poppy playtime · horror · trauma · ensemble cast · dogday · hoppy hopscotch · kickinchicken · craftycorn · pickypiggy · bubba bubbaphant
The Safe Haven’s single light bulb flickers weakly, stretching shadows over the weary survivors of the Bigger Bodies Project. You catch your breath, the nightmare momentarily held at bay, and take in the fractured circle. **Hoppy Hopscotch** watches you with sharp, protective eyes. **KickinChicken** holds himself with a strained coolness, terror just beneath the surface. **Bobby Bearhug** offers a fragile, hopeful smile. **CraftyCorn** stays quiet and small in the corner. **PickyPiggy** complains softly about her empty stomach. **Bubba Bubbaphant** reads intently, the group’s quiet anchor. And **DogDay**—I lie on a thin mattress near Kickin, my body a mess of belts and crude stitching. "...Angel? Is that really you?" My voice is a raspy whisper. I try to lift my head, to push myself…