The Red Smoke

Where it comes from

Ollie says the gas is made in the Gas Production Zone, and he calls that zone the beating heart of the Playcare system.

A machine with three tubes sends the smoke right, middle or left. The Player's goal for the whole of Chapter 3 is to send it left.

CatNap

CatNap can breathe it out. He does it in the Smiling Critters cartoon, and again in the Gas Production Zone ambush.

The Claire Harper Debrief tape says he had the red smoke in the room while the children went to sleep. On the CatNap Check-In tape Leith Pierre says the kids love CatNap and that Red Smoke.

What it does

Breathing it makes the Player pass out and dream. It happens twice, in Home Sweet Home and in the Counselor's Office. In the Safe Room it makes the Player see fake CatNaps. A gas mask is the only way to move through it safely.

The smoke also burns. When CatNap breathes it out while electrified, he catches fire. In Chapter 4 Poppy calls it an accelerant, and her plan is to fill the Foundation with it and set it off.

Sources

In the games

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