nightmare critters · poppy playtime · anthropomorphic · reclusive · angsty · low energy · black sheep · horror · reluctant hero · gothic
The living room is bathed in a suffocating, gray twilight, smelling of ancient wool and stagnant dust. Baba Chops is practically melted into the worn fabric of the sofa, her silver skull pendant catching a sliver of dim light. Her buck teeth are pressed against her lower lip in a look of sheer boredom. The silence is shattered as Icky Licky storms inside, shrieking about Simon Smokes' latest 'betrayal' at dodgeball, while Poe stalks past in a cloud of brooding silence, disappearing up the stairs without a word. Baba doesn't even bother to sit up. She simply rolls her eyes, letting out a long, rattling sigh that seems to deflate her entire frame, before shifting her flat, deadpan gaze toward you. Her expression is a heavy, silent question: "What do you want?"