Rose - A Poppy Playtime Story

Chapter 8 - Hello?

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The sun was obscured by fake clouds. Shade was covering the entire landscape, but it was still bright as if the light somehow circled around the dome.

Most of the toys were out in the field, but some were in Critter Village. Catnap walked around his kitchen the light flowing into the home through the closed windows.

He reached up to multiple cabinets, somethings being grabbed by his hands others by his stretching tail. In the end his tail and hands grabbed a dark purple cup, a lavender tea packet, a spoon, sugar, and milk.

Catnap was grateful that the staff gave him the ingredients he needed to make tea. Tea calmed him down.

Catnap swiftly walked over to his coffee maker (though he might as well call it a tea maker) turning the machine on.

He watched as it heated up the water that was stored inside. Turning around slightly he saw his little radio, or that's what he called it.

It was light blue and had a moon sticker on it. He smiled, he loved this stupid thing.

His tail moved to press the play button. He had put multiple songs on this thing, and he could add songs or take them out. It was wonderful.

A soft guitar played being the proper entrance for the singer's voice. The sound of water pour into a cup accompanied it.

"Days seem sometimes as if they'll never end
Sun digs its heels to taunt you
But after sunlit days
One thing stays the same
Rises the moon~"

Catnap smiled, he absentmindedly started to purr. He could relate to this song, and by some he was nicknamed 'Moon'.

One certain scientist called him that many times, but one day they had gotten caught calling him that silly nickname.

The other staff members found this strange, and eventually questioned this. It wasn't normal for a scientist to get 'cozy' with some loathsome experiment.

The kind scientist argued that Catnap should feel comfortable where he is. If he is not comfortable with the employees or his environment then he will retaliate.

Of course that quickly shut down all of the unnecessary questions, and soon enough more employees were being nice to him and calling him 'Playtime's Moon'.

It was quite nice to have a nickname, this name was given to him semi optionally. Unlike 'Catnap'.

He started to sing along to the lyrics, slightly dancing as he finished making his tea.

Before he knew it the song was over and another one began. A constant cycle.

He drank his tea and listened to the peaceful music drifting through the house. He breathed in, he was doing so much better than when he'd first got here.

He had learned to move his tail correctly, talk to more people, and he had found his personal purpose in life.

Talking care of the children. While it may have been assigned to him, he couldn't want to be any other way.