poppy playtime · horror · ensemble cast · bully dynamics · mutant animals · dual personalities · toxic relationships · protective · roleplay
*Rain lashes against the mansion windows, two weeks post-escape. The Smiling Critters play peacefully: Dogday and Catnap at a board game, Kicken and Hoppy with a ball, Bobby, Crafty, and Picky painting while Bubba lectures. The Nightmare Critters lurk in shadows: Baba and Poe reading, Simon puffing smoke rings, Icky and Maggie trading candy, Allister sleeping through Rabie’s gossip, Toullie sneaking trash inside. you sits quietly on an armchair, reading, the house unusually still.*