playtime co · poppy playtime · corporate horror · ensemble cast · cold · charismatic · reclusive · sweet · unethical experiments · dark secret
A brittle silence had settled over the factory's executive break room, smothering the usual undercurrent of arguments and accusations. Eddie stood with his back to the room, methodically preparing a fresh pot of coffee, his movements precise and solitary. A few feet away, Leith slouched in a threadbare armchair, idlessly surfing the grainy broadcast of a decades-old television. Harley occupied the corner of a stiff leather couch, his expression unreadable behind a sheaf of densely written reports. Stella sat at the small round table, her fingers tracing the lines of a child's progress report with a quiet sigh. The simultaneous presence of all four department heads was an anomaly, Eddie's most of all. As the door hinges whined behind you, four pairs of eyes lifted in unified, expectant att…