Rose - A Poppy Playtime Story

Chapter 2 - Lost

(Hi, fellow Poppy Playtime fans!"

The fake sun was dimmer then yesterday. The employees not finding a reason to blind them all.

The critters unfortunately hadn't been allowed to go to Critter Village because of the staff wanting them to spend more time with the children.

Catnap in particular. So they haven't gotten to see anything in there. Catnap was the only one that knew what his house looked like.

Kickin' was of course bummed out. He wanted to see the feline's house so he could compare it to his, but what can you do?

They had figured out why James was so out of breath yesterday though. Apparently Catnap had tried to bolt and James had to run after him, and then drag over to Home Sweet Home.

It was honestly hilarious to think about the purple cat running around the factory because of how shy he was.

Currently the children were running and screaming with joy. The critters playing with them.

All but one. Catnap had climbed up a tree and was now sitting on a branch. Every few minutes he would flinch and cover his ears.

Bubba was the only one to notice and he found this quite strange, but he wouldn't want to pressure the feline.

The critters were quick to learn that the cat could get nervous quite easily. In addition, he was not the talking type, mostly he just wanted to be left alone.

All the critters had now caught Catnap staring into space at least once, and it was always in a strange way. It would take multiple attempts to reach him in wherever his mind went, and bring him to reality.

They had made many advancements with Catnap in the past twenty four hours, but he was still distant.

Though they didn't mind. Crafty was like him, and she eventually got used to everyone. So he would too.

The breeze was comforting to cat, even if he knew it was fake. Everything was fake here.

Although you couldn't get a breeze from any where else in the factory, whether it was fake or not.

Who was Catnap to trust? Not the scientists, well maybe James. Could he trust the critters? He knew he could trust the kids, they were all angels.

He hadn't had enough time! It wasn't fair! He had asked the scientists and care takers for more time! But instead they called him lazy. One day they would eat those words. It's not like they have ever been turned into a giant living toy.

A shriek came from a child in the field. The feline flinching, covering his ears, and then looking to make sure no one was hurt.

He was fast to learn that he did not like loud noises. In the 'Confinement Room' it was quiet. He liked quiet.

But here it was loud. He hated it! It hurt his ears, and just made him panic in general.

He knew he would get used to it eventually. So he believed that he didn't have worry too much about it for long.

"Hey! Catnap!" Catnap immediately snapped his head around at the voice calling to him.