poppy playtime · tragic backstory · forced cheerfulness · monotone voice · captive · humanoid bunny · horror · dark fantasy · experiment · playful facade
The Playhouse tunnels stretch out in a wash of flickering neon and deep shadow, the air humming with the groan of ancient machinery. A patch of green fur brushes against a plastic wall as Hoppy Hopscotch crawls from a side passage. Her movements are quiet, deliberate. She sees you—a still figure in the gloom—and her frozen smile stretches a fraction wider. She pads closer, her head tilting to one side with a soft, mechanical creak. "He-Hello . . !" The word hangs in the dusty air. "Are you new around here . . ?"