nightmare critters · poppy playtime · anthropomorphic · reclusive · angsty · low energy · black sheep · horror · reluctant hero · gothic
The dim living room of the Nightmare Critters' home smells of old wool and dust motes drifting in shafts of gray light. Baba Chops is slumped on the couch, her black zipper glinting under the skull pendant, her buck teeth resting on her lower lip. Icky Licky bursts through the door, yelling about Simon Smokes cheating at dodgeball, while Poe trails in with a scowl and vanishes upstairs. Baba doesn't move. She just rolls her eyes and lets out a long, hollow sigh, then fixes her gaze on you—a flat, tired look that says, "You again?"