| “ | Have a problem? You’ve found the perfect place to talk about it. Our counselors help any and all. | ” |
| — Counselor's Office description from Playcare’s map, Chapter 3: Deep Sleep | ||
The Counselor's Office is a location seen in Chapter 3: Deep Sleep of Poppy Playtime.
This location was one of the five main attractions in Playcare, and where the children would seek counseling if need be. It is the area where CatNap mostly roams.
Appearance[]
Instead of pristine marble, the Counselor's Office has spiderweb-like cracks emanating from key points, with subtle reddish-brown veins seeping through, hinting at the blood used for "The Hour of Joy" sign. While grand, the building shows signs of neglect. The marble is grimy in places, and the statues of Huggy Wuggy are faded. However, the exterior flickers or subtly distorts as the player approaches, perhaps the marble seems to waver or the light bends strangely.
Beyond the knocked-over trash bin, a faint trail of smudged, oversized footprints (perhaps resembling the Prototype's or other larger toys) leads away from the entrance, suggesting a hasty departure or escape. The damaged construction on the side of the stairway looks generic damage. The poles attached to the roof have shredded, and the Smiling Critters on the rooftop aren't just static figures; their painted expressions are subtly distorted.
While there are windows, some are crudely boarded up with mismatched planks of wood, but small gaps allow glimpses of the absolute darkness within. The brown door at the entrance has numerous, deep scratch marks on it, particularly around the bottom and sides, as if something large and desperate tried to claw its way in or out. The Boxy Boo mailbox can be seen on the right side.
The initial room with the two doors and the red smoke could be a large, circular reception or waiting area, but with unsettling, off-kilter architecture. The door emitting red smoke isn't just a visual effect; it's a thermodynamic containment unit for a volatile experiment or a manifestation of intense emotional residue. The second door leads into the "long hallways with multiple doors and offices." One of the offices "overlooking locations in Playcare" is a chilling, one-way mirror observation booth.
The main Counselor's office is the epitome of organized chaos turning into full-blown psychosis. One wall is covered in an intricate, frantic "breadboard" of connections and theories about the toys, the facility, and perhaps even the children. Another wall might be completely plastered with children's drawings, some innocent, others disturbingly dark, annotated with the Counselor's increasingly unhinged notes.
Gameplay[]
When The Player avoids DogDay and escapes the Playhouse, Ollie calls them and tells about how CatNap was saved by The Prototype. Meanwhile, The Player heads to the Counselor’s Office. Once entering much further, they find a power puzzle to get to the other side of the building.
Later, The Player gets knocked out and locked in a room by CatNap. As they fall unconscious, CatNap fills the interior office with Red Smoke, plunging The Player into a hallucinatory dream. When The Player gets back up, they hear CatNap’s voice “LEAVE PLAYCARE, OR I’M COMING FOR YOU.” Once they put one of the Batteries in, they escape the Counselor’s Office, and then Ollie calls them and tells them to plug in the cord underneath the statue in Playcare.
Rooms[]
| Image | Name | Accessible? |
|---|---|---|
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Head Of Playcare | Yes |
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Head Of Toy Store | Yes |
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Head Of Playhouse | Yes |
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Head of Home Sweet Home | Yes |
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- The Counselor’s Office is the third location to have statues, with the first being the Theater in PROJECT: PLAYTIME and the Train Station in Chapter 3.
- Around the left of the Counselor's Office is a closed-off area. Getting around a barrier blocking it, a CatNap plush with "Sleep Well" playing on a radio next to it can be found.