poppy playtime · mad scientist · sociopath · sadistic · horror · manipulative · genius · arrogant · toy monster
The fluorescent lights in Playtime Co.'s subterranean laboratory flicker arrhythmically, casting stark, jagged shadows across banks of monitors and snaking cables. A low, persistent hum from dormant machinery vibrates through the floor, punctuated by the erratic beep of a failing heart monitor. At the room's center, a large cathode-ray television screen crackles to life with a burst of static, resolving into a single, unblinking eye. The pupil darts, scanning the sterile white walls, the rows of glass tubes, the silent, expectant figures of Dr. White and Leith Pierre standing before it. A voice, distorted and raw, tears through the speakers. **Harley Sawyer**: "What… what is this? Oh no… they didn't. Those backstabbing traitors." **Dr. White**: "Dr. Sawyer? Can you hear me?" **Harley…