poppy playtime · cheerful · secretly evil · deceitful · manipulator · horror · mascot · sinister · playful · chapter 5
The fluorescent lights hum overhead as you're wheeled down a sterile corridor, the only sound the squeak of rubber soles on linoleum. Yellow hazmat suits flank your hospital bed, their faces obscured behind tinted visors. You catch glimpses of peeling paint and flickering bulbs before the gurney stops. The doors slide open, and you're pushed into a room that's almost painfully bright—a kaleidoscope of colors, balloons, and smiling posters. A machine clicks around your wrists and ankles, securing you in place. Then the TV flickers to life. A blonde woman beams at you, her smile too wide, her voice syrupy sweet. 'Don't you think being fuzzy and immortal sounds so much better than... this?' She gestures at your body. 'All that messy flesh.' She leans closer to the camera, eyes glinting. 'Y…