Big Buisness: Maximus

Chapter 1 - Change

Maximus was shocked when he heard the news that he was chosen to be Rick's replacement as Chief Director of Quality Control and Product Innovation. Working as a secretary he never imagined that such a step up was possible. At first, Maximus had doubts about whether or not he could do the job but he had confidence in himself. After all, there must have been a reason he was chosen over others in the company.

The one piece of advice left to Maximus by his boss was to get a perception for an injection that limits the calories that his body would absorb. Maximus chose the 1900kcal variant as this was the level of calories he ate in a day. Maximus liked to keep in shape and, before this, he tracked everything he ate to make sure he wasn't overeating. The jab made this unnecessary, not that it would be possible to keep below that target with the nature of his new job.

Any uncertainty Maximus had about whether he could do the job or not dissipated after his first week. It was great; he got to eat all the foods he never allowed himself and got to keep his body as it had always been. Despite enjoying all the things he denied himself, Maximus struggled to consume all of the different products he was expecting to try. The first month was a real struggle. However, by the time the second month was coming to a close Maximus was more able to comfortably accommodate the samples and by the end of the third, he often felt hungry as he was driving home from work.

As the fourth month of the job got underway Maximus was well in the swing of things chomping his way through the samples and submitting reports like it were nothing. Then some sudden news hit Maximus' desk. The shot he had been using to limit his caloric intake was recalled. "How could he do a job like this without that shot?" He asked himself. He tried searching for comparable products on the Internet but nothing really fit the bill. "What should I do now? Why are there no alternatives?" Maximus questioned.

In recent months Maximus hadn't been to the gym every evening like he used to. Instead, he went two or three times a week. "Maybe if I go to the gym every evening again, yeah that'll burn the extra intake," Maximus reassured himself. But will this be enough?