[Report This]Date: April 19 2022 1:10 PM Title: An Average Working Day
Dang, this is a pretty haunting tale. What makes it so is the casual and dismissive way you have your aliens treat the humans. Heck, they aren't even fit to torment, but to suffer a horrific death at the hands of some grotesque creatures much like that seen in horror films.
I do like that you don't make humanity hopeless, and that they're current situation is a desperate adaptation upon observing what's happening. And still, the almost indifferent actions of Elsie, with her being as gentle as possible, is cause for panic and major concern. The power and indifference of the giantess makes the situation grim, yet compelling, not the painstakingly dumb decisions of whatever hapless fools happen to be under her care.
Of course, what would be interesting would be once Elsie discovers, or has a suspicion that humanity is a tad more sentient than she gives them credit for. Apparently, she cares about small creatures, and Terrans are warming up to her. That will be an interesting story, going forward.
Author's Response:
Thank my man, gts aliens/demons/deities that have awareness of humans, but simply don't care about them beyond breeding them for some use, and the casual squick and terror that provides, has always been the size content that I liked reading the most, but I couldn't find much, so I just decided to bite the bullet and write my own. I'm glad you've found the setting compelling enough for those two aspects to make sense in the context of the story. :)
Regarding Elise's potential discovery of human sentience, Trixie and Elise in this setting know the capabilities of human intellectually, Trix was there on "first contact" and she was able to see Earth's cities and civilizations. Human intelligence just doesn't register for them, an interstellar empire of giant humanoids with teleportation, anti-grav, etc views humans splitting the atom and putting a man on the moon as quaint at best. A smart animal, like a pig, but still an animal.
That's not to say she might not grow a big more caring with them... but it won't be because of some newfound respect for their (comparatively) limited intellect.