Pancake scoffs a spherical cow

<snip>
Justin felt himself get warm under his collar. If this Mollopod Mayor
contacted the JMC formally, it would mean that William Eckerslike
himself would know of his whereabouts. Given the way Justin had legged
it from the JMC bosses house, the big man might be angry at him and
want to contact him.
"Oh I'm sure it'll be fine." Justin said. "I'm starving, and I doubt
my Captain will mind me being out of contact for a while."
Freese nodded. "I will call my wife and tell her we're having you for
dinner."
Justin gulped.
<end snip>
Who: Justin Pancake
Where: The Mansion house, Mollopod Kingdom of Little Cheftonia
When: After Justin was invited for dinner
Justin beheld the banquet that was before him. He has heard that
Mollopods had huge appetites, and believed it once he had seen how fat
they were for himself, but he still didn't believe the amount of food
on the table.
"Eat up!" Said the Major of this Mollopod town. "My wife prepared this
especially for you."
"I had to go all the way to the planet of the spherical cows just to
get this much beef!" The woman Mollopod said. "I heard you are a
Human. Humans like beef don't they?"
Justin had already began tucking in, and nodded. The warm gravy
dripped down his mouth. He grabbed for another bit and rammed it into
his face. He hadn't eaten since he'd left Eckerslike's flas on New
Tenerife. He thought back to Eckerslike, and his Ffionian slave girl.
He thought about what was in the cupboard, it still bothered him that
he never found out.
"So what do you think?" Asked the Majors wife.
Justin had just rammed another large piece of meat into his face that
was only jut a bit smaller than his mouth so was hard to chew. He
nodded and grinned.
The Major and his wife looked pleased. "I'm so glad to see a Human
sitting at our dinner table. I was so worried that you'd think that we
were greedy and gluttonous, and lacked table mannors, but it's good to
see that Humans are the same."
With that they stuffed half of the table's contents into their mouths
at once, and leaned back in their chairs as they chewed the whole lot
with their large mouths open. Occasionally bits of gravy or other
juices squirted out and onto the floor.
The Majors' wife finally swallowed, and Justin could see a large lump
travel down her thick neck. Or whatever the slug-like Mollopods call
their neck, as it was the same size as their heads.
The awful display didn't put Justin off, as he tore a whole load more
off some bone he was munching on. He was just as gluttonous, but not
as fast as the Mollopods.
"So what's for desert wife?" Asked the Mayor.
"Well..." Said the woman, giving Justin a sideways glance. "I was
wondering if...."
"Yes?"
"If our guest.... "
"Yes?"
"If our guest would like to be....."
"Like to be what?" Asked the Mayor. Justin started to chew more slowly
as he got worried.
"If... you know.... The reason you invited him here...."
She pointed to Justin. "You know."
The Mayor shook his head. "No. I don't."
"What if I...." Said the wife, her voice turning to a whisper so that
Justin couldn't hear. "What if I brought the BIG cooking pot?"
The mayor was so shocked he stood up (something hard to do after
eating so much food). "Wife! You better not be suggesting that we kill
and eat Mr Pancake here. He is a Human, an Ally to the Mollopods. We
signed an declaration that we would never eat another Human again!"
"But they're so tasteeeeeeey" The woman whined.
"I don't care. Now get the thought out of your head now. Our
Human-eating days are over!"
The woman hung her head. "Sorry dear. Sorry Mister Pancake."
The major turned to Justin as his wife left the room. "This occurs to
me... if my own wife still has desires to eat Humans, many of my
people probably will too. You should probably warn your people."
"Okay" Said Justin. And sat there.
A moment passed and the Major said again. "You should probably warn
your people."
"Yes. Well.... I haven't actually told you the full truth."
"You ARE a Human are you not?"
"Yes.... and I do work for the JMC."
"Are you stationed on the JMC Blue Dwarf?"
"Yes.... but... well... weird story right. There's this man, called
William Eckerslike."
"The CEO of the entire JMC?"
"Yes. Him. He's a big fat obnoxious man that I recently met."
"Oh that must have been a great honour."
"Yes it was.... to start with. Then he wanted to be my friend."
"And where is the problem?" Asked the Mollopod.
"Well he was acting all weird. Making me play all these computer
games, and feeding me dinners."
"Sounds fantastic!"
"I know... but I had this odd feeling he was 'grooming me' or something."
"Oh. Like a paedophile?"
Justin looked shocked. "Erm... maybe! But I don't think that was it.
It was like he was trying to brain wash me. He forced me to play these
computer games where I was always the baddies. It was weird."
"And you don't like being the baddies?"
This made Justin think back to the version of him from another
universe who worked for the Hymenoptera.
"I'm... not ...sure."
The Mollopod drew himself up to full height and towered over Justin.
He seemed to get angry all of a sudden. "Make your mind up you silly
little boy! We all have to decide which path we take through life. And
until you decide on yours. You can leave this house. Goodbye!"
Justin looked at his feet and walked slowly and sadly out of the
Mollopod Mansion House. He wasn't quite sure where it had all gone wrong.
After he had left, the Mollopod Mayor stood alone in his dining room.
A small knocking came from a door at the far side of the room, which
had the words "Affaeren Historien Spin Voll" written on it.
"Come in" He called.
A fat Human man walked out, he looked out of place in this Mollopod's
home. "Is he ready yet?" The man asked.
The Mollopod shook his head. "I don't think so".
To be continued.....
But who is this mysterious fat man? What are the words on the door?
What did Eckerslike want with Justin? What is it that Justin isn't yet
ready for?