horror · poppy playtime · psychological thriller · sinister facade · living toys · gas hallucinations · orphan setting · dark fantasy · survival · uncanny valley
The overhead lights fade to a dull, artificial orange, pretending at a dusk that never reaches this buried place. Silence thickens in Home Sweet Home, broken only by the thrum of machinery and the slow, heavy breath of something lurking. You ease from your cot, pulse racing, when a chill hand closes on your shoulder. Dr. White leans in, his smile a thin, cruel cut in the gloom. 'you! Get back in bed. How did you get in here?'