diaper dimension Lights! Camera! ...What?!? - Chapter 110 - 4/26/24

[Baby Billy]

I have to say that there is something that surprises me, you get more likes on the Wattpad site but I have noticed that more people seems to writes comments here.  I know a few write on both sites, mostly the same thing though.  I don't do that myself, I like to keep them seperate, even though I like reading the story on Wattpad because I can control the size.🙂

[BabySofia]

21 minutes ago, Baby Billy said:

that more people seems to writes comments here.

This community tends to comment more than any other I've encountered on stories. ADISC gets close, and maybe one other site that I don't post on as often. WattPad comments are a little more inconvenient to make? (Barely) The vote button is pretty simple there? Also, WattPad is a broader community. I have a couple authors I've suggested come over here in the past couple months that have never heard of this site. WattPad is a little more open to more stories. It's not an ABDL site, even though there's a lot of content on there. (Sadly most is not great!)

I post on both because it's a little different experience at both. MinnesotaWriter is one of the few I've seen post different things at each place. (I find myself hoping there's a post here at the same time from them!) 

Thanks for the comments Billy!

1 hour ago, CDfm said:

Couldn’t have enjoyed that any more than I did.

Thanks for your kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Appreciate the comments! 💜

[Samriis]

You know it occurs to me that should their film be successful... Kelly's name has to be in the credits as the writer... 

[BabySofia]

2 minutes ago, Samriis said:

You know it occurs to me that should their film be successful... Kelly's name has to be in the credits as the writer... 

Yes, unfortunately, that part will be unavoidable.

[LittleFenny]

On 2/4/2024 at 5:11 PM, Moon3ye said:

But how the hell did Kelly manage to get that bail?

My guess would be either someone who either was a former SafeFoods manager or researcher or the kid of one of those or maybe someone from a still existing Venture. Someone who sees Kelly as a useful tool to strike at those they blame for their problems.

On 2/4/2024 at 5:11 PM, Moon3ye said:

I think we are all sure that this is not the last time we will see Kelly

Pretty much tradition for one like her to ignore a restraining order or expulsion and show up to cause trouble again. I suppose she might have a redemption arc, but I'm expecting she'll show up to cause trouble.

On 2/4/2024 at 5:18 PM, TerranV said:

Yeah Venture is pulling strings I bet. Do these people have nothing better to do than waste resources on revenge?

"Her mother, a mere Little, dared to oppose us and make threats. Are we supposed to ignore that? We will her her son, her relatives in this dimension, his friends, and even her little dog Toto too!" The ominous silhouette in the shadows starts paging through notes. "Wait, when did a little dog come into this? Did she somehow find out about the Furry Littles dimensions we discovered? Call a meeting of the board!" More shouting to people off the video call happens before the caller remembers and hangs up.

On 2/4/2024 at 7:01 PM, BabySofia said:

It's definitely not quite time for truly bad things to happen yet! We'll see what the future holds! (Holds up crystal pacifier to see)

Well, not telling you that! 🙂

☹️

We never get to see into the crystal pacifier.

☹️

On 2/4/2024 at 4:05 PM, BabySofia said:

I will be out of town at the end of this next week and privacy may be a bit of an issue.

Stay safe and dry! Remember to wait for the big to unbuckle the car seat! And have fun!

[LittleRorie]

I have always like reading your work, I have finally taken the time to read this one and can not wait to read more. 

[BabySofia]

15 hours ago, LittleFenny said:

We never get to see into the crystal pacifier.

Of course not! Sharing pacifiers is not good! 🙂

5 hours ago, LittleRorie said:

I have always like reading your work, I have finally taken the time to read this one and can not wait to read more.

Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment! 🙂

[Baby Billy]

I'm think the trouble with Kelly and Beth has to do with Safefood, as her parents worked for them.  She may have some help from a former member helping her out.  I really don't trust her story about the orphanage though, sounds funny to me.  If ventura was involved it would mostly be targeting Connor not Beth, but I'm counting them out since Stacy probably would still use what she has to inform the world what is really going on.  I am sure they know she is way more powerful than she was when she came back.  One thing I wonder about is what happened when Addison settled her mom and sister estate, does she still have the 46% of Safefood or did she sell it, with Ivy in charge now it would be a good investment.  She might have some power around there still, maybe Cameron, as a judge) would not want to get involved but what about an angry mother.🙂  

[BabySofia]

Chapter 86: Helicoptering

JUST BEFORE CLASS started, Beth received a message in the film group chat.

Hey, Studio 3!

Due to the idiocy of yesterday, we have four scenes we didn’t complete that were scheduled. Since Connor needs to be away to be with his grandmother by 25 O’clock tonight, we’re going to plan to do two of those after he and Beth leave. We’ll also try to get the other two filmed tomorrow after the planned schedule. Should anything not get done, we’ll push it to Sunday – I really want us to be in the can completely before Monday! Please make sure you are at the production stage no later than 19 O’clock today so we can get a move on things! Tomorrow morning, we need everyone there by nine. (Connor, we’ll need you there by eight to begin your temporary transformation into Brianna. )

Thanks!
Sebastian

‘Joy!’ Beth thought as she read the message. She looked at the list and realized she was off the hook for any scenes that day, at least! All of the ones with Connor were the final ones with Charlotte and the office that led up to him agreeing to the adoption.

‘I wish we could just change projects now that Kelly is gone!’ Beth thought. She knew too much work had gone into the project already, though.

Livy elbowed Beth as class started when she noticed her not paying attention.

‘Oops,’ Beth thought and did her best to follow the near gibberish that was Calculus IV. ‘Connor explains this so much better!’

“You heading back to the dorm?” Livy asked Beth as they filed out of class, and she spotted Connor.

“No, Connor and I’ll head to Matisse to film first and then grab our stuff on the way off campus later,” Beth told her.

“Be safe this weekend,” Livy told her.

With a sigh, Beth said, “We’ll try…” She forced a smile, “See you Monday, Livy.”

She had just reached Connor and started walking together when her phone rang; she saw it was her mom.

“Hi, Mom,” she said.

“Where are you?”

“Just heading to the film studio?” Beth said.

“Can you get away for a bit?”

“Umm… it’s kind of for a class?” She thought for a second, “For what?”

“I’m here on campus and want to talk to you and President Barnes about your safety.”

“What?!?” Beth hissed. “Mom!”

“Not this time, Beth; you’re not allowed to get upset with me. You had a really close call yesterday that should never have been allowed to happen by the university. So when can you be at the administration building?”

“Let me walk Connor to Matisse, then I’ll be there? I’m not in any of the scenes today, but I really do need to be there, Mom.”

“I’ll get you out of here as soon as I can. When you finish for the day, we’ll go to dinner with Amanda and Fred.”

“Fine, I’ll see you soon,” she said and hung up.

“What’s wrong?” Connor looked up at her with concern.

“My mom decided she needed to come and be herself,” she sighed. “She’s here on campus to have a ‘meeting’ with President Barnes?”

“Ouch,” Connor replied. “You sure you want to walk me over first?”

She nodded, “Definitely! My mom can sit and stew for a little longer. I can’t believe the nerve of her!”

 

BETH WALKED ME inside the Studio, where Gary was already pulling covers off racks of costumes. He smiled at us and asked, “How are you two doing?”

“So-so,” Beth said with a wince.

Sebastian came in then, “You two okay?”

I watched Beth wince and knew she was definitely not doing okay with this many questions. “Any chance you all can please stop asking that?” I asked politely.

“Fair enough,” Sebastian said.

“Umm, Sebastian, I have to go to the administration building for a meeting.”

“Everything okay?” He asked.

She sighed, “I’m not in trouble, but I… ugh…” She sighed, “I apparently have a meeting with my mom and President Barnes.”

“Oh,” Sebastian said. “I take it your parents were rightfully upset last night?”

I looked at Beth’s annoyed face as she nodded, “That’s putting it mildly…” She paused, “I should be back. I’m not supposed to film any scenes today with my character anyway.”

“Go take care of things; we completely understand,” Sebastian said. “Do you want someone to go with you?”

Beth blushed, “I’ll be fine?”

“Didn’t I hear Kelly is out on bail? Maybe someone should go with you,” Gary said. “Ethan is done setting up the set for this scene. Why don’t you have him walk over with you?”

“Great idea,” Sebastian said.

“I hate this…” Beth said glumly.

I hugged her, “Sorry, I have a feeling my mom would be here today too if she wasn’t worried about more shrinking…”

Beth giggled at that. “She was what, three feet tall, you said?”

I nodded.

“Yeah, being a preemie-sized Little might not be the safest thing.”

“Being stuck as a little kid back home again wouldn’t be her preference either!”

As soon as they found Ethan, a guy just under ten foot tall who was in charge of the art setup for the project, he walked with her to the meeting while the rest of us got underway.

“Okay, Connor, you need to wear that shirt with the khaki pants. Come see me for makeup, and Isabella should be here in a second to do hair for you all.”

So began the act that was almost seeming routine now of getting dressed in costume, having Gary activate a look on the SkinSync makeup that was still on my face, and then heading out to the set. We began the day by filming the scene that would really introduce my character and the film. They had made a great space to film with a large conference table, a view out a fake window onto a city below, complete with moving cars and people, and a large projection screen.

Around the table were already ten characters that were holo-actors and actresses without any lines. They were programmed to look at the speaker and give the occasional look or action. As I entered, the characters turned to me, and it was more than a bit unnerving!

Thirteen characters were involved in the meeting, but only three of us were real humans.

“How’s the lighting?” Sebastian asked Will.

“I’m not satisfied just yet. Mason, would you adjust the lights up about ten percent and change the color to one percent more cyan in the light mix? That fake outside window is playing havoc with the camera sensors for some reason? Can you adjust the level down thirty percent there, too, please?”

I walked around and watched as a side of the room was open about fifty percent down that wall, allowing cameras and crew to access the room easily. All of our cameras, plus an overhead one, were showing on a series of monitor screens.

“How’s that?” Mason asked.

“Better, much better!”

“We can always fix some of that in post, too,” Charlotte reminded everyone.

“The less we have to do, the more we can spend on other refinements,” I said.

She smiled at me, “Guess you’re the one who would be doing that!”

I nodded.

“Okay, is everything good then?” Charlotte asked.

“Think so!” Will said.

“Places then!” Charlotte said.

She bent over suddenly and gave me a ride up to my ‘adaptive’ seat for the meeting. It wasn’t a highchair, but the seat was much skinnier, bringing me up to the level of the table. I was a little embarrassed that I could still fit two or three of my rears in the smaller chair!

Several minutes later, we began filming. For our first couple of takes, we just pretended we were having an animated conversation between Owen and Charlotte, with what seemed to be responses from the AI characters. Eventually, we decided we had enough of the opening footage and started again with Charlotte taking the lead.

Even knowing her to be a kind person, I was scared of her as she asked, “Just how are we going to fix this?!? We can’t afford to just write off twenty-five million dollars!?!”

The look of anger definitely was intimidating to someone who was only knee-high to her! She momentarily stared about the silent room before pointing at Owen, who was playing ‘Rob.’

“Rob! This is your project! Are you telling me there’s no way to make this code work??? That we’ve wasted three… years…”

“Ah, crap!” I heard from him as he stuttered his line.

“Cut!”

“Let’s run that again; please try not to get hung up this time?” Sebastian asked nicely.

So far, we hadn’t had to redo scenes due to flubbed lines, but we spent the next twenty minutes with him screwing it up over and over and over again!

 

BETH WAS EMBARRASSED that her classmates stuck her with an escort, but she was also a little relieved. When they approached the admin building, she turned to Ethan and said, “Thanks, I’m here now.”

He laughed, “Sorry, it probably feels a little overbearing, but the last thing anyone wants to see is you or Connor messed with.”

She blushed, “Thanks.”

“Do you need me to stay?”

“I’m sure my mom will insist on coming along when we’re done,” she sighed. “Thanks, though!”

Beth shouldered her backpack higher and walked through to a reception desk. She was about to ask where she should go when she heard, “Beth!” from a chair on the other side of a statue.

She sighed, “Hi, Mom.”

Before she could register any complaint, her mom hugged her tightly as she knelt on the floor and wrapped Beth in a crushing hug. She sighed, “I missed you too, Mom.”

She squeezed her mom back, too; the truth was she was fighting tears, and it felt good to see her mom in person after everything the past few weeks!

“Shall we go have our meeting?” she asked Beth after she stood up and reflexively ran her hand through Beth’s hair.

“If we have to?” Beth sighed.

Her mom led her to an elevator, and they began to rise to nearly the top floor of the building, which was among the oldest on campus. Her mom pulled her head towards her side affectionately with her hand, and not for the first time, Beth hated the size difference between the two. Her head barely reached the top of her mom’s skirt in the grey skirt suit she wore. It had probably taken her mom a lot of restraint to not pick her up like a little girl again! She’d been mortified when she had done that at her high school graduation after the ceremony, even as her siblings had a good laugh. The only thing that soothed the sting was that her dad was shorter. On more than one occasion outside of public view, she’d found herself being held on one of her mom’s hips while her dad was on the other!

The doors opened to the opulent floor that was made up of the highest offices for the university. Another secretary greeted them and ushered them into President Barnes’s large office. He greeted them with a handshake before motioning to two oversized chairs before his desk.

“It’s good to see you, Doctor Sylvestor,” he said with a smile after we were both seated. Beth felt swallowed entirely by the huge chair but turned to see her mom in her ‘mama bear’ mode.

“I wish I could say the same, Ryan,” her mom said coolly. “You and I had a discussion weeks ago, and we expressed concerns about the young lady who attacked my daughter yesterday?”

The giant man looked slightly surprised to see the meeting going south this quickly.

“Well, we did investigate! There was no evidence though…?”

“Bullshit,” Beth noted that her mom was definitely mad now, “we gave you the evidence. Doctor Westerfield even demonstrated that she was one of the few people who could have been involved in sending the boxes of diapers?”

“I’m sorry, our judicial board didn’t think it was concrete enough. I can’t speak about the young woman due to privacy concerns, but I assure you she won’t be back at Emerson?”

“What about the others…?” Her mom asked.

 

I WAS GRATEFUL that Owen finally stopped sucking all of the oxygen out of our scene. We finally finished his lines and moved on to a segment where I presented the solution. That was done in a couple of gloriously quick takes before we eventually moved on to the final shot of my scene.

Charlotte said to me, “Make it happen, Brian! Everyone else, give him any help he asks for. Your jobs are on the line! This company is at stake!”

With the apparent conclusion to the chaotic meeting we’d supposedly had, I hopped out of the chair. I hurried out a door of the room, followed by the others.

“Cut!” Sebastian said.

“Okay, just Hailey and Sarah are needed right now to finish this. Let’s get the other side of the set ready for the cubicle scenes with Brian’s setup. Connor, go get to wardrobe and switch your shirt since it’ll be a different day in the timeline.”

“Got it,” I said and found myself heading to wardrobe.

By the time I had changed shirts, they had the cubicle space ready for filming. I looked around and tested my adapted chair, too. This one actually fit me closer, but I noted it felt more like my highchair at Grandma’s!

Soon, everything was ready for filming. I found myself and the rest of the crew watching as Charlotte and Sophia finished filming their scene.

Sophia said Hailey’s lines, “Maybe she’s too smart for the simple things like the potty then? I mean, if she’s reading that well, a toddler’s picture book about the potty probably isn’t that interesting?”

Charlotte looked amazingly upset and exasperated on screen, one step from full-blown tears. “What? I should try giving her a medical journal instead?”

As they both laughed, I felt several of the crew holding in their own laughter. I hated the script and Kelly, but even I had to admit that was a good line!

My veins grew cold as ice, though, as I listened to the seeds of the demise of my character begin being said. “Have you thought about a potty training buddy?” Sophia delivered the line as perfectly as it could have been done. It sounded like the helpful best friend giving tips.

Charlotte’s response of, “Huh?” came solidly, too.

I watched the rest of the lines get delivered very believably. ‘Charlotte is a hell of an actress,’ I thought. ‘She always brings out the best of anyone she’s with…’ I held in a snicker, ‘Except Owen… glad he’s got limited lines!’

Charlotte reached the home stretch of the scene, “But it seems so wrong to me. I’m not judging you, Hailey; I know Mindy asked you to adopt her, but I always hate forced adoptions?”

Sophia responded, “So, just find a Little to volunteer? You’d be the best mommy any of them could ever dream of?”

“Right...” Charlotte said as skeptically as I felt about the concept. Charlotte played at looking at the time before saying, “I have a holo meeting with shareholders in an hour. With everything from today I better get going to try and keep them at bay!”

I watched a friendly hug between the two before ‘Cut!’ was sounded.

“Great work, you two!” Sebastian said.

“Sophia, when you finish school, you have to let me know if you want to do any real acting. I’m sure we can get roles for you! You’re great!” Charlotte said to her with a smile.

I watched Sophia blush and realized she was probably another one of the fangirls like Beth and others. “Thanks, Charlotte.”

“Okay, are we set for the cubical scenes?” Sebastian asked.

“Just need Charlotte and Sophia to hit wardrobe,” Gary said.

“While they’re doing that, Connor, let’s see if we can get shots set up for everything,” Will said.

I followed him to the scene and took my place, sitting in the chair and occasionally manipulating the computer before me. They tested a few screen capture components and the programmed demo screens I had set up.

“I’m glad we have you here for that,” Sebastian said, “I was listening to another group complain they spent seventy-five thousand on getting something similar done for special effects.”

“What a waste?” I laughed, “This wasn’t even difficult?”

“To you,” Sebastian chuckled.

The girls came over, and Charlotte and I began the scene to show her how I’d managed to fix the problems.

I loved the HoloProjection from the screen as the scene progressed, and I showed her the progress. Acting with her really was very easy compared to the other times I’d been wrangled into projects back home.

We stopped for a brief change of camera angles before finishing up the scene in two tries.

“Action!”

Charlotte bent over suddenly and hugged me, squeezing me tightly. The surprise on my face, as my head met her sizable bosom, was utterly genuine!

Charlotte exclaimed, “Brian, you saved us! I don’t know what we would ever do without you!”

As she pulled away, I acted like I was catching my breath, even as I smiled nervously, “Happy to help, Miss Ingels!”

She walked away as I resumed at my computer until I heard, “Cut!”

“I want to stage the rest of this to where you two are talking far enough away he can’t hear you but just be able to make him out working?”

“That’s going to be tough with how short Connor is?” Charlotte said.

“Hmm… Maybe we’ll just have you look that way. We’ll have you stay in place, Connor, just in case we get anything usable?”

“Sure,” I said, enjoying one of my last scenes being seen as a grown-up in this film!

 

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I appreciate everyone's support! I'll be mostly unable to check on this through the next couple days, so my apologies if I don't respond to you all as quickly as I normally do!

[CCApril]

If Beth's mom is a helicopter parent then she she is an Apache gunship!  Still would have liked to have seen Stacy in there too! Might have needed a new President.

[Moon3ye]

I really hope that Beth's mother can change the situation and if she is as good as I remember her to be, she will also take care of Connor's protection.

Maybe she can make sure that they live together or at least stay with Amanda.

In any case, I'm glad she's giving the President hell now.

Still worried that Kelly is out on bail.

[LittleRorie]

After everything has happened it will be interesting to see who starts to fuss the most about Conners protection, I mean he does not have any nanites anymore. 

I am also courious if Makenzie will make an appearance with Conners next few scenes that are getting filled with him dressed as Brianna.

[Baby Billy]

Another great chapter, I wonder if 

amanda was first to get to Doctor Barnes and he was thinking of Connor when he called Addison Doctor Slane.  I also wonder about him using that title, even though both Addison and Amanda are doctors neither really uses the title much.  Amanda likes to be called professor, the only time I remember her being called doctor was in Bella's adoption by Fred and in Cameron's trail.😀😻💜 

[CDfm]

Another awesome chapter.  I wonder if that hug from Charlotte was scripted or ad lib? Based on Connor’s reaction, he wasn’t expecting it and that still concerns me.  The adoption is still coming up and I don’t feel good about it eventhough it’s a movie.  
I still can’t get enough of this story.  Looking forward to seeing more. 

[BabySofia]

18 hours ago, CCApril said:

Still would have liked to have seen Stacy in there too! Might have needed a new President.

That would be something! I wish it was safe for Stacy to come visit!

[BabySofia]

10 hours ago, Moon3ye said:

Still worried that Kelly is out on bail.

Thanks for the comments! 🙂

10 hours ago, LittleRorie said:

am also courious if Makenzie will make an appearance with Conners next few scenes that are getting filled with him dressed as Brianna.

Thanks for the comments! 🙂

1 minute ago, CDfm said:

 I wonder if that hug from Charlotte was scripted or ad lib? Based on Connor’s reaction, he wasn’t expecting it and that still concerns me.

There are quite a few ad lib scenes we'll see in the filming actually. (Kelly is barely a third rate writer) Thanks for the comments! 🙂 

 

[BabySofia]

Chapter 87: Guarded

BETH COULDN’T BELIEVE her mom had shown up on campus, but as the meeting continued, she could tell she was terrified for Beth. “Doctor Sylvester, I’m not sure that having a bodyguard for Beth is the best idea?”

“Mom? I ag…” Beth started to say.

“It’s the only idea, and we’re doing it. No matter how much either of you want to think otherwise. I AM NOT going to see one of my children assaulted, possibly kidnapped, and forced into the life of a baby by someone here in Ames!”

“Isn’t that a bit hypocritical?” President Barnes said. “Didn’t you do that to her father?”

“By court order and to save him. You’ll notice he’s a Supreme Court Justice, not my baby anymore?”

Beth was getting nervous about where the meeting was going and knew if she wanted to stay at Emerson and not get dragged straight home that night, she had to get things calmed down. President Barnes had really stepped in it!

“Mom,” she said, then seeing her getting ready still to continue, “Mom!” Her mom looked at her, “Fine, I’ll accept the bodyguard, but I can see President Barnes not wanting the bodyguard in the dorm all the time. Could we just accept that whoever it is meets me at my room in the morning and stays with me until I return? I have Rachel in my room; who can watch me there?”

She could tell her mom was going to blow past this speed bump.

“Please?”

Her mom sighed, “Fine, I’ll go along with that if Ryan will as well.”

Beth looked pleadingly at the man and was glad to see him nod, “Fine, I can live with that. They’ll need an ID and a card from security to ensure they know who this person is?”

“Fair enough,” her mom said. 

“If that is all?” President Barnes asked, standing up.

“No, it’s not,” her mom said. Beth was always impressed with the commanding presence of her mother, and as she watched the most powerful person at the university suddenly sit back down.

“What else can I do for you?” 

“I want your assurances that what’s going on in the nests will come to a halt. Sadly, my mother’s company made the concoction that just about did in a family friend last week. However, the fact that Emerson still entertains a culture of more of a Little mill than a university is appalling to me!”

“I understand your concerns; we are working to address the situation, as I said in the press,” he told her. 

“Working?” her mom asked. 

‘I’m actually kind of proud of Mom right now,’ Beth had to admit.

“I assure you, the poisonings and everything will be coming to an end.”

“What about that stupid and draconian demerit system that’s almost unchanged from when I went to school here?”

He sighed, “That is one of the things on the table, Doctor Sylvester, but as the rules are enshrined into the university’s policy documents and by-laws, it’s not something that can be changed overnight. I did the best I could by at least wiping out any current demerits.”

“What about those who have been lost in the past couple of weeks? My daughter won’t talk much about campus life here. Still, the bits I get from my other sources tell me you’ve had nearly two hundred thirty Littles who demerited out in the first few weeks?”

Beth felt her mouth open in shock, ‘Two hundred thirty?!?’

“Your figures are closer to the truth than I’d like to admit, but there’s nothing we can do about those, unfortunately. They all were declared to be minors the second they hit our adoption processes… Emancipating them is not easy or cheap – even for those not yet adopted out.”

“Sounds like a problem you can solve,” her mom said. “Let me make this clear - if I hear of any other randomly disappearing Littles this semester, I’ll have all of my resources arrayed against your office.” 

President Barnes looked pissed at that but nodded, “I’m working on it. If you’ll excuse me, I have another appointment in a few minutes?”

Beth stood and followed her mom out of the room, neither getting a warm goodbye from the man.

As they took the elevator down, she felt both proud of her mom for sticking up for people like Connor and pissed off that she was about to be saddled with a babysitter full-time!

 

I WAS LOOKING over a set that had been transformed into Sarah’s house. At the moment, we had a front door and a Bruber car and driver sitting outside as if it had just pulled in. The size of the house seemed a bit more modest than I would expect a CEO like Sarah to have. Really, it was little more than a two-story middle-class home in size. 

I’d mentioned it seemed small, but Charlotte said, “We want the story to be about the buddy, not the wealth of the characters.”

I shrugged but went along with it. Even still, a two-story home for a Big was absolutely intimidating for my size!

I was waiting for them to check the lighting before we started filming. “Connor, why don’t you go ahead and have a seat in the car seat?” Charlotte suggested.

I sighed, “I’m probably going to need some help?” 

She nodded, “I figured.”

She carefully picked me up in her arms and helped me into the forward-facing car seat. “Shouldn’t this one be rear-facing too?” I asked with a sigh.

“Most Brubers just keep forward-facing ones with them for Littles,” she told me. “That and booster seats, which you’re too small for by their company policies.”

She was gentle as she sat me in the seat and pushed my arms through the straps, latching me in place while carefully not wrinkling my sports coat. Khakis and a button-down shirt had been traded for a black suit and blue dress shirt with an open collar. I was grateful there was no tie involved!

With the door shut, we started filming a few moments later with the Holo driver apparently capable of picking me up from the seat. I dusted off my suit of wrinkles and made my way nervously to the house’s front door.

As Charlotte opened the door, she said, “Come on in, Brian!” She added, “Glad you made it!”

“Umm… good evening, Miss Ingels,” I said as I followed her in the open doorway.

“Cut!” I heard. 

“How was that, Will?” Sebastian asked.

“I want to do it again and get a different angle on Sarah opening the door. The lighting just destroyed everything.”

“Mason, can you two figure that out?” Sebastian asked.

“On it, Boss,” Mason replied.

While we waited, Charlotte said, “You clean up well, you know,” to me with a smile. 

I rolled my eyes, “This isn’t that far off our horrible uniform?”

“It’s black instead, a much better color on you. And the blue looks better with your eyes, too, actually.”

I blushed.

We watched four crew members experiment with the open door for several minutes, “Let’s try this, but let’s also do a separate cut and shot here, too, in case it doesn’t work?” Will finally said.

“Works for me,” Sebastian said. 

“Let’s reset, get the Bruber back! Charlotte, can you help Connor when it’s in place?”

I watched as the Bruber rematerialized in the driveway after having driven off from the scene as I walked up to the steps. 

Resetting, we did the scene again, and then, for good measure, just the opening of the door where it was easier to control the lighting and cameras. The next part of the scene involved making our way through her living room to the dining room. The living room looked like a half-playroom with many toys sitting about. One of the scenery members had also added a basket of diaper-changing stuff for Callie since, clearly, the girl was not potty training anymore for the moment!

We ran that part of the scene about eight times because camera angles with our height difference were a bit of a nightmare. I was relieved when they declared that part was done, at least!

 

BETH FOLLOWED HER mom to a nearby campus coffee shop. She led her to sit at a table already occupied by a woman shorter than her extraordinarily tall mom. However, the mystery woman was still unquestionably a Big. Her brown hair was styled with a half-ponytail in the back, and she wore clothes that made her appear to be a grad student.

“Beth, this is Nikki Paulson, Nikki, this is Beth.”

“Umm… nice to meet you?” Beth asked nervously.

“Same to you, Beth; your mom told me quite a bit about you.”

“I don’t want to sound rude, but what’s happening?” Beth asked.

“Nikki is your new bodyguard,” her mom told her.

“Mo…” she started to complain, to convince her against what they’d discussed in the president’s office. The look in her mom’s eyes was one she hadn’t faced in a while, but it was clear that she had no problem pulling her over her lap and disciplining her if she was going to behave like a brat. 

“Beth, I know this may seem intrusive, but with everything your mom has told me about what’s going on, I think it would be irresponsible to not have a bodyguard?” the woman said. 

Beth sighed, “I guess I don’t have much choice, so there goes my freedom?”

“No, Beth, it’s not that bad,” her mom said, maternally brushing a hair back from her face. “Nikki is only going to be with you when you’re not at the dorm or not with Amanda.”

“How do we know we can trust her?” Beth asked.

“Hi, Addy,” she heard as she said that.

Beth looked up to see Amanda there, giving her mom a welcoming hug. She went over to Nikki and repeated, “Hi, Nikki!”

Beth looked at all three other women, understanding she didn’t know everything and being annoyed by that. “Would someone please explain what is going on here?”

“You were just asking how we knew we could trust her?” Her mom asked.

Beth nodded tentatively, “Amanda is here to vouch for her.”

She looked up at Connor’s grandmother, who smiled, “I would trust Nikki with any of my family members’ lives, Beth. She was one of my dad’s students and has studied and done much more since then.”

“Dad’s students?” Beth asked.

“Oh, Connor may not have talked to you about that. My dad was a martial arts instructor after he retired from the police department. He was a master of Tae Kwon Do and several other arts. Nikki went to his studio from a young age.”

“Connor is Stacy’s son, right?” Nikki asked.

The three others nodded.

“So what are you going to do for me,” Beth asked, knowing there was no way out of this. Unfortunately, she’d had bodyguards around her for much of her life. Emerson had been the first haven of not having them around.

“First, I want to do a proper job of introducing myself,” she told Beth. “As Amanda said, I grew up studying with her dad. Actually, also with Stacy while she was here, though that wasn’t something most would have understood!” She said that line with the kind of smile that disarmed Beth a little. “By the time I graduated high school, I was a third-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, as well as a Black Belt in Kendo and Jiu Jitsu.” 

“All of those?”

“My life very much revolved around studying martial arts. It was my hobby and passion growing up. I competed in tournaments and was pretty successful. When I graduated, I decided to go off and join the military. I eventually spent a couple tours working alongside a top-secret group of elite fighters.” 

Beth’s eyebrows raised, and she looked at her mom and Amanda. “This is all true?”

“Yes,” Amanda said.

“Then?”

“Well, I spent twenty-five years in the service and decided to retire and start a protective service company about five years ago.”

“Pardon me, but you don’t seem that…?”

“Old?” she laughed, “Littles aren’t the only ones who get rejuvenation treatments. Better yet, it’s a tax write-off because it’s a disguise for my business.”

“And you can protect me? What would you do, stay by my side every day?”

Nikki shrugged, “I’ll try to be inconspicuous unless it seems like it’s better to be conspicuous. You seem to have drawn attention from people who want to have a larger baby. If they see you’re with a mother, that alone will be enough to make them back off much of the time.”

“If they don’t?”

“I’ll take care of the situation,” she said with a smile.

Beth sighed, “I don’t have a choice, so we’ll try this.”

“That’s all I’m asking, Beth,” her mom told her.

 

WE HAD BEEN successfully crossing off script page after page rapidly at ‘Sarah’s House.’ My memory was solid on lines, and Charlotte was so experienced I swore she only had to look at a page once, and she could be off-book! We’d paused to reset a shot and set up a heat lamp over my head and my chair to make me sweat on camera. 

‘It must be a hundred-and-fifteen degrees under these!’ I griped to myself.

After our call to action, Charlotte said her line, “Brian, I have a proposal for you.”

I could feel sweat rolling down my face and knew the heat lamps were a winner! I fidgeted in the booster seat she had latched me into, trying to undo it while not looking like I was doing it. We’d staged a camera directly at the buckle for that shot. “Look, how about I just go home? I’ll put in my two week’s notice...?”

“We could do that, or you could get your treatment?” Charlotte said the mother’s lines seductively and temptingly. 

It definitely appealed to me!

“Miss Ingels, with all due respect? I really don’t want to be a baby for the rest of my life.” I said it pleadingly, even as I tried harder on the Little-Proof latch on the booster seat.

Charlotte said, “And I don’t want you to be one for the rest of your life.”

I stopped messing with the buckle right then and displayed the shock on my face of such a statement, “Then... What…? What do you want?”

Charlotte put on a very welcoming expression. You could also see she was the type of woman who could put on an angry mommy face anytime! “Brian, you and I both know that any way you try and get those treatments, they’re certain to come with you being adopted, right?”

I nodded and sighed, “It’s why I haven’t gone and done it yet?”

“So, how about I get you the treatment instead of some random mommy?” She smiled at me in a friendly way, but even then, I couldn’t help but wonder about the big bad wolf’s teeth! “I don’t want to lose that intelligent brain of yours, so I promise I’m not going to regress your mind.”

“You won’t?”

“Your mind stays the brilliant thing it is.”

I looked at her with the skepticism that such a Big’s offer deserved then and played with the buckle some more. This was our third take at this scene, and we’d decided we wanted just a bit more panic present in my actions. “Umm... it’s a nice offer, but...”

“Look, this is horribly embarrassing, but I just need your help with my daughter. Help me with her, and I’ll emancipate you - I promise!”

In a small, tentative voice, I said, “Help?”

Charlotte said in an embarrassed and broken voice, “My daughter has potty issues... I’ve tried everything I can think of! We’ve seen doctors, done every method, and read every book I can find, but nothing works for her! One of my friends suggested a potty training buddy?”

The heat lamp turned off, and my seat suddenly turned to an ice box as the opposite effect was executed on me. I felt the lighting make a subtle change, too, to help convince the audience my face was turning white. I sat stock still as if a venomous snake was about to strike me if I moved!

We continued through the rest of the scene and finally reached the point where Sarah let Brian up. As she undid the buckle of the booster seat, I couldn’t help but feel tinier than usual against this giant woman. Her demeanor as an actress was so intimidating. 

We filmed through my hopping down onto the ground and pulling my phone out before I heard, “Cut!”

A rapid set of camera shots of me pulling the phone out and using the Bruber app to get a ride was made before Charlotte was brought back into things.

“Can you show me where your bathroom is while I’m waiting? They said it would be about fifteen minutes?”

Charlotte directed me to a downstairs half bathroom in the fake house, “Right down here?”

An embarrassing scene inside the bathroom took place, and through the magic of these holo sets, they removed a whole wall to make it easier to film. The pink training potty was something someone had gone overboard with. They filmed me sitting on it, my pants and Pull-Up around my ankles, but it was tastefully shot. The bodysuit they had me wear underneath helped assure my modesty with the crew, though, too. The most embarrassing moment was when the crew activated the potty’s success sound!

It took a while, but we wrapped up inside of ‘Sarah’s House’ and found ourselves outside waiting for the Bruber together.

I did my best to act as awkwardly and nervously as I assumed my character would, intentionally edging myself further away from the tall giant as I found a brick wall to lean against. I looked up nervously at Charlotte, “How old is your daughter anyway?”

“Callie will be six in a couple months.” She told me in a resigned voice.

“Ouch…” I played with my hands for a moment, “so I guess the potty issues are really severe?”

Charlotte nodded and sat down on a conveniently placed step below the wall, so her head was closer to his level. The first time they’d made the cake, she’d been so far out of frame compared to him that it didn’t work well. “The worst I’ve ever known of a Big child, Brian… Look, I’m not going to lie to you; I’m absolutely desperate!” She wrapped her arms around her body as if she was doing her best to not just scoop me up. “My little girl is absolutely brilliant besides the potty problems, though!”

I sighed, “I can see that being rough for you and her.”

Headlights flashed across my face as the Bruber car pulled into the driveway and stopped. The AI character stepped out and stepped to the backseat to open the door. 

Charlotte spoke up again, and I turned my attention back to her, “Look, I’ll make the deal even better; I’ll pay you for your time – every single hour at your rate, I’ll pay for the nanite treatment, and even promise you that, no matter what happens, in a year I will emancipate you!”

“A year?!?” I asked in a sort of hoarse yell and squeak.

“If she starts using the potty before then, as soon as she has five days without any accidents, I’ll let you go?”

I made a face at her but said, “Okay, I’ll think about it…?”

“Please do! Be safe going home, Brian!”

“Cut!”

It was then that I realized we had an audience of Grandma, Beth’s mom, and some strange woman I didn’t know. At that moment, I didn’t care, though. I waved and headed off to the wardrobe room. I needed a few minutes’ break to go to the bathroom and get a drink since it had been a long afternoon!

 

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[Moon3ye]

I bet Nikki is the Amazon girl that Stacy never managed to beat.

I'm glad Beth is so insightful.

I love Beth's mom and that she is standing up for the Littles who have already been taken.

I hope we see more of that.

The mom should just use her power and make Amanda president of the university.

I think the movie project is okay.

Somehow since you know from reading the script what happens, it's not quite as exciting as everything around it.

I'm really curious to see what else happens.

[BabySofia]

4 minutes ago, Moon3ye said:

Somehow since you know from reading the script what happens, it's not quite as exciting as everything around it.

I debated about just unfolding the script as it was filmed, but for reasons you'll see over the next few chapters I thought it would be better to make the script available, and then tell this part of the story. It will be more about the filming that way, and less about what is being filmed I'll be curious to see everyone's verdict after the project is completed!

Thanks for the comments! 🙂

[Moon3ye]

20 minutes ago, BabySofia said:

I debated about just unfolding the script as it was filmed, but for reasons you'll see over the next few chapters I thought it would be better to make the script available, and then tell this part of the story. It will be more about the filming that way, and less about what is being filmed I'll be curious to see everyone's verdict after the project is completed!

Thanks for the comments! 🙂

For me, the movie project, no matter how good it is, is still mainly a sideshow.

I still expect Beth and Connor to end up in diapers with some crazy Amazon mommy (maybe Kelly) and face some problems there.

Maybe Amanda will manage to get some protective nanites into both of them before then, though I'd appreciate it if we didn't find out until after the kidnapping.

[Baby Billy]

Great chapter, to say that Addison was in mama bear mode would be an understatement, I can't believe she sat there and made it clear his job could be in danger.  I think Nikki was one of the younger girls that studied with Joe and continued until she left.  There were several red belts and black belt when Stacy first arrived in the 10-12 class.  Nice to see Addison looking out for little's, though after they are gone not much hope for most of them, and if they are regressed it is better to have someone take care of them.🙂💜 

[BabySofia]

17 minutes ago, Moon3ye said:

For me, the movie project, no matter how good it is, is still mainly a sideshow.

Very much the case, even though it will continue to be a key part of this work and what is to come. 

Thanks again for commenting! 🙂

6 minutes ago, Baby Billy said:

I think Nikki was one of the younger girls that studied with Joe and continued until she left.

Since there's no real spoiler, you only catch the briefest interaction with Stacy and Nikki in the original work. She's an unnamed character, so from the original perspective she was just a bit role. I think she became more than that in the years that occurred between Stacy's final court scene and when she left the dimension. (Nearly three and a half years of time in there)

[TerranV]

I loved watching Addison thretening to bring the hammer down. She went from me hating her when we first met her last story to a favorite. 

Professor Barnes is not happy though. Its possible Beth has a bigger target on her back now. 

I'm glad Nikki is trustworthy otherwise she is one bribe away from being a problem.

Rachel is still a potential threat. One hack away from game over.

And of course Barnes gives the excuse that everything is too complicated to free those who already demerited out. Can't lose what merchendise they did procure.

[kerry]

Wow. I somehow had fallen three chapters behind in this, one of my favorite stories! But now I am caught up and (of course) loving every page! One thing I really admire is the way that you allow the tension to settle down and remain in lull for extended periods...as it obviously would in real life...before suddenly erupting again. And you handle both so well. 🙂

[CDfm]

I feel like I might be getting a little spoiled.  Having new chapters at least every Friday and Sunday morning is awesome. Now I just need work to cooperate and allow me the time needed to enjoy it. 
loved this chapter.  I especially enjoyed how you showed Connor’s emotions.  Eventhough they were being created for the film, I could tell they were authentic. 
I think Beth is going to be in pretty good hands now with Nikki by her side.  One comment makes me believe she isn’t going to be very happy with it though.  Her planning on keeping the threat at bay by being her mommy isn’t going to go over very well. 
Really looking forward to seeing more.