Episode 1

**Episode 1** is the first released episode of *Midnight Poppy Land* by Lilydusk.

# Synopsis

As young Poppy Wilkes arrives at her boyfriends house, she walks up to the door hearing the sounds of a girl giggling behind it. Casually walking in, Poppy finds her boyfriend Julri in the arms of another girl that he calls Mimi. Julri quickly pushes Mimi back as he asks Poppy what she's doing at his house while Mimi makes snide comments about Poppy being Julri's high school sweetheart who "wasn't ready" to have sex with him. Julri hushes Mimi and quickly tries to make excuses, claiming that she is just an intern and he was only helping her with her homework, as if he wasn't clearly covered in her lipstick. He then tries to blame Poppy for showing up without calling first, prompting her to finally speak up that she did call and left a voicemail, too. Before Julri has the chance to respond, Poppy leaves. Julri tries to follow her but Mimi stops him.

Poppy waits on Julri's porch as she tries to calm herself from crying. Realizing she now doesn't have a ride back to the train station, Poppy remembers an old moped that she gave to Julri before she moved to the city. She takes the moped and heads off to the train station, inner monologuing about how she just knows she's going to come up with a witty retort to Julri hours after it actually matters and questioning why he cheated on her in the first place. As she starts to cry again, Poppy's moped hits a rock and flings her through the air into some bushes, scattering the contents of her bag everywhere. With a bloody elbow and knee, and a torn shirt, Poppy finally lets out the heartbreaking emotions she had been bottling up during her ride.

Hours earlier, Tora wakes to the sound of his phone ringing. Originally thinking it was some girl who was harassing him, he picks up his phone to find it's actually missed texts and calls from an old friend, Goliath. The texts read that he's in Moonbright and that he needs Tora to come find him or else "they" are going to kill him. Tora throws down his phone with a retort that that Goliath "musta mistaken [Tora] for someone that gives a shit." Mulling over what Goliath said, Tora eventually leaves to find Goliath anyway.

Back in Moonbright, Poppy comes back to reality and realizes that she's injured, her clothes are destroyed, and her papers are scattered everywhere. As she's collecting her papers, Poppy picks up a bloody shoe and paper that were stuck in a bush. Realizing what it was, she screams and runs out of the woods completely unaware of Tora standing there with a gun in hand. Tora, believing that whoever was chasing Goliath had involved a girl, was prepared to fight. But upon seeing Poppy come out alone, he just stared at her in awe.

# Characters

*Characters are listed in order of appearance.*

# Gallery

Poppy outside of Julri's home.Poppy finds Julri & Mimi.Julri & Mimi.Poppy finds the moped.Poppy crashes the moped.Poppy loses her temper.Poppy breaking down.Tora reading Goliath's text.Tora ignoring Goliath's text.Tora preparing to leave.Tora leaving his apartment.Poppy finding the bloody shoe.Poppy & the bloody shoe.Tora's gun.Poppy running out of the woods.Tora watching Poppy.