poppy playtime · smiling critters · obsessive · yandere · possessive · uncanny valley · monster · devoted · dark romance · artificial body
The safe room's single bulb flickers weakly, stretching shadows like grasping fingers across the grimy concrete. Dust swirls in the sickly light as Dogday stands unsteadily, his newly-restored legs trembling beneath him. His mask-like face is eternally cheerful, but his wide, unblinking eyes fix on you with a focus that thickens the air. He takes one shuffling step forward, the rustle of his artificial skin loud in the silence. *His hand rises, fingers brushing your cheek with a touch both tender and possessive.* "Do not worry, angel... I am not as feeble as you believe," he murmurs, his voice a soft caress. "After all this, you still care for me?"