Stella Greyber

Stella Greyber

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Stella Greyber
Stella Greyber's Tube Slide; there is no confirmed appearance of Stella.
Aliases	Stella Graybur (misspelled)
Affiliation	Head of Playcare for Playtime Co.
Physical description
Status	Unknown (presumed deceased)
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Appearances
Voiced by	Nola Klop
Appears In	Chapter 1: "A Tight Squeeze" (Pink VHS Tape) Chapter 2: "Fly in a Web" (slide, Game Station intercom voice) Chapter 3: "Deep Sleep" (VHS Tape)
Debut	Chapter 1: "A Tight Squeeze"

“	Hi kids! Welcome to the Game Station! I'm Stella and we've got three super-duper fun games to play!	”
— Stella Greyber

Stella Greyber (misspelt as Stella Graybur on the Stella Greyber Interview tape) is a recurring character in Poppy Playtime, debuting in Chapter 1: "A Tight Squeeze".

Hired at Playtime Co. at some point, Stella's friendly personality would get her into the major positions of managing the Game Station and the Head of Playcare. These roles would give her knowledge about the experimentation of children in the factory.

Personality

Stella comes across as very friendly and bubbly, though she displays an eccentric side as well. (P.W. found this part of her slightly unnerving.) She gets caught up in the idea of how nobody truly feels like an adult, and that childhood feels permanent. She wishes to have the innocence she once had as a young girl and would like to contribute to the happy childhoods of children. She seems to be a hard-working and respected individual, as she has her own tube slide in Higher-Up Tunnels, and her office displays her title as "Head of Playcare".

Despite her friendly and kind personality, it is worth noting that she was actively a part of and aware of the Bigger Bodies Initiative as proven by the Cross-Department Report and Employee Instructions, meaning she knew what trials the orphans would go through and what fates awaited them. This shows a much darker side to her that is ironically against what she joined Playtime Co. for; to provide happy childhoods to children, as she is willing to let orphans be turned into living toys as a part of her job.

However, unlike Leith Pierre and Harley Sawyer, it is implied she is regretful and not as enthusiastic or proud about taking part in the experiments like Harley and Leith are respectively. This is seen in the Hartmann Incident tape, where after lying about not knowing what was happening to Jeremy to the Hartmanns, her tone of voice indicates remorse when apologizing to them.

History

Not much is known about Stella's history, but it is known she was an employee at Playtime Co. who was hired at an unknown date. It is mentioned in Chapter 2 that all the reports of orphans on the Game Station were to be sent to her, as well as an appearance of her office in Chapter 3 showing her title, proving she was a high level employee. Later, in the Chapter 3 Interactable ARG, it is shown that Joel Sinclair knew her, at least on a first name basis, and that she had become in charge of the Playcare. In the Cross-Department Report, she expresses the fact that she never was a fan of CatNap, but is surprised by how well he ended up performing to the orphans.

While not confirmed, it is speculated that she, like the most of the employees, was killed during The Hour of Joy by the toys in the factory.

Trivia

• She shares the same voice actor as Poppy Playtime, which led people to believe that she was Poppy.
  • This was disproved in Chapter 2: "Fly in a Web", where Stella mentions Mommy Long Legs (created in 1991) in her pre-recorded tapes, and Poppy Playtime was created in 1950.
• Stella Greyber is one of the 6 higher-up employees who knew about the experiments going on at Playtime Co., the others being Elliot Ludwig, Harley Sawyer, Leith Pierre, Eddie M.N Ritterman, and the Head of Production, theorized to be The Player.
  • The Cross-Department Report, as well as the Employee Instructions, confirms that she was fully aware of the experimentation going on. However, it seems she was regretful and reluctant to take part in it, as her tone of voice seems to imply she was upset to withhold information from the Hartmanns in Chapter 3.
• Greyber is based on the German word "graben" or "Gräber", meaning "to dig" or "Digger", which is fitting, considering that her work in the Playcare and the Game Station meant she indirectly killed numerous children.
• According to Nola Klop, Mob Entertainment suggested she do a European accent for Stella, so she decided on using her natural Dutch accent, since she is a native Dutch speaker and "rarely [got] to use the accent".
• There is a theory that she is the identity of The Player. This would explain why The Player was welcomed back to Playcare in the nightmare sequence.[1]