For the first part of the question, the Jacob that appears in the extra-smol Jake story is not actually a cursed child. He is the Jacob from Brothers Found, and so has no knack.
For the second part, smol is the evolution of small that has occured over the internet, and you can find an in-depth explanation of the word here! I was fascinated when I found that post.
I think it’s best if we let Jacob answer this one…
Jacob Andris’ heart skipped a beat. His eyes widened at the sight of two normal humans standing at the opposite edge of the clearing. He still hadn’t gotten used to how small everyone looked now.
They’re not small. I’m the giant.
Not too many hikers made it up this far, and even fewer would likely try, now that there were rumors everywhere about the terrible, man-eating giant living somewhere among the cliffs. Jacob usually tried not to go walking around too much, since he knew he left a very noticeable trail as he broke frail branches away just by brushing by them.
It was hard to get enough food to sustain his new size. He had found a young mulberry tree in his wanderings of the higher slopes. He’d hoped to shake free enough of the small fruit to matter, and was considering chewing an entire branch to get some fruit when he heard it.
A voice. Turning to look at them allowed him to spot the gleam of a gun just in time. These were no normal hikers. They weren’t dressed for it, and they were armed.
He knew this would come eventually. Rumors would spread about a monster, and people would come looking for the glory of taking it down.
God. Everyone’s so scared of me, he lamented. He knew these guys wouldn’t listen any more than the others had. People took one look at his size and didn’t even bother trying to listen to him when he spoke. His voice could shake the trees.
He really had become something of a monster, wittingly or not.
For @brothersapart ’s new series coming up! It’s simple and I’d make a few changes but it’s my first drawing that isn’t on paper so I think it turned out well! Poor Jacob is scared to death and Dean needs to stop looming. Everyone’s worried about Jacob ;-;
It will be in the poll, but not at first! The horror story is the third part of Brothers Found, so before that appears in the poll we’ll need the other two parts to post!
And we agree! Smol Jacob is so cute you just want to eat him right up!
Glancing up at Dean, Sam gave the hunter a thumbs up, letting him know they were ready. He was thankful that he was being patient while they got settled on his palm. Jacob, no doubt thanks to his usually very chill demeanor, was managing to hold onto his sanity for now, but there was a lot being thrown at him. Sam didn’t envy what he was going through at all. Hell, Jacob was barely the length of Sam’s arm.
Once he saw the signal, Dean nodded cautiously. His fingers curled up around them as he lifted himself off the ground and went back to his knees. Sam swayed a little in place, making Dean realize he was shakier than normal. Slow and steady, he cautioned himself. He couldn’t even feel Jacob’s weight in his hand, so he needed to do this right. There was a huge amount of trust invested in him by the people on his hand.
Once he was upright, Dean held the hand near his face, finally able to see Jacob clearly. “Hey kid,” he whispered. “How you feeling?”
Jacob’s eyes were a wide as he stared back. He could see every freckle on Dean’s face, every minor shift of his irises as green eyes the size of Jacob dilated to focus on him. Jacob thought that he could be looking at a face projected on the Times Square coke sign and it would be about this big.
It was a discouraging thought that he needed to be this close for Dean to be able to see him clearly. There was no way for him to be sure exactly how big he was; he was certain the others had a guess as to his current measurement, but he wasn’t going to be asking that anytime soon. It had to be tiny if the simple action of Dean whispering sent a considerable breeze over his body.
“Uh, well,” Jacob started, offering another nervous chuckle as he glanced around from his high perch. It was kind of funny that Sam had told him to hang on … there wasn’t much to hang onto on the huge, living platform.
“I’m feeling like this is all kinda weird, and like maybe the bones in my legs went on vacation. But other than that I’m actually fine, mostly just being a pansy ass because fuck."
There have been sneak peeks of a horror story we are in the process of writing. It will take place in the Brothers Found AU (Where Jacob discovers Sam before Dean), and will revolve around a case where Jacob shrinks down to about an inch and a half. It will be the third story in that series.
Current sneak peeks for it:
If you ever want to see the current sneak peeks we have, please go to the brothers apart page and under The Stories link you can find Sneak Peeks, or click here! (may only work on a web browser, not the app)
I agree completely. That would be terrifying. Not to mention, at that point it’d be nearly impossible to interact with Dean at all. Sam and Bowman would have to be his caretakers.
I can’t say how small Jacob will end up (can’t give everything away 😉 ), but I will say that being smaller than both Sam and Bowman will really mess with his head. Being so little in general will be truly terrifying for Jacob, who’s used to being a towering six foot five.
So far, it’s been a secret, but you asked so nicely we’ll let everyone know :3
The story with extra smol Jacob is found in Brothers Found, so this tiny little guy is used to standing at a full 6′5″ tall normally! He’s really not prepared for what happens – and he doesn’t even shrink to just over an inch at the start. It begins with him ending up ‘sprite-sized,’ as Bowman so eloquently puts it.
Jacob hesitated before taking that last step and leaning on SEND; up until now, he’d merely had a view of trees and birds and squirrels at his new (hopefully not permanent) size. Calling Dean meant he’d be asking someone over six feet tall to come to his aid. With Jacob standing just over four inches, that would a huge shock.
But, he had to stop and remind himself, Dean was probably the best person to trust with this situation. Dean’s younger brother, Sam, was this size, after all. Not from the same thing, as he understood it (thankfully, since they had never found any leads on getting Sam back to his natural size), but still. Dean knew how to deal with smaller people better than anyone else. The guy would probably give Jacob endless shit about it (especially since Jacob had finally passed him in height), but if anyone in the world could help, it was Dean and Sam Winchester.
“Well? Prove that it works!” Bowman said, impatient as he stared at the device. Even when he’d seen Jacob using the phone, he never had a great angle on the object in action. He was convinced that Jacob was either joking with him, or that the device ran by magic. As Jacob pressed a button with a weird green symbol, Bowman watched the phone with eager curiosity. At least it was a momentary distraction from the fact that one of his best friends was almost a twentieth of his usual gigantic size.
Aw, that would be telling 😉
We’re not actually sure! Since we’ve got a few stories written out, we’ve decided to change how things post after Hershey Kisses and Salt Lines wraps up!
We’ve very glad to hear everyone’s excited for the story! It started out as an experiment. We wanted to see how we did writing horror, since @neonthewrite is amazing with detail, and I’ve begun to specialize in suspense and action sequences. We’ve put our best skills to the test writing this story, and anticipate the feedback we get!
Brothers Apart 