Paid Job (2023)

This is a story that involves a collaboration with Cole Tenor Studios, a studio that also produces macrophilia and foot photography and an assortment of men of all sizes and conditions.

Model Featured: Brent

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Three guys are hired by someone named Marvin. They were casually looking on Craigslist one night at odd jobs people do, and one caught Alex's attention. It was an ad on Craigslist about a guy who needed one or two guys for a macro photography project, where they get their pictures taken "in a realistic town" as giants. Jake and Alex were jokingly thrilled at the idea of being a giant, and Brent was super chill about it, if not a bit unenthused. They could easily do that for easy money. 

Marvin, who owns a model town, uses it to photograph scenarios where "tiny people" interact with giants. He uses figurines for the most part, but due to his magical ability to shrink others, he often needs a more realistic shot. So, he placed ads on Craigslist and hired men to partake in shooting these photographs. 

The trio had met with Marvin a few days before their shoot to ensure Marvin was legit and not some creep and to hammer out further details. They had no idea of the details Marvin was choosing to leave out. They even had to sign a waiver, which they assumed was regarding damage to this man's model town.

They thought nothing of it when Marvin asked for their individual phone numbers. Alex and Jake were told to come half an hour earlier than Brent, while Brent was only informed of his time. 

The two arrive at Marvin's, and while wondering where Brent is, they are excited to see the tiny town and have no idea of their upcoming experience. 

When they saw the tiny town, they hollered in awe. It was the coolest thing they ever saw. Though the buildings were paper or cardboard, they looked like actual buildings. The town had roads, tiny cars, buses, and miniature figurines. 

"So, what do we do again?" Alex asked before turning to Marvin, who smiled at them. 

"Just let me take pictures." 

Suddenly, Alex and Jake feel themselves being pulled down quickly before it subsided. They found themselves in the tiny town, except everything looked the correct size. Breathing heavily, they noted the cars, buses, and miniature figurines; they all looked their size too. Their gazes slowly looked up at Marvin, who was now a giant. 

"What the...what...?!" Alex yelled at Marvin. Jake was too stunned to speak. Marvin made no indication he had heard Alex.

"JUST ACT NATURAL," his voice boomed. "PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES." 

He walked off, his footsteps creating dull thuds in the ground, not hearing the two boys protest at being shrunk and left there. This was not what they agreed to. 

Confused, the two resigned to the town and looked at their surroundings. They talked about their situation for about 15 or 20 minutes before they felt tremors in the ground. 

The large door opens, and Brent, followed by Marvin, enters the room. Alex and Jake momentarily forgot he was coming too and are shocked to see him and his new size, as he clearly doesn't know they are in the model town. Marvin shakes hands with Brent and thanks him again for coming for the photoshoot. 

"WHERE ARE JAKE AND ALEX?" Brent inquired, his voice also amplified to the tiny men. 

Brent looked down at the town and locked eyes with Alex. 

"Brent! Yes! Down here!" Alex cried out. Jake followed suit. Brent didn't react. His eyes began scanning the rest of the town, clearly not seeing the two. 

At first glance, Brent saw nothing amiss about the town and looked back at Marvin, missing his tiny friends waving. 

"OH, THEY SAID THEY'D BE HERE. MAYBE THEY GOT TURNED AROUND?" Marvin said convincingly, leaving the boys bewildered. Was he really not going to tell Brent? 

"LET'S JUST GET STARTED. WE'LL HEAR THE DOOR," Marvin added.

Brent shrugged and crossed his arms as Marvin explained the process. Brent had to sit and stand amongst the town while he took pictures. It was more for size comparison than anything. 

Alex and Jake, hearing all of this, Alex and Jake began shouting in protest as Brent took off his jacket to get comfortable, still unaware of his tiny friends' location. 

"OH, AND PLEASE REMOVE YOUR SOCKS. IT'S A THING," Marvin's voice boomed. Looking at Brent's perplexed face, he added: "IT WAS IN THE AD."  

Brent scoffed, not so much for Alex for not mentioning it, but for the situation's absurdity. "FOR REAL? PEOPLE LIKE THIS SORT OF THING? WHATEVER." His super chilled nature came into play.

Chuckling to himself, he removed his socks. He wondered what Alex and Jake would think when they walked into the room and saw him with his shoes and socks off in this town, getting his picture taken like he was a giant. He was still oblivious to what he was about to subject them to. 

Alex and Jake watched, horrified, as Brent removed his socks and ran aimlessly throughout the town, unsure where to go. They could hear and feel Brent's bare feet slap against the floor as they ran. 

"There!" Alex said, pointing to a random plastic bus. "We can go under there!" 

 They crawled under the bus together. Their world got quieter as they tried to settle their breathing under the bus. Their only comfort under that bus was that they had each other.  

"OKAY, NOW JUST SIT THERE." Marvin's voice boomed from somewhere behind them. He sounded so calm like he'd done this before. "DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE PROPS. JUST BE NATURAL."  

"I DON'T WANT TO RUIN YOUR TOWN," Brent said, slightly concerned.   

"THIS ISN'T MY FIRST TOWN," Marvin replied. "WON'T BE MY LAST. JUST PLACE YOUR FEET ANYWHERE."   

The tiny men's world began trembling harder as Brent walked to his mark with more conviction, now knowing his role in the whole thing. He likely would've been more graceful if he had known Jake and Alex were part of this photo shoot already. The two shrunken men braced themselves as the ground shook more than ever as their giant friend Brent sat on the floor.

They were unprepared, however, as a large foot barrelled through the town, knocking over tiny figurines, cars...and busses. 

The two screamed as the giant foot pulled their bus away. They were pulled away from one another. Alex was pushed up briefly against Brent's clammy foot before he was thrown to the ground, landing harshly. Disoriented, he was relieved as two arms lifted him, as Jake had found him again. Looking up, the two gathered amongst the debris and began calling up at Brent, whose large foot was now covered and blocking their view. The two giants' continued conversation drowned out their voices.

"LIKE THIS?" Brent bellowed above as he settled into his new position.

A series of flashes began as the giant Marvin began his photoshoot. Looking down at the two tiny screaming boys, he was elated.

"Perfect."