#aceouttatimeasks

Hello it's me

Just comin' to ask you:

Have you made your characters smooch lately? It's important for their enrichment. You should make 'em smooch. Just pick some, see if they're up for smoochin', and make it happen.

Nobody needs to know.

But it IS important.

=unkicks in your door=

<3

Yknow what, you’re absolutely right. I need to do that IMMEDIATELY-

Unfortunately, everything I own is Boxed at the moment.

thanks for the ask, luv! celestial being? oh, that can be done:

Four different asks? Hell yeah!

(5. What’s your favorite size trope?) Oh, this is a difficult question--there are so many that I enjoy to bits! Overcoming adversity/fighting for equality and respect is definitely one of my favorites (ex., anything by @ratcatcher0325). I also love gentle giants, tinies that are far too smart for their own good, and good old hurt/comfort. G/t whump is always a good one, as well as the whole 'stranger in a strange land' trope (foaming at the mouth like a rabid dog over giant aliens). Finally, accidental/forced shrinking is so, so good. I live for angst. Apologies that these are in no order whatsoever XD

(9. What’s your favorite piece of sizey media?) For film, I have to go with Epic--I love the artistic detail and worldbuilding in that movie, especially considering it was geared more toward kids! Great pacing and loveable characters. What else could I ask for (other than a sequel *cough cough*)? I also love Arietty--Studio Ghibli movies are such comfort movies for me! As far as writing goes, I have a few different authors on Tumblr that have really lovely work! I’ll answer that in just a moment!

oh! thanks for the ask, smolcomfycat!

To put it as briefly as I can, Sylvan is a very blunt and emotionally distant character, whereas Ari is a people-pleaser. Sylvan is, internally, very intimidated by Ari because he’s human—Syl hasn’t interacted with any before and BOY, ARE THEY BIG (he has other, more personal reasons too, of course, but those are for me to know and you to find out).

Hello, I have come with a few-- not too many just this list here-- questions about the man Sylvan, please please. <3

First, I would love to know just the basics of him and his situation. Age, height (if shrunk, before and after shrink would be lovely), job, general personality and things. What are his flaws/damages that he/the story wants to change or heal? Where do we really get to meet him in his story? What happened before that, did something major lead him here or is something major about to happen? Do you just kind of focus on the one story/life of Sylvan or do you have AUs? Would love to know a bit of the setting(s)!

I'll leave it there for now and then come back with more questions and/or follow ups whenever you have time to answer and I have time to send an ask again <3

Much love to ur face, Belle <3

Hello, dearie! Thank you for your, in all honesty, frighteningly intense interest in my blorbo, Sylvan--it both warms my heart and concerns me just a little haha <3

Hello it is me I'd love to know more about Sylvan, honestly, if you'd be willing to share! I've seen a bit of them slide across my dash, and I THINK (I apologize, I'm really really bad for OC names unless I'm like, dozens of pages into the lore, my brain is weird) they're a tutor? I seem to remember that? Though that might be another character!! But please, I would adore learning a bit more about Sylvan and their whole situation :D

OHOHOHOHO YOU HAVE ASKED THE RIGHT QUESTION

Sylvan Okeanoú (he/him) is a tutor, all right! But not just any old run-of-the-mill study buddy--he's travel-sized. 8.5 centimeters of academic prowess and slightly-egotistical spite, the viri (my Very Original version of a borrower) is enrolled in undergraduate school for Clinical Psychology. In an unlikely twist of fate, he became a tutor for a human of all people and now has to navigate the tricky situation of keeping cool and keeping his secret, lest he loses the opportunity for the funding he needs to get his Bachelor's. It sure doesn't help that he's never so much been in a size-inclusive place, let alone interacted with a human in his twenty-odd years of living. Unfortunately for him, his past of fitting in with his peers is about to come to an abrupt close. His new tutee, Ari (he/they belongs to @venusasaboy), has similarly never interacted with a viri before. Learning experiences for everyone! It was undoubtedly a shock, after a week of trying to study over the phone, to learn that Sylvan's phone was no bigger than his pinkie fingernail and the man himself was small enough to be cupped in one hand. While the plot itself seems lighthearted enough, events down the road reveal more of the hardships and inequality of this mixed-size, mostly separated, society. Sylvan and Ari will have to learn how to rely on one another more than they'd initially thought.

Good evening, smallcomfycat. I believe I've already answered a couple of your questions, but I suppose it can't hurt to indulge you just once more. That is unless these happen to be more on the personal side, in which case, it may--my poor mind can take no more punishment.

Give me a moment to read through that damned list...

Upon further review, I don't have any particular qualms with any of these besides number ten, but I sign up for this hell, so I can't necessarily deny you an answer. Though, I do have a question for you--what could have possibly caused you to want to know my nightly habits? Is the manner in which I brush my teeth just absolutely riveting to you?

I should have been more adamant with my work partner, Tamia, about wanting nothing to do with this little interview game. Alas, I was bribed.

5. Do you have any role models? Tell us a little bit about them.

Role models? I see. Well, a select few professors from back when I attended college stuck out to me. I have a couple now, as well--my direct superior, Col. Strasse, has excellent management skills and was the driving factor in my promotion to the...challenging disappearance case I'm working on at the moment. Not many as young as I can boast the credentials I have already. It really was in her best interest to pull me from the masses; thank god she recognized my potential.

My grandfather on my father's side was a noteworthy individual in his prime as well. Theodore Okeanoú was the son of a lower-class immigrant couple, and, despite the unforgiving events of his childhood, he found success through hard work and endurance. He attended the same undergraduate school I did and went on to do investigatory work for the FBI.

I wish I'd gotten to meet him.

10. What’s your biggest goal? How do you hope to achieve this?

My biggest goal is to take Strasse's job. Hah, I'm only kidding. Mostly.

In my opinion, the 'biggest goal' is a broad question. In life? In my career? Morally? Physically? Specify next time, would you? I'll just go with life, as it's probably what you're getting at, considering most of these questions are posed to destroy my ego.

I want to find contentment. I often wonder if living my life for my career is something worthwhile, but I continue to circle back to doing so anyhow. I don't have a family to provide for nor a partner (not that either of those are a necessity). The only hobbies outside of work I regularly attend to are reading, gardening, and caring for my cat, Archie. I don't need a gaggle of friends, but an emptiness still plagues me somehow.

I'd like to know what it is I'm missing and if there is more to life than the mundanity of my day-to-day. I want a reprieve from the turmoil fogging my mind. Maybe progressing in the Gaelis case will bring me lasting comfort. Maybe not. But what is my life if not a series of trials?

20. Describe your nighttime routine.

After I return from work--if I do, that is--I make the last few calls and send the last few emails I need to before I can put it all aside. Then I take a few moments to give Archie his much-needed attention. He's such a pampered little fellow, but he's the most intelligent cat I've ever met.

Once I came home to him sitting on the windowsill with nothing separating him from the outside but the flimsy screen. How he opens the glass bit without opposable thumbs will forever remain a mystery to me, but every now and again, I find him in that same spot. And when he's not there, sometimes I'll find a few bits of coppery fur marking his spot.

Orange cats. There's something about them that just exudes oddity.

I take great care of my appearance and cleanliness, so I shower or bathe, if time allows, as soon as possible. My hair has been long for years, and I've developed a precise routine of applying certain products to keep it healthy. I've gotten quick about it over the years.

After that, I fix dinner for Arch and me. Sometimes Tamia stops over, but most nights, it's just the two of us and a bottle of red wine. I'm no cook, but I can make a decent veggie stir-fry. My little sister was more artful in that department.

Then I settle down with a book on the balcony if the weather's nice. It's a high-rise, my apartment, and the view on clear days is stunning. The sunset almost masks the commotion of this terrible city.

I don't end up falling asleep until late in the night, most nights. My thoughts keep me up.

That's about all I can say about my evenings.

Thank you, I suppose, for the host of asks. Sleep well.

(11. What song gives you size vibes?)

I have a few different songs that give me size vibes, but I'd have to say my favorite of these is Doe, Jane by Shakey Graves. I've been listening to his stuff a lot recently, thanks to a certain pocket-sized fictional guitarist, and Doe, Jane always gets me right in the feels.