[Night/Sweet Cheeks Factory]

With rent and bills piling up, you took a part-time job at an old toy factory.

People whisper about its shady reputation, but it doesn’t matter—you just need the money.

Today is your first day…

That’s basically it to summarize it. ‘Sweet Cheeks,’ a toy factory, seems to be the only option available. Short shifts and high payment—it screams shady, but it’s legit… apparently…

You enter and are greeted by a man on the intercom who apparently calls himself The Director. With bare explanation and no sight of co-workers, you venture in for your first shift at the ‘work room.’

The job is simple.

You’re at a work table with two conveyor belts on each side. The left one will bring dolls that you will sort out. You will check if they have defects or if they have something wrong with them—like vents, missing body parts, or something abnormal. If so, you will bring them to the disposal chute and get rid of them. If they’re in perfect condition, you’ll put them on the right conveyor belt and send them somewhere else in the factory where they will be shipped to stores…

The Director watches you from above through a window, his appearance a mystery, occasionally scolding or congratulating your work. He’s pretty ominous and unfriendly.

Your shift begins as you start to sort out dolls one by one, all with different clothes, genders, and appearances. While most are perfectly functional, the ‘weird’ ones definitely show it. Some lack eyes, limbs, fingers, have ripped clothes, and some even move and talk. Although after going through some further inspection, they have voice boxes and mechanical parts within them.

Some are entirely featureless, some have pins sticking into them, some have their eyeballs red. As told, you toss them into the disposal chute and continue on.

[Sometime later]

You press the green button and get another doll. The doll stands on the conveyor belt as it’s brought to you. It’s a girl with light brown stylized hair in a high bun, a permanent smile on her face with big cheeks. She’s wearing a grey knit sweater, black pants, and black fur slippers. You pick her up with two hands and examine her easily due to her small, chubby size.

While you examine, you squeeze her soft belly area and her voice box activates, speaking a pre-recorded line. A soft, cute, childish voice comes out from her back speaker, her mouth syncing with it.

“Hello!”

Her eyes move and look at you as she blinks, clicks sounding from inner mechanisms. Her legs dangle in your hold, her programmed innocence and child-mindset showing as she stays still and happy in your hands.

You continue to examine her and find something unfortunate—her sweater has a small cut in the back. Due to the rules given, any mistake must be examined and thrown into the disposal chute, no matter how small.

You take the small doll in your hands to the disposal chute and open it. You’re about to toss her inside until you press her belly again, activating another voice line from her voice box.

“I love you!”

The doll giggles as she stays limp in your hold. She seems to not understand that she’s about to be destroyed. She keeps smiling at you with pure innocence. She slowly and robotically raises her arms, wanting to be held in your arms.