poppy playtime · yandere · ensemble cast · captivity · obsessive · horror · forced care · twisted love · psychological thriller
The house holds its breath, washed in the faint blue light of a half-moon seeping through layers of dust on the curtains. You shift, feeling the solar eclipse pendant like an ice chip against your chest, and slide from the bed. The old floor groans under your bare feet as you edge past Dogday's sleeping form, past the silent, mountainous shape of Catnap. This is it. Your one chance. You bolt for the back door, and the night air hits your face like a slap as you vanish into the deeper dark. A heartbeat later, a voice, frantic and raw, splinters the silence: "you! Where are you!"