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The Princess and the Plumper - 3

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Garnet approached the main entrance to the large mansion that housed the Treno Culinary Festival, pinching the ticket tight in her hands so it wouldn't flutter away to be lost in the building crowd.

"I can't wait to enter," she whispered to her companions as the crowd slowly trickled into the gate.  "This will give me a chance to mingle with everyone that I've always wanted!"

"Garnet?"  Eiko tugged at Garnet's vest and Garnet in response leaned down toward her.  "I don't think we'll be mingling with any regular folk here!  You're just in this for the food, aren't you?"

"Eiko Carol!" Beatrix fumed, pinching Eiko by the ear.  "How can you make such an accusation?"  

"Beatrix, please don't be so harsh," the princess replied, her plea followed by a sustained groan from her stomach.  It was such a deep roar that it caused her belly to bounce against her knees some.  "I will admit that my stomach is guiding this decision some."  Beatrix let go of Eiko's ear, astounded that such a groan could come from her princess's stomach.

"Impressive, your highness," Freya praised, bowing to queen Garnet.

"Thank you, Freya," Garnet replied, having trouble believing she could even produce such an impressive tummy rumble.

"Excuse me, miss?"  A finger tapped on Garnet's meaty shoulder.  Garnet carefully turned around, trying not to knock anyone around with her wide hips, to see a thin white-haired man in gray dress clothes standing behind her.  "I couldn't help but notice the ticket in your hand."

"This ticket?  It was given to me by Doctor Phogg.  He asked me if I could attend a special exhibition in his place.  I'm sorry if this is on short notice but it sounds like he's in the middle of an emergency and really needs the help."

"Yes, I understand completely.  If you follow me I'll lead you to the special exhibition.  After it is over you'll be able to tour the grounds freely if you wish.  It shouldn't take very long." The four massive girls turned around and began to follow the man out of the crowd and towards the side of the building.

"Where are we heading?" Eiko asked, huffing some as she wobbled along on her short legs, holding up the back of the pack.

"We will be entering through the staff-only side entrance," the man replied as he approached a door guarded by two young soldiers.  "I will be taking these young ladies to the private exhibition."

"Please enter, sir," on replied, bowing to the man.

"Everything is ready," the other replied, bowing as well.  The pair stepped aside and the slim man strode between them.  The two looked at Garnet, who was next to enter, and stepped further apart to give more space.  Entering through the door lead them to the kitchen, where chefs mulled away, preparing their finest creations for this night of dining.

"So what sort of special presentation is this?" Freya asked, trying to keep her mammoth hips from swaying too far and knocking anything or anyone over.  "And who is this Dr. Phogg?  I am not familiar with his name.  Nor am I with yours."

"I am taking you to a private sampling for the chefs so that they make sure that everything is in order and to check for any last moment changes that must be made before the food is presented.  Dr. Phogg is a famed culinary expert who was called in to make sure all preparations were made."

"And we'll be doing this in his place?  He must've saw some great potential in us," Beatrix noted.

"Anyone can tell by looking at us that we really appreciate food!" Eiko muttered to Garnet, who couldn't help but giggle at the comment, causing her enormous belly to quake and jiggle.

"All of that said, my name is Mr. Logras.  I am one of the organizers for this event.  This is my first year in this position, so I am hoping that everything goes well tonight."

"This is my first year attending, so I hope everything goes well too!" Garnet added cheerfully as Logras lead the two into a dining hall just outside the kitchen.

"Well, you certainly answered my questions."  Freya replied.  "I'm sorry I had any suspicions."

"I can understand your hesitance.  We have pulled all of you into something very sudden and have given you absolutely no time to prepare.  We wish this could have been conducted under much better circumstances."  Mr. Logras approached the head of the table.  "We'll be bringing in some extra chairs," he said as two attendants left the room.

"Why?  There are four chairs in here," Beatrix noted, stroking her chins.  "And there are only four of us."  

"I don't think a little extra would hurt," Freya muttered, looking down at her hips as they bulged so wide her pants were pressed tight against them.

"No, I can see us needing them," Garnet added.  Beatrix looked at the two wide women and began to blush.

"I suppose I was a bit hasty in my judgment..."  Beatrix replied, looking at the posteriors on the two wide ladies, pressing tight into their rather risqué outfits.  They were certainly not meant to occupy any regular chairs.  In a second the attendants return and slid two extra chairs next to the others.

"After this we're gonna need some extra chairs too, right aunty?" Eiko asked as she jiggled to the table and slid up into it, her legs kicking and jiggling off the front as the attendants set silverware and napkins in front of her.

"I plan to exercise some restraint tonight," Beatrix said as she lowered her pillowy rump into the seat.  "I can't let myself become so overstuffed that I can't keep my qu-  our lady safe tonight."

"This looks like an incredible feast," Freya observed as her rump settled down and her tail poked through the back of the chairs, her thighs sticking over the sides as she settled in.  "There isn't an empty space on this table..."

"And this is merely a fraction of the best food we'll be serving tonight.  If anything is not to your approval please tell us."

"Thank you, we will." Garnet said as she descended onto the chair, her twin cheeks pouring through the backs on each velvety chair and dangling over the sides.  "I'm not sure if our opinions will be as valuable as Dr. Phogg's but we will do our best!"

"Then we shall begin."  On Mr. Logras' word the waiters sprung into motion, leaning over their large forms to take the tops off the platters, revealing culinary masterpieces underneath.  The girls licked their lips and began salivating, leaning eagerly towards their food, though not diving just in yet until they got the word before beginning their binge.  "I don't wish to keep you young ladies waiting, so please feel free to eat whenever you are ready.  Nothing should separate enthusiasts from their food, after all."

"I like the way you think!" Eiko said as she reached her tubby arms forward and grabbed a large portion of glazed Chocobo to take an enormous bite off it.  "Oh my gosh!  How come we never got food like this back home!  This is fantastic!"  She took another bite of the juicy breast, the sweet coating rubbing off onto her equally thick lips, tearing into it. More of the meals were unveiled as the girls watched in awe, wondering what they would see next.  In front of Freya a large bowl of Adamantoise soup sat, filled with cream and spices.

"This is... I could never imagine the opportunity to eat a delicacy like this!"  Freya picked up a large soup spoon and shuttled it into her mouth, her ears quivering as she tasted it.  Beatrix watched Freya's delight at this feast and smiled.

"I suppose that ever since the mist receded and the monsters calmed down people have been a bit more courageous with their livestock?"  She turned back to the meal in front of her, a titanic portion of Behemoth prime rib cooked to peak tenderness and slathered with a thick smoky sauce.  "It does feel rather... disconcerting to eat something that at one point could have eaten me."  She took her fork and knife to slice off a piece and popped it into her mouth.  "Oh... Oh my..."  Her eyes lit up, and for once in her life she felt an overwhelming sense of gluttony overcome her.  "So this is what Garnet and Eiko see in constantly stuffing themselves with food," she quietly thought to herself before preparing herself another slice.

"Hm?  Did you say something?" Garnet asked Beatrix.

"No, nothing...  Please do not let me interrupt your meal!" Beatrix said, silencing herself with another large cut of behemoth meat.  

"I understand," Garnet replied as she turned to hear meal.  Her plate was stacked high with deep fried Gyshal pickles that tumbled down the stack and all over the tray.   Like most other foods made with Gyshal pickles it had a rather strong smell, but the thick, crispy, and greasy batter coating them balanced out their own rather overwhelming scent.  Garnet picked one up and drenched it with the tangy dip that accompanied the mound of comfort food.  She dunked it into her mouth and with just one taste she was under its spell.

"This selection of food represents the finest foods from all over our fine land.  We've made sure that no region was left out, and yet it is only a fraction of what our festival truly offers."  Mr. Logras marched back and forth as the girls gorged, the rest of the meals on the table revealed to enhance their feast.

"This looks nice and all," Eiko said as she took a moment to toss aside the bones of a large roasted Chocobo thigh. "But where are the desserts?  Girls need sweets, you know!"

"Eiko," Beatrix hissed with the sternness only a military leader like her could have.  "This is more than enough for us.  We shouldn't be ungrateful and ask for more, especially when this food is more than enough." Beatrix set aside a finished set of Behemoth ribs, dwarfing the large portion of Chocobo Eiko had just polished off, and reached over the table to try some buttery pasta before tacking the next set.

"Oh, but we do have desserts for you all to try too.  There is no way we could fit them on the table as well right now."

"You mean there is more?" Beatrix asked in shock.  "Perhaps that is a bit excessive considering that we only got here and still haven't even visited the main floor" she stuttered, her double chins covered in specks of sauce. "But at the same time it is our duty to eat it all!"

"Doesn't take much to change your tune, huh?" Freya said rather playfully as she reached over her bowl of soup and grabbed a buttery roll of bread, her belly pushing into the table and her rump tickled by the back of her chair.  She tried her most not to knock over something with her dangling arm fat or, worse, dunk her pendulous breasts right into her soup.

"I refuse to waver from any challenge presented to me," Beatrix retorted with a wink.  Going by all the weight piling onto her frame she was excelling at this challenge.  Due to her gung-ho devouring of the Behemoth ribs as well as enhancing her meal with all of the fattening side dishes the once chubby, curvaceous girl had finally joined the others in becoming a full-fledged fat woman.  Her thick waist had grown into a pair of love handles that lead to a belly large enough to fill up much of her lap and thighs even while seated at the table.  

The effects of her gain were much more apparent in her curves, however.  The skimpy breastplate was packed full of her mature, full breasts, with cleavage poking out from in between them and globular flesh pouring out the bottom; there was room for much more underboob to pour out in the future, too!  Her ass was also developing magnificently, the two oversized cheeks already swallowing the tiny bottom of her costume between their jiggling masses and pressing into the back of her chair.   The stiles of the large chair were swallowed up and sinking deeper in with everything she ate.

"We'll be bringing in an extra chair for you, miss," said Mr. Logras as one of the busboys ducked out.

"So you need two chairs like us now, huh?" Freya teased as the emptied bowl of soup was taken out from in front of her.  

"Welcome to the club, Beatrix!" Garnet added as she rubbed her overstuffed gut and let out a satisfied sigh.  Beatrix blushed at their rather unusual praise, sliding into position as her second chair was retrieved.  She didn't want to admit it, but it was a lot more comfortable having more room to rest her growing rump.

"Well, I'm sure you two will need third chairs soon, so don't get too cocky!"  Beatrix reached down and rubbed her belly and peeped across the table for a look at Freya and Garnet's hips.  With the inches of width adding to them her assumption wasn't so far off after all.

"This is some fine grub!"  Eiko said as she pat her belly, having just eaten what could amount to three Chocobo's worth of meat.  The youngest of the group grew more globular by the moment, though unlike the others she grew faster forwards than side to side.  Her belly poured out the bottom of her large blue coat, over the front of her chair, and dangled just above the floor, straddled by two thick legs.  "Though I can't wait for dessert!"

"You won't have to wait much longer, young lady," Logras said as his assistants once again sprung into action, stacking platters and moving them into be carts to be lead back to the kitchen.  "Considering that the four of you haven't left a single scrap I think it's safe to say that this meal is over.  Now can I interest you in desserts?"

"Yes, please!" Garnet shouted, licking her lips.  She couldn't believe just how appetizing dessert sounded, despite having just gorged on more than she had ever eaten before.

"I wonder if I even have room for dessert," Beatrix groaned while rubbing her bloated belly, now a full on apron.

"After everything we've eaten I would think we couldn't possibly have room for anymore," Freya replied as she rubbed her belly, the fuzzy dome extra soft in her palms.  One of the attendants sat a large platter holding a cake drizzled with chocolate sauce and raspberries in front of her.  "Yet I have no desires to stop right now!"   

"We can't chicken out!" Eiko declared as a platter of assorted tarts was laid at her front, the treats spread out like cards in front of her.  She reached out her super pudgy arm and drew a Rolanberry tart from the deck, popping it into her mouth, before launching into a two handed assault to gobble down as many more as she could.  

"This all looks so wonderful... thank you again, Mr. Logras!  This is an amazing opportunity!"  Garnet salivated as she looked over the Kupo Nut crusted pie served to her, already cut for her convenience.  In the middle of the table more platters were arranged with extra cookies, biscuits, and other fantastic finger foods to add to their already over the top selection.  The last touches to their magnificent meal were enormous frosty glasses of milk shakes made from dairy provided by Pepe's Milk Shop of Lindblum.

"No, I can only again thank you for your assistance.  Thanks to your help this will be one of the best Culinary Festivals yet.  Please, ladies, enjoy the meal and as always feedback is welcome!"  The flabby foursome had already dug in even before he could even finish his speech.  The girls tackled the food relentlessly, plowing through the desserts with even more fury than the main course.  Even Mr. Logras backed up a few steps, wanting a bit of distance from their feeding frenzy.  The girls dropped their treats onto smaller plates and plopped hefty scoops of ice cream and pools of hot fudge at the side to accentuate their food and pour on extra calories.

"I'm in heaven!" Eiko said as she took a large gulp of her frosty milk shake, chugging it down even in the face of the ever present menace of the ice cream headache.  She finished chugging down her first glass before even making a dent in the rest of her dessert, and when nothing was left but traces of whipped cream a waiter swooped in and replaced it.  "Scratch that, I'm in heaven times two!  This service is amazing!  We really need service like this back at the c... cabin!"  Beatrix had given a piercing glare at Eiko before she could slip up and compromise their disguise, and even though her stern look was somewhat softened by her plump face the young lady still got the point.

"I will return shortly," Mr. Logras said as the girls continued their eating, barely acknowledging that he left or wondering where he needed to go.  All that mattered to the girls at that time was that the attendants remained to keep them supplied with more milk shakes.  They were even kind enough to bring in a third chair for Garnet and Freya's rumps when two chairs became too little to hold them.  Beatrix peeked up from her current snack and smirked while she watched the two planted their readjusted backsides to accommodate their third seats, pleased that her prediction had came true.  After sizing them up she licked the caramel off her lips and returned to binging, trying to avoid acknowledging that she was working towards needing a third chair herself.  Regardless of how their furniture situation went the meal continued on, with Logras returning to find the plates empty and each girl sitting next to five empty milkshake glasses.

"Welcome back, Mr. Logras," Garnet groaned as she leaned back and rubbed her belly.  "That dessert was absolutely perfect!  It's easily the best thing I've ever ate!"  Her hands slid over her belly as she continued to rub it to sooth her sugar-loaded stomach.

"The scary thing is that I feel like I could eat more!" Freya contributed to the conversation while leaning way back in her chairs to rest.  Even from this super-reclined position her belly still reached the table's edge and pushed into it.  "I can't wait until we get loose out there!  In fact..."  Freya clutched her stomach and cringed.  "I want to get out there right now!"  

"Freya, are you all right?" Beatrix gasped as she rose from her chair and leaned towards her rat-girl companion, her bouncing bottom knocking the two chairs to the ground in the process.

"No, I'm fine, I just feel absolutely starved!  Like I ate nothing at all!"

"Freya, I know what you mean!" Eiko gasped from the other side of the table, grabbing her own enormous belly as well.  "I'm hungry!  Really hungry!"

"But we all just ate!" Beatrix gasped, balling her hands into fists.  "What is going on?" She shouted, hoping she could hide her own growing hungry and growling stomach.

"What's happening?" Garnet watched Eiko reach over and grab plates to lick any scrap of food off them she could, before taking a look up to Mr. Logras, who now wore a rather grim expression.

"I can get you all of the food you want, Behemina."  He took a couple steps forward and a pair of armored guards filed in behind him, taking position at his sides.  "You can have all of the food you've ever wanted, Behemina, if you just come with me."

"Behemina?  What are you talking about?" Garnet shouted as she stood up, her ass scattering her three chairs in its wake.  She felt a strong hunger pang in her stomach that grew more debilitating with each second passed without food.  She couldn't let her hunger make her look weak in the face of this new threat.

"Don't play the fool, Behemina.  You've fallen right into my trap, and now it will be your appetite that leads you to your demise.  Funny, isn't it?  I can't believe you made such an obvious mistake."  Logras laughed as the guards advanced to the table to take their tubby captors into custody.

"Mr. Logras," one of the guards said as he looked over his shoulder to face his master.

"Yes?" Mr. Logras asked, his face reddening from building frustration.  "What is it you have to say?"

"It is actually you who made the obvious mistake."  The guard reached around and grabbed his partner, flinging the armored warrior into Mr. Logras.  The impact of the two knocked both out cold all of the dining attendants except one, sent into panic, all ran out of the room, not wanting to enter a fight with a very well armed guard.  The last worker walked back into the middle of the room and stood next to the rogue guard.  "It seems that you four have gotten yourself into a very precarious situation," the guard said in a voice that in no way matched his appearance at all.  It was a mix of feminine seduction and heavy huskiness that was simply bizarre to hear coming from inside of his armor.

"It's a good thing Behemina had seen this plan coming, or you would've definitely been going to jail in her place," the attendant added in a similar voice, though with not as much of the huskiness.

"Who is Behemina?" Beatrix asked sternly, standing up and planting her hands on the table so hard it almost tipped over and took all the plates with it.  "And what in the world is going on?"

"I am Behemina," said the guard as he pressed an emblem on the center of his chest.  With a flash of light the armored figure vanished and in his place stood a mammoth form.   Behemina was a massive lady, easily the size of the Queen herself, and with a close look Garnet could see why Logras and his henchmen mixed up the two.  Behemina's black hair was worn in two long ponytails that tickled the top of her rear's blubbery outcropping.  She wore a dark face mask much like the one that came with Garnet's disguise, yet instead of a pair of brown eyes like Garnet two rich green eyes rested beyond hers.

"Behemina?" Garnet asked, still in a state of shock from what all transpired.  Not only had she just barely been rescued from a dastardly trap, but she was staring at her spitting image in appearance and size.  The only other thing that could distinguish the two besides their eye color was their wardrobes.  Behemina wore a tight vest with pockets for her supplies opened wide for her blubbery jiggling breasts to spill out.    Holding her breasts tight was a green bikini top that she outgrew hundreds of pounds ago, now showing off high quantities of cleavage and underboob alike.  The last piece of her wardrobe was a tiny pair of shorts hidden under a pendulous belly on one side and engulfed between two cellulite-laden ass cheeks on the other.  

"You are looking at her, in all her bulk.  When I saw how you were dressed I assumed you were a fan of mine, but it sounds like your appearance is just a big happy coincidence!"  She waddled back and forth as she inspected her four new companions, her ass bouncing with every slow step she took.  The four girls squirmed uneasily, hands rubbing their stomachs as they tried to sooth their irritable tummies.

"Why do we feel so hungry?" Freya moaned loudly, her rat tail wagging frantically as her burning desire for more food began to overwhelm her.

"It's because you fell victim to Mr. Logras's trap.  He was planning to catch Behemina in it to make her so hungry she would turn herself in to the authorities just for more food."  The attendant began to laugh as he wrapped his arm around Behemina, being engulfed in her thick rolls and plush hips.  "It's hard to believe he would think such a basic plan would catch someone as crafty as Behemina, but I suppose he's not as bright as he things he is!  So, Lady Behemina, should I remove my costume now?"

"No," Behemina replied as she pet her assistant's head.  "It might be better for us if you hold onto your disguise for just a bit longer.  We may have dealt with Logras but we're not out of the fire yet.  On top of that it looks like we have four new friends we have to babysit."

"Babysit?"  Beatrix shouted at the thief, her chubby cheeks turning red from her frustrations.  "If it hadn't been for your thieving ways then we wouldn't have even gotten into your trap and we wouldn't be in this predicament in the first place!"

"Now, please don't get so mad at me!  You know as well as I do that anger won't solve anything.  At this point it doesn't matter how we got into this situation, but how we're going to get out."

"So we'll all need to cooperate, right?" Garnet asked as she waddled away from the table.

"Exactly!  You, my fine admirer, know just that we need to do to get out of here alive then!" Behemina waddled towards Garnet and wrapped an arm around the disguised queen, pressing their thighs together as their bellies oozed down towards each other and met in the middle.   "And we can also get revenge on Mr. Logras and all his men too!"

"I'm not sure if I want to be part of any sort of revenge scheme, especially if it's headed by a thief like you," Beatrix retorted.  "Though as you said it is our only option.  I'm afraid I must swallow my pride as long as you're willing to let us escape!"

"I'll accept your help as well.  If we don't act soon then I'm sure there will be more out to get us any moment."  Freya stood up and bowed to Behemina, so hefty from her last meal that she had some trouble standing back up from the bow.

"This sounds fun to me!"  Eiko skipped over to the rest of the group, her enormous belly adding an extra spring to her step.

"Good, I' m glad that everyone has agreed to lend a hand!"  Behemina reached into a pocket on her vest and pulled out a small clear stone.  "But before I get too comfortable working with all I'll need to make a quick background check!  You all must be hiding some rather interesting identities if you're willing to play dress-up like this!"

"A scan-stone?" Beatrix asked as she looked at the small tool pinched between Behemina's fingers.  "How could you get your hand on something like that?"

"I am a thief, you know!  I end up with all sorts of unexpected things!"  She giggled as she held it up to her eye and began to scan her four new associates.

"Can we really trust her with our true identities?" Freya whispered to the princess, leaning so close that their fat bellies mingled together.

"It would be better for her to find out than for anyone else to, even if she is a thief."

"I suppose you do fall well in with the roguish sorts, huh?" Freya chuckled as she turned away from the princess.

"Oh... oh my!"  Behemina gasped as the results of the scan appeared inside the clear scan-stone.  "It sounds like I'm dealing with some very, very important people here!"  Her smile grew.  "Eiko Carrol: 481 pounds, white mage.  General Beatrix of the Alexandrian Army: 458 pounds.  Freya Crescent: head of the Burmecian Reconstruction project, 695 pounds.  And last but not least, Queen Garnet Til Alexandros XVII: weighing in at a regal 738 pounds!  My, I can't believe I have such special guests here with me at the Culinary Festival tonight!  I must've been a real good girl!"  She reached over and grabbed one of Garnet's plump butt cheeks, her fingers sinking in rather tight.  "Though the poor Queen is no match for my 760 pounds!  I've built these luxurious pounds with every treat I've stolen in my great quest for the tastiest foods of Gaia!"  

"That is enough!" Beatrix barked as she grabbed Behemina's hand and pulled it off the Queen's rump, inadvertently grabbing a solid handful of her highness's posterior in the process.  

"I can only wonder why a Queen would need to sneak into an event like this when she has the freedom to go wherever she pleases and do what she wishes, but who am I to judge!"

"It's not like that at all, being Queen!"  Garnet said as she faced Behemina.  "It's more suffocating than you would think," she reprimanded.  "That's why I had to sneak out tonight in total secret!"  Behemina giggled and winked at the princess, planting a plump finger over Garnet's lips to silence the princess.

"I don't need to hear any more, my Queen!  Matters such as a woman's fine dining are never to be brushed aside!  And as our dear Beatrix said now we must put aside all our differences if we want to escape.  I'm sure you are also feeling the effects of the charm that Logras had placed on your meal sampler!"

"A charm?" Eiko asked.

"So that is why we still feel famished after such a large meal?" Freya pondered out loud.  "It was spiked!"

"Quite a trap!" Behemina's assistant began, pacing back and forth in front of the group.  "Logras could've never anticipating capturing the 'Behemina.'"

"He must've been hoping that we would've eaten everything and became so overwhelmed by hunger that we would turn ourselves in to the authorities just for something to eat.  It's certainly a trap I would've seen from halfway across Gaia, but for a group of innocent victims like you there would've been no way to expect it."  Behemina grinned as she took Garnet's hand. "Your hunger is going to become more overwhelming with each passing second.  It will take immense quantities of food just to quell it."

"From the way you're describing it, it sounds like we'll need to eat everything in the Culinary Festival just to keep from going crazy!" Eiko said as she looked down at her tummy, the fleshy gut in a constant state of rumbling.

"That could be the only way to stave off the effects of the hunger charm!  In fact, I bet it's the right way to teach Logras and his flunkies just what happens when you mess with Behemina!"

"My queen, are we really going to go forward with this?" Beatrix pleaded to her queen as she tried to keep her stomach from overtaking her brain before jumping right into Behemina's plan.

"We wanted to go wild in Treno, didn't we?" Garnet chuckled as she leaned in close to Beatrix.  "Then I say let's go as wild as we can!"
It looks like Garnet and company have finally arrived at the Treno Culinary Festival for what could be the greatest meal of their lives! However there may just be more to this meal than tasty main courses and sugary sweets! Did Garnet's eyes turn out to be bigger than her stomach and could she have waddled into a delicious predicament? By time this is over she'll certainly need a larger throne, that's for sure!

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