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

*waking up on the couch, puts her hand up to her now "sunburned" face. Remembrs what she did and tries to open her eyes. Seeing only the afterimage og a million flashbulbs, she lifts her head, surely she has to face the cafe at somepoint.*


I'm sorry

*keeps planting Styx's acorns, other hardwoods and pines*

We'll do our best, eatsmice, but I think the dye is cast.

Thanks, One-eye-I hope you have a fantastic holiday!

*stands up and goes towards the sound behind the cafe*
looks out to see the wonderful sight of someone attepmting to right a wrong.

oh ox it wasnt just you!
*picks up some of styxes acorns and begins to plant*

*continues to plant trees, head hung in shame*

what have we done ox?

*heads off over the wasteland, planting acorns and saplings, a small trail of animals following behind, emphasising the wrong.*

ox, Lintilla, tell Lil that I'll be back once I've finished replacing what I've helped ruin and when she can find it in her heart to forgive me...

*disappears over the hill, abjectly remorseful*

Well...I'd say we snapped the back of someone's thread of continuity and took some property with it...willful distruction of property and I may be in trouble for contributing to the delinquency of a minor...wildlife endangerment, handling hazardous materials without a license, trespassing, not to mention whatever fire laws we slaughtered...

*stops to think of more*

Hey people, lighten up!

You guys did something stupid and you know it. Now you're trying to make it right again. Stop being so hard on yourselves. (You can still be hard on yourselves, just not that much )

*increases planting rate in an attempt to redeem herself*
my god i hope someday at least bygones will be bygones
i feel TERRIBLE!

*trying to hold back the tears welling up in her swollen eyes*
we deserve eternal damnation after what we did.

*trying to clear her mind as she plants she begins to compose a "we're sorry" song in her head. Perhaps someday if were ever alloed back in i can play it for lil.*

*plants the last of redwood and giant sequoia that were in the bottom of backpack*

...intention to start a riot, failure to contain combustable materials, failure to remain at the scene of a crime, willful endangerment of vital continuity....

*wipes cold sweat from face*

Geez, Lintilla, I don't know...

i stayed on tghe scene

*singing*
first verse;

O, we're sorry we burned the trees,
the night was long the fire fierce,
We let it slip right out our minds,
as the sky the blasts did pierce.

*comes running down path from atelier*

Quick, as fast as you can, GET BACK IN THE CAFE!
*panting, gets hold of ox and Lintilla, and begins dragging them*

I just found a magic acorn by Styx's food bowl and realised he probably stuck a paw in! Run, guys, when these things start to sprout they don't stop.

Move!
*runs for the back porch*

*wipes sweat from forehead, and walks over to porch. walks in to the cafè. comes out again a minute later, with three |_| of lemonade*

Hey girls, take these before I spill them

Well, I'm off for my vacation now, I'll see you in three weeks time I guess. Good luck with the forest, I'm sure it's going to work out fine.

See ya!

*wanders of into RL*

*chases lil*

*totally startled but ecstatic at the sight of Lil-completely confused and frightened at the thought of Styx eating a magic acorn
ox cheerfully allows Lil's karate grip drag them back to the Cafe*

Oh, Lil...I'm so sorry! What's happened!

*panic, fear, confusion*

*sings nezt verses as she looks out to the forest fro the cafe*

O, were sorry we burned the trees,
We never thought t'would go so far
we cheered and laughed but now we see,
the sad remains and all the char.

Yes were sorry we burned the trees,
And now we beg and we plead,
We will try to right a wrong,
By replanting seed by seed.

oh whats happening!??

*the ground begins to vibrate, and seedlings begins to push up through the ash like some Harryhausen film*
*the magic of the acorns apparently infects the seedleings that have already been planted, because everything begins to grow, oaks, beeches, pines, balsams, grass and flowers whose seeds survived the fire*

Lookathat!!