Lilo and Stitch really said "This is my family. I found it, all on my own. Itâs little, and broken, but still good. Yeah. Still good." And i still live by that
content:Â tiny whump, mer caretaker(?), starvation, broken bones, begging, rescue, language barrier, pet whump
damn itâs been literally 3 months since i wrote something unrelated to my main series. this was originally gonna be a oneshot but i decided to make a miniseries so look forward to more at some point!!
-
Lyscla peered curiously at the human vessel.
Such things were usually a bountiful feast: humans were sizeable compared to most prey, with a unique taste. The closest she could describe it to was seal or sea-lion, but that was still a ways off. If one avoided their weaponry, one would eat well.
Humans were an intelligent kind, she knew. Some avoided hunting them due to this, the concept making them squeamish, but Lyscla knew better. A human vessel this far out to sea was not here to do anything but kill. It was simply the course of nature. She would not blame the humans for their hunts either, whether they killed suitable prey-fish or her own kind.
But this was not the typical human vessel. It could hardly even be called a vessel anymore, truly. More a ruin of what once was.
Usually, when she approached a pod of humans, they reacted with commotion, but there was none this time. Most of the humans lay lifeless in the water, many missing their tastiest bits: she was far from the first inhabitant of the ocean to happen upon the wreckage, though likely the first of her kind. Those that were left were bloated and decayed with expiration. Unappetizing.
Only one tiny human face stared up at her, eyes full of unbounded fear.
=pushing a shopping cart down an aisle and just knocking emojis into the basket=
Sylvan:
suit - formal attire
church - victorian attire
bathtub - towel
swords - with their weapon of choice
bouquet - surrounded by their favourite flowers
Will accept any one of these you wish to make <3
I want all yall that have been reblogging and commenting and liking my writings just how happy it makes me to see that. Yall have no idea how inspired ive been to write lately now that Im sharing my g/t writings again.
Yall are wonderful, youve made this itty biddy witchâs heart soar Thank you <3
Being slowly searched for by a giant- AHHH JUST LIKE- hearing their loud but yet carefully placed footsteps as they look for you. Hearing them call your name as it echoes through your mind. Youâre just praying they donât find you- that this huge human being doesnât see you. But then of course-
Another one of my old works Iâm reposting and plan on continuing. Short, but sweet~
I technically never named any of these characters, but I do love pokemon and figured a g/t scenario with them would be quite fun! So, ill give them names when I get around to it, along with the next chapter. Which will hopefully be quite a bit longer.
CW: Bodily Harm/Mangled Limb - Accidental
The Eterna Forest shimmered as the dawn filtered through the canopy of trees. Bird Pokemon chirped as a sign that the morning had come. Slowly but surely, the inhabitants of the forest crawled out of their hiding holes, awakening to the warmth of the sun. One such inhabitant yawned and stretched her aching limbs, as she clambered to her feet from her perch on a sturdy branch in a large tree. The tiny woman looked down from her place in the tree, noting the long fall. It was a risk to sleep out in the open on the branch, but the pokemon in the canopies were docile, and it was far safer up in the branches than it was on the ground. The last thing she needed was some carnivorous wild pokemon discovering her while she slept, or worse, a trainer. The small woman shivered at the thought, then shook it off as she brushed off her incredibly worn garments. She couldn't remember the last time she had a clean set of clothes. She had been lost in the forest for so long that cleaning her worn clothes was the least of her concerns. As if on cue, her stomach growled with a morning hunger. She had been unsuccessful at procuring any berries the night before, and was practically starving. She ran a hand through her raven black hair before taking a look around from her elevated position. Finding no pokemon around her, She climbed higher into the tree, and began her search for any fruits or berries she could find. With great effort, she managed her way up the enormous trunk of the tree, using âclimbing toolsâ she had cobbled together out of items that had been discarded by trainers.
Pokemon Trainers. Her thoughts wandered to the giants and their tamed beasts. She had only ever observed them from a distance, but she knew them to be a danger. Their sheer size was enough to intimidate her alone, at a mere 4 inches, she barely reached their ankles. When she was a child, the elders of her home would tell tall tales of the giants. How they would âbattleâ their tamed beasts for dominance, or spend days stalking wild pokemon, attempting to capture them in a red and white sphere. At least, so the stories went. No one had ever gotten close to one of the giants and returned. Everything she knew about the giants was simple hearsay and "imaginative" recollections of close calls. No one in her village had truly wandered far from its gates, hidden far beneath the grassy green surface. This, in part, is why she felt the need to leave. She is so small, but the world is so big! There are so many things she wants to see and do! Unfortunately, she had not been prepared for the harsh life of living outside her small village. Instead of spending her time exploring and learning about the outside world, she spent most of her time hiding from wild pokemon. When she wasn't hiding, she was scavenging for whatever scraps of food she could find. The supplies she had packed for her journey had run out faster than she planned. Her pouch now lay empty at her side, offering little solace for her dire situation.
She breathed a heavy sigh as she pulled herself onto a thin branch. Thus far the climb had proven to be fruitless. No berries within her sight, and now she was completely exhausted. She was about to give up hope, when a blue glint caught her eye. A berry! She quickly looked around once more to check for any pokemon, then began climbing up to the branches of the tree. As she drew closer to the berry, the branches became thinner and thinner. Even her small form could be enough to snap them. She stepped with caution and found some footing on a precarious branch beneath the berry. Crawling, she slowly made her way directly underneath. She stood up slowly, and stretched as far as her tiny limbs would allow her, nearly losing her balance. It was just out of reach. She collapsed to the floor just a bit too quickly, causing the branch to shake. She held on, but just barely. She was about to try to reach for the berry again, but a chattering noise caught her attention. Oh no. She caught a glimpse of a white and blue tail scurrying its way up the tree. A pokemon! Quickly, she darted her eyes around to try and catch another glimpse of it, though she did not need to look for long. The pokemon made its way to the piece of trunk just before her branch. It eyed her, then the berry just above her hungrily. Panic began to take over her mind. Without thinking, she began to inch her way backwards on the branch. A subtle cracking could be heard as she moved. Each little movement shook the branch, further expressing its brittleness, but she didn't care. she needed to get away! The Pokemon, hyper focused on the berry rather than the curious little creature, mindlessly continued its approach, jumping down from its perch onto the sturdier side of the branch.
âP-please...Donât!â the tiny woman begged. Full panic had encompassed her now. She had moved to the thinnest, furthest side of the small branch now, as far away from the pokemon as possible. For a moment, it appeared the beast understood her. It paused a moment, drawing its attention away from the berry and onto the poor tiny woman. It stared into her eyes, and tilted its head, as if to say "Were you talking to me?". The puase lasted for what felt like hours, until the silence was broken by a loud snap as the pokemon took one small step onto the branch.
âN-No wait!â she cried.
That little bit of extra weight was all it took for the fragile branch to break. The pokemon quickly jumped back onto the safety of the sturdy trunk, but the tiny woman had no such luck. She began to freefall, hitting larger branches on her way down to the grassy ground below. Her ears rang and her world spun as she braced for death on the forest floor, but instead of a hard crash against solid ground, she was cushioned by something soft, fluffy, and brown. She rolled over, and tumbled to the ground from the fluffy cushion, attempting to get a good look at what exactly she landed on, but she couldn't focus. She was edging on blacking out, barely hanging in. Pain came from all over her body, but concentrated mostly on her arm. She tried to cry out, but only small near inaudible squeaks came out. She turned over, writhing in pain as she began to fade. The last thing she saw before she blacked out was a furry, four-legged silhouette making its way toward her.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
âEh-vee?â The eevee stared down at the tiny human, unsure of what to make of her discovery. She had taken a short walk away from her trainerâs camp when she heard a commotion in the nearby tree. She had expected to find wild pokemon fighting over food again, but instead was met with a small, solid object hitting her square on her head. It hadn't been heavy enough to hurt too much, though it certainly surprised her to find that the object in question was neither a berry nor a wild pokemon, but a tiny, frail human. It writhed in pain, moving its mouth trying to say something, but no words came out. Finally after one last small movement, it lay flat on the ground, face down in the dirt. The eevee began to panic. Had it just died?! It did just fall such a long way! She carefully approached and placed her ear as close to the tiny human as possible. She could hear subtle breathing. It was still alive! The eevee brought her head up and darted her eyes around, checking for anyone else. With no obvious threats in sight, the eevee used her mouth to gently pick up the tiny woman by the frail fabric of her shirt, dangling her from her mouth. Quickly but carefully, she began her walk back to her trainerâs camp, hopeful that her human partner would know what to do.
In a fantasy setting where humans are tiny and the rest of the fantastical races are giant, a human woman that has been secretly assisting a party of adventurers finds herself in trouble when she is discovered by a curious tiefling.
Word Count: 1,702
AO3 Link
âCome on out, little one," Allynna placed her palm near the crevice she saw the tiny being scurry into. "I won't hurt you." Her voice was soft and quiet. She made special care to hide her fangs behind her plush lips, so as to not further frighten the poor thing.
Inside, Lana pressed her body against the dark walls of the cavern. She held her hand over her mouth as she tried to steady her breathing. Every human clan had one rule in common: don't get caught. And now, she was trapped in a collapsing hole, with her only way out leaving her at the mercy of a monster with teeth almost half her size. She held her breath and continued to listen to the outside, hoping for an opportunity to escape.
"This is a waste of our time!" Ashero shouted. The highlands elf was rather grumpy. Though this was no news to his comrades, his poor attitude was amplified by the injury on his leg.
"This place could collapse any minute!" As if to reiterate his point, the ruins shook, and small pieces of rubble rained upon the adventurers' heads.
"Quit yer shoutin' and hold still! Yer gonna bring the whole damn place down on us!" Gamdon grumbled as he continued to wrap the elf's wounds. Their healer had already finished mending the more gruesome parts of the injury, it merely needed a few bandages. A simple process that would take but a moment, had Ashero not continued to fidget, much to the dwarf's annoyance.
Ashero impatiently tapped his fingers as he tried to remain still. He glanced at the blocked exit, noting Thailna, their half-blood orc, and Irala, their dark-elf healer, still struggling to move the rubble. Irala shifted smaller chunks, while Thailna attempted to dislodge the boulders and bulkier remains. He quickly looked away before they could catch him staring. He turned his attention back to Allynna, who was still preoccupied with the human hiding in the small fissure.
"Why are you so fascinated with that thing?" Ashero's hollers drew another shake from the ruins, and a glare from Gamdon
Without turning to address her colleague, Allynna replied,
"It's been helping us! I know it has!"
Ashero lifted his leg, nearly kicking poor Gamdon, and showed off his freshly wrapped wounds.
"Yeah, a real help it's been!"
"That's your own fault for darting ahead into the room unprepared! One disarmed trap at the entrance doesn't mean there aren't more inside! Besides, I saw it dragging supplies to our camp the other night! And, the markings on the walls that led us to the treasure room? I've never seen anything like them! The details are too small and intricate to have been drawn by anyone of the greater races. Plus, all the disarmed traps? What else could disarm those tiny, delicate, near-invisible plates, but something equally as tiny and delicate!"
Allynna's eyes lit up as she spoke of the fascinating deeds the human had done for her party. Perhaps she might've thought herself crazy, had she not seen it with her own eyes. Being a tiefling had a few benefits, dark vision being one of them. Her mother had taught her that if all else fails, trust her eyes. She had never really bothered with humans before, nor did she understand the other races' judgements of them, but this one had caught her attention. She had so many questions bouncing around in her mind. Where did it come from? How did it know about all the traps and treasures? And most importantly, why would it risk getting caught to help them?
She flicked her tail once more as she pondered what to do. It was clear the human was not going to come out willingly. However, if she forced it out, she would risk either frightening it, or bringing it unintentional harm.
Her thoughts came to an abrupt halt as the ground violently shook. Large chunks of rubble fell from the crumbling ceiling, narrowly missing Allynna. The shock from the near-miss caused her to jump to her feet. Â She turned to see her companions frantically dodging falling rubble as they packed their supplies and treasures.
"Good news is the exit is open! Bad news is it was the only thing holding this place together!" Thailna shouted as she ran down to help pack the heavier possessions.
"Well then, what the fuck are we waiting for! Let's get out of here!" Ashero replied with equal volume. He wasted no time packing what he could as he stumbled for the exit. The pain in his leg caused him to fall over flat on his face, dropping what little he had been carrying.
Gamdon retrieved the fallen items as Irala helped the admittedly embarrassed Ashero up. He placed his weight on her and used her as a crutch as they limped for the exit.
"Wait!" Allynna exclaimed as she once again bent down on her knees and held her palm to the crevice. "What about the human!?"
"What about it?!" Ashero's pained expression turned to annoyance. He was willing to deal with Allynna's nonsense under normal circumstances, but at this moment, their lives were in danger, and the pain in his leg had drained all his patience.
"It'll die in here!" Allynna cried with genuine worry in her voice. She couldn't let the poor thing die for their carelessness, not after it risked itself to help them.
"We'll die in here if we don't leave now!"
"Then I'll stay behind! I'll make sure everyone gets out and that we didn't leave anything!"
"What!? Are you insa-"
Irala forcefully pulled Ashero to the side, just managing to avoiding falling debris. The two fell, with Ashero landing on top of Irala.
"I-I-I apologize Master Oriven!" Irala stammered as she pushed Ashero off of her body and turned away, blushing. Ashero was about to scold her, but a shout from Gamdon reminded him of their current situation.
"By the Goddess, 'eres no time for 'is! Get up 'n' get movin'!" He helped both of them up, grabbed what he could, and rushed them through the exit.
With the rest of her friends safely escorted out, Thailna ran to Allynna's side. The younger woman was still attempting to coax the small creature out of its hole. Though clearly desperate, she still spoke in a hushed voice, ignoring the deafening noise of the collapsing cavern. Thailna placed her calloused hands on Allynna's shoulders. She knelt down next to her and calmly spoke to her friend.
"We need to go. Now."
She stared deep into Allynna's golden eyes, hoping she might give in. When she refused to move, Thailna sighed, rose to her feet, grabbed the last of their belongings, and moved for the exit.
"I know your mind is set. I'll be waiting outside. Don't take too long, I really don't want to have to drag you out kicking and screaming."
Thailna took her leave without looking back. She had known Allynna long enough to understand that when her mind was made up, nothing short of death would stop her. As she took a step out of the exit and into the light of the outside, she prayed to the goddess that Allynna would come to her senses before she had to drag her out.
Allynna was out of options and time. She flicked her tail and bit her lip as she reached into the crevice. She felt around the inside until she bumped into something soft and warm. She knew what she felt was the human. She grabbed it before it could escape. It struggled in her grasp, and she tightened her grip around it in response. She could feel the little creature still kicking and squirming in her hand.
"I'm sorry little one, please don't hate me!"
She took a deep breath and pulled it out of its hiding place. With her free hand, she opened the pouch hanging from her thigh, then carefully tucked the human away inside. She could feel the human's squirming die down as she closed the pouch. There would be time for apologies later. Right now, she needed to run. Without taking a moment to breathe, she raced for the exit as fast as her legs could carry her, never slowing down, not even when she had to dodge falling rocks as the ceiling caved in. She could see the light from the outside just ahead, but the collapsing tunnel was gaining on her. She picked up speed and dove through the exit as the last of the falling ruins sealed the opening behind her.
She landed belly down in the dirt, sliding a few feet from where she landed. Allynna let out an audible sigh of relief and turned over on her back. She made it.
Her relief quickly became panic as she had a sudden realization. The human! Had she accidentally crushed it when she dove through the exit?! Quickly, she ran her fingers over the small bulge in her pouch. When it moved in response to her touch, she once again let the wave of relief come over her.
"Nice landing, Allie." Thailna stood tall above her friend. She laughed as she watched Allynna's expression turn from surprise, to confusion, then to embarrassment. Grabbing her with one arm, she lifted her off the ground, and helped to brush the dirt off of her ragged garments. She gave her friend a hard pat on her back, before letting out a hearty laugh.
"Come on, we found a place to set up a new base camp before we head back to the city in the morning. Irala promised to cook up some of our leftover rations. Let's go catch up with the others before Gamdon eats it all again!"
Thailna continued to talk to Allynna as they walked deeper into the surrounding forest, but Allynna was only half listening. Her mind was preoccupied with other thoughts. More specifically, she was pondering just how she was going to explain her tiny passenger to her group. She placed her hand over the pouch and felt the human move again. It would have to wait, she decided. First, she needed a warm meal.