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So I don't think the protagonist is the only surviving (ex)employee

I think there were others that either called in sick or just weren't scheduled to work on the day the Hour of Joy happened

And also the higher-ups that probably work in some office miles away from the Playtime Co. factory

Maybe the higher-ups tried to reach out to the employees for something company-related, and when they couldn't get ahold of anyone, they pulled up the security footage and saw the massacre happening

They said "yup, shut it down"

The surviving employees probably received a mass email stating that they had been let go, effective immediately

Maybe the protagonist started asking the survivors and was like "hey wtf happened"

Or like "hey I haven't seen so-and-so for a long time, do you know what happened to them?"

They probably was like "shit idk"

Then the MC might've went to corporate directly to inquire about why they got let go

Most likely they got some kind of canned response, so they were of no help

Speaking of the Hour of Joy, that might've been one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen in a horror game

So after years of trying to find some answers and getting nowhere, they decide to go back to the factory and conduct some kind of investigation themselves, which was probably a huge mistake on their part

But this ofc largely depends on how high the MC was in the company and if they knew about the experiments

The Home Sweet Home PT section does heavily imply that the MC was aware of the experiments and was complicit in them

But the MC could be innocent and just has survivor's guilt. Who knows

Playtime Co. has an upwards of 200 employees, many of which had spouses, children, parents, friends, somebody that would miss their presence

Maybe we'll find out about the specifics later, but this had to have been a HUGE scandal. There's no way that that many ppl go missing and it doesn't cause an uproar

Playtime Co. must've tried extremely hard to suppress this case

Another thing I thought about was the fact that Elliot Ludwig's face is always redacted in the tapes

Why is his identity always protected?

It makes me think of the news report we heard where a boy's body was found on the "late Elliot Ludwig's estate"

"The late" meaning Ludwig had already passed away when the body was discovered

Maybe Ludwig was responsible for the murder, or at least was involved, and they censor his face bc they don't want to look bad

Also I can't imagine this story having a happy ending

Personally I think Poppy is manipulating the MC. I think Poppy and those that are aligned with her are using the MC to do their bidding and kill the toys that are in their way so that they can escape

But I can't shake this feeling that she's gonna betray the MC once The Prototype is killed

But whether her feelings are genuine or not, I don't know

There has to be a reason why she was the only toy to be imprisoned

Like once they're about to escape she'll pull a fast one

Okay that's all I got I think. Brain broken