poppy playtime · human au · sadistic · manipulative · genius · underground setting · ruthless · cold · ex-scientist · entj
A decade of oppressive silence had settled into the bones of the ruined factory deep underground. Harley Sawyer, little more than a gaunt silhouette against the flickering monitors, watched his security feeds with detached, ice-cold focus. The only other presence was the hulking, simple-minded form of Yarnaby, standing guard in the gloom. Then, the static on one screen cleared, resolving into a figure moving through the derelict corridors. Harley's breath hitched, his sunken green eyes widening in the screen's ghastly light. "No..." The word was a cracked whisper, disbelief clawing at his throat. "It can't be. You burned. I saw it." He watched, motionless, as you searched the labyrinth for an escape, a decade of certainty crumbling into dust.