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[neonthewrite]

Ducky Pajamas

The next GT July prompt was "Pajamas", and it only made me think of Oscar for some reason ... mostly that he deserves nice comfy jammies. So I decided to delve into an AU that @creatorofuniverses and I have mused about a lot but haven't written yet. This ought to give a short but sweet idea of the vibe of this as-yet-unwritten AU.

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Oscar liked his pajamas.

He’d never really had pajamas before. He used to wear the same clothes he might wear on a supply run, dust and all, back before things changed. There were a lot of things he’d taken as normal that maybe weren’t. Not the way Sawyer talked about it. Things had changed a lot since he left the motel with a human of all people, but so far the changes were good.

He ate breakfast every day now, where before he’d skip it most mornings. He played with toys and drew with crayons the human had carved down to fit his small hands. He listened to nice music and had clean blankets that weren’t threadbare.

And he had pajamas. The fabric, soft and cozy against his skin, was light blue and dotted all over with yellow blobby shapes. Sawyer called the shapes “duckies”, and Oscar liked the word, even if he wasn’t sure the blobby shapes really were anything.

He sat on a nest of blankets a lot like the one he’d left behind and yet so much nicer, and traced a finger over one of the duckies. The “room” around him was actually a dresser drawer, one emptied of human things and filled instead with things for Oscar.

Change had always scared him. He’d cried the first few nights in his new room, a strange place far from all he’d ever known. But as he sat and traced the blobby yellow shape of a ducky on his nice warm pajamas, Oscar understood that some change was okay. Some change was good and warm and kind.

In the other room, a human moved about. That didn’t scare him like it used to, because he knew this human would be nice to him. Sawyer was getting ready for bed, too. And then he’d come read Oscar a story, another very new but very welcome tradition.

Oscar couldn’t wait to hear which story Sawyer picked.

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A Little Bit Lost by Zepheera221b on DeviantArt

Happy Valentine’s day!

In other news I did a thingy and posted to my DeviantArt for the first time xD

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[neonthewrite]

2, 8 and 14 (A) for colfax!!

( Ask game here )

2 was answered previously!

How careful is your character around those of a different size? Does it make them nervous?

Colfax is careful about everything in his life. It's just his way. When adding some g/t to the mix, I think this translates pretty well.

When he's the giant/human with someone smaller, Colfax is exceedingly confident in his ability to handle them safely. Oftentimes too confident for anyone's liking. It doesn't matter that he's right that he knows how not to hurt them - he's too assured to stop and think maybe they don't want to be handled at all.

When he's the human/tiny with someone bigger, he's on extremely high alert. He doesn't want to allow anybody to take control of him, though he's rarely able to succeed in that goal. He's nervous and watchful and extra reactive because of it.

An au you’d like to explore someday?

Honestly most AUs I'd like to explore someday with Colfax have come up at least once with @creatorofuniverses. As my forever collab buddy with all things trust multiverse, she will be involved in just about anything I/we put Colfax through in the future lol.

There's a couple of unnamed/unnanounced AUs that I'm really looking forward to. But I also really enjoy Colfax's part in the Adopt Oscar 2.0 AU.

[neonthewrite]

Do your characters have human height equivalents? (Ex. How tall would they all be if they were the same size?)

thinking about this one with the trust boys and Bowman

at their current scales, Bowman would be the shortest, smaller than even wee Charlie, but at equivalent scales... would he be the tallest? Or just close to tallest?

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Oh this would be a fun comparison. Because Bowman, on a sprite scale, is the equivalent of about 6'2". He's a tall boy for a wood sprite! Tragic that that means 4 inches tall in real life. However, if they all stood at the same scale somehow, he'd be pretty much on par with Sawyer, I think. A bit shorter than Colfax, but with more lean muscle definition. Plus his wings would be so big!

[neonthewrite]

3, 13 and 20 for tiny Colfax and Oscar please they are my favorites characters, I love them)

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Does your character enjoy their size difference with others? Or do they find it a hindrance to their relationships?

Colfax, when he's the tiny in any given AU, does not like his size difference with the tall folk around him. It makes him incredibly insecure, and most often in those settings he's grown up with a more-than-normal fear of them. It's so easy for them to take control of him and everything he does. He finds himself trusting people who understand that about him; so even if someone is still prone to bothering him (Sawyer is the usual suspect here lol), as long as he knows they'll stop if he asks, he weathers it.

Oscar also grew up scared of humans, but he's also such a lonely little guy. Once he knows someone doesn't mean any harm, he doesn't mind the size difference at all. In some cases, someone being so much bigger than him means he feels that much safer in their hand. The boy loves a soft, warm hug.

Is there something that's too big/small for your character to use/do that they wish they could?

Colfax, with his various insecurities about being small, low-key resents a lot of human stuff he can't use on his own. It's not enough to like, make him sit and grumble at everything all the time, but if he's ever confronted with it his mood sours.

I think Oscar wishes he could use a kitchen more safely. He would make all the delightful foods he wants, if only he could use the utensils. I used to keep a tag on my other blog about Oscar's Kitchen because he would absolutely try to make that work.

Random fun fact about character please

Colfax hates dried fruit, raisins most of all. To him they are an insult to the fruit.

Oscar is bilingual; he learned Spanish from his mother, and, after her disappearance, kept up the practice by listening to the members of the motel housekeeping staff that spoke it.

[neonthewrite]

11 13 and 15 for Giant!Colfax and Giant!Adrian

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What’s the worst experience your character has ever had with someone of a different size. (Or the best?)

Giant!Colfax's worst experience with humans was probably the second time he saw Adrian. Because Adrian brought other humans with him, and hadn't been scared off from never ever returning to these woods ever again. That was unsettling and very upsetting to Colfax, who tries his best to make it so no one ever wants to come back and bring people to gawk at him.

Giant!Adrian's worst experience with humans is his ongoing captivity by them, sadly. He really misses being able to roam freely, and he doesn't fully understand why these humans would want to capture a giant like him.

Is there something thats too big/small for your character to use/do that they wish they could?

Colfax would probably not mind being able to use some more sophisticated animal traps. His are pretty basic. Alternatively, he'd love to be able to build a fence that humans would actually respect to keep the little interlopers out of his business.

Adrian is pretty enamored of most human stuff. He wants to hold it and fiddle with it, see if he can figure out how it works without being told. A human thing he'd appreciate the most, once he discovers such a thing exists, is a pencil with an eraser on it. He'd love to be able to actually use one, but they're like splinters to him.

After meeting someone of a different size, how has your character’s opinion on giants/tinies changed?

Colfax took a long time to warm up to any humans. But the effort of Adrian (and Sawyer and, to a much smaller and more timid degree, Charlie) eventually wore him down to feeling rather protective of them. They're little, like all humans are. They need to be looked after when they're out here in the wilderness.

Adrian, after being captured, thought he'd badly misjudged humans in general. They seem so tiny and cute, bustling about their lives in their little towns and things, he never imagined they could be this mean to anybody.

His assumptions were corrected again when he met Sawyer though. Sawyer's nice to him, and answers his questions without making him feel stupid, and is little and cute like humans ought to be.

[neonthewrite]

Do you have any recent drabbles/ideas/plans you've been working on recently?

I do have a few things I've been working on lately!

My primary project right now is the next installment in the Food and Monsters series, the ones that originally brought Oscar into being. I'll reblog later with some links to the chapters I've posted for those interested in what Oscar is getting up to after the latest shenanigans in @brothersapart.

I'm also working away at the next full length Trust Multiverse story with @creatorofuniverses - we are pretty sure that one will go over well with any fans of the angst/fluff dichotomy ;)

Finally, I've been working on writing out the backstory for Eral the Arbor Pixie - a very cynical and jaded little guy, he's also incredibly competent in getting into and out of trouble. This will be how he got his start in the wide world of adventuring.

Excerpt of Eral’s story, I Will Not Fade:

Hard ground and foliage dug into Eral’s back and splayed wings with a harshness he didn’t recognize. Above, far above, sunlight broke past the canopy in sharp bright bursts. The breeze wavered in the leaves, gentle for them but harsh and cold for him. The rattling of branches became the crashing and splintering of wood and the songs of birds became shrieks. Everything was bigger, louder, harder than it had ever seemed before.

He couldn’t do a thing about it. His eyelids fluttered and his chest heaved with pain he couldn’t place. He tried to sit up.

A fresh wave of biting agony exploded from his shoulder and Eral understood why he hadn’t moved and why he couldn’t handle the many sensations of the woods that normally brought him comfort. A dart half the length of his body pinned him to the earth, three inches of reed bound with thin wire and tipped in a razor point. Eral only observed it in the corner of his eye; while he could turn his head, he found that he wouldn’t. Looking would be to admit the trouble he was in.

Thank you for checking in! I know I'm not as prolific on this blog as I'd like, but things really are progressing nicely in the things I'm working on. 🥰

[alittleblogoftrust]

whose is Felicia? Or do you share her?

Felicia is primarily written by @neonthewrite! Sometimes @creatorofuniverses will write one or two actions for story flow but Felicia is a Neon original!

Bryan, however, is all creatorofuniverses.

They kind of deserve each other. No one else deserves to be subjected to them either individually or as a pair.