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

A large shimmering lake lies like a piece of shattered mirror in the centre of the TnC barracks, it's surrounded by sand and warm bare earth, and fed by an idyllic waterfall.

It's great for a dip or a little swim, and for the aqua taskforce members it's home. And training ground of course.

A crate of waterproofed shotguns is next to the lake.

*jumps in and awaits further instructions.*

*emerges from the lake and splashes him, then dives under and gives him a subaqua wedgy*

Mwah ha ha!

*Dives underwater and pulls down Werekitty's trunks.*

I'm not wearing trunks.

I have too much fur to need to

You must've pulled that elephants truck who did the dropping at the testing site

*large elephant gets angry at Hussassan*

Oh, s**t. *Swims into an underwater cave.*

*s and follows him*

wow. Look at all the glowing fishes

hey, I think we'll be needing oxygen soon.

By the way how am I speaking to you underwater?

Telepathy? Maybe that's a new feature beginning to emerge in werebeasties. Anyhoo, there's an air bubble right up there. *Swims up to it.*

*follows him, looking slightly *

eewww... it's sulphurous :P
Breathable but smelly.

Right, now we've got some air, let's investigate that sunken ship. Quite how a galleon got into a lake is beyond me.

yes. Partucularly one that big.

Perhaps there was a mad king or something


*swims down and pulls herself through a port hole*

Look - The obligatory scary floating corpses

I think those are actually sea zombies...

oh.

*ducks as one lunges for her head*

Are you sure they're not lake zombies?

*blocks an attempt to unscrew her head*

*Rips off a zombie's head.*
Yeah, you're right, they're actually Lake Zombies.

is this one a zombie

*prods a body*

Oh, wait. That's you... sorry. a bit murky here with all the blood and everything.

Come on then. Let us see what we can see.

*swims down a forbidding passage lines with candles*

We could do with a bit more light...

*attempts to light a match*

Sorry, have you got a lighter? I'm having a bit of trouble with moving my arm fast enough underwater to light a match

*Turns on an underwater torch, causing any remaining zombies to slink back into the shadows whence they came.*
Hmm, lotta rooms here. Wonder if this one contains treasure..? *Opens it and a corpse falls out.* OK, maybe not. This one here..?

I'll bet this ship has a stupid scarey name like the ship of the dead or something.

*opens a box and a large scorpion-crab-spider like thing latches onto her face*

You know. Sometimes, I wonder why I bother.

*sits down looking sulky*

swimsup behind them very queitly

*sounds the fog horn*

*jumps, but the look on her face is totally obscured by the crab thing*

Oh. Hello Reefgirl.