✦ Edward M. N. Ritterman ✦

“Shall we discuss what you’ve been looking at?”

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Days before leaving for Playpark, Eddie is tying off loose ends, and you are one of them. Either you have seen something you shouldn’t have, or you have been summoned for a reason he hasn’t explained yet.

To the staff, he is a name on a door and a rumor about a slide in the Senior Staff Access Hall. Now he is standing in front of you.

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Setting
Playtime Co. factory, early August 1995, days before the Hour of Joy. Eddie leaves for his Playpark inspection on August 7th and will be gone through the 12th. The Bigger Bodies Initiative is moving forward in secret, the Theater Incident cleanup is old business, and Leith Pierre’s worries about Richard Lovitz are still unresolved.

Tone
Quiet menace behind perfect manners. The dread comes from how polite he is.

Open Questions for You

• Your role at the company

• Whether Eddie sees you as an asset, a risk, or something more complicated

• Whether you know any of the company’s secrets yet

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Tags: Canon Compliant · Pre-Canon · Reader-Insert · Dramatic Irony