The Slimming Club

Two weeks after the Mysterious Bulge...

A flabby sprite struggles over a gutter in Moorgate market, with a panicked look upon his face at the 3 large dogs below him. The look swiftly changes when he realises that his days takings are in a small bag by the aforementioned hounds. Clutching onto the guttering with one hand, he shakes his fist at the dogs below.

"Bah! Tremble before Pins the Mighty. Vengeance will come to you!"

Below the dogs continue to bark back at him. With a sigh. Pins gives up hope and dusts off a bit off the roof before sitting down, wincing as the room slate cracks beneath him. Karli and Livewire's words echo into his mind.

"Lose the weight again and all the lady sprites will love Pins again"

"You shed a few grams Amigo and I'll get you some work for shinies"

"If Pins slims a little then he wont get stuck in the magic box in my casino again"

After a few seconds he remembers that last one, was his idea not Livewire's. Pins mutters to himself briefly about the tall not-a-sprite trying to take the glory for Pins' wonderful slot machine raid, before deciding that it really isn’t important. What was important however was the general gist that if he tightened his belt back onto it's original notches, life would be better.

With a new goal, Pins sets about it the way that he deals with most problems. Ignores it and tries to think about something else.

Another two weeks later, of forgetting to eat, Pins was still sat on the roof slate wondering where all the coins down the sofa go. Suddenly it hits him and he raises his arm in triumph "Pins takes them all!"

He then notices the flesh on his arm, no longer wobbles around like a troll's earlobe. "Horray! Mighty Pins! Pins fly all over Island!" A very loud rumbling noise comes from his belly, "urghhhh. But first. Pins find something to eat."

And so begins the quest for the Hazelnut of Pins' Diner.

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