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

Who is this guy they call Tod??

Complete stranger to me!!

I know who Miz Moniker is thinking of. Seems like years since we've seen that great big rat.

I remember the rat... haven't seen him since before my last visit, years ago, I think....

Actually, I'll be wearing a rat mask for Halloween. I'm going as a lab rat - I'll have the mask, a lab coat, and hopefully some lab glass, if I can remember what I did with it.

This one, actually!
http://www.masksbyjen.com/critters.html

I used to enjoy a cocktail or three with Styx over at the L'hotel Chrome. Ahhh, those were the days.

Lentilla, you should look up your regional ballet companies that put on Nutcracker performances. Those rat masks would be perfect for the battle scene.

So? It's Mog's catchphrase, even if it's useless.

[Mog cheerfully gestures with his empty coffee cup, apparently without noticing either the lack of IIEM or of coffee.]

*Pours himself a Margarita*

[Mog gestures vaguely with his coffee cup]

[Mog] ... Kupo ...?

*Serves Mog*

*Gets a wicked grin on his, um, mask*

Happy Halloween, everyone. Who wants a shot of tequila? It's on the house... after a fashion.

I'll take a Tequila Mockingbird, please!

[Mog]

[A tall figure walks in, dressed entirely in black, wearing a sombrero and a Guy Fawkes mask. He has a "Hello My Name Is" sticker that says "B for Bandito." He also has around his neck what appears to be a rosary with miniature bananas hanging from it. He's also exactly the same size and build as Yar Kramer.]

[B] [he has the same voice as Yar, too] Hey, guys, guess what, while I was away from the H2G2, it became legal for me to drink! I'll have a Tequila Mockingbird, too.

*enters, sporting a new hair colour of intensely dark red, black nailpolish, black lipstick, black mascara and eyeliner and wearing a Morticia Addams dress*

*overhears the last order*

What's a Tequila Mockingbird? Could I have one too please - I'd better find out for myself...

*does a double-take at the sight of the rosary with miniature bananas hanging from it and shrinks back against the bar* Our Lady of the Benighted Bananas! You're one of ... them?

There *is* a recipe for a Tequila Mockingbird, but it doesn't sound very good. (Tequila, creme de menthe, lemon juice.)

[B] Well, if I end up not liking it, I'll at least have said the phrase "Tequila Mockingbird." I'm an atrocious pundit, you see ...

*Grabs three glasses, each with Gregory Peck's face emblazoned on the side, and begins mixing Tequila mockingbirds. As the costumers begin drinking their beverages, he begins to expound upon the legend of this particular bottle of Tequila*

This bottle has been passed down through the generations of the branch of my family from Guerrero. Legend has it, the bottle has never been consumed because of a family curse. But I don't think anyone here believes in such things, do they?

[B] Dunno. What kind of curse?

[Masque]: A curse that makes Halloween last.... until New Years!


BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

[B] ... Fascinating. Does that mean that, shortly before it ends, we'll have a Nightmare Before Christmas?

[Masque]: Before Christmas, during Christmas, after... those who know me know that I may have discriminating tastes, but I'm not picky.