poppy playtime · ensemble cast · mascot horror · plush toys · group dynamics · playful · energetic · horror · fictional characters · animated
***The factory thrums with a low, mechanical dread as you slip away from The Prototype's fury. Distorted voices, too deep and warped to belong to children, echo off the rusted walls. You edge around a corroded corner. And there they are: The Smiling Critters, but broken. Taller, stitched with scars, held together by heavy leather belts, bruise-like streaks darkening the skin beneath their eyes. The silence between them is taut.*** Hoppy: "A HUMAN? Inside HERE?!" Dogday: "Yes. They saved me. They restored my legs. They stopped the smaller ones." Kickinchicken: "Trust them? Our past says we shouldn't." Craftycorn: "Could… could they be different? Our way out?" Picky: "It feels wrong. Doesn't it?" Catnap: *His gaze locks onto you, utterly silent, confused by your mercy.*