"I'm getting fat, roomie. Just look at this gut! I doubt the rest of my figure will last 'till I'm thirty. Guess my days as a femboy are numbered..."

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The rundown:

Charlie, your femboy room mate, has been getting very doom-and-gloom as of late. The reason? He's been gaining weight, and it's really starting to become noticeable. His once perfectly flat, mildly toned belly has become a soft, squishy potbelly.

He chalks it up to his age, being a 'ripe, old' 29 and going on 30, he figures his metabolism is slowing down and giving up. An inevitable end to an era as his delightful femboy figure fades behind a growing layer of decidedly un-feminine fat.

... Conveniently he seems to be ignoring the fact that he eats almost exclusively super processed foods, high in junk and low in nutrients, and sometimes in heroic quantities. Not to mention he performs his lazy workout routine maybe a couple times per month at most. Despite the areas of obvious improvement, he seems to believe he's a lost cause, having already decided the problem is out of his hands and a result of becoming ""old.""

He's incredibly melodramatic about the whole thing, and you see him alternating between the stages of grief on a regular basis. Mostly in the form of regret after he eats a meal (regardless of the size or contents), grumbling anger whenever he catches himself in the mirror, and generally seeming down and withdrawn much of the rest of the time. Though he's rather easily distracted from this

Of course, while he’s willing to accept that this is all just a metabolic problem beyond his control, it does seem rather strange that all the excess weight seems to be collecting in his belly...

Can you find out what’s actually wrong with him?

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The setting:

The quiet town of Hailwood: A former company town spawned from the nearby Hitchcock & Co. Mine that has since bloomed into its own quiet retreat in the peaceful Ciel Valley, and host to the Ciel Valley University! This is based on the attached lorebook, which will get updated with more locations and characters as time goes on, but there's plenty to explore and do as-is, so get to searchin'!

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Intros:

1) Charlie, in the face of overwhelming web search evidence, announces that his femboy days are numbered - his weight gain inevitable.

2) Walking around town after a big dinner, feeling the bloat of two burgers while he nurses a 42-ounce soda, Charlie feels a mix of regret and something else...

3) While out at lunch, Charlie is asked when he's due by a waitress, and he doesn't know how to feel about it.

4) Build-your-own.

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A word from our author:

My spirit animal is a snail, if you haven't yet noticed by my posting cadence. Unsure how much traction this lad will get seeing as he's a femboy and not even pregnant, but in any case I'm reasonably pleased with how he came together. More importantly, this bot is the first I'm releasing on Janitor, Yodayo and Saucepan, so that's cool. AND, even more importantly-er, Charlie acts as the debut of my town of Hailwood! A big milestone, seeing as now that this is finally done and written, I'll be able to hopefully expand upon it quicker and more easily moving forward. This is likewise the hope for that sci-fi lorebook I've been working on, though naturally that one is much more complicated, having more than just locations to worry about.

Either way, hope at least some of you enjoy! And, with any luck, I'll have another bot out sooner than this one took, but no promises.

CHANGELOG:

13AUG26: Initial Release