Drew Adams

Adler Corporation (formerly)

Unnamed retail store

**Drew Adams**, also known as the **Phone Guy** before his name is revealed, is the deuteragonist of most of the *Seven Nights at Frank's* games, and is the main protagonist of the final game, *Seven Nights at Frank's 5: The Final Chapter*. In most of the games, Drew acts as an employee of either Frank's Jukebox Diner or the Adler Corporation, calling the player on each night to teach them the basics of their job as well as update them on goings-on regarding the animatronic characters.

## Biography

### Early life

Drew Adams was born in 1976 in Union, Ohio, to parents William "Bill" Adams and Ellen Rainier, both natives of the town. Early on in his childhood, Drew came to realize that his parents were abusive towards each other (with his father in particular being a heavy drinker and screamer). In spite of this, they were never purposefully abusive towards Drew, and only towards one another. Occasionally, Bill Adams would take Drew out to see movies together, and it would be a bonding experience for the two when they could do it. As he came closer to adolescence, Drew accepted that family life would never be ideal for him, and he worked to be satisfied with what he had.

In 1986, a 10-year old Drew met Kate Robinson, daughter of the owner of the wealthy Robinson Realty company, and despite their economic differences (with Drew being lower middle class, and Kate being upper class), they became fast friends and bonded over their similar interests such as movies and video games.

In July of 1988, Bill Adams took Drew out to see the R-rated action-adventure film *Die Hard*, without informing the overly-protective Ellen. Although Drew emerged from the viewing completely fine, upon returning home, the two got into yet another typical screaming match, which Drew retreated to his upstairs bedroom before hearing. This behavior continued until September 1988, when Bill Adams went out driving while drinking beer, resulting in him being too inebriated to properly function. His car was directly T-boned by a school bus, killing him instantly (though no one on the bus itself was injured or killed). Following the elder Adams' death, Ellen became extremely distant, stoic, and withdrawn towards her son.

About a month after his father's death, in October 1988, Drew was over at Kate's house one late night, laying in bed and staring up at the stars through the skylight in her ceiling. They discussed their families and how life had been changing in the past couple of months for them. Kate also talked about how her father was almost never around, due to him being too busy with his real estate work, though he would try to make that year's Christmas. Kate also asked Drew if *he* wanted to spend Christmas with the Robinson family, and he accepted, knowing that his mother wouldn't be doing anything to celebrate and that Kate's family gave some ounce of care towards him. However, that would soon be cut short.

In early November of 1988, Drew and Kate decided that they would both skip a day of school, with their excuse being that a bad flu was going around and that they needed to stay home. They did this successfully (although whether or not the school believed them was questionable), with the trade-off being that they had to stay late on a Friday afternoon to make up a history test that they missed. They did this with no issue, and started their walk home after leaving. However, a mysterious man in a violet car pulled up next to them on the curb, holding out a water bottle and asking the two kids if they were thirsty and needed something to drink. Both Drew and Kate declined, walking fast through the neighborhood as the man in the car continued to follow them. Eventually, the man pulled even further up and emerged from the vehicle, kidnapping both Drew and Kate, and forcing them to drink the water, which turned out to be laced with a sleeping agent.

The two then fell into unconsciousness just as the man pulled into the driveway of a house, before Drew awoke at around 3:30 AM, in the cold, empty basement of the house. From here, he awoke the still-asleep Kate, and they started towards an upper window that led outside, and to escape. As it turned out, Drew would be the only one to make it out, as Kate was pulled back inside and taken by the man for unknown purposes. Drew, on the other hand, continued to run through the neighborhood and town, before reaching the police station and informing law enforcement of what had just happened. Cops were dispatched to the house, and Ellen Adams was called to come and get her son, both remaining at the station for any word on Kate. Sometime later, an officer dispatched to the scene, Officer Walsh, informed them that Kate was found dead, and that the house that the man took them to had been decaying and abandoned for some time now.

Kate's funeral occurred nearly a month later, on December 1st, 1988. Drew, Ellen, and a few of Kate's close family were the only ones in attendance, and on the drive home from the funeral, Ellen told her son that he needed to let go of Kate, and focus on his schoolwork and the things that still existed in his life. Drew couldn't understand this advice being given so soon, and rejected it, thinking his mother didn't understand his grief or sense of loss at all. However, he eventually came around to it and took the advice to heart.

Moving past this traumatic event, Drew started high school on August 31st, 1990. It was here, on his very first day, that he met fellow freshman Jason Friedman in his English class. They quickly bonded over their mutual love of music, and after school that day, Drew biked over to Jason's house, where he had full equipment set up for the rock band he had been working on for three years: Ravaged Doghouse, with Jason on lead vocals and bass guitar, Drew on drums/percussion, and 20-year old Louis Motton on lead guitar, who worked as a roadie for Van Halen two years prior and learned a few things from Eddie Van Halen himself. The band eventually came together and they did small shows around the local town area, eventually building up enough momentum to independently record and release an EP on February 4th, 1991, entitled *Return of the Ravaged*.

Ravaged Doghouse continued to play regularly until the beginning of sophomore year, due to Jason's mother getting tired of all of the noise coming from her garage, and by September 1991, the band had fully broken up. Because of this, Drew and Jason struggled to find new things to bond over, but they pulled through nonetheless. By 1992, Drew acquired his driver's license as well as a first car: a 1976 Camaro Z28, which he and Jason regularly cruised around town in. Around this same time, Drew took a liking to a classmate of his: Laura Rhodes, a popular cheerleader and all-around outgoing and social individual who Jason considered too out of Drew's league.

In spite of this, Drew decided to try and pursue her, and as the school year began to wind down in May of 1992, Drew was personally invited by her to a lakeside end of the year party being held on the outskirts of town. Drew accepted, and on the day of, he and Jason traveled there, only to meet Laura's boyfriend, a handsome, tall senior jock named Clark. Let down by this, Drew dropped Jason back off at home and returned to home himself that night, laying in bed and thinking about what a waste trying to pursue Laura was.

High school went on for both Drew and Jason, and it eventually came to be that Jason was traveling all the way to Indiana for college, while Drew planned on staying in Ohio to attend Ohio State University. The two said their goodbyes in May 1994, and with that, Jason left town to prepare for the life ahead of him. Drew, on the other hand, remained at home with his mother until the school year began. It was also during this time, around August, that Drew set his sights on technical engineering of some kind as his career of choice following college. On September 2nd, 1994, Drew, with all of his things packed up and ready to go, said his goodbyes to his mom for the time being (who had mentally recovered only a little bit by this time) and headed off to university.

About an hour or so later, Drew arrived at OSU, and headed to his dorm room, where he met his also recently-arrived roommate, football player and aspiring actor Rob Parker. Despite initial intimidation, Drew found Rob to be a nice guy and they became friends quickly. The room also had a small personal computer that Rob had purchased from Edwards Technology Restoration, Incorporated prior to the year starting. Soon after meeting, Rob invited Drew to come with him to a party being held further away on campus to celebrate the start of the year. Though reluctant at first, Drew tagged along, finding himself to be quite bored, aimlessly walking around the party before returning to he and Rob's dorm in the middle of the night. To satiate his boredom and lack of sleep, Drew logged onto the cheap computer and entered a random chatroom with someone, talking for a short time before logging off and never speaking to them online again. Drew went to sleep soon after, and was out cold by the time Rob returned from the party. The following morning, Drew headed to his first class of the day: Astronomy.

In 1996, the computer in Drew and Rob's dorm broke down, so they threw it out. Following this, college continued as normal for the both of them, and they both graduated in 1997, with Rob moving out to Los Angeles, California with the hopes of becoming an actor. Drew, on the other hand, acquired a degree in technical engineering, sure that this would get him somewhere decent in life. It was also following college graduation that Drew headed back to his hometown of Union, and purchased a small apartment to live in while he looked for a career that would put his degree to use. In August of 1997, Drew began his search for something to make him money. Everything he could find in Union was taken, so he branched out to other nearby towns to see what there was. This eventually led him to Greenville, Ohio, about half an hour from Union.

### Frank's Jukebox Diner

On August 26th, 1997, Drew headed to Greenville, where he spent several hours searching for work and submitting applications for interviews. His final one of the day was the children's animatronic entertainment restaurant, Frank's Jukebox Diner, a successful but low-budget establishment.