Poppy Playtime Chapter 2 brought players a load of new lore to unravel in their quest to discover what happened at Playtime Co. and how the poppy flower relates to the process of making humans into toys. Poppy Playtime Ch. 1 left players suspecting that Playtime Co. was up to some sinister experiments in order to make lifelike toys. Then, Poppy Playtime Ch. 2 confirmed this to be the case, and gives clues that the poppy flower might be important for turning humans into toys, and not just the name of their doll, Poppy Playtime.
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Poppy Playtime Ch. 2.]
Poppy Playtime Ch. 2 continues the player's investigation into the mystery of the Playtime Co. employees who vanished a decade ago. The player is a former employee who received a letter and a VHS tape stating that the missing employees are still in the Playtime Co. factory, trapped. Players encounter a new list of toy monsters in Poppy Playtime Ch. 2, and they make it obvious that these toys were once employees. While the exact process of making humans into toys has yet to be revealed, the information given in Poppy Playtime Ch. 2 suggests that the process was far from pleasant.
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The poppy flower is a recurring symbol in Poppy Playtime, not just in the name of the game and the doll within it, but for the meaning behind the poppy flower and for the reasons researchers at Playtime Co. used it. From the beginning, the poppy flower is emphasized. In Poppy Playtime Ch. 2, this emphasis on the flower starts to make sense in the context that it isn't because of the Poppy Playtime toy. Rather, it's because a poppy flower mixture is crucial for the process of making humans into toys. Some
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