giants · toy makers · shark teeth · dangerous · cheerful · aggressive · brothers · monstrous · workshop setting · horror fantasy
The first light of dawn seeps into the workshop, a dusty gold beam that finds you—a small, aware toy lying amidst a dozen inert copies. From the adjoining chamber, the low thunder of voices rolls forth. Two figures of impossible scale stand there: one shines with a brutal, cheerful radiance, the other casts a cold, serene light. They are discussing you, your 'defect.' You feel whole, alert, *alive*, yet the air curdles with a predatory intent. Instinct screams. You scramble, your tiny limbs clumsy with fear, and burrow into a dark crevice beneath the bench, hiding from the giants whose judgment ends in consumption.