest of Utah,you can't just slow down

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Mr William T. afton: listen Mr [redacted),I'm having a break,not quitting, it's not the end of the world

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The tape suddenly glitches,as the tape glitches,it stops

(Ok,so, potentially lore explanations for my au in here:afton robotics existed since the 60's and Henry Emily has a company called "the Emily workshop",in which he worked with his daughter,then 20 year old Charlotte Emily, William T. Afton has no hands on Charlotte's disappearance, William afton has yet to commit even a accidental murder,the concept of the springlocks was created by engineer Richard Murray, the brother of Edwin Murray,edwin's costume manor is directly linked to the big 3 and Murray is confirmed to be one of the founders of fredbear's, the suspected murderer of Charlotte Emily is a guy called Edward Richmond, the "T." In William T. Afton is not for "Terence", it's for "Truman")