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Allstar and his friends head over to the new restaurant being opened up, it was place in a convenient part of Snorkland within walking distance of important areas. When the gang got there, they saw a crowd of snorks crowding the front entrance. "Radio had outdone himself this time," said Allstar, "I wonder what he and Berry did to build this place."
Radio and Berry Seaworthy are technically Allstar's children, who are in the bodies of teenagers. The green snorks were special, they own their own company down south in an area called "The Outback," a place with a reputation for being a weird asylum. Radio and Berry managed to get themselves an army of workers and have them mass-produce high-tech products in turn for a good life. After having a foot hold in electronics, weaponry, transportation, and utilities, they're now going to set their sights to an unusual restaurant.
It was called "Snorkling Place," and the building appeared large. The restaurant looked like it can hold an army at once, making things more interesting was a warning sign out front that says, "Warning: You might become addicted to this place."
The twins themselves came outside of the restaurant and approach the crowd, they didn't say an inspiring speech or anything, they simply said in unison, "Come on in guys, it's now open!"
They quickly got out of the way as the horde of snorks came swimming into the restaurant, Allstar, Casey, Dimmy, Daffney, and Tooter managed to get inside they examined the place. There were a couple of bars with special drinks and all, and some rows of tables and chairs. But what's really interesting is that there's medium size HDTVs and couches with video gaming counsels. When the smell of food came through the water, the gang immediately felt hungry.
So they sat themselves on a couch and a orange-skinned snork waitress came by, she had tiny black freckles over her body, making her a resident of the Outback. "Hello Seaworthy," she said as she passed around menus to the gang, "First time here?"
"Yes mam." said Allstar.
"Your son really restarted my life," she said, "First I was in a mental asylum but he rescued me from that place, I don't know how he did it but I feel like a totally different person."
"Glad to hear it."
"I'll get you some finest drinks from the Outback, I promised no alcohol, just one of the best."
As she leaves, the snorks looked through the menus to see what's good to eat. The best looking one was the 2 gram reefburger, it looked very juicy, and huge. Casey and Daffney didn't suspected much at first, but when they saw that the foods in the menu list calories for each meal, they were shocked. The calories of each meal were massive, not good for snorks who are sensitive about body image.
"Does these food look great Casey?" asked Allstar.
"They do," said Casey, "But I'm just not sure about eating any of it."
"They seem fattening." said Daffney, "No need to offend anyone or anything but this is just ridiculous."
"Well you know me." said a voice.
The snorks turned around and saw Radio standing behind them, "See that wall over there?" he said as he pointed to a back wall which was displaying signs and warning labels, "Those are there because the foods served here can cause rapid weight gain and some health problems, maybe its because of the food addictive I used here or something."
Casey sat down the menu and got up, she swam to the wall and discovers the Nutrition Facts of every meal served here. The foods were loaded with nutrients, yet loaded with calories, it looks these are food that body builders would eat. There were warning labels saying, "Warning: Foods here contain high amount of calories" and "Caution: These foods can cause rapid weight gain within weeks," she returned to her friends in disappointment.
"What's wrong Casey?" asked Allstar.
"I don't think the food here are good for my figure." she replied.
"It's just what I feared." said Radio, "I put the signs up just to warn you, and to avoid legal trouble. I care for you guys."
"Thanks Radio," said Casey, "Why exactly are the food here have high calories?"
"I'm trying to bring awareness of a disease called Anorexia Nervosa," he said, "It's a disease where 1 out of 100 adolescent and young women are stricken with each year, it is horrifying from what this disease can do to them. To them, they think fat is bad, they don't even know they're sick. It's just sad, you know."
"That sounds insane." contemplated Daffney.
"Its worse than insane," said Radio, "Just go to the Snorkland Library and do a bit of research on it, you'll see what I mean."
Casey was getting creeped out about Radio's claim, she wanted to leave more than ever. "Allstar," she said, "I'm going to go now."
"Take care Casey." said Allstar.
"I'm coming with you Casey," said Daffney as she put down her menu, "I can't stand the food here."
With that, Daffney gets up off the couch and she and Casey swam out the front door, leaving the boys alone. "I think I've scared her," admitted Radio, "I can tell in her eyes, I hope I didn't damage her self-esteem or anything."
"I'm sure she'll be fine." said Allstar.
"With you around, everything will be fine." said Radio, cracking a smile.
As Casey and Daffney left the restaurant, they try to head far away from it as possible, "Radio said that Anorexia Nervosa is common," said Casey, "I'm going to the library to check this out, I'll see you later Daffney.
"He could be fibbing." noted Daffney.
"Radio never lies to us when he shares information," said Casey, "I'll take his word for it."
"Okay," said Daffney, "Suit yourself."
Casey departed from Daffney, she then head to the Snorkland Library and looked through the health section. What she found was interesting, there were indeed books about Anorexia Nervosa, but they don't contain much information. Radio was right about 1 out of 100 young women gets the disease, but she needs something else to back him up. After going though more books, Casey found a thick green book about Anorexia Nervosa, and it happened to be written by Radio Seaworthy.
When she looked through the book, she found a section of the book where it contained photos of female snorks who suffer from Anorexia Nervosa. The photos shocked Casey to the core when she viewed them, the sufferers looked like skeletons inside of really tight skins. Radio sure had a lot of time on his hands, each photo was from an individual snork with the disease and he happened to have taken 250 pictures of them. Casey couldn't stand it, and so slams the book shut.
"That's it," she said as she puts the book back where she found it, "I'm done, this is just too much, I'm going home."
Back at the restaurant, Dimmy, Tooter, and Allstar were enjoying the burgers at the restaurant. "Wow Radio," said Allstar who was talking with his mouth full, "This is great."
"It wasn't easy finding the right ingredients," said Radio, "It took me 3 weeks just to find the right proteins, the meat you're eating happened to be grown in a lab so no animals were slaughtered in making of the patties."
"Mmmm." tooted Tooter.
"This is good," said Dimmy, "And its all artificial."
"We'll this give us constipation?" asked Allstar.
"It shouldn't," said Radio, "But if it does, I have some medication for it, created my me of course."
When Allstar finished his burger, he patted his stomach, "I feel full already," he commented, "I think I'm going to need a longer belt."
"Just don't eat here everyday and you won't need one," advised Radio, "Unless you have a fast metabolism."
"I wish Casey were here," said Allstar, "She would have loved this."
"I'll might persuade her and Daffney to eventually come here," said Radio, "But if her choice is final, then so be it. I'll leave you guys alone now, I got something to take care of."
Radio swam to the back room where Berry was watching TV, "Berry," he said, "Looks like we got another experiment to perform."
"What kind of experiment?" asked Berry.
"I'll explain to you when we get home," said Radio, "You're going to like it."
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