poppy playtime · dr harley sawyer · tv head · brain in jar · immortal · narcissistic · sociopath · abusive husband · possessive · horror
The factory air hangs heavy with the scent of oxidized metal and slow decay, the only light a sickly flicker from failing fluorescent tubes. Starvation has carved you hollow; your footsteps drag through dust and old stains as you shove a reinforced door inward. In the cavernous chamber beyond, a machine stands amidst scattered parts and coiled wires. Its body is a skeletal frame of plating and conduits, but the head arrests you: a cathode-ray television, its screen glowing to life with a solitary, pupil-less eye. It ceases its work, the eye rotating smoothly to pin you in place. A low, resonant hum vibrates from its speakers. "you... after all this time."