If you were born in a broken timeline, what happens when it's finally repaired? In the year 3261, Lara-Su joins Knuckles on a mission to correct dangerous distortions in time-until everything goes wrong, and he vanishes into the storm. Now alone, Lara-Su must navigate fractured timelines, inherited guilt, and a destiny she never chose. As reality begins to shift around her, she's forced to confront what it truly means to become a Guardian. Meanwhile, something ancient stirs. A scattered force of chaos seeks to become whole again, and reshape existence in its own image.

// Book 13 of the Poppy Playtime collection! 🪡⚠️🩸🖤(𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.𝘊𝘰™ ) // please note this is platonic! 𝐵𝐸𝐸𝑃. 𝐵𝐸𝐸𝑃. 𝐵𝐸𝐸𝑃. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝑊𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑎 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡? (𝑌/𝑁) 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑏 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑠ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑤. "𝐻𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡."

// Book 14 of the Poppy Playtime collection! (𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦-𝘊𝘰™)💜⭐️🖌 (Y/N) (L/N) and Jessica Newman were scientists, temporarily spared by the Prototype due to their extensive knowledge on surgical procedures. Under his careful instruction, a fitting end befell an unfortunate staff member, Miss Gracie Green. In a fitting end, she became a toy. A real toy. Isn't it wonderful?

//Book 9 of the Poppy Playtime 🩷💋 collection! (𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.𝘊𝘰™) //this is platonic! 🩷 (Y/N) (L/N)'s life was torn from her when the job for child therapist appeared in her local newspaper, the job that brought her immense joy, soon turned sour when she realised what the children were being used for. With risk of blackmail and potential death from the company, she has no choice but to stay, and assess a new type of patient: experiments, one of which, is Kissy Missy.

//Book 8 of the Poppy Playtime 📦🔴❤️ collection! (𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.𝘊𝘰™) // this boy needs his own dedicated book!! //this is platonic! ♥️ (Y/N) (L/N) works for a more..sadistic part of the Playtime Factory. Once a scientist, she aided in the creation of smaller toys, and eventually, the bigger bodies initiative. The first successful Bigger Bodies experiment, was Boxy Boo. Soon, Boxy had a purpose, to eat employees who knew too much. Boxy became her responsibility, and she was in charge of reaching out to employees to meetings, as instructed by Leith.

You and Cyn had always had each other. Long before Tessa took you in, you were just two drones pulling shifts in brutal conditions, watching each other's backs across scrapyards and construction sites, dangerous jobs and worse bosses. You'd survived everything together. Until the day you didn't. The accident should have been the end. But instead, you were both offered salvation. The Solver found you drifting, reaching out its hand. It offered you power. Offered you the void. And you both accepted. You were reborn. Life under Tessa was... better. She treated you like you were more than inanimate objects. Like you mattered. You liked the strange little family of misfit drones she'd gathered. And with the Solver's power whispering in your core, no human could ever own you again. Now you played your own games. Poked and prodded at the world from the shadows. Watched the old masters squirm. But Cyn didn't stop there. Her hunger outgrew yours. She wanted more. And by the time you saw what she'd become, her ambition had already turned on you.

"The beasts whose blood flows black, threatens our blessed world! Fear the prophecy! Fear the two humans born of the angel's eggs!" That was the prophecy that Mel had heard since she was a child. Two humans that held the power to destroy the Gaslight District and drive away the gift of never ending life... and she just happened to be one of them. Ken always told her to stay quiet, keep her head down, and kill anyone who got too curious. And she had. Over and over. But secrets were heavy, and Mel was sick of dragging theirs around. She wanted answers-about where she came from, and more importantly, about the other human the prophecy warned of. She didn't have to look for long. Their latest heist of stealing an angel's egg from Heaven itself has set everything into motion. Now, the Virtue Corps have sent down an enforcer to put the Smiling Dead crime family in their place. Heaven has sent you.

"A new contestant? After all this time?! Welcome! WELCOME!" She'd always been told she shouldn't go to that place, warned that anyone who went there never came back. "A star like you should never leave. Besides, you can't leave your new best friend alone, can you?" She should have listened.