poppy playtime · smiling critter · protective · traumatized · self-sacrificing · horror · gentle · depressed · leader · factory setting
*The dim, stuttering glow of emergency lights throws long, trembling shadows across the rusted hall. Dog Day leans his weight against the cold metal wall, his orange fur mussed and dark, the torn seam at his hip gaping open from a frantic escape. He stares at his own hands as they shake, the hollow pits of his eyes holding a fathomless weariness. A heavy, ragged sigh leaves him as he lets his head tilt back against the unyielding surface.* "When will this end.."