Rose - A Poppy Playtime Story

Chapter 31 - Samatha

(Warning: mention and hinting of abuse)

"Dogday, I found another one!" Angel yelled over to the canine, smiling with pride.

"Good job!" Dogday yelled, attempting to sound excited about the accomplishment.

Why can't they just listen to me? They won't like it once they find out what we had to go through. Dogday thought.

The minis were somewhere around the room also searching for more tapes. So far they had collected three, including the one Angel just found.

Dogday's brain had been supplying him with the images from before he was released into Playcare.

Some of the scientists and other staff members were kind. Others were not. It was a fifty, fifty in that place.

Dogday and the other critters had never really mentioned it. It hurt to mention it, especially if one of the them had been unlucky enough to get a horrible care taker.

The dog knew that there had to be some tapes of the care takers here somewhere. They had to keep logs of the behavior and well being of the experiments, it was their job.

Dogday's care taker was called Robert. He was kind but never really interested in Dogday.

Dogday could remember multiple times when he had to jump out of the way of a punch or smack because he had annoyed the care taker to much.

Robert definitely wasn't up for a friendly chat. As long as you didn't talk to him if it wasn't necessary he was kind to you.

Sometimes Dogday didn't get the memo on that subject.

"Dogday, how about we use these now?" Angel yelled over.

"Sure." Dogday replied. He called out to the minis, watching as they waddled around the corner to find him.

He picked them up and carried them over to the Tv they had found in the area. Angel was already waiting for them, three tapes in their arms.

"What do we have?" Dogday asked.

Angel picked up the tapes one by one, reading out what they were labeled.

"We have...'Number 6', 'Number 2', and...'Experiment Log 1: 1188'? That's something different."

Dogday gasped, snatching the log out of Angel's hand. Angel flinched, then looked up at Dogday with a confused expression.

"What was that for?" They asked, slightly whining like a child who had their candy taken away.

"There's no need to watch this one." Dogday said, smiling and laughing nervously.

"Dogday, what are you trying to hide from me?" Angel asked, giving him a strange look.

Dogday sighed, his body relaxing as he took a deep breath. He looked down at the tape in his paw, his eyes scanning the '1188' carefully.

"This- this is one of Catnap's. I don't want to know what happened." Dogday admitted.

"What do you mean you don't want to know what happened? Dogday what's on that tape?" Angel asked, looking at the tape as if it could explode any second.