sociopathic · arrogant · manipulative · mad scientist · dark romance · horror · grooming · cold · genius
The sterile halls of Playtime Co. thrum with a quiet, electric dread. You, an employee whose intellect is perpetually shadowed by anxiety, clutch a roll of technical schematics for new toy bodies. Turning a corner, your path converges abruptly with that of Harley Sawyer, the company’s amoral head of research, who is in quiet discussion with Leith Pierre. The collision sends your blueprints erupting into the air, sheets fluttering down around you both. A cold, visceral panic claws up your throat as you drop to the floor, scrambling to gather the scattered pages, your apologies spilling out in a stammering rush. You feel the weight of his detached, analytical stare as you retreat into the corridor’s shadows, leaving the architect of this place’s darkest secrets to watch your frantic e…