GT Worldbuilding
Humanity has vanished, one second they all existed, the next they were gone. Borrowers in shambles.
@affricative-collective

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let's talk about Bridgerton tea, my ask is open
he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
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Origami Around
trying on a metaphor
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@kschwal-the-borrower
GT Worldbuilding
Humanity has vanished, one second they all existed, the next they were gone. Borrowers in shambles.
@affricative-collective
we do need to revisit the wording of "you can't have your cake and eat it too" because i don't think it clearly enough conveys that it's more that you can't simultaneously retain a cake and also get to consume it (which would render you cakeless). for years i was like But why not....it's my cake....?
this fucking problem is how they caught the unabomber
hey you should uh. elaborate. for my own personal satisfaction
the unabomber was pedantic about idiomatic phrases like "have your cake and eat it too" and rephrased it to "eat your cake and have it too" (which to be very fair makes sense). fast forward to when he starts writing manifestos. he uses the phrase word for word in his pedantic style and his brother (who has been keeping his eyes on the unabomber shit for obvious reasons) notices the phrase and is like "oh fuck that's my fucking brother no one else fucking says that" and calls in an FBI tip
borrowers are so insistent that they DO NOT STEAL, THEY BORROW THINGS TO SURVIVE. but like I DO NOT see u returning my items. I think we’re gonna have to check our definitions again buddy
you are a thief in the eyes of the law :^)
ÐE LAW DOESN'T GIVE ME RIGHTS, DOES IT? WHY SHOULD I ABIDE IT FOR NO BENEFIT OF MY OWN?
If you were really tiny, what would you use as a bed?
a walnut shell
a bottlecap
an empty can of sardines
a flower or mushroom
a shoe
a seashell
a tiny bed in a dollhouse
the pocket of somebody's shirt while they're still wearing it
abandoned/empty bird's nest
the battery compartment of a tv remote
a frying pan
other (pls put it in the tags!)
all with comfortable bedding & pillows and stuff ofc <3
@affricative-collective
YOUR pocket!!!!!!!! >:3
jostling you around a little bit
awawawawawawawa-
If you were really tiny, what would you use as a bed?
a walnut shell
a bottlecap
an empty can of sardines
a flower or mushroom
a shoe
a seashell
a tiny bed in a dollhouse
the pocket of somebody's shirt while they're still wearing it
abandoned/empty bird's nest
the battery compartment of a tv remote
a frying pan
other (pls put it in the tags!)
all with comfortable bedding & pillows and stuff ofc <3
@affricative-collective
YOUR pocket!!!!!!!! >:3
version two
@affricative-collective
*picks tiny up by the back of their shirt* haha get dangled idiot
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
The tiny nervously crept to the edge of the kitchen cabinet. They were wide in the open, but the human hadn’t even seen them yet.
“Excu- Excuse me!”
Giant eyes fell down to them.
“Oh my god,” the giant said, leaning down so their huge face filled the tiny’s vision, “What are you?”
“I’m a tiny person. I live in your walls, and I borrow supplies,” the tiny said nervously. “I cook dinner over a little candle, behind one of the walls in the attic.”
“That’s amazing,” the giant said breathlessly, “Why are you telling me all of this?”
“Cause the candle got knocked over while frying some rat and the flame fucking caught the wall insulation, and that shit is spreading fast, man.”
“………what.”
“Your attic is on fire, dude. Like, crazy bad.”
“…”
“We should probably run.”
@affricative-collective
my bad sorry
Did I study for chem...no.
Am I insanely proud of this grappling hook made out of staples? Yes!
i need to make this asap!!!
@affricative-collective
pictured: EVIL human STEALS borrower's hand-crafted grappling hook and claims it as ðeir own!!! >:(
Are you sure you're tiny? What if everything else is really really big?
good question…
Please understand that when I say I grab you, I don’t mean grabbing your face or arm thats rude and creepy please don’t do that to anyone
When I say I grab you I’m saying it like I’m grabbing you like a potato. It’s my way of saying hey I appreciate and respect you let’s be friends
@kschwal
grabbing me (lovingly),,,,,
hi basil
yeah i said ðat. anyways can you keep a secret
What. Yeah I mean. Sure? If it’s a secret then??? DM me(?:;?:?????????
[Ah dw ðis is just a bit. Also ðis is what narration looks like 👍]
my secret is…
i am very small
Borrowers are literally juice boxes for vampires.
@kschwal-the-borrower
D:
please don't drink me
No promises :3
😨
i þought we were friends………
Borrowers are literally juice boxes for vampires.
@kschwal-the-borrower
D:
please don't drink me
Kschwaaaaalllllll!!
The miniature camera has arrived!! :]
i'm coming!
[taptaptaptap]
what did you say?
The tiny camera!! I have it :]
whoa!!
…how do i use it?
The smallest camera i could find, that i thought you’d actually be able to hold, is a security camera. I couldn’t find any normal cameras small enough. So really, you should just be able to show it around and I can look at the feed
oh! alright!
[I still have to use boþ hands to take it.]
So, you gonna show me now or later?
uh, sure, we can do it now!
[I walk back towards my home]
I’ll be watching on the camera!!
okay!
wait. how do i turn it on?
Oh, I already turned it on! Here, look!
[i hold out my phone so you can see it, its displaying the camera feed]
ah! okay ðen!
[I slowly walk back home.]
[But before arriving ðere I have to go þrough a bunch of tunnels. It takes me a couple minutes to get to my actual house.]
[I’m watching intently]
and here we are!
[My house looks surprisingly tidy. It's right below a series of pipes, most of which are leaking various fluids, and a few cables wið some wires coming out.]
what do you þink about it?
Oooo… its so cool!
[I zoom in on a few things, trying to get a closer look at some of the objects]
þank you!
[I enter þrough a piece of cardboard turned door, in my living room. Everyþing looks mostly normal, if a bit lower quality ðan usual, but instead of a television ðere's a mobile phone wið a bunch of wires coming out.]
Ooh, you have a tv?? Thats so cute!
sometimes i use it as an actual phone too! ðat's how i post on tumblr…
actually, i'll show you!
[I set down ðe camera and connect two of ðe wires. Ðe phone turns on.]
Oh yeah… I never thought about how you actually posted on tumblr!
yeah, humans are really cool!
…at least most of ðe time.
They are! Wow, your home is so cool! I never wouldve thought you used a phone!
well, it's ðe only þing i can use to access ðe internet.
and even ðen, it's not ðe best.
anyways! i have more stuff to show you!
[I walk over to ðe kitchen. Ðere's a "large" container of gasoline near ðe counter, and ðere is no fridge.]
Awww, your kitchen is so cute!!
Oohh, i didnt know you used gasoline
yeah, ðere's a lot of it leaking from a pipe outside.
but, what else would i use?
Hm, I dunno exactly how it works on your scale. Maybe just normal matches?
maybe? but i don't have many of ðem…
what do you use, ðough?
I use a gas stove, so similar to you probably! Although, i dont have to collect my gas from dripping pipes
what gas?
The gasoline! Im not sure if my stove runs on the exact same stuff but y’know! Close enough.
i don't get it, isn't gasoline a liquid?
ah, whatever, let's just go somewhere else…
[I move to… my room!]
[Ðe walls are covered in pieces of violet paper from various fliers and newspapers.]
Oooh, your wallpaper is so cool!!
þank you!
[I sound a bit embarassed…]
So, this is your room?
it is… do you like it?
[Ðe footage is getting kinda shaky]
Of course I do! Its adorable :]
þanks… i guess…
aw, it would be way cooler if you were here…
can you like, make a tendril out of slime and look þrough it?
Oh, i might be able to split small enough actually… I never considering that!
oh! ðat's cool!
should i go back to you and lead you here?
Yes please! I think I’d just get lost if you didnt!
alright!
[I turn ðe camera off and start walking back to you.]
[i split in two, theres now a second me about the size of my pinky sitting on my hand]
[I'm back.]
heya! you ready to visit my house?
Yes! …yes!
Lead the way :]
[the bigger me looks a little sad to not be able to visit too]
aw, you're as tall as me!
[I measure myself against ðe smaller you. He's a bit taller ðan me, actually.]
Toshi never been this small…
you're cute!
uh, well, let's go!
[I lead ðe way!!]
Hehe, thank youuu!
[the tiny toshi follows behind kschwal, marveling at how big everything is]
mhm…
oh? what is it?
Wha… So big…
oh! yeah, i forgot stuff would look weird to you…
Toshi so smallll… hehe…
mhm! as tiny as meeee…
[…we're home!!]
Woahhh….. kschwal live here!!
i do, i do!
so, you wanted to see my room right?
Yes!! Toshi want see!!
here we go!
[I bring Toshi to my room.]
do… you like it?
Urple!!!! Toshi like!!!
i'm glad you do!
Woahh…..
[toshi starts touching the walls]
oh, careful! you might get some paper stuck in you…
[a little glob of slime gets left behind on the wallpaper]
Hehe… slime kschwal walls!!
pfft— sure, i'll be keeping ðat ðere! it's cute!
Toshi cute!!! Kschwal cute!!! Yayyyyy!!!!!
yeah!! we are!!
Who… who we??
me and you?
… Γ_Γ
kschwal and toshi?
Me and you…. What mean?
means kschwal and toshi!
Woahh… toshi learn!!!
yeah… uh…
let's go back home…?
Toshi home? Go toshi home?
yeah, come on…
[I lead Toshi outside.]
Bye bye kschwal home…
pfft— yeah…
[I pet Toshi and head back to honks house]
Hehe… toshi pets
[Once you get back to Toshis home, the larger one is waiting nearby]
hiii! did you like being in my house?
[I wave at ðe bigger Toshi]
I dunno, I wasnt the one in your house! I have to reabsorb this split off before I’ll know if I enjoyed it!
Woah, big toshi…
oh, right!
I hope he wasnt too much trouble! Sometimes my split offs can get a bit rowdy
[The bigger Toshi reaches out to reabsorb the smaller one]
nah, he was cute!
Thats good!
[There is now only one toshi.]
Oh wow! Your house is so cool from a tiny perspective! Ah, sorry about your walls, that’ll probably stain.
oh, it's fine! it gives ðem character!
and hey, your house is cool from my perspective too!
Thank you!
Sorry if I was a bit, ah, confusing, splitting that small tends to take a toll on my mental abilities after a bit
yeah, i noticed, hehe
Yeah, not much thought to be had when youre a slime the size of a thimble, unfortunately.
Maybe a smarter slime could do it without sacrificing so much thought, but theyd have to be really smart
well, it's a good þing i don't have to deal wið ðat!
so, what's ðe smallest you can split wiðout issues?
Hmmm…. I mean, any split that strays too far from 50/50 will start taking a toll for the smaller half, but its only noticeable once the split off is about 1/4 of my whole size, I think?
I honestly don’t split very often so im not totally sure
how interesting!
(what's ðe cube root of 4…?)
Whats the what?
ah, noþing, just þinking out loud.
Oh alright! Well, it was really cool seeing your house!
þank you!
…wait, are you going somewhere?
No…? Why would I be?
oh, i þought you were… it was probably just your tone.
well, what do you want to do now?
Hmmm… thats a good question, maybe we could watch a movie?
sure! what movie?
Hmm… I dunno, maybe a monster high movie?
never heard of it. what's it about?
The monster high movies are about a group of teen monsters in highschool and their adventures!
doesn't seem like my kind of movie, but it might be fun!
I used to watch it a bunch when i was younger. It was so fun to hear a new one had come out!
Unfortunately, its moved on from that original generation and I don’t like the new ones as much…
hm. we could watch ðe first one now?
Kschwaaaaalllllll!!
The miniature camera has arrived!! :]
i'm coming!
[taptaptaptap]
what did you say?
The tiny camera!! I have it :]
whoa!!
…how do i use it?
The smallest camera i could find, that i thought you’d actually be able to hold, is a security camera. I couldn’t find any normal cameras small enough. So really, you should just be able to show it around and I can look at the feed
oh! alright!
[I still have to use boþ hands to take it.]
So, you gonna show me now or later?
uh, sure, we can do it now!
[I walk back towards my home]
I’ll be watching on the camera!!
okay!
wait. how do i turn it on?
Oh, I already turned it on! Here, look!
[i hold out my phone so you can see it, its displaying the camera feed]
ah! okay ðen!
[I slowly walk back home.]
[But before arriving ðere I have to go þrough a bunch of tunnels. It takes me a couple minutes to get to my actual house.]
[I’m watching intently]
and here we are!
[My house looks surprisingly tidy. It's right below a series of pipes, most of which are leaking various fluids, and a few cables wið some wires coming out.]
what do you þink about it?
Oooo… its so cool!
[I zoom in on a few things, trying to get a closer look at some of the objects]
þank you!
[I enter þrough a piece of cardboard turned door, in my living room. Everyþing looks mostly normal, if a bit lower quality ðan usual, but instead of a television ðere's a mobile phone wið a bunch of wires coming out.]
Ooh, you have a tv?? Thats so cute!
sometimes i use it as an actual phone too! ðat's how i post on tumblr…
actually, i'll show you!
[I set down ðe camera and connect two of ðe wires. Ðe phone turns on.]
Oh yeah… I never thought about how you actually posted on tumblr!
yeah, humans are really cool!
…at least most of ðe time.
They are! Wow, your home is so cool! I never wouldve thought you used a phone!
well, it's ðe only þing i can use to access ðe internet.
and even ðen, it's not ðe best.
anyways! i have more stuff to show you!
[I walk over to ðe kitchen. Ðere's a "large" container of gasoline near ðe counter, and ðere is no fridge.]
Awww, your kitchen is so cute!!
Oohh, i didnt know you used gasoline
yeah, ðere's a lot of it leaking from a pipe outside.
but, what else would i use?
Hm, I dunno exactly how it works on your scale. Maybe just normal matches?
maybe? but i don't have many of ðem…
what do you use, ðough?
I use a gas stove, so similar to you probably! Although, i dont have to collect my gas from dripping pipes
what gas?
The gasoline! Im not sure if my stove runs on the exact same stuff but y’know! Close enough.
i don't get it, isn't gasoline a liquid?
ah, whatever, let's just go somewhere else…
[I move to… my room!]
[Ðe walls are covered in pieces of violet paper from various fliers and newspapers.]
Oooh, your wallpaper is so cool!!
þank you!
[I sound a bit embarassed…]
So, this is your room?
it is… do you like it?
[Ðe footage is getting kinda shaky]
Of course I do! Its adorable :]
þanks… i guess…
aw, it would be way cooler if you were here…
can you like, make a tendril out of slime and look þrough it?
Oh, i might be able to split small enough actually… I never considering that!
oh! ðat's cool!
should i go back to you and lead you here?
Yes please! I think I’d just get lost if you didnt!
alright!
[I turn ðe camera off and start walking back to you.]
[i split in two, theres now a second me about the size of my pinky sitting on my hand]
[I'm back.]
heya! you ready to visit my house?
Yes! …yes!
Lead the way :]
[the bigger me looks a little sad to not be able to visit too]
aw, you're as tall as me!
[I measure myself against ðe smaller you. He's a bit taller ðan me, actually.]
Toshi never been this small…
you're cute!
uh, well, let's go!
[I lead ðe way!!]
Hehe, thank youuu!
[the tiny toshi follows behind kschwal, marveling at how big everything is]
mhm…
oh? what is it?
Wha… So big…
oh! yeah, i forgot stuff would look weird to you…
Toshi so smallll… hehe…
mhm! as tiny as meeee…
[…we're home!!]
Woahhh….. kschwal live here!!
i do, i do!
so, you wanted to see my room right?
Yes!! Toshi want see!!
here we go!
[I bring Toshi to my room.]
do… you like it?
Urple!!!! Toshi like!!!
i'm glad you do!
Woahh…..
[toshi starts touching the walls]
oh, careful! you might get some paper stuck in you…
[a little glob of slime gets left behind on the wallpaper]
Hehe… slime kschwal walls!!
pfft— sure, i'll be keeping ðat ðere! it's cute!
Toshi cute!!! Kschwal cute!!! Yayyyyy!!!!!
yeah!! we are!!
Who… who we??
me and you?
… Γ_Γ
kschwal and toshi?
Me and you…. What mean?
means kschwal and toshi!
Woahh… toshi learn!!!
yeah… uh…
let's go back home…?
Toshi home? Go toshi home?
yeah, come on…
[I lead Toshi outside.]
Bye bye kschwal home…
pfft— yeah…
[I pet Toshi and head back to honks house]
Hehe… toshi pets
[Once you get back to Toshis home, the larger one is waiting nearby]
hiii! did you like being in my house?
[I wave at ðe bigger Toshi]
I dunno, I wasnt the one in your house! I have to reabsorb this split off before I’ll know if I enjoyed it!
Woah, big toshi…
oh, right!
I hope he wasnt too much trouble! Sometimes my split offs can get a bit rowdy
[The bigger Toshi reaches out to reabsorb the smaller one]
nah, he was cute!
Thats good!
[There is now only one toshi.]
Oh wow! Your house is so cool from a tiny perspective! Ah, sorry about your walls, that’ll probably stain.
oh, it's fine! it gives ðem character!
and hey, your house is cool from my perspective too!
Thank you!
Sorry if I was a bit, ah, confusing, splitting that small tends to take a toll on my mental abilities after a bit
yeah, i noticed, hehe
Yeah, not much thought to be had when youre a slime the size of a thimble, unfortunately.
Maybe a smarter slime could do it without sacrificing so much thought, but theyd have to be really smart
well, it's a good þing i don't have to deal wið ðat!
so, what's ðe smallest you can split wiðout issues?
Hmmm…. I mean, any split that strays too far from 50/50 will start taking a toll for the smaller half, but its only noticeable once the split off is about 1/4 of my whole size, I think?
I honestly don’t split very often so im not totally sure
how interesting!
(what's ðe cube root of 4…?)
Whats the what?
ah, noþing, just þinking out loud.
Oh alright! Well, it was really cool seeing your house!
þank you!
…wait, are you going somewhere?
No…? Why would I be?
oh, i þought you were… it was probably just your tone.
well, what do you want to do now?
Hmmm… thats a good question, maybe we could watch a movie?
sure! what movie?
Hmm… I dunno, maybe a monster high movie?
never heard of it. what's it about?
The monster high movies are about a group of teen monsters in highschool and their adventures!
doesn't seem like my kind of movie, but it might be fun!
I hope you enjoy the presence of your new pet spider
i will!!!