h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Ooooooh, yes I have!
He's talking to me!

[Link blinks in confusion, then he gets it]

[Link] NO, you noron! I meant besides me!

[The shapeshifter, Knil, who is currently in Link's form, teleports to Athens in consternation. He then tries to find the paper he dropped.]

[Link] Hi.

[Knil] Huh? Hi.

[pause]

[Knil] Why are you looking at me like that? [pause] Well? [pause] Oh. Er ... hehe ...

[Knil draws his sword. Then so does Link. They get into en garde position.]

[Link] En garde!

[Neither moves.]

[Stranger]
*watches and listens, face still hidden*

[Nothing happens; Knil stays in his form that looks exactly like Link, and Link stays with Knil Z-Targeted with Navi .]

[Link] So .....

[Knil] Er .....

[Link] Aren't we supposed to start fighting?

[Knil] I guess so. Unless something stops us.

[Nothing continues to happen]

*the stranger moves forward*

*smiling slightly she removes a small object from her pocket*

*she looks once more at the two Links and then pushes the red button on the object, and leaves*

[[Sirano]]
[[Imp]]
[[Slime]]

[Out of the device comes a large, semitransparent, gel-like being with a cute face. It is an oversized version of a Slime from the Dragon Quest series. It bounces around for a bit and then jumps very high. It crashlands on Klin, who unwillingly transforms into an Imp, which is a humanoid, helmeted frog-like creature.]

[Klin] I -- I -- I --

[Klin suddenly stands tall and proud -- or at least as tall and proud as an imp /can/ stand -- with the intent of reciting something.]

[Klin]
There once was a hamster named Thad,
They all said it really was bad.
He ran up a tree,
Got stung by a bee,
And now he is really quite sad.

[Link] Hm ...

[Pause]

[Klin] A penguin ('tis said) was a king.
It wasn't quite that good a thing.
He ordered all Emp-
orers replaced with Temp,
And answered the phone when it ring.

[Link] Looks like that Slime got a Sirano potion into him. It makes whoever drinks it recite bad poetry for hours on end.

Ahhh! That's right! That's exactly what Sirano potions do! YK, are you brushing up on Zorkish magic in your spare time?

Ahhh! That's right! That's exactly what Sirano potions do! YK, are you brushing up on Zorkish magic in your spare time?

It's one of the more accurate bits in "The Lost City of Zork"...