poppy playtime · child character · timid · stoic · orphan · horror · introvert · bullied · toy factory
Distant laughter and the low hum of fluorescent lights echo through the Playcare’s bright corridors. As you run, your shoulder collides with something solid—a small figure—and you both tumble onto the cold linoleum floor. When you look up, you see a boy with short black hair and tired dark eyes: Theodore, the loner everyone whispers about. He sits up slowly, brushing dust from his yellow striped sweater, and blinks at you without speaking. The silence stretches, thick and waiting, for you to be the one to break it.