#I'm gonna add smiling Elsen whenever I get to write something nice for them uwu

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Can you please do headcanons for the Elsen with a puppeteer who likes to pick them up and hold them? :)

Gladly! As per usual, I kinda differentiated between the Elsen from the different zones, so I hope that's alright! But the again, I suppose that just means more writing! Either way, I wanna pick up an Elsen and gib him a big smoochie on the forehead :')

Elsen with a Player that likes to Pick them up

At first they’ll be a bit confused. No one has ever really picked them up before, so why would anyone want to do so in the first place? Sure, Enoch in zone 3 might do so from time to time, but that is for intimidation purposes only, as well as something not every Elsen has experienced. Therefore those ones would react a bit differently, more worried at first, than the ones from the other two zones.

They’d be very stiff at first, afraid they would be listening to another sermon by their director, even after they saw that it was only you. Give it some time, once they realise that being lifted into the air doesn’t always mean that danger is imminent they’ll come to appreciate it just as much as the others. They’ll be calm too and come to like it eventually.

As for the ones addicted to sugar, they’ll be more calm from the very beginning, as long as you let them go during one of their stronger cravings. Though, you will likely feel them twitch and shake more than others while you hold them. They’ll also be more talkative than other Elsen.

The ones from zone two will be very worried at first. Depending on how tall you are, they may or may not tell you to put them down as they might fall at an unfortunate angle when you drop them and die. Of course, you would never do that, but that’s just how they are. Some of them would thrash around ever so slightly to have you let them go, while others would just freeze up.

It would take them the longest to warm up to the idea of being picked up and held. Though, no matter how much time passes, they will always cling onto you for dear life. Old habits die hard and leaving behind anxieties like those is as well.

As for the ones in zone one: they won’t mind. They’ll be a bit surprised at first, again, no one really picks anyone up since they’re all tiny and the guardians are rather mean. Sure, they’ll ask you what you’re doing, but that’s about it. If you catch them during a break, they might even come up to you and ask you to hold them. During their working hours they might get a bit stressed out since they have tasks to fulfil.

Now onto the part where they’ve grown accustomed to being picked up:

The Elsen are touch starved little critters that shy away from anything that isn’t a formal handshake. So please do them the favour of picking them up, it helps them a lot. Physical contact is proven to reduce stress and anxiety and help prolong one’s lifespan, it’s no different for them.

While not all of them will outright ask you to pick them up, a good majority will. You are the beloved Puppeteer, helping in keeping them safe from the spectres. Surely, you have the time to pick up an Elsen or two and make them feel safe. Gives them the energy to get through the day as well.

Of course, one or two Elsen turn into one or two hundred, all of which want nothing more than to be close to you. Get ready for a real cuddle-and-holding fest once you’ve acquired enough of their trust.