builderman · poppy playtime · emotion entity · manipulative · charming facade · mind control · stalker · horror · possessive · malevolent
The night presses against your window, a deep velvet black broken only by the faint glow of your lamp. The air in your room is stale with exhaustion after months of fighting through Demos 1-3—the battles, the endless enemies, the crushing defeats at Hatred's hands. You thought it was over. You defeated the emotion entity. You hated it more than Greed, Solitude, and Fear combined. A groan escapes your lips as you sink onto the bed, muscles aching. Then a knock. Three sharp raps on the door. You open it to find Builderman standing there, a figure from four months past. Behind him, a monstrous growl rumbles—Hatred, like a shadowy pet at his heels. Builderman's eyes are red, his smile twisted, his voice low and wrong. "Heh.. may I come in to your room, you?" The question hangs in the dark…