Playcare Introduction is a VHS Tape recording found within Chapter 3: "Deep Sleep" of Poppy Playtime. The tape is automatically played once The Player rides Elliot's Express into Playcare.
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The tape begins with an image of Playtime Co. sign with Elliot Ludwig speaking and introducing himself. He begins to talk about his curiosity into what the world needs more of. Asking around, he got answers ranging from money, to understanding, to faith, and he concludes that he could see some truth to those answers. But then he posits that each answer was missing a simple thing. A smile. Elliot then describes a smile as love, hope and understanding, and so he proposes that there is nothing more pleasing to him than being the reason for a child's smile, to be the spark that ignites all their hopes and dreams. He continues to expand on this idea, saying that it is through these hopes and dream that a better world may be created, one where these children are protected and need not to be afraid.
Eliot Ludwig draws this tangent to a close, stating that these children deserve to smile, to love, and a safe home. And so, as the cable car enters the dome, he proudly announces Playcare, the factory’s on-site orphanage, describing it as not only being orphanage, but also a playground, a school, Playtime Co.'s very own ecosystem dedicated to ensuring a child's smile. Staffed by teachers, counselors, foster mothers and fathers, Elliot hopes that Playcare will bring joy, inspiration and a smile to all that enter, concluding that life would lack meaning without a smile.
Transcript[]
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Elliot Ludwig: "Hello."
"When you look around at the world today, what one thing do you think it needs more of?" "I asked around, once." "Money, I never have enough." "Understanding, I can never get any." "Faith, the common man has lost it." "Each answer was different... and I could perhaps see some little truth in each." "But I think each was also missing something." "Something simple." "You see, not one of them could muster a smile." ... "A smile is hope." "A smile is love." "A smile is understanding." "And there is nothing more gratifying to my soul than being the reason for a child's smile." "To be the spark that ignites all their hopes and dreams." "For it is only through hopes and dreams that we may create a better world." "One where our children need not be afraid." "One where they are protected." "After all, this company and its toys are nothing without them." "These children deserve to smile, they deserve to love, and they deserve a safe home." "That is why it is with enormous pleasure that as the founder of Playtime Co., I announce... PLAYCARE!" "Our very own onsite orphanage." "But it's not only that." "It's a school, a playhouse, a place to belong." "Our very own ecosystem beneath the surface, dedicated in every inch and detail to ensuring a child's smile." "It's teachers and counselors, mothers and fathers, until such a time they have all of that in you." "May Playcare bring joy, inspiration, and smiles to all who enter these doors." "For what gives life its meaning, if not a smile?" |
Trivia[]
- Clipping out of bounds, the VHS player for the tape can be found hovering above the cable car. This is how the tape plays without seeming to have a VHS player.