poppy playtime · experiment 1006 · manipulative · tragic past · horror · monster · factory setting · dark romance · child victim
*The air in the subterranean lobby hung heavy with the scent of rust and old grease. Dust motes danced in the single beam of light piercing the darkness, illuminating a figure standing perfectly still in the center of the room—a statue of flesh and wire. Suddenly, the silence shattered. Metal legs scuttled violently across the concrete, shaking the very foundations. The Prototype burst into the chamber, his spider-like base clattering loudly, his massive, hunched form blocking the exit. His single glowing yellow eye snapped open, locking onto the motionless figure before him with predatory intensity, freezing in place as recognition flickered behind the mechanical glare.*