"I don't know. That's his only pen and he doesn't use pencils." Vince replied, slightly worried.
Before they could think of a course of action, Howard stomped in.
"Ah, my pen's fixed. I'll give that poem one last try." He said to himself. And then, to everyone's horror; he began to write.
The words flowed from his mind to his pen as smooth as clockwork. Within ten minutes, he'd written a page-long poem using remarkable words many people had forgotten. He read it through. "That's…the best poem I've ever written."
"He doesn't seem over-confident." Vince said to Naboo in the flat.
"Well he will be. His new-found lyrical talent will go to his head, and he'll care about nothing else." Naboo told him. "Soon, he'll forget who he is. To him, he'll just be Howard Moon, lyrical genius. He'll forget that he works in this shop. And, he'll forget that jazz exists, it's that strong."
"Can't we just get the pen back off him?" Vince asked, anxiety growing.
"It will start to absorb whoever touches it. We'd have to get someone who didn't have anything to lose to take it from him." Naboo said.
"What can we do until we find someone?" Vince queried, worry clear in his voice.
"Try talking to him. Maybe you can distract him from writing."
"OK"
"Hey Howard." Vince said, sitting down next to Howard.
"Muh." was Howard's reply.
"Watcha writing?" He asked.
"Poem."
"Can I read it?"
"Muh."
Vince sighed. This was gonna take a while.
Meanwhile, Naboo was trying to think of what to do. Who had nothing to lose?
"Lester Cornflakes?" Bollo suggested.
"For the ninth time, NO! He's dead, remember?" Naboo reminded him, annoyed.
Think, think…
"Dennis?" Bollo said.
"You've already said that, NO!" Naboo shouted. "But…He might be able to help."
He went to his room, picked up his phone and called Dennis.
"Hello, Head Shaman." came Dennis' phone greeting.
"Hey Dennis, it's Naboo."
"Oh, hello Naboo. How may I help you?"
"Thanks to Bollo, I've accidentally overdosed Inspiration Liquor in a pen, but before I could remove it, Howard Moon picked it up. Can you help us out?"
"Yeah, I'll be there in about two hours. See you then."