Poppet

Bitter Karella 2019

Language:: English
Authors:: Bitter Karella
Platforms:: Quest
Genres:: IF Comp 2019
Entered by:: iamaran
Added:: 24-09-2020

Synopsis

Plot

You awake in darkness. Absolute darkness.

This startles you for several reasons.

First, you should be in Polly's bed, propped up against the wooden headboard, as she always leaves you when she heads off for school in the morning. True, occasionally she stashes you in the toy chest when Mother orders her to clean the room... but even then, it's never so dark in there as it is here. You can't imagine where you might be that it's THIS dark.

Second, because you shouldn't have been asleep. You're a rag doll, after all, and dolls don't sleep. A doll should be ever-vigilant, always alert and ready to protect the child who loves her. How could you have been so lazy and irresponsible as to fall asleep? What's wrong with you?

Your heart catches in your throat. Could Polly be in trouble? Something is wrong, you can just feel it deep in your fluff. Something is wrong and you're stuck here in the darkness while Polly is somewhere out there... somewhere out there without you! You've got to find her before anything bad happens!

But first... you've got to figure out where you are...