Overdue Check-Up (Poppy Playtime) [On Hold]

(Chapter 5) Part 6: Wild Growth

Looking around the new room, they notice the door ahead of them is locked behind a hand scanner, there are several taped up boxes around all stacked on each other. Another room is seen to the right through a window but doesn't seem to be accessible, and large wild vines grow behind a pane of glass to their left. While Nearic checks out the left side of the room, Catnap stares at the camera above the door before scowling.

Nearic steps behind a pillar and finds another audio tape coloured light blue, but as he reaches to grab it...

SMASH

Nearic jumps and runs back over, "What happened?!" only to pause at the sparking camera mount as said camera lay on the ground with Catnap glaring at it before stomping on it.

Blinking, the Kit looks back at his uncle, "What was that about?"

"I don't want the Prototype to be watching in The Doctors stead," he replied gruffly.

The teen nods, "Okay, I found another audio tape to listen to as we move. Want me to grab it?" The feline looks back and shrugs without speaking.

He turns back and grabs the tape before walking over to his uncle, "Can I unlock the door?" he asks teasingly, pointing the hand at the scanner his uncle's blocking.

"Oh, y-yeah right," he stutters before stepping back.

Nearic rolls his eyes with a smile as he starts scanning the hand, and when completed, inserted the audio tape as they entered the room.

The tape starts with a nervous sounding Marketing Junior thanking someone, "Okay so again, thank you all for coming in a-and being a part of this f-focus group." He chuckles nervously as the duo walk through the intermediary room to another, "What you just saw was a promo for our newest line of toys, the Wrongside Outimals."

Catnap's eyes widen at the sight before them, "Whoa..."

"We'd love to get your honest reaction to—" the Junior is interrupted.

"I think they're disgusting," is the short reply by a female voice.

"What the hell is this?" Nearic asks as he stares at the large plants ensnaring the room.

The Marketing Junior is silent for a moment, "Oh! Um... Okay. Okay. Well, no wrong answers. Can you tell me a little—"

"And Satanic," the woman adds.

"No clue, but we should keep moving," Catnap replies before moving on, "I'll look to the left for a way out, you go right."

"Mm-hmmm," another woman agrees on the tape.

"Will do," Nearic answers before walking.

Another woman adds timidly, "They do sort of look a bit... demonic."

Nearic turns a corner as the first woman groans, "Is that what you're trying to teach kids? How to turn animals inside out?"

A male voice asks, "Is the octopus... is he turning into a fish skeleton?" Nearic spots a damages vent cover and fires his pressure hand at it, "I-I-I don't get it."

"Octopuses don't have bones," another male points out.

"Uh okay, okay everyone!" the Junior starts as Nearic holds his injured arm tight before releasing the hand, destroying the cover.

"Let's-let's stay on track here." Nearic crouches and enters the vent as the Junior starts to list off critiques, "So I have... uh... disgusting. Yep, okay."

"In a bad way," Woman #1 clarifies.

Nearic snickers as he continues crawling through the vent, "Great." The junior verbally deadpans, "Yes... um... Disgusting. In. A. Bad. Way. Yep, I wrote it down twice. Okay, anyone else—"