======================Prompt========================= What if big Orchid met little Orchid? ----------------------------------------------------- >All the publicity of late has brought kaiju back into popularity. >The only one still known to exist swims around en miniature on a screen located just next to a console by the door. >Not as small as the surprise in your box, however. >As a lifelong shut-in, she was chronically underexposed to life outside the dome. >As the official kaiju handler, you were making it a mission of yourself to fix this. "Orchid, I have a present!" >You reach into your lunchbox and root around while the kaiju watches, mystified. >"Is it chips?" "Better." >Her eyes glow with enthusiasm as you bring something out of the box. "Tada!" >She squints at it and cocks her head to the side. >"What is that?" >You hold it up higher and she scrunches her face in confusion. "Can you see what it is?" >She inhales sharply as you uncurl your fingers around the object and display it in the palm of your hand. >"It's a teeny tiny puppy!" "What? No, it's a toy." >She frowns and furtively looks away for a moment. >"It's a kaiju action figure." >That was oddly specific. >She catches the face you made for a second and explains. >"Daddy collected them in the lab." "Uh, huh." >You grunt and hold it as far up as you can. "But it's not just any! Look who it is!" >She stares at it for a few moments before she adopts a nervous, almost panicky expression. >"Who? Are there new kaiju?" "No, it's you!" >Her jaw drops. >You want to ask how she doesn't recognize herself but there is a total and utter lack of large mirrors in the kaiju chamber. >If it was all the same, she hung on the mere idea that she had an action figure. >"I... why?" "You're famous!" >"I-I am?!" >You failed to note that the toy was just labeled "Tame Training Kaiju," and like its living, larger self, mostly served to act as something for jaegers to beat up. >The monsterhorse stammered, suddenly much more energetic. >"I'm... so...so... happy!" >She lurches in a hop, driving a wave of water. >Being behind the SPLASH ZONE sign did not help.