"NABOO" Vince screeched as soon as the shaman appeared down the stairs. "What were you doing?!! Howard's just collapsed and he won't wake up! WHAT DO WE DO?!"

"Alright, no need to shout. I just found this upstairs." He handed the parchment to Vince, who read it quickly.

"How are we gonna do that? He can't write crappy poetry with that demon inside him!"

"I know! What I suggest we do is find a biro that looks the same as that one, then get an idiot to swap them for us." Naboo suggested.

"Hang on, isn't the demon thingy already inside Howard?" Vince realised.

"Yes, but if we get rid of the pen then it should be weaker. So we just need to find a numbskull to do it for us."

"But who would be stupid enough to do that?"

Then, after a moment, Vince and Naboo looked at each other and said simultaneously "Bob Fossil."

Bob Fossil was panting over stains on his suit with Tipex then colouring them blue with a crayon when Vince rushed in.

"Fossil-you-gotta-help-me!" He said in one breath, following the script Naboo had taught him.

"Wha-" Fossil cried, spilling Tipex all over his suit.

"There's some of my special glitter in Howard's biro and I can't get it out! Can you smash it for me?"

"OK, where is it?"

"It's still at the shop. I didn't want to risk dropping it down a drain."

"Ok, when this Tipex dries, I'll come help ya."

"Thanks" Vince left the room. As soon as he was outside, he started giggling. "What an idiot!" He laughed.

Naboo had just finished inserting the glitter into the pen with a syringe when Vince returned.

"Is he coming?"

"Yep." Vince replied, kicking the pen into the middle of the floor "Does that look like it was just dropped there?" He asked.

Naboo nodded. "Ok, let's move Howard so he doesn't look suspicious."

They both went to pick him up off of the shop floor. "God he's heavy." Vince moaned, nearly dropping his best friend.

"I know. Let's just shift him quickly." Naboo replied.

It took them fifteen minutes to carry him upstairs to the sofa, where they dropped him with a thud.

"Naboo?" Vince asked as they caught their breath. "Suppose destroying the pen doesn't work. What will we do?"

Naboo shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. We'll figure something out."

There was a knock at the door.

"That'll be the numbskull."