Tape 22

## Overview

Tape 22 - titled *H4PPY\_N3W\_FRIEND5!* - was posted on YouTube on June 22, 2021.

## Summary

The video begins with 6 encoded messages appearing on screen before disappearing. These translate to:

*"Hello. My name is Detective Stewart. If you have decoded this, then you are exactly the kind of person I am looking for. I need your help. I am working on a case that I have been ordered to stay out of. There is so much going on, but I'm only focused on one thing. Where is the GreyWhinder Family. I have a lead from various VHS tapes found in the GreyWhinder home. It's all very difficult to understand, but with your help we can bring this case to a close.*"

This shows that Detective Steward is trying to solve the crimes of Martin Graywinder and disappearances of the GrayWinder Family.

It then cuts to a conversation between Macy and Martin. Martin is heard explaining to Macy that he is going to be away for awhile and that he is placing cameras around the house to keep an eye on her and the family.

Macy asks if she could come with him, to which he quickly denies. Macy then says she is gonna miss Martin, to which he replies he is to gonna miss her. He then says its time to get ready for bed.

It then cuts to a title card for H&A Harmony Toys, however this time its called Harmony Toys. The shot zooms in on a new doll. The narrator then starts to speak and explains that the doll, which is called Magical Sofia, is here to play with you when ever your feeling down.

The narrator says that she will follow you around with her eyes. This is then shown as the doll looks at a person off screen walk to the right and then to the left. The narrator beings to speak again but the tape then glitches and cuts to a conversation between a child, presumably a girl, and a mother.

The mother asks how the child's day was, to which the child does not reply. The mother then asks if they made any friends. The child says they did with a doll named Sofia, suggesting she found the magical sofia doll. The child then asks if they could take her home. The mother says she doesn't know. The child then begs her, promising to take care of sofia, saying she needs them.

It then goes back to the add. The narrator says there gonna hear what child like about the sofia doll, bringing it into the customer testimony section.

The first child to be "interviewed" is Marilyn Taylor. The picture of her shows up on screen which appears to be edited to make her seem like she is smiling. She sounds panicked as she is heard hyper venerating. She says she likes the toy and it makes her happy. During this, the words happy new friend amperes below her photo. She is then heard pleading as she promises to not run away if someone fixes her legs. An unknown creature named Uif Foe, which translates to "the end", is heard screeching and Marlin's picture vanishes.

The next child, called Earl McLane, picture appears, it too appearing to be edited to make the kid seem like they are smiling. Earl sounds like he is sobbing as he chokes out that the toy always makes him happy and that he loves the toy. He then says the toy makes him happy. The screen goes black and the word happy repeats until it starts to stutter and it then cuts to a camera view of a magical sofia face in a door way, lit up in blue.

The sofia doll starts speaking in a deep and glitchy voice, saying it's name is sofia and asking if the person behind the camera if they would like to play a game. It then looks at the camera for a few seconds before charging at it and causing it to glitch out, the frame froze on its face for a few seconds.

The 3rd child, called Jennifer Laker, picture appears. As with the last 2, the picture is distorted to make it seem like she is smiling. This girl does not speak but is instead heard screaming. Shortly after this a banging sound is heard. The words happy new friends appears on the screen like with the last 2. Shortly after this, something wet being broke through is heard and Uif Foe is heard again. This time it growls.

It then cuts back to the end of the magical sofia commercial, with the camera focused on the doll tucked up in a bed. The narrator says that she can't wait to go on adventures with the viewer but for now, its time to say goodnight. The narrator then says goodnight to sofia and the light is switched off, with only the eyes of the doll lit up.

It then shows some short clips. It then cuts to a camera view of a storage area with the original sofia doll crawling and looking under some of the storage lockers. She eventually finds the one she is looking for and then is seen attempting to break through. It cuts to inside said storage locker as sofia breaks through. She crawls up to the camera and repeats what the magical sofia doll said but in a much more child like voice. She then beings to make a screeching noise as she begins to break open her head.

It then glitches out and cuts to after sofia broke out of her body. Her skinless body rises out and begins to crack open her jaw but before she can fully do this the tape abruptly ends.

## Trivia

* Its unknown if this takes place during or after Martin killed his family and the 8 people he kidnapped, since none of the people shown to have been kidnapped are mentioned in THE\_MIRIACLE\_CHILD. It could be more likely that this takes place after 1993 when Arthur took over the company, as the Henry Security Puppets are secretly built to kill people and Harmony Toys wouldn't recover from the criminal charges related to Magical Sofia and Fuzzy Buddy. However, the appearance of Bozo and sofia in their updated versions would suggest it could take place after the 2 toys were updated. However, this could be before they were rebranded.