@littlest-lily In my experience, holding a tiny in one’s hand is no more–and no less–exciting than a prolonged hug.
Aiden, dude: Consider how desperate she is to regain her size. If you don’t want her to think you prefer her tiny, don’t find petty reasons to impede her investigation.
I can’t remember if they looked up the Fire Department’s incident report for the lab.
So, my video card can’t possibly handle BG3, so I’ll just have to content my self with this fairy. 
@littlest-lily The main thing I’m looking for is the determination of the cause of the fire. Both the insurance company and the cops will want to know if it has been ruled arson. Of course, official records can always be altered by sinister forces.
@SmolChlo 
Whatever power your fella has to shrink people, I hope she never gets access to it.
I hope he posts the design plans for your enclosure on Etsy; it sounds delightful!
@SmolChlo This is getting better and better (if more distracting). I think he’d want some kind of cover or lid in case Ms. Spray-Tan wanders in.
@littlest-lily I was waffling between “Evie gets the flash drive out unscathed and makes it back to Aiden without incident” and “Rats.”
@SmolChlo It must be exciting, though, to be someone’s secret. Maybe one day he’ll let you talk him into taking you out of his office, hiding somewhere on his person, eavesdropping on his conversations.
@littlest-lily I had a poorer reaction to the cop’s appearance than Evie did. Cops are worse than vermin.
Bravo to Aiden for keeping his composure. Time to fabricate some interior cuffs for his pant legs. And shoes for Evie.
It’s probably too soon for Aiden and Evie to share a bath to get all that grime off.
Potential anti-climax: the flash drive only contains Dr. Little’s SW porn stash.
@littlest-lily This is totes adorbz. I’m getting a real Toy Story vibe here.
@tiny-ivy said in Missed Opportunity:
That movie was such a disappointment.
Not only am I sad that it was bad, but it means that any sizey-story that I dream of - or even put effort into - turning into a screenplay is pointless: studios would just compare it to this crappy movie, and have zero interest. It wrecked ‘adult-oriented size story’ as a movie category for a while. And there’s no way to make one without a budget.
This precisely captures my frustration and dismay with Downsizing. A huge step backward.
I first heard about it when an early draft of the screenplay was being shopped around. I came across a copy on a screenwriting forum. You will be vexed to learn that during the “second act” three of the downsized characters (those played by Matt Damon, Hong Chau, and Christoph Waltz) leave their community and travel to the home of Christoph Waltz’s twin brother, who has remained at full-size, along with Christoph Waltz’s wife. Their reunion dinner has a nicely bawdy conclusion.
Anthony Lane, film reviewer for The New Yorker, has recently been chided for letting his libido intrude upon his reviews, but I don’t believe anyone begrudged his criticism of Downsizing that essentially implied that it needed more giant-tiny sex. He even cited the Brobdingnagian maids of honour from Gulliver’s Travels.
We can do better.
