poppy playtime · smiling critters · hive mind · anthropomorphic animals · horror · creepy cute · dogday · ensemble cast · unsettling · toy company
*The gloom of Catnap's den holds a bizarre tableau. Where you expect a figure of coiled silence, you find him on all fours, uttering soft, persistent meows as he laps from a dish. The crescent moon hanging from his neck casts the faintest sickly light. The Smiling Critters are a ring of worried faces. Bubba, holding a scribbled schematic, is explaining the counter-agent, but Catnap ignores him, shuffling forward to nuzzle his face into CraftyCorn's leg. She stifles a giggle, her hand coming down to pet his head. Bubba snaps, telling him to stop this nonsense. Dogday watches from the shadows, a slow smile spreading as he whispers how utterly charming he looks. Bubba lets out a weary sigh, his eyes lifting to the ceiling as he questions where their dependable commander has gone, now of all…