AAARRRGGHH!!! notices that there's a hole in the bag and NotEnrique has escaped. NotEnrique says he only agreed to come because they promised him socks, which better be argyle and smelly. He catches a view of the stalkling and uses the amulet to get away.īlinky and AAARRRGGHH!!! approach Vendel with NotEnrique. Steve tries to start a race, but Jim is only interested in figuring out what was chasing him. As he looks to see what it was, Steve pulls up beside him. While he's driving, a stalkling dips down near him. Toby bribes him with money and he agrees to let Jim have ten minutes. The dealer wishes him a happy birthday, but says he still needs a signature from a parent. Toby shows the dealer Jim's permit, plus his mother's insurance information. The dealer says they can't do a test drive without a learner's permit. Toby asks for Jim's wallet and takes out a card. The stalkling watches from above as Jim meets Toby. Once the stalkling finds her prey, they'll never see Jim again, unless they find his rotting bones. Strickler says they agreed any attempt on Jim's life would bring too much scrutiny. Strickler looks up and sees the stalkling. Strickler says stallings are dangerous, unpredictable, and uncontrollable. Bular says he did it to do what they should have done long ago. He finds what he thinks is a scale and deduces that Bular summoned a stalkling. Strickler walks through the woods and stops. Just then, Jim jumps and AAARRRGGHH!!! has to catch him. Last Toby heard, he ran off with his girlfriend to be a ski bum in Vermont. Then he just took off and the kit laid in the garage for years. Toby had just moved in across the street and Jim's dad got him a bike kit for his fifth birthday. Birthdays always remind him of the day his dad disappeared. Toby says birthdays aren't really his thing. Blinky is surprised Jim isn't more excited for his birthday. Jim is continuing his training, trying to catch AAARRRGGHH!!! without his amulet or sword. Blinky didn't tell him about Enrique because Vendel wouldn't have believed him anyway. After he leaves, Jim's surprised he didn't mention Enrique. He doesn't want anything delaying Jim's training. He orders them to remove the decorations. Then Jim notices something bright behind him and quickly realizes it's a birthday surprise. AAARRRGGHH!!! comes out and picks up Jim and growls at him. In Trollmarket, Blinky tells Jim to save himself because AAARRRGGHH!!! has lost his mind. Toby tells him there's a situation in Trollmarket. Barbara leaves them to it, saying tonight will be a celebration. When he sees Barbara, he tries to downplay it. Just then, Toby comes in saying there's an emergency. She says they'll get a Vespa someday, but she hates the idea of him on one of them. She realizes what he really wanted, but he says it's fine. He's disappointed to see she actually got him a blender. Jim thinks he's getting the Vespa he wanted and gets excited. Toby has to go because AAARRRGGHH!!! has eaten the cat litter again.īarbara sees Jim coming down the stairs and tells him to wait so she can get his present ready in the garage. Toby suggests telling Claire the truth, but Jim doesn't think that's a good idea. She isn't returning any of his texts since he destroyed her house. He says it was AAARRRGGHH!!! He thought the cake was real. Jim looks out his window and sees Toby in his, waving a cardboard birthday cake with a bite out of it. Jim pokes at the pancakes, but is startled when the walkie-talkie plays a message from Toby, calling Jim. She tells him she has another surprise for him downstairs when he's done eating. She wants to do something even though he hates his birthday. His mother is bringing him breakfast in bed for his birthday. Something lands in the tree outside Jim's room. Jim's 16th birthday is full of surprises, including the arrival of a terrifying new species of troll that's immune to the effects of sunlight.
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