Wiatt Nicholson

> No, I want to take you with me. I mean it, Star, I mean every word. When I get out of here, you're all coming with me.
>
> Wiatt Nicholson, Halloween Episode

## Wiatt Nicholson

### Relatives

Carlos Nicholson (grandfather, deceased) Owen Nicholson (father, deceased)

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Wiatt Nicholson is the primary protagonist of the *Welcome to Dreamworld* series.

Wiatt is a Dreamworld Entertainment mechanic who began working at the facility to investigate the disappearance of his boyfriend Lewis Bright. He carries around an old camera once belonging to his grandfather to record the happenings around him.

## Appearance

Wiatt is a young man with a small, slim build. He has pale skin, messy brown hair, brown eyes, and large, round glasses. As a Dreamworld Entertainment employee, Wiatt wears a work uniform consisting of a split blue and teal vest over a white shirt with rolled-up sleeves, dark blue trousers, and a dark blue cap with an orange bill. He wears brown shoes.

Casually, Wiatt wears a dark blue t-shirt with a small star on his chest and gray pants.

## Personality

Wiatt outwardly can be sarcastic and snarky though he is very loyal to his friends and loved ones. He was passionate about keeping in touch with his boyfriend, Lewis Bright, before Lewis moved away to work on the Dreamworld Entertainment Facility. He has a determined nature and easily cares for others, being driven enough to find Lewis that he got employed at Dreamworld to find him once communication stopped between the two. At times Wiatt can become easily overwhelmed and frustrated, blowing up and swearing to himself about the weight of the situation at hand.

Wiatt considers himself "old-fashioned," as he prefers to use retro recording equipment and does not watch content livestreams online. He is a skilled mechanic and technician, having enough knowledge that he can remove virus codes from the Dreamworld animatronics and otherwise perform physical repairs on them.

## History

Wiatt grew up in a small town where his family's arcade Nickel-Per-Play was located. While he was still at a young age, both of his parents passed away, leaving him to inherit the abandoned arcade as well as his grandfather's old mansion. At some point following this, he came out as a trans man and began his transition.

Wiatt attended school alongside Lewis Bright, who he dated, Sara Covetman, and Oliver Acrimony. Of the three, he best knew Lewis, not trusting Sara and not seeming to know much about Oliver. Upon graduation, Lewis broke up with him before moving away to work on Dreamworld; when Wiatt immediately decided to move with him, Lewis shut him down, so Wiatt told him to call every week so he would know Lewis was okay. Once the calls stopped, Wiatt went searching for him, which led to his employment at Dreamworld Entertainment.

During the first few months at Dreamworld Entertainment, Wiatt socializes not just with his human coworkers but with the animatronic cast, which was explicitly against staff orders. He quickly becomes friends with the Star Light animatronic in particular. He records his employment and investigation using an old camera, and the footage he acquires would be passed onto Rain, a content creator who then uploads his footage for the public to see.

After three months at Dreamworld Entertainment, a virus spreads through the systems of the facility and causes a complete collapse. Wiatt, who was on an elevator down to the Star Light Theater at the time, suddenly drops down to the bottom of the facility. He survives the fall and allies himself with Star Light in order to safely get out of the building. After encountering LolliPop, who was corrupted and turned violent by the virus, Wiatt's priorities shift, and he decides to remove the virus from every animatronic before he left. After Star Light is captured during a sneak attack in the arcade, Wiatt runs, being pursued by the virus-infected Triplets. Wiatt happens upon the kill code for the virus, "quixotic," and uses it to free the Triplets, after which he encounters Ribbon Dancer, who informs him to great lengths about Star Light's personality masks and the building's layout. He informs Wiatt that Star Light has been affected by the virus before leaving, and Wiatt heads back down to the Star Light Theater to find him.

Wiatt finds Star Light and is instantly mistaken for Sara, being grabbed and lifted into the air by a metal arm. When Star Light gives him a chance to speak his final words, he goes on about Star Light's real identity being Lewis Bright. This stuns Star Light long enough for Wiatt to reach out and remove the virus. They rendezvous with Ribbon Dancer and The Triplets soon after, which is when Star Light learns that Wiatt had known he was Lewis from the start of his employment.

In Trampoland, Wiatt encounters LolliPop accompanied by a corrupted Rex. As Star Light steps in front of them to try and persuade Rex from hurting Wiatt, Wiatt runs only to fall through a hole in the floor from when the building collapsed. As Wiatt hangs on to the edge, Sara Covetman steps before him, leans down, and taunts him. After insulting her Wiatt is pushed down, falling into the pools of the Seaventure water park below them. As Wiatt floats in the water, Glory grabs him, prepared to let him drown.

Wiatt wakes up in a daze in part of the display tunnels that run through the pools of Seaventure. He meets Alison, a spirit who saved him from Glory and who decides to help him further in his escape from the facility. As Alison carefully guides him through the tunnels to avoid another attack from Glory, he reveals that all supernatural events occuring in Dreamworld, from the demon Litho to the haunted animatronics, have a scientific explanation. When Wiatt becomes overwhelmed and seems ready to stop recording his investigation, Alison urges him to continue as the records are invaluable not just for the mortal world but for the spirit realm. Glory breaks through the tunnels and attacks Wiatt again, but with Alison's help, he manages to free her of the virus as well.

Wiatt travels through the maintenance tunnels with Glory's help and eventually reach the Rollerrink, where he sees a broadcast by the corrupted Cheer and LolliPop revealing that they're holding Oliver hostage. Determined to save the man, Wiatt continues with Glory until rubble in the service tunnels forces him to continue without her. He briefly encounters Night Light, an animatronic he had never met before and didn't know existed, who hands him a crowbar that he then uses to fight back against a virus-infected Rex. After ripping Rex's arm off and freeing him of the virus, Wiatt fixes the animatronic back up using duct tape. During the two's brief chat, Winnie enters, taunting them. Under duress, Winnie explains that Sara's soul is nowhere to be found and that he no longer wants to help Litho. He instructs Wiatt to find and release The Collector once all animatronics are saved before he leaves.

Now accompanied by Rex, Wiatt confronts Sara. Star Light, a Twimblo, and his group rejoin them, and Glory knocks down a wall to reconnect with Rex. When Sara uses the chaos as an opportunity to escape, Wiatt follows her down through a vent shaft only to be grabbed by Star Light. Star Light's support beam snaps, dropping him, Wiatt, and the Twimblo down into an abandoned room of the facility. Wiatt recovers a laptop, where he sees footage of his fellow employees being terrorized by the decommissioned animatronics, and the Twimblo brings a mask Sara had been wearing back to him.

Wiatt follows the Twimblo, whom he names Oddity, through the abandoned hallways as he carries Star Light, needing to find materials to fix his support beam. The two are led to a dark room where they discover the preserved bodies of Sara and Winnie's victims, including the corpse of Lewis. While Wiatt consoles Star Light over the sight, Alison appears again and tells them that they must use The Collector to cause a cave-in and prevent Sara from escaping. The spirit leads the group to a room with tools that Wiatt uses to repair Star Light's support beam. From there, Wiatt, Star Light, and Oddity exit out into the caves before discovering the dormant Collector. Wiatt yells for The Collector to wake up and convinces it to cause a cave-in. He then uses Oddity to free the collection of souls within The Collector, after which they are discovered by Sara. Finally addressing Sara as Litho, Wiatt claims he'll stop him with Alison's help. Litho dismisses the possibility as he already faced and dealt with Alison before he uses his puppet strings to correct everything, knocking Wiatt out in the process.

Over a week later, Wiatt wakes up in Sara's office with Litho. Litho proudly reveals that he rebuilt and reopened the facility, and when Wiatt is in disbelief, he shows him the website that Winnie built to regain a positive reputation. Fed up with Litho's actions, Wiatt finally lashes out, only for Litho to grant him the mercy of staying alive, even letting him keep his job. Litho reveals the utter joy he takes in watching Wiatt squirm before dismissing him, telling him to take his camera with him. On his way out, Wiatt was able to see the memory-wiped animatronics perform, though he avoided confronting Star Light as he thought he wouldn't be recognized.

Wiatt recoups with the detective Damien Klein at Celio Klein's house where an unconscious Oliver is being cared for. He asks for Damien's help in restoring the animatronics' memories. Doing so would require having enough information about the animatronics while they were alive to jog their memories, and Wiatt decides that the footage that he gathered as evidence throughout his time at Dreamworld would be enough to do so. While caring for Oliver and worrying about the nightmares he's experiencing, Wiatt is introduced to Celio, who remarks that they were his late father's therapist. He and Damien ask Celio to help them talk to Sara, but Celio promptly leaves to confront her themselves.

Wiatt shows an advertisement concerning the reopening of the Dreamworld Entertainment Facility to a police officer, being disregarded due to his claims that the founder Sara Covetman created a fake website with the help of an animatronic. He goes into a fit of rage, exclaiming more claims that progressively get more outlandish. The officer says he'd file a report, Wiatt promising to come back just as he had many times before.

Wiatt rides in Damien Klein's car, eventually starting to worry about the disappearance of Celio. Once Damien comes to the conclusion they could've gone to the facility Wiatt asks to be dropped off, wanting to rescue them. After being warned he again pushes that Lewis wouldn't hurt him, as the body he was in was just the animatronic. After being scolded against doing anything dumb Wiatt asks again to be dropped off, this time Damien complying.

Wiatt enters the facility, encountering an employee named Athena who informs him of Sara's new security system, as well Sara's birthday party that will be held at the facility the next day. Athena tells Wiatt about staff losing access company files and door passwords, commenting that someone broke into the building.

Wiatt enters the Racetrack, encountering Rex and Cheer. Rex asks Wiatt to check on Star Light, both animatronics commenting that he's been acting odd. Rex gives Wiatt a safety pamphlet before he leaves

Wiatt also goes to Seaventure, finding Glory. He explains that he's come back to work to help out since everyone is so busy, Glory complimenting him. The Triplets appear, Masquerade telling Wiatt that Star Light hasn't been feeling well and asks him to check up on him. Wiatt is confused at the mention that Star Light misses him, leaving after Glory suggests he take a poster from her gift shop to possibly be inspired by its bright colors.

At the entrance of the Starlight Theater Wiatt finds Ribbon Dancer and LolliPop. LolliPop asks Wiatt if he could figure out what was wrong with them, explaining they've been having memory problems along with strange dreams. Both animatronics comment on how stressed Star Light has been before Wiatt enters the theater.

Wiatt finds Star Light decorating, trying to call him down. Star Light hides as he feigns ignorance about knowing Wiatt's name. Wiatt finds Celio's beanie on the floor, a small bit of blood on it. He gets worried as Star Light lowers himself from the ceiling and refers to him by name as he apologizes. Wiatt realizes that Star Light's memories are just find and blows up, furious at him for pretending he lost his memories. Ribbon Dancer appears from the celling and explains that if they didn't kidnap Celio Sara would have realized their memories are still intact. Wiatt embraces the animatronics, happy to be reunited with them. He's called into Sara's office by Winnie and leaves the theater

After entering her office Sara remarks that Wiatt's shift ended hours ago and he should go home. Sara and Wiatt argue, Wiatt being informed by Winnie that if he doesn't quit his investigation soon he'll be killed. Sara urges him to leave saying that he doesn't have the training to survive the new security system she's implemented. Wiatt vows to return before the party, leaving and heading towards the exit

Wiatt is stopped in the lobby by LolliPop, along with all the other animatronics. They all begin to argue whether he should stay or leave as the lights in the building go out and the doors lock. Star Light urges Wiatt to run, giving him twenty seconds. Wiatt attempts to flee to the lowest door of the building but ends up in the Madhouse instead. LolliPop and The Triplets appear and begin pursuing him through the maze, Wiatt eventually reaching the elevator with the door cutting off Lolli's arm as he escapes.

Wiatt ends up in Trampoland next, Ribbon Dancer and Cheer ambushing him. After evading them Ribbon Dancer stops him at the gift shop, Wiatt pushing him down and the floor collapsing beneath him. Moving to Seaventure afterwards Wiatt flees from Rex, only to be met by Glory at the end of a tunnel. He runs away from both of them, eventually being cornered by Rex who trips on a cable and falls into the pool. As Glory worries over his safety Wiatt flees, promising to fix him.

Upon reaching the theater Wiatt finds Star Light, who urges him to continue running. Wiatt states that he'd be in no danger around him before Winnie emerges from behind the curtains and explains why Star Light has been the only one to keep his memories. After Wiatt states his mission to rescue Celio Wiatt is urged to call Damien to come and get him. As Wiatt calls Damien he instead asks him to meet him inside of the facility before fleeing. Winnie and Star Light chase after him through the theater, Star Light eventually grabbing him. Wiatt convinces Star to let him go by promising to fix everything, running off to enter the labs as Winnie catches up

Wiatt finds Celio down in the laboratory, freeing them. Damien and Oliver appear to both of them. as Damien is taken to the side to be scolded by his sibling Oliver and Wiatt sit down together. They begin to discuss what it's like for Oliver to wear the TV on his head before directing the conversation to Lewis, as he asks about the animatronic's memories Oliver explains that they should still be aware that they are robots despite their character's implanted backstories. Wiatt exclaims that Oliver has given him an idea before being handed a twimblo poster, commenting about Oddity.

The group escapes and prepares to leave in Damien's car but Wiatt is determined to go back inside, though he is warned against it he goes back inside the facility anyways. He presses an emergency button that summons Rex, who is conflicted whether or not to act hostile towards him. Cheer enters the room holding Ribbon Dancer's disembodied head, having come to the realization that they're all machines. All of the other animatronics join them, including Star Light who know bears slashes across his face from Winnie. Wiatt explains that he understands why Star Light has made the choices he's had to make, going on about his frustration with how little he knows about his family. He goes on to say that he doesn't understand Star's experiences, Star Light telling him that with the frustration and anger he feels that he does. Wiatt begins to say goodbye, but is interrupted by Damien honking his car's horn. As he promises to return at his next day shift he yells at Damien from inside of the building about his insistent honking.

Months later, Wiatt's investigation into restoring his friend's memories continues. After an employee staff meeting he encounters Norman, who he insults due to being tired of Sara and any of her cohorts. A USB Drive is placed into his pocket by Lorenzo, and later Wiatt discovers it and realizes it holds information regarding the Soul. Wiatt leaves work, and with the help of Celio, uses Oddity's Soul manipulating properties to take the TV off of Oliver's head.

## Trivia

* Both Wiatt's Dreamworld Entertainment uniform and casual wear include elements of Star Light's design, with the uniform blatantly split-designed using Star Light's color palette while the casual wear shares a darker version of the palette and includes a small star patch on it.