Stella Greyber

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, as can be seen in the quote.) 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 the Senior Staff Access Hall, 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. She rationalizes this by believing the scientific breakthroughs in the Initiative would save many more lives than the lives taken as a part of the Initiative.

However, unlike the other executvies, 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. Despite this, P. W. implies that Stella began to slip into true dishonesty just like the other executives, ordering toys from other brands to be taken away from the orphans and pretending those toys never existed in the first place.Not much is known about Stella's backstory, but it is known she was an employee at Playtime Co. who was hired either during or before 1989, at which point she was the Head of Playcare, also acquiring an Omni-Hand at some point. It is possible that she is from the Netherlands, given that she speaks with a noticeable Dutch accent. At some point, Stella was interviewed about why she wanted to work at Playtime Co., and stated that it was a great feeling to provide children with the experience of playing with toys. In 1989, Joel Sinclair expressed his concern over one of the orphans that he took care of. The memo explaining the situation was sent to Stella. Later, Joel Sinclair sent a message to the other Playcare staff, mentioning that he and Stella were both relieved to hear that Theodore would survive his injuries. Sometime after the Bigger Bodies Initiative started, Stella was given information about it by Leith Pierre, including details on how the procedures worked, details which were so heavy that they made Stella cry. However, despite how horrified she initially was, after some time, she claimed to see the potential benefits of the program, asking when the project's goals would be complete and even claiming that she wanted to help with the work. In 1991, Sara Abell wrote to Stella regarding Mommy Long Legs' reintegration into the Game Station, and mentioned the idea of limiting staff exposure to the temperamental experiment. Sometime after this, presumably with the idea in mind, Stella recorded intercom audio for the Game Station so the kids could be guided to each game. All the reports for the orphans in the Game Station were also to be sent to Stella for her to sort through. Working with Leith Pierre, him and Stella overhauled the Playcare School's curriculum, for the implied reason of trying to manipulate the children into believing that making "sacrifices" for the sake of innovation was okay. In the Cross-Department Report, which is dated February 20, 1991, Stella expressed the fact that she never was a fan of the idea of CatNap being used in Playcare, but was surprised by how well he ended up performing with the orphans, even though she did still have reservations about how he was used. One day, the Hartmann couple entered Stella's office hoping to adopt an orphan named Jeremy. Stella was happy about this but her emotions suddenly changed as she looked at her form which mentioned Jeremy being used for "testing" also meaning that he couldn't be adopted. The Hartmanns expressed anger and confusion at this and all Stella could reply with was a simple: "I'm sorry." In 1993, Stella left a sticky note on Claire Harper's report about an orphan named Matthew Hallard, begging to the scientists that should they use him in an experiment, they be "gentle" with him. She claimed that sacrificing too many like him would make the "future [they're] fighting for" a waste.

Following the Theater Incident, Stella showed remorse for all the victims whose lives were lost, questioning if her and the other executives had to do something, implied to have been immoral. But Leith interrupted stating that they "did what was necessary". After it was revealed that Harley Sawyer caused the incident, Stella had a meeting with the other executives of Playtime Co. to determine what to do with him, stating that he frequently crossed boundaries that she set regarding the orphans at Playcare. She agreed with Eddie M.N. Ritterman that Sawyer could not keep leading the initiative. In 1994, Stella suggested that the experiments in a certain Shelf block be allowed to socialise with each other, under supervision, of course. It's noted that Experiment 1172's emotional state improved following this.

This location was Playtime Co.'s underground on-site orphanage that housed the orphans who were tested in the Game Station. Playcare's main mascots were the Smiling Critters, a group of colorful animals with giant smiles, who were popular when the company was active. Playcare is an underground location in Playtime Co. accessible through Elliot's Express. When entering, it has a stairway alongside with a red carpet, little trees with red, yellow and blue flowers, red and yellow street lamps with yellow lights on them with red, blue and yellows steamers. On the stairs are some rope poles with broken toys on them, blood stains, and cardboard cutouts of Bron and Bunzo Bunny. Once entering, there is a sidewalk into a circle and on the sidewalk are cutouts of Huggy Wuggy, Mommy Long Legs and PJ Pug-a-Pillar, and a bunch of Bron themed streetlamps. In the center of Playcare, there is a large low pillar. It is white on the bottom, leaves are overgrown around the top, a white fence is set around it with flower pots. On top are statues of the Smiling Critters holding hands, while the CatNap statue has collapsed onto the floor due to a cloud falling down on it. Around the base of the pillar are podiums with descriptions for each of the Smiling Critters and a button to hear a voice line. At the front is a map of the locations in Playcare. Inside the pillar is a backup generator that needs to be powered by the backup generators in the other locations at Playcare. At the top of dome is a gigantic artificial skylight, the inside of the vast dome is painted a blue sky with clouds and trees, and when the lights go out, stars can be seen painted on the inside of the dome. Fake clouds hang from the ceiling, and on the grass are stones, flowers, yellow tables, blue chairs and longer trees. On the left side of the cable car, there is also a door to the Gas Production Zone. Playcare has five main locations around the area: a Counselor's Office, a Toy Store, Home Sweet Home, a School, a Playhouse and a Duck Pond. There is also a playground near the schoolhouse.