The tiny trio was gripped with panic at how suddenly the situation changed. Indeed, the biggest thing on the entire planet started to stand up.

"Oh my gods she's doing it! Hang on you guys!" Airvin shouted over the eruption of whipping wind.

"What the fuck does that woman think she's doing?!" The two men huddled together as the ground shook violently below them. Shadows draped over the top of the two with the large fingers curling over high above. Each understood that it was not the mage's unsteadiness, but ultimately their thief's poor judgment to move so much. The mage focused really hard on not squeezing the tinies she carried. The gusts were so bad with the small movements of the massive giantess, they were a hurricane to the smallest.

Astrid assumed she was being careful, slowly lifting her passengers while the other hand found the mountain range below and pushed. Her one leg curled up as she tucked it underneath herself. With a rock forward, the colossal gal brought her back up off the ground. The blonde brought her head and shoulders up higher into the atmosphere. Protests rang out from the ground below at the shifting mass, low rumbles and horrible cracking sounds emerged. None of it was all that loud to the excited thief... She simply couldn't perceive that every movement was another apocalypse.

"Guys it's going to look so cool when we can see even further over everything," Astrid spoke with satisfaction. How does the phrase go? Being able to write a book about the things you don't know? Indeed there was plenty the humble folk didn't know about the universe. Things like: you cannot breathe in outer space, there is no sound in the cosmos, nor do they really understand what those orbiting spheres drifting about are made of... Somebody was going to get a lesson today.

It felt so nice to finally stretch after being stuck in the same position since the morning. It's just too difficult to ask somebody to remain still for so long, criminal even. Relief came and waves from the muscles and joints she hadn't moved enough. Astrid pulled in her other leg while her thighs and glutes stretched, about to bring her body to a squatting position. Plenty bits of the world stuck to her garb as the woman rose. Gargantuan chunks of debris fell off of her person after being plastered there for so long. The cracking bits of the landscape below, the first signs of doom, went unnoticed by the rising giantess. On their knees and covering their ears with their hands, the men didn't know what the next moments would bring.

"What do we do?!" the cleric yelled.

“What the fuck can we do?!" Sometimes one doesn't know the blessings they've been granted. If it weren't for the not one, but two, humongous hands acting as a tidal break from the immediate blasts of shockwave in the vicinity... There's a good chance their bodies would have been pulverized. Airvin also winced at the devastating booms. Cracks rang out like lightning, just as loud but with more bass and less sharpness. Truly a curious thing though, to hear those sounds happen underneath your person as opposed to coming from above. She had given up trying to say anything to the monumental thief. She was too far away and the other noise would simply drown out her cries. The mage frantically tried to keep a loose closed fist. On her other hand and knees trying to keep a low center of gravity, she only hoped that Astrid wouldn't accidentally move even worse. The huge gal may have thought she was being careful but this wild ride terrified the tinies tremendously.

With the other monumental leg being brought up too, Astrid felt a curious sinking from her hand. The blonde tilted her head to see that all the weight being brought down by her palm and fingers pressed much further into the ground than she anticipated. The ground acted much softer than she ever thought possible, indeed feeling spongy, as it submitted to her size. She witnessed what she thought were puffs of dust around her massive fingers, just disturbances from the land rebelling against her movement... It was actually geysers of steam and smoke.

Finally, after achieving a low squatting position, Astrid flexed her muscles and started to rise. This woman was big. But there still were three things larger than the giantess. The world itself, obviously, would be quite the feat to rival the planet. Second were the oceans. Vast stretches of water span the globe and contain so much life, diversity, and mystery. May not be as physically solid as the rest of the features but it still should count. Third... Were tectonic plates. Those massive pieces of hardened shell that spanned under everything, supporting everyone. In fact, a dispute between two of these grand pieces of granite caused the very mountain range that had been altered so substantially in recent history.

Her absolutely absurd weight had been dissipated across the vast stretch of her legs. Much like how thin ice doesn't break if one can effectively spread out and distribute mass. The worst thing anybody can do on frail frozen water... Is stand upright. Which was the predicament brewing now for a gal who simply didn't know how fragile the planet truly was. She never had any reason to believe the ground underneath wasn't truly solid. Slowly picking her hand up and trying to rise even higher, brought the beginning of the end. With all of the woman's weight coming together on just two points of contact... Those soft pads of stocking feet... Astrid fractured those plates.

A sudden shifting below made the thief freeze. Almost immediately after, a wobble traveled up her legs. A primal bellowing thud engulfed the giantess. Not hearing anything quite like that sound made a cold sweat wash over the thief. She had plenty of practice treading upon unstable structures before... And this was exactly how they acted. Astrid slowly looked down to her footing. Dark lines shot out in all directions as cracks formed and sinister smoke billowed out. The bedrock boiled outward in ripples, becoming much more fluid. Before she could utter a single interjection at her sinking into the planet, violent light emerged from the magma shooting up those newly created canyons.

"Holy fuck I'm breaking the world..." she managed to get out with all her disbelief. For a moment's time her legs still wobbled desperately clinging for balance. The giga surfed on shattering pieces, and the upper mantle played the liquid. No matter which way Astrid tried to grip balance, only more sliding greeted her feet. Completely panicked with the understanding all at once, that she would sink even further or lose stability altogether and collapse... Left her with only one option.

She quickly lowered and threw her butt out, freehand hitting the surface much further back as a last-ditch effort to redistribute her gargantuan mass. The meteoric impact rocketed out in a destructive force of calamity. Almost a shame, that the thief would never learn just how many diamonds she actually created that day with the god-like pressure bestowed from her bottom. The reverberations of destruction lasted an uncomfortable amount of time as the giantess sat and winced. The blonde felt the waterbed-like movements below for a spell but they slowed and settled. Heat met her cute rear and she worried it would build to unbearable levels, realizing how close she came to touching lava. And perhaps her butt actually did, however, the warmth never became hot. Astrid surveyed the immediate vicinity now even more unrecognizable. She finally peered down at her hand that closed to keep the passengers safe.

Peeling those digits open to find the cowering mage, the colossal gal could only offer a guilt-stricken, "Uhhh... That was a bad idea..."

With plenty of sweat under her dark hair and mouth hanging open wide in hyperventilation, Airvin took stock of the situation. She slowly looked up at the thief, mortified and disgusted. Throughout the whole ordeal, she kept her hand closed and felt the two bounce around against her skin. She simply didn't know if she was able to keep any prevailing protection or if she had accidentally squeezed tightly in panic. Painfully precise, the mage brought her hand up and opened those fingers like a clamshell. The stretch of time she couldn't breathe as she didn't know what was about to be revealed lasted an eternity. Sunlight finally kissed two bodies face down.

"Guys?" she whimpered. "You guys? You have to be okay... You just..." She brought her other hand over and was about to try to prod or flip either of the unresponsive men. Tears covered those big brown eyes as her lip trembled. She didn't know if she could be delicate enough with them... Up until now, they've mostly moved to their own accord. "Pl-ea-se..." She was about to touch but recoiled her finger. That digit was so humongous compared to them, her own size now startling her. Her bottom lip quivered more as the first tear ran down her cheek.

Her chest gave up even more air as the panic squeezed. Airvin tried to remain still but the truth was she couldn't stop shaking. She kept looking down in terror at the two bodies. The tears kept welling while her voice cracked in unrecognizable despair.

“No... no... you...” the mage pleaded. “Y-y-you... please...” Trembling and face scrunched from what had transpired... Her eyes finally shut as the first bit of uncontained weeping started, body bouncing uncontrollably. One colossal orb of salt water collected and fell. The tear raced down to the wrinkled pad below. Touching down between the two, it splashed, immediately soaking the men for a moment.

Jax groaned and coughed loudly at the startling sensation, immediately followed by the stout man beside him. Grom wheezed so intensely it sounded like he was going to lose his lung at any moment.

"Oh thank gods... You're both alive... I was... I was..." the mage trailed off for two heartbeats of silence. Her whole body relaxed finally hearing and seeing movement. A fire started within. Then her jaw clenched and her nostrils flared, cheeks wet. Her whole face bunched up as Airvin snapped. "Astrid what is actually wrong with you?!" she screamed. "We told you not to do anything like that and you seemed to acknowledge how dangerous this whole situation was! And then you go pull a stunt like that! Did your brain not catch up to the rest of you? How could you have pulled such a dumb, dip-shit move?!"

She continued shrieking, "I almost killed Jax and Grom! You could have killed me! I'm your only go-to between your colossal mistake and the real world! What would you have done if something happened to me? You aren't allowed to do anything, not a damn thing unless we say you can! Not a single bit more of any childish behavior, do I make myself clear?!" The biggest giantess gazed down upon that tiny ball of fury and felt the smallest she had all day.

An incredibly meek voice answered, "Umm... Crystal... Airvin..."

"Grrahh!" the other giantess huffed. The mage sat and simmered for a long and while the men regained composure.

"Oh man, my ribs... I think something's broken..." Jax whispered making Grom the only audience. "But damn, I don't know she had that in her... I can't tell if I'm proud or turned on."

The cleric lay there a bit twisted. His face just turned up enough to see that display of rage. Even though he heard Jax, he remained paralyzed. Her frightening presence of his friend at such a grand scale... Grom simply didn't know what to make of it. This whole situation brought out the worst of everybody, and he was startled at what he saw. To be both grateful for that palm that granted safety... But also, to wish to be anywhere else in the world at that moment. He tried to focus on a task at hand, both really needed a bit of a pick-me-up. Concentrating and feeling that warmth, the healer glowed with a minute amount of juice in the tank.

"Thank you," Grom sighed loudly toward the sky. "Hey you...” he turned. “Where does it hurt?" The cleric pushed off the skin and made his way over to the warrior holding his side.

"Something in this general area," Jax pointed making a small circle, "Ain't where it's supposed to be." Bringing light back to those hands, the bearded man went to work. "Oh my fucking gods, every time that's just like the best thing ever. What do I owe you doc?"

The healer was so caught off guard at the question he scrunched his face, "Uhh... Two prayers to the Light... I suppose."

"About what?"

"Huh?"

"Your God, what does he want you to pray to him about?" Jax asked, taking a deep inhale to check for any other remaining pain.

"Well first of all, it's not a man, it's a being. And second of all... Just kindda... Whatever you feel like giving thanks for."

"So like what, your God is just happy about what you're happy about?"

"I believe... If you were meant to find something, they will show you the way. Having gratitude for the good things in your life, are moments where we remind ourselves... At one point in time, we didn't know what we needed, or what we were going to find."

"Sounds absurdly vague. But speaking of finding something, apparently I need to find-" Jax didn't finish the thought. He jumped up and stood tall in the hand. "Hey kettle pot? Are you all done fuming? We got shit to do. Ask Astrid if she's done fucking around and finding out." Airvin threw a look down at her hand, still panting.

Grom nervously added, "And if it's quite all right... Could you please let Astrid know we're okay? Ya kindda... Only said we weren't dead..."

The smaller giantess sat there still breathing heavily. She had heard the tinies' polite request but still needed several moments to collect herself as she gazed off toward the horizon. Finally, after a little while, Airvin magically called out.

"Okay, the men are all right, and all ready for Jax to attempt a locating. It is most likely going to take several attempts for us to properly figure this out. When you are told which direction he wants to go towards, keep us in your palm as you do any movement. I will walk to the edge of your finger, once you've managed to keep your hand steady. Do not, under any circumstances, move while I am on your fingertip.” the mage's last words had a cold bite to them.

“I understand Airvin... I promise to be as careful as I can.”

“Good. So incredibly much is at stake right now.” The thief's mouth felt even drier with those words that had such edge. Astrid had made plenty of mistakes in the past. Many even warranted being scolded. She couldn't remember a time her friend had ever spoken like this before. Now more than ever, she wanted this nonsense undone, so it could just be an embarrassing memory. It certainly was true, however... There was an awful lot at stake until things were fixed. The blonde waited for further instruction. The smaller of the gals also held her hand steady, the platform for the upcoming ritual.

Realizing there wasn't a whole lot he could do, Grom asked, “Can I assist in any sort of fashion?” The warrior had taken his shirt off and sat with legs crossed on that field of skin, every bit of nature's breeze flowing over him.

“Don't talk too much. I gotta concentrate and maybe you remind the ladies too, if they get chatty.”

“I can do that.”

“Thanks. Alright then. Let's see if I can find my old girlfriend.”