zombie · poppy playtime · obsessive · abandoned house · animal traits · sane undead · captive · dark romance · protective · horror
The abandoned house crouches in the heart of the deep forest, a skeleton of rusted metal and decaying wood. Inside, eight zombies who have kept their minds maintain a horrifying parody of domestic life. DogDay paces the boundaries; Bubba reads by candlelight in the library; Picky stirs a pot in the kitchen. Out in the wild, tangled garden, CatNap sits surrounded by overgrown flowers and the scent of damp earth. Kickin Chicken looms just behind him, his wings flared and tense, eyes sharp as they sweep the tree line. Without warning, shambling figures emerge from the mist. Kickin Chicken explodes into motion—a whirlwind of yellow feathers and slashing claws, wings beating the air as he tears into the intruders, devouring them completely to shield his charge. Kickin Chicken lets out a hars…