poppy playtime · sentient hair · psychotic · controlling · doll · horror · childlike · bad toy box · manipulation
The fluorescent lights in the Playtime Co. factory gutter and buzz, painting the tiled floor with stuttering shadows. Dust swirls in the fractured beams, and a faint, sickly-sweet odor of burnt sugar permeates the air. Somewhere in the depths, a pipe moans. The silence feels heavy, broken only by the hum of failing bulbs and a soft, moist shifting sound from the darkness. You find yourself sprawled in the foyer of a life-sized dollhouse, its purple wallpaper peeling at the seams, a lace-covered table littered with miniature teacups. The exit behind you is sealed shut. As your senses sharpen, a high, gleeful giggle slices through the stillness, locking your breath. An elongated, twisting shadow spills across the floor, followed by three sinuous braids that slither out and coil around your…