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from a0040pc

When Aspen was born she seemed to be a normal baby. The first sign that anything was different about her was that she was a little bigger than other children her age. However as she grew older the gulf between her and her peers increased dramatically. She was diagnosed with a unique form of gigantism that made her the tallest person who ever lived before she even started elementary school. She continued to grow bigger and bigger over the years but rather than being an outcast she chose to try and make the best of her situation.

There was one thing that Aspen was very talented with that was not due to her size. This was art which began with crayons when she was a young girl. Nowadays she has moved onto abstract paintings and one day she hopes to be more known for her art rather than the fact that she was a towering giantess. She was also fond of the colours pink and purple which could clearly be seen in her choice of hair dye and clothing.

Although Aspen was still growing she didn't mind as much as she used to but she did hope to stop one day. She had also become a celebrity in her own community thanks to her size and many people did say hello to her when she walked by. She would always be sure to say hello back to them as they treated her like a human being rather than a giant freak.

On this particular day Aspen was meeting someone in the park. They had met over the internet and both seemed to have a fondness for art. While she specialised in abstract art her friend was a portrait expert. They had spoken through e-mail and skype but she hadn't told them about her size. She stood there await her friend's arrival but how will her friend react to Aspen's appearance?

_______________________

from PhillyGTS

Aspen was the lead singer of all-girl punk group "Tentacle Of Hyacinth", often called "Tent" or "ToH" by fans. Young and hungry, Aspen and friends quickly gained a following far beyond the small town in the Rocky Mountains from which they originated. Aspen was already well-known for her screaming punk rock vocals, intense stage presence, cotton-candy-pink Mohawk, and unique style of dress before the world found out about her special ability.

You see, Aspen had the ability to change her size. More specifically, to grow. It's an ability that she only first discovered when her band was still playing the local club circuit back home not long ago. It first happened during a concert at a small, smokey bar in Pueblo, Colorado; it was one of those nights where everything was going right. The band was vibing and playing excellently together, the crowd was really into it and adding their energy and intensity into the performance, and Aspen was having the vocal performance of her life. Sweating under the hot lights on stage, Aspen lost herself in the music she was singing as the band pounded and grinded on their instruments behind her. It wasn't until after final song that Aspen noticed that everyone in the audience seemed to be real short. She thought that was odd...but when she looked back at the band she found she was more than a head taller than any of them whereas normally they were all the same height!

The audience didn't seem to notice Aspen's change but the band surely did. After the show they all excitedly questioned Aspen backstage, asking her how she grew, how long she knew she had this power, and all sorts of questions like that. Aspen repeated that she didn't know that she could do this over and over but it took a while before her bandmates believed her. Finally, she kicked off her platform shoes and had them measure her. She was 6'4", much taller than her normal 5'6". She was absolutely astounded.

Aspen began to return to normal size after a few hours; the process was gradual but finished before she went to bed. She tried growing again several times over the following days but found she was unable to do it. She figured it might have been a fluke, or maybe she imagined the whole thing. But a few days later they were playing a show in Denver and once again it was going very well, and about halfway through the concert Aspen noticed the crowd seemed to be made up of very short people once again. Energized by this feeling of growth, Aspen watched the people before her get smaller and smaller as she grew, screaming her lyrics as she drew in their energy; for now Aspen understood that it was the fans' enthusiasm that fueled her ability.

She grew much taller the second time than the first; she was well over 7' tall be the time the concert was done, and this time the audience noticed. They became rowdy, trying to push past security to question Aspen and get their pictures taken with her. Fortunately for Aspen, her newfound size made it easy to fend off the crowd and head to the back with her bandmates. Aspen was afraid they would be scared of her or even a little jealous, but they were thrilled. They knew word of Aspen's growth would get out and that would certainly get more people to come to see the band. They asked Aspen if she was willing to grow at more concerts in the future on purpose, and get to bigger and bigger heights. Aspen was nervous at first, but she had to admit that she enjoyed growing and the feeling of power and the attention she got from it.

The girls were right and they found themselves playing for bigger and bigger crowds every night. Aspen became more comfortable with growing and with almost every concert she would reach a new maximum height milestone--10 feet, 12 feet, 15 feet, and about six months in, 20 feet. Her growth was like a positive feedback loop--the more she grew the more fans she would attract, and the more fans were there the more energy she had to feed off of for her growth. She became so used to growing that even when she wasn't preforming she discovered she could still grow by concentrating on a past performance, feeding off the energy of the memory. She couldn't get as large as she could in concert, but she could still gain several feet. Sometimes she would even go out in public this way, ducking to go through doors and getting plenty of attention from the people around her including the paparazzi that now followed her.

Then one day she was attending a fan meet-and-greet before a concert in a large college town. Aspen had already grown to 10 feet before she got there--she enjoyed being bigger and stronger than anyone who might try and harass her, plus the fans loved it when she was large. It was taking place in a park near the arena where Tentacle of Hyacinth would later be playing. She was talking and taking pictures with fans when she felt the familiar feeling of growth starting. She knew she should probably suppress it, but it just felt so good to grow and after all it's what the fans wanted to see her do. Relaxing any restraints on her ability Aspen grew and grew to the crowd's delight until she hit a cool, even 35 feet!

At this point the crowd was going absolutely nuts for Aspen. She was lifting people up to dizzying heights for pictures and signing autographs with wide, sweeping letters. When the meet-and-greet was over it took a while to shoo the fans, then Aspen realized she was in a bit of a conundrum. Standing in front of some benches near the arena's entrance, she turned to her manager Steve as he snapped a picture of her with his phone, bemused expression on his face.

"How am I supposed to get inside?" Aspen asked. "Those doors are only a foot high to me!"

"You might be able to crawl through," Steve said, laughing.

"My shoulders would get stuck, plus there's a lot of mud down there." She pouted.

"I think there's a service door in the back." Steve said. "You'll probably be able to fit through that."

"But what if I can't fit through the hallways?" Aspen asked. "Maybe we should start the show late so I have time to shrink a little beforehand."

"No!" Steve exclaimed. "It's perfect! The crowd is going to go nuts when they see you start the show 35 feet tall! Imagine...even to the people way in the back it'll feel like you're right in front of them given your size."

"What if I grow even more?" Aspen asked. "I'd probably break through the roof!"

"They can bill us, it's fine." Steve said. "We're going to make headlines with this show, and soon we'll be at proper arenas, then stadiums. Think of how tall you'll grow with all of that energy to feed off of! 50, 100, even 200 feet, maybe more!"

A smile crossed Aspen's face as she imagined a vast stadium filled with people so small she could fit them into the palm of her hand, all eyes looking up at her. "All right." She said. "Let's find this service door."

And with steps that made the lampposts sway slightly Aspen walked around to the back of the arena, and in a short time the show will be starting, with the 35-foot Aspen ready to break all known size records with a new growth spurt the moment the music begins.

_______________________

from gothmech

Aspen walked through the park, careful not to step on anything. Most people only need to worry about stepping on dog doo-doo or gum, but Aspen needed to be much more careful. At her height of 35 feet, she was quite heavy. Last time she’d had herself weighed at the truck scales, she’d been nearly 12 tons, and she knew that any mistake was likely to cause serious damage, even wearing her shoes with the extra-springy rubber compound that was supposed to help avoid accidental damage.

Her hair was perfect, she thought, and her clothes were looking stylish, too… she hoped it was enough to make a good impression at the audition. She had a good route worked out, too, that didn’t require her to mess up her clothes crawling under wires or bridges. 35 feet was an awkward size, a little small to step over some things, but far too big to comfortably go under them. She’d been practicing vocals for ages, and hopefully the audition on “The Voice” would be a break.

Singer or vocalist or frontwoman for a band would certainly be better than most of what she’d done since finishing high school. Her outsize growth had started when she hit puberty, and was seven feet tall by her 14th birthday. By 15, she’d hit 12 feet. At 16, she was 24 feet tall and had lost all hope of driving a car. Things slowed a little then, and in the last year, she’d only grown about two feet. But it had made things awkward for her. It hadn’t been possible to find a university willing to make arrangements for her, and so she’d tried many things, with varying levels of success.

She had tried being a wildland firefighter during a bad fire season. It had been scary, for while her skin and bones were more durable than most people, she’d burn just as easily. But she could dig fire lines faster than heavy equipment, and could uproot many trees with a good pull. The pay had been good, and the governor had even called her a hero after she’d carried out a stalled car with some people in it. But forest fires didn’t happen often enough for it to be a career.

Another time, the organizers at the county fair had paid her to do substitute for a monster truck show. She had to admit that it was sort of fun to stomp cars flat and generally wreck things, but nothing could make the redneck audience’s chant of “Monster Girl” worth doing that again! It wasn’t at all the image she really wanted; she’d cried for hours after the show, and the fact that some people were still scared of her now made her regret ever having done it. Ever having thought it might be a good idea…

So now she mostly worked for construction companies. She could unload things fast, and move things to many roofs quickly, and dig basements faster than a backhoe. And if a building needed to be demolished, she could take care of that faster than machinery, too. But it was unsatisfying. She wanted to be more than simply an outsize girl whose talent was mostly just being faster than a bulldozer.

She’d been practicing with her boyfriend’s band now for months, and many people who’d listened to the recording without knowing it was her thought she’d have a real chance, to show that she could succeed at something for a reason other than simply being, well, tall.

She glanced over at a tourist taking a photo of her with a phone. Today, she’s just a freak, but soon, this will be normal. Because everyone takes pictures of big stars, and she’s going to be the biggest star ever.

_______________________

And the winner is:

While I have a personal favorite, I liked all three and decided to call it a tie. The image posted above is a smaller version of the 3500 pixel render going out to the winners and to my donors. There's quite a bit of extra detail from Aspen-00.

A big thank you to those who entered!

Description

The stories in order of submission:

from a0040pc

When Aspen was born she seemed to be a normal baby. The first sign that anything was different about her was that she was a little bigger than other children her age. However as she grew older the gulf between her and her peers increased dramatically. She was diagnosed with a unique form of gigantism that made her the tallest person who ever lived before she even started elementary school. She continued to grow bigger and bigger over the years but rather than being an outcast she chose to try and make the best of her situation.

There was one thing that Aspen was very talented with that was not due to her size. This was art which began with crayons when she was a young girl. Nowadays she has moved onto abstract paintings and one day she hopes to be more known for her art rather than the fact that she was a towering giantess. She was also fond of the colours pink and purple which could clearly be seen in her choice of hair dye and clothing.

Although Aspen was still growing she didn't mind as much as she used to but she did hope to stop one day. She had also become a celebrity in her own community thanks to her size and many people did say hello to her when she walked by. She would always be sure to say hello back to them as they treated her like a human being rather than a giant freak.

On this particular day Aspen was meeting someone in the park. They had met over the internet and both seemed to have a fondness for art. While she specialised in abstract art her friend was a portrait expert. They had spoken through e-mail and skype but she hadn't told them about her size. She stood there await her friend's arrival but how will her friend react to Aspen's appearance?

_______________________

from PhillyGTS

Aspen was the lead singer of all-girl punk group "Tentacle Of Hyacinth", often called "Tent" or "ToH" by fans. Young and hungry, Aspen and friends quickly gained a following far beyond the small town in the Rocky Mountains from which they originated. Aspen was already well-known for her screaming punk rock vocals, intense stage presence, cotton-candy-pink Mohawk, and unique style of dress before the world found out about her special ability.

You see, Aspen had the ability to change her size. More specifically, to grow. It's an ability that she only first discovered when her band was still playing the local club circuit back home not long ago. It first happened during a concert at a small, smokey bar in Pueblo, Colorado; it was one of those nights where everything was going right. The band was vibing and playing excellently together, the crowd was really into it and adding their energy and intensity into the performance, and Aspen was having the vocal performance of her life. Sweating under the hot lights on stage, Aspen lost herself in the music she was singing as the band pounded and grinded on their instruments behind her. It wasn't until after final song that Aspen noticed that everyone in the audience seemed to be real short. She thought that was odd...but when she looked back at the band she found she was more than a head taller than any of them whereas normally they were all the same height!

The audience didn't seem to notice Aspen's change but the band surely did. After the show they all excitedly questioned Aspen backstage, asking her how she grew, how long she knew she had this power, and all sorts of questions like that. Aspen repeated that she didn't know that she could do this over and over but it took a while before her bandmates believed her. Finally, she kicked off her platform shoes and had them measure her. She was 6'4", much taller than her normal 5'6". She was absolutely astounded.

Aspen began to return to normal size after a few hours; the process was gradual but finished before she went to bed. She tried growing again several times over the following days but found she was unable to do it. She figured it might have been a fluke, or maybe she imagined the whole thing. But a few days later they were playing a show in Denver and once again it was going very well, and about halfway through the concert Aspen noticed the crowd seemed to be made up of very short people once again. Energized by this feeling of growth, Aspen watched the people before her get smaller and smaller as she grew, screaming her lyrics as she drew in their energy; for now Aspen understood that it was the fans' enthusiasm that fueled her ability.

She grew much taller the second time than the first; she was well over 7' tall be the time the concert was done, and this time the audience noticed. They became rowdy, trying to push past security to question Aspen and get their pictures taken with her. Fortunately for Aspen, her newfound size made it easy to fend off the crowd and head to the back with her bandmates. Aspen was afraid they would be scared of her or even a little jealous, but they were thrilled. They knew word of Aspen's growth would get out and that would certainly get more people to come to see the band. They asked Aspen if she was willing to grow at more concerts in the future on purpose, and get to bigger and bigger heights. Aspen was nervous at first, but she had to admit that she enjoyed growing and the feeling of power and the attention she got from it.

The girls were right and they found themselves playing for bigger and bigger crowds every night. Aspen became more comfortable with growing and with almost every concert she would reach a new maximum height milestone--10 feet, 12 feet, 15 feet, and about six months in, 20 feet. Her growth was like a positive feedback loop--the more she grew the more fans she would attract, and the more fans were there the more energy she had to feed off of for her growth. She became so used to growing that even when she wasn't preforming she discovered she could still grow by concentrating on a past performance, feeding off the energy of the memory. She couldn't get as large as she could in concert, but she could still gain several feet. Sometimes she would even go out in public this way, ducking to go through doors and getting plenty of attention from the people around her including the paparazzi that now followed her.

Then one day she was attending a fan meet-and-greet before a concert in a large college town. Aspen had already grown to 10 feet before she got there--she enjoyed being bigger and stronger than anyone who might try and harass her, plus the fans loved it when she was large. It was taking place in a park near the arena where Tentacle of Hyacinth would later be playing. She was talking and taking pictures with fans when she felt the familiar feeling of growth starting. She knew she should probably suppress it, but it just felt so good to grow and after all it's what the fans wanted to see her do. Relaxing any restraints on her ability Aspen grew and grew to the crowd's delight until she hit a cool, even 35 feet!

At this point the crowd was going absolutely nuts for Aspen. She was lifting people up to dizzying heights for pictures and signing autographs with wide, sweeping letters. When the meet-and-greet was over it took a while to shoo the fans, then Aspen realized she was in a bit of a conundrum. Standing in front of some benches near the arena's entrance, she turned to her manager Steve as he snapped a picture of her with his phone, bemused expression on his face.

"How am I supposed to get inside?" Aspen asked. "Those doors are only a foot high to me!"

"You might be able to crawl through," Steve said, laughing.

"My shoulders would get stuck, plus there's a lot of mud down there." She pouted.

"I think there's a service door in the back." Steve said. "You'll probably be able to fit through that."

"But what if I can't fit through the hallways?" Aspen asked. "Maybe we should start the show late so I have time to shrink a little beforehand."

"No!" Steve exclaimed. "It's perfect! The crowd is going to go nuts when they see you start the show 35 feet tall! Imagine...even to the people way in the back it'll feel like you're right in front of them given your size."

"What if I grow even more?" Aspen asked. "I'd probably break through the roof!"

"They can bill us, it's fine." Steve said. "We're going to make headlines with this show, and soon we'll be at proper arenas, then stadiums. Think of how tall you'll grow with all of that energy to feed off of! 50, 100, even 200 feet, maybe more!"

A smile crossed Aspen's face as she imagined a vast stadium filled with people so small she could fit them into the palm of her hand, all eyes looking up at her. "All right." She said. "Let's find this service door."

And with steps that made the lampposts sway slightly Aspen walked around to the back of the arena, and in a short time the show will be starting, with the 35-foot Aspen ready to break all known size records with a new growth spurt the moment the music begins.

_______________________

from gothmech

Aspen walked through the park, careful not to step on anything. Most people only need to worry about stepping on dog doo-doo or gum, but Aspen needed to be much more careful. At her height of 35 feet, she was quite heavy. Last time she’d had herself weighed at the truck scales, she’d been nearly 12 tons, and she knew that any mistake was likely to cause serious damage, even wearing her shoes with the extra-springy rubber compound that was supposed to help avoid accidental damage.

Her hair was perfect, she thought, and her clothes were looking stylish, too… she hoped it was enough to make a good impression at the audition. She had a good route worked out, too, that didn’t require her to mess up her clothes crawling under wires or bridges. 35 feet was an awkward size, a little small to step over some things, but far too big to comfortably go under them. She’d been practicing vocals for ages, and hopefully the audition on “The Voice” would be a break.

Singer or vocalist or frontwoman for a band would certainly be better than most of what she’d done since finishing high school. Her outsize growth had started when she hit puberty, and was seven feet tall by her 14th birthday. By 15, she’d hit 12 feet. At 16, she was 24 feet tall and had lost all hope of driving a car. Things slowed a little then, and in the last year, she’d only grown about two feet. But it had made things awkward for her. It hadn’t been possible to find a university willing to make arrangements for her, and so she’d tried many things, with varying levels of success.

She had tried being a wildland firefighter during a bad fire season. It had been scary, for while her skin and bones were more durable than most people, she’d burn just as easily. But she could dig fire lines faster than heavy equipment, and could uproot many trees with a good pull. The pay had been good, and the governor had even called her a hero after she’d carried out a stalled car with some people in it. But forest fires didn’t happen often enough for it to be a career.

Another time, the organizers at the county fair had paid her to do substitute for a monster truck show. She had to admit that it was sort of fun to stomp cars flat and generally wreck things, but nothing could make the redneck audience’s chant of “Monster Girl” worth doing that again! It wasn’t at all the image she really wanted; she’d cried for hours after the show, and the fact that some people were still scared of her now made her regret ever having done it. Ever having thought it might be a good idea…

So now she mostly worked for construction companies. She could unload things fast, and move things to many roofs quickly, and dig basements faster than a backhoe. And if a building needed to be demolished, she could take care of that faster than machinery, too. But it was unsatisfying. She wanted to be more than simply an outsize girl whose talent was mostly just being faster than a bulldozer.

She’d been practicing with her boyfriend’s band now for months, and many people who’d listened to the recording without knowing it was her thought she’d have a real chance, to show that she could succeed at something for a reason other than simply being, well, tall.

She glanced over at a tourist taking a photo of her with a phone. Today, she’s just a freak, but soon, this will be normal. Because everyone takes pictures of big stars, and she’s going to be the biggest star ever.

_______________________

And the winner is:

While I have a personal favorite, I liked all three and decided to call it a tie. The image posted above is a smaller version of the 3500 pixel render going out to the winners and to my donors. There's quite a bit of extra detail from Aspen-00.

A big thank you to those who entered!