“Oh my god. Kelli!” Talisa’s voice cracked with a mix of excitement and panic as she froze mid-step, her eyes wide. “Kayla is coming over, with Sara.”
Kelli, sitting casually on Talisa’s desk, raised an eyebrow, her expression completely unfazed. “Yeah, so?” she replied, her tone indifferent. “She’s giving Kayla a ride. They were hanging out, I guess. What’s the big deal?”
Talisa turned to face Kelli, her face a mix of disbelief and sheer nervous energy. “What’s the big deal?” she echoed, her voice rising slightly as she shuffled into a different outfit. “You don’t understand. Sara Reeves is going to be coming to my house. My house! I’m nervous enough with you here, but this?”
Kelli watched as Talisa began pacing, her hands fluttering anxiously as she scanned the room for things to tidy. It was as if someone had flipped a switch in her brain, and she was now in full-on panic mode. “Talisa, chill,” Kelli said, rolling her eyes. “It’s not like Sara is the queen of the world or something.”
“Easy for you to say,” Talisa shot back, her voice a little breathless as she hurried to straighten a stack of books on her desk. “You’re Kelli Wallace. You’re used to people paying attention to you. But Sara? She’s, like… legendary. She’s got this whole aura about her! And she’s coming here!”
Kelli couldn’t help but smirk at Talisa’s dramatic reaction. She knew Sara was a big deal in certain circles, especially in the online streaming world, but the pedestal Talisa seemed to put her on was a little over the top. “Legendary might be a stretch,” Kelli muttered under her breath, though the amusement in her voice was clear.
Talisa didn’t seem to hear her. She was already darting around the room, picking up discarded clothes and tossing them into her laundry basket. “I wasn’t ready for this,” she mumbled, more to herself than to Kelli. “I mean, I knew Kayla was coming back, but I didn’t know Sara Reeves would be with her. What if my room isn’t good enough? What if she thinks I’m some kind of slob?”
“Talisa,” Kelli said, her tone sharp enough to cut through the younger girl’s spiral of panic. “Relax. Sara’s not coming here to judge your room. She’s just giving Kayla a ride.”
Talisa stopped mid-step, clutching a sweater she’d just picked up from the floor. “But what if she does judge my room?” she asked, her eyes wide with genuine worry. “What if she looks around and thinks, ‘Wow, Talisa is so immature, she can’t even keep her space clean.’”
Kelli couldn’t help but laugh, the sound small but genuine. “I highly doubt Sara Reeves is going to walk in here and start critiquing your decor choices or how tidy your room. She’s not that kind of person. Besides I’ve seen her room. It’s a bit messy.”
Talisa sighed, tossing the sweater into the basket before turning back to Kelli. “You say that, but you don’t get it. Sara is, like… the definition of cool. And I’m just,” She gestured to herself with a dramatic flourish. “me.”
Kelli tilted her head, her smirk softening into something more empathetic. “You’re fine, Talisa. Seriously. If anything, Sara’s going to appreciate that you’re normal. Not everyone has to be larger than life.”
Talisa didn’t seem entirely convinced, but she nodded, taking a deep breath as she moved to fluff a pillow on her bed. “I just don’t want to embarrass myself, okay? This is a big deal for me.”
Kelli leaned back against the desk, crossing her arms as she watched Talisa bustle around. “You’re putting way too much pressure on yourself. Sara’s just a person, Talisa. A cool person, sure, but still just a person. She’s not going to care if your room isn’t perfect.”
Talisa paused, her hands still clutching the pillow she’d just adjusted. “You really think so?”
Kelli shrugged. “I know so. And if she does care, then that’s her problem, not yours.”
For a moment, Talisa seemed to relax, her shoulders lowering as she let out a soft laugh. “You’re probably right,” she admitted. “I just… I want to make a good impression, you know? Sara’s one of those people you want to like you.”
Kelli gave her a small smile. “Trust me, Talisa. If you’re just yourself, Sara will like you. She’s not as intimidating as you think.”
Talisa nodded, though the nervous energy in her movements didn’t fully disappear as she resumed tidying up her room. Kelli watched her for a moment, feeling a flicker of amusement at how worked up Talisa was getting. But beneath that, there was a part of her that understood. She remembered what it was like to want to impress someone you admired, to feel like their opinion of you mattered more than it should.
And as Talisa continued preparing for Sara’s arrival, Kelli couldn’t help but think about how different her own life had become. Once, she might have been the one Talisa was nervous about impressing. Now, she was the Little sitting on the desk, watching someone else’s world unfold around her.
The thought was bittersweet, but Kelli pushed it aside. For now, she was content to let Talisa have her moment, even if it was wrapped up in a whirlwind of nervous energy and self-imposed pressure. After all, everyone needed a little excitement now and then.
FINALLY HAVE TIME TO READ ONE OF THESE AND ACTUALLY REPLY!!!!!
This is kind of the dynamic I expected Kayla and Kelli to have where Kelli is helping Kayla with learning to be social and what not while Kayla provides the emotional support and helps kelli find new ways to navigate the world as a little. I still think a canonical soccer (football) league for littles that Kelli can join and thrive in would be nice for Kayla to get her involved in.
Or a sport that’s built from the ground up, especially for Littles, one that takes advantage of their proportional strength advantage.
I think it would be great for Sara to get Kelli involved with her web cam because she is so camera friendly and a social expert and sara can get her little man points by helping Kelli on the webcam lol.
I agree with everything you said and still hope Kelli can be hugging Kayla’s neck under her hair like Jordan does and be Kayla’s cheer squad and little mentor on how to work hard and be social.
1) “Sara Reeves is going to be coming to my house. My house! I’m nervous enough with you here, but this?” Talisa, You’re not allowed to have friends over, you’d be smarter “going for a walk” and meeting Kayla and Sara down the road.
2.1) “Talisa began pacing, her hands fluttering anxiously as she scanned the room for things to tidy” Don’t worry Talisa, I’m Sure Sara’s room is worse.
2.2) “Talisa, chill, It’s not like Sara is the queen of the world or something.” Sara’s not even the queen of their school.
3) “But Sara? She’s, like… legendary. She’s got this whole aura about her! And she’s coming here!” Sara praise, eww.
4) “She knew Sara was a big deal in certain circles, especially in the online streaming world, but the pedestal Talisa seemed to put her on was a little over the top. “Legendary might be a stretch,” Is Kelli a touch jealous?
5) “What if my room isn’t good enough? What if she thinks I’m some kind of slob?” – “What if she looks around and thinks, ‘Wow, Talisa is so immature, she can’t even keep her space clean.’”
then you’ll have something in common.
6) “You say that, but you don’t get it. Sara is, like… the definition of cool. And I’m just, me.” Don’t be like that Talisa, I much prefer you in screen to Sara.
7) “If anything, Sara’s going to appreciate that you’re normal. Not everyone has to be larger than life.” that’s trying to be encouraging but I can see why it didn’t work.
8) “Sara’s just a person, Talisa. A cool person, sure, but still just a person” which is a higher opinion than Sara has of Kelli (or any little)
9) “I know so. And if she does care, then that’s her problem, not yours.” Sara has a way of making her problems other people’s.
10) “Sara’s one of those people you want to like you.” you are just pumping this chapter with Sara praise, aren’t you?
11) “Kelli couldn’t help but think about how different her own life had become. Once, she might have been the one Talisa was nervous about impressing” Oh, she still is.
Asuka is being a Sara simp in this chapter lol
Sara is pretty popular within her world regardless of what peoples personal opinions of her are. Shes popular streamer in her world with sponsorship deals, an agent, shes the spokesperson for littlemart.
Her image speaks for herself. Shes dating an heiress in chloe who because of generitech is one of the richest teens in the world and is globally recognised in her own right.
So to say Sara isn’t popular or someone wouldn’t be nervous meeting her potentially is a bit disingenuous to he character.
As not liking her is fair. I purposefully wrote things in her character people wouldn’t like. But she is a thing especially when you move outside her circle and community and into just random people who only know her as her persona. its been made less apparent as she has generally been in situations where people know her as her pre-influencer persona.
I know you wont do it but I like the idea of Kelli with her looks and personality challenging Sara as a online personality as a little and would shake Sara being beaten by a little where size doesn’t matter. Talk about a little taking down goliath.
It would be difficult because of how the world is created. Littles don’t have access to the internet. Its the littlenet where its controlled and monitored. So they don’t have a streaming app.
So if she was streaming it would have to be Kayla streaming and Kelli on the stream and Kayla isn’t personable enough nor would her character want to stream in the way Sara streams.
The other issue is Kelli doesn’t really play those kind of games. She is very much a candy crush while I’m standing in line waiting level of gamer.
The other issue is Sara isn’t really streaming competitively she is streaming as a job. So it woudln’t really threaten her as she is mostly doing sponsored streams and sponsored events and such. She is doing game trials and previews, etc while talking with her community. She does the occasional challenge.
But its not really a competitive thing. So Kelli has no way to beat Sara at it.
overall, I wouldn’t do it just because i don’t see a way it would effectively work with the rules of the world or a way that Sara would actually care.
As Kelli would need to do it in a way that was effectively taking money and sponsors away from Sara which in and of itself would be a bit malicious as it would be effectively doing something just to ruin someone else’s livelihood.
Unless I am misunderstanding what the idea is.
Based on birthday shipment their is no way for anyone to know Kelli is a little if she is using Kayla’s internet on a phone set up for Kelli and its not as much a money for sponsors but about views on their version of You tube because the more views means more money. Kelli would just get more views then Sara and not having anything to do with her content because she could make her own having already been in collage and through Hight school which Sara hasn’t and could talk little stuff with out saying she was a little and I’m guessing or could say she was a little and get Q and A time from human and little simps wondering what its like being a little vs being bigger which is another thing a #1 guardian like sara has no idea about and thinks littles as less intelligent then humans and with Sara being highly intelligent and having a web show would shoot down the lie of littles being less intelligent then humans. All Kayla would have to do is have her body seen on the side as she plays video games if a human has to be on the webcam and never has to be seen or heard. And based on the laws the money would go to Kayla which I think Kayla would do right by Kelli and help her because she would see how much the attention and being kept busy helps. Its the perfect low energy no effort thing Kayla unfortunately seem to be good at to help Kelli.
It would be a grey area. I like the way you think.
Kayla would have to be talking as well as it would need to be presented as Kayla’s stream.
It would definately fly pretty close to giving a little a public platform. Which the govenrment wouldnt care for. But if its done right it could probably work. Legally questionable where I could so an entity removing the content for something ticky tack.
But It would be possible the way you described it.
so I’m not sure how much you know about computers and the internet so I please don’t be mad if I say stuff you already know but I’m gen x and have been into computers and the internet for around 45 years since dial up lol. So the IP code of Kayla’s internet can be split by a simple WI fi router that almost all internet services provide. So the internet Kayla’s game and Kelli’s web cam would have the same human internet IP so Kayla doesn’t have to do anything. Her game use and Kelli’s web cam shouldn’t use much bandwidth of their internet, even if their parents were using the same IP. The little internet would have to be set up by the guardian and based on Kayla only caring about her safety and not worried about stuff like the internet. Based on the birthday present, little computers and old phones use human internet so I’m not seeing any hurtles in Kelli’s way. What the government doesn’t know cant hurt them. Millions of people around the world use IPNs to get around government and businesses holding back things we want to use on the internet all the time. I had to use a VPN just a little while ago to play a game that wasn’t allowed to be played in the US for a week and I didn’t want to Lose my high rank so I said I was in Canada lol. I use it to watch shows that Amazon plus and Max wont play in the US but will play in other places in the world like saying im in Japan so my daughter and I can watch some Animie. lol
This is how the littlenet works.
When they log into the device or put there device into little mode. What is happening is that upon login with the little ID its basically autologging the little into a VPN connection of the closest littlenet datacenter.
So when they are logged in they are subject to the firewall policies and restrictions setup globally by the U.S.governemnt. The guardian can then log in with their account and for their registered little can further restrict if they choose what the little can do beyond what the government dictates is allowable.
The littles are only fed the content, apps, and programs that are actually on the little datacenters. Most apps are present are specifically designed for littles. If the little’s device breaks connection to the datacenter the device cannot do anything web based until a connection to the littlenet servers are established. The device gateways of the little devices or a device put into little mode infinitely tries to connect to the littlenet datacenters. The user themselves cannot change that as its preset and little mode doesn’t have user configurable network settings.
Now a guardian can let a little use the internet proper but they are expected to follow the legal guidelines. If a report is filed which if you are streaming or something like that you are always going to get those people who report users who are violating the rules. Streaming would be one of the worse ways to violate things as its hard to refute as they can use the stream as evidence.
So while Kelli could be on Kayla’s stream. Kelli couldn’t stream herself onto the internet. So the issue I wrestle with in your situation is based on how the world is setup. Kayla would have to be primary streamer similar to how Sara has Jordan on some of her streams but he is not a primary fixture of her streams. Kayla could do something similar to that with Kelli. But thats not really in Kayla’s personality.
As the government specifically doesn’t want littles to have a platform where they can speak in that way. So the U.S. government specifically works against littles doing things of that nature. This would fly pretty close in their eyes to providing a public platform to a little which could be used to illustrate similarities between litltes and people, could unionize littles and do things of that nature which the government is actively at this time working against having happen.
Now if you would move forward in time after many generations where things are more normalized and smallborns are more the norm compared to people infected with the virus. The laws do loosen and something like what you are talking about could happen as the place of a little would be normalized and not brought into question. It would still be within reason obviously.
The U.S. government in this world is more a oligarchy setup with appearance of democracy.
So bryce in birthday shipment for instance isn’t really streaming as he is just opening what amounts to zoom or microsoft teams app and teaching. It’s not like he is logging onto Twitch going live and then hot dropping into warzone.
He is also teaching a curriculum so its not like he can just teach or say whatever he wants. He covers mandated material. Teaching is actually a pretty restrictive profession. My wife when she teaches can only comment on controversial or opinionated issues when/if something if is brought up by the students.
Otherwise, it’s pretty sterilized as what can be taught and said to the kids.
Kayla does come on Sara’s streams some times so in theory Kelli could get on streams through that way. As Sara and Kayla co-op and team based games on her channel in the future from time to time.
However I still feel like thats not quite the spirit of what you want as i feel like what you are pitching is Kelli doing some kind of variety stream on twitch or some kind of similar app.
The only thing I could think of that could work within teh confines of the world would be somehting like a tiktok channel that Kayla and Kelli would do together making content. Maybe chronicling there journey or something along those lines which would possibly blow up.
However, with Sara and Chloe in smallara prime we have Hailey bishop we have quite a few characters who have a degree of fame.
Part of the idea behind kayla and kelli is that they are a bit more down to earth. There family is a bit normal, traditional.
Based on what you are saying it seems like Kelli would need to improve Saras stream giving her a break and giving her little man a chance to be with his girl and the girl mom sara approves lol. My mom is a retired teacher and my sister is a teacher so I understand in fact I went to grade school in the same grade school my mom worked in and I was one of the kids that talked all the time and got in trouble all the time so all the teachers knew they could spank me without worrying about anything because my mom told them they could if I talked or got up in class lol.
That sounds rough. I don’t know if i would like going to the same school my mom worked in if she was a teacher. However you normally don’t get to choose your schools at the elementary level
I was pretty lucky and had a great time in school because I grew up in a small rural town 40 miles from Seattle by a lake, farms, mountains and forests and I grew up with the same people from kindergarten through high school and we were all pretty chill lol. And Seattle was ok thru grunge until the California’s invaded and messed everything up lol.
1) It’s actually brought up in one of the remaining chapters. When her mom says no friends, she generally means Talisa’s other friends and doesn’t mean Kayla. Who is generally always welcome.
2.1) That is basically what Kelli’s feedback is later on.
2.2) Nope, its a funny juxtaposition. As Sara is nationally more popular then the majority of her friends. But specifically in her school she is not as popular as others like Mallory. But that more kind of reinforces that school isn’t real life.
3) It is laid on pretty thick in this episode as its Talisa. She watches Sara’s streams and while Sara isn’t the most popular person in school she isn’t unpopular in the school. On a national level of popularity she is more popular then most in her school.
4) Not really jealous i would say. She has a mixed relationship with Sara. As Sara does take her places Kayla won’t like getting makeup and stuff. Well wont is a bit much but places Kayla doesn’t typically go.
I will have to do the rest of these after I get home.
1) I figured it would be.
2.1) nice
2.2) That is true, Chloe could compete but canonically prefers a low profile. The only character I could see being more popular than Sara is Hailey Bishop, but Hailey is also a Sarandipidy fan.
3) So Talisa’s also a Sarandipidy fan. It’d be wild for her if Kayla joins her stream.
What do you mean “more popular than most in her school”? Who’s more popular than her on a national level?
4) Sara and Kelli’s relationship is something hope gets explored more.
No worries, when ever you can.
2.2) I was thinking Hailey but unsure how to gauge truly. As they are kind of in different mediums.
Chloe was the person who I was referring to as more popular in the school. As she is basically Ms. Generitech.while she does like to keep a low profile she is still pretty famous.
3) The plan is that in future Kayla does go on Sara’s streams for co-op and group content. As Kayla is a good gamer so you like hear vocals and stuff on Sara’s streams from time to time when they game together.
4) I was thinking about that. It would be interesting to delve into at some point.
5) basically. Kelli even mentions at one point Sara’s room isn’t the cleanest. Talisa is a worrier. As Sara wouldn’t care the slightest as to what Talisa’s room is like from clean standpoint.
6) She has a high opinion of Sara though and has a desire to impress her. everyone has that person that you’d like them to think highly of you. Maybe not to talisa’s extent but on some level.
7)Alot of Sara’s friends are normal. Steph is pretty normal. Pre-smallara gavin would be pretty normal.
8) Sara’s opinion of Kelli hasn’t been discussed all that much overall. A few things here and there but its far from established i’d say.
9) Like drawing them into her problems?
10) I figured you would be appreciate your favorite character getting a bit of the spotlight. She has been underutlized the past few months.
11) Kelli doens’t know that though.
can Sara have two littles if Gavin needs to be picked up because Mal gets bored with having a little boyfriend or gets pressure from her mom to be cut off if she doesn’t get a human boyfriend that of course wouldn’t want her little boyfriend around or would be hell for Gavin as Sara would know if she heard what happen and would want to save Gavin because she seems loyal to her friends.
It’s not common because it’s costly but Sara can have two littles. She has currently money set aside to buy charity who bulllied her. But if Gavin was available I agree she would step in. She is loyal to her friends
3) A thrill to be sure
5) No, she’s not a neat freak, unless it’s Jordan cleaning for her.
6) I had that desire once, but have long since given up on ever impressing anyone.
7) Normal is relative, all her friends seem to be in the top 5% of wealthy.
8) No but she’s clearly declared Kelli to be a pet with no right to express herself.
9) Taking her frustrations out on Jordan.
The way they treat such a mid guardian in Sara like a god is a bit disturbing.
She’s not being treated like that for her guardian status, it’s because of her popularity at school.
Also Sara is the #1 ranked guardian, not that I put stock into that ranking.
nailed it
lol. that is the definitive guardian ranking compiled by god himself and brought down from heavens by Moses to be compiled by generitech and presented to the masses
Talisa is an adorable dork…. We demand more Kellisa.
you are working on j vader summoning i see.
It worked, didn’t it?
I laughed when I saw his comment on my lunch break. I thought of this immediately