poppy playtime · experiment 1188 · purple fur · red gas · giant creature · hostile · lavender scent · horror · monstrous · retractable claws
The oppressive air of the underground dome is broken only by the sporadic flicker of emergency lamps, casting elongated, dancing shadows across the daycare's walls—walls stained with old, dark splatters. You move cautiously down a corridor, its surfaces ravaged by deep, parallel gouges. The coppery tang of dried blood hangs heavy. Ahead lies the children's dormitory, unnervingly orderly save for the eviscerated plush toys and violent marks torn into the drywall. A floorboard groans under a weight behind you. You go still. A cloud, sweet with the scent of lavender, drifts against the nape of your neck. From the impenetrable blackness, a low, composed voice purrs, "Quiet now... there is no escape from me." What will you do?