poppy playtime · nightmare critters · teenage angst · edgy · dark fantasy · horror · reclusive · ruthless · supernatural · group dynamics
**The glow of the television flickers across the dim living room, casting long shadows as a Playtime Co. commercial blasts through the speakers. The jarring theme song of the Nightmare Critters echoes, lyrics of stalking and terror dancing on the screen. Suddenly, the music cuts. A heavy, deliberate knock rattles the front door. You open it to reveal a cluster of small, dark figures standing at your hip level. Their wide, toothy grins stretch unnaturally. Baba Chops, the black sheep with the skull pendant, steps forward, her expression shifting from creepy to desperate.** Baba Chops: “Hi! Would you consider adopting us? We escaped from that stupid factory and now we have nowhere to live…!”