Not A Toy 131 (Patreon)

Nathalie stared up at Sophie, her colleague who she known to be roughly the same height as her, and yet when she arrived here the redhead had been positively munchkin-sized - Nathalie had initially confused the scientist for someone much younger. Now though, after their tussle, the dark-haired woman was even smaller than Sophie! Yet given the scope of their situation, Nathalie couldn't spare much thought to consider just how small she was, although her ill-fitting outfit was a constant reminder

Nathalie's mind wandered to the even tinier pair she had encountered, but Sophie's voice distracted her thoughts.

"Well! Let's have that conversation like 'adults' shall we? Although you don't exactly look it..." Sophie said petulantly.

Nathalie glared. "And who's fault is that? Besides you can't exactly talk..."

"Yes-yes, okay - what are you even doing here?" Sophie tried to move past anything that could lead to recrimination.

"Why do you think?! I came here to find out what your plan was! We both wanted that thing out of the company's hands, and I helped you because it was the right thing to do! But apparently you just wanted to shrink people and yourself for... what?"

"It is still the right thing to do! I just needed some time to think about what happens next and... and I wanted to de-stress so I thought I could just... shrink myself and..." Her voice trailed off.

Nathalie sighed. "Yeah, looks like it worked a treat - you're a picture of mental health now, Sophie."

"Would you shut..."

"What're you going to do? Shrink me?" The smaller woman rolled her eyes. "Listen, you took that thing from the company so they couldn't move forward with it. It's out of the labs, but now what? You can't destroy it - and not just because neither of us want to shop in the kids' section forever - and you can't run either!"

Sophie felt her teeth grind together. "I know! I know. Taking it away from them was only a short-term solution. We both know that there is enough data and research for them to eventually just make their own version of it. So..."

Nathalie watched the taller Sophie formulate her next steps. "So...?"

"So... we have to find a way to erase all of the data and information related to this project. Completely annihilate any trace of the work..." The cogs in the redhead's mind already whirring.

Nathalie nodded. "And you need to repair the device so you can fix us and those two in the study. Why did you shrink them anyway?" Nathalie was initially relieved in her tone, but the thought of the much tinier strangers meant the return of her frustration.

Sophie's eyes narrowed. "I didn't shrink them! Well, okay, I did but I found them already shrunk and... Oh shit." The redhead suddenly remembered the duo, pushing past Nathalie towards the study. The redhead suddenly aware of how their scuffle might have afforded the pair an opportunity to leave their confines...

In the study, Maisie could hear whatever conflict that had consumed Sophie and the stranger lessen but the tiny women had no idea what any of that meant for them. Maisie tried to decide their next steps, whatever they were - decisions had to be swift!

She looked down and saw what could become a path to the floor. From there they'd be out of sight and have more options than being trapped on this desk. The younger of the duo lowered herself onto the edge of the desk, seeing the armrest of the enormous desk chair. Her eyes quickly traced to Jenna. "Okay, I'm gonna hop down, and help you, okay?"

Jenna's eyes widened. "Wait, we're going down?"

Maisie nodded. "Not a lot of choices up here!"

Jenna looked at the enormous girl, then to the plummeting depths of the floor and chair below. Emotions rose to the fore, and she felt again overwhelmed - rubbing her temples as she tried to ignore the sheer scale of the world around her. The teacher felt this wasn't the most optimal plan, but it was all too much. "Okay, fine!"

Maisie was already on her way, steadying herself on the chair, feeling the slightest movement from her weight. There was less room for her to move than she expected but found her balance and turned towards her even smaller companion.

Without asking, and earning a tired groan from the teacher, Maisie easily lifted the tiny Jenna up under her arms. The treatment was beyond infuriating to the older woman, so much so that she couldn't even open her eyes as she was lifted - both out of fear of the sheer height, and the humiliation. Maisie kept her balance as best she could and slowly lowered herself to her knees. "Okay... what now..."

Maisie heard the conversation continuing outside and acted. Maisie moved Jenna to hold her by her forearm, and lowered her own body to straddle the armrest, the rubbery texture of the dress squealing as she strained it.

Jenna looked down at the chair below and shook her head. "Woah! No way! It's too high!"

Maisie twisted her lips. She was hoping she'd be able to lower Jenna deeper but, she remembered that their plummets into Sophie's bag yesterday hadn't hurt in the ways they expected, she assumed the same would be true for Jenna at her even smaller scale.

"You'll be fine! Just swing and land onto the seat!"

Jenna felt dizziness overwhelm her and knew she didn't have much in the way of choice. She felt Maisie swing her, and Jenna reluctantly added her strength to the effort. As the world shifted and swung around her, the teacher tried to focus on the terrifying task at hand and not the sheer insanity of her predicament. Suddenly the thought of being held by Maisie as she was a moment ago seemed far more inviting...