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

*Scrambles up, perches on Joanna's shoulder*

Thanks, Titania! Joanna, I'm so glad to see you. You're a physics student, can you help me get out of this fix? Ya know, fiddle with the IIEM? Something?

Aaarrrgghhh! My MP tells me someone posted after me right here, but do I see anything here? Nope! What is going on?

*thinks Cheezdanish looks cute*

I think your best bet is for me to play against Ook at the moment... but while he's setting up the board I'll have a look at it...

Irv, why does your IIEM have a 'mutate' setting?? Just curious...

Oh, that was you, Cheez? I wonder why I wasn't able to see your posting?

Just stay calm, DON'T PANIC, I'm sure we can solve this...

Thanks for the fresh cuppa, BB. It will keep me from having mutated coffee until Irv figures out what's happening to the IIEM.

*observes the former Cheezdanish*

First of all, the regular coffee is freshly brewed, and not made with the IIEM unless it's on auto-pilot. Second, I've got the IIEM switched to "Stimulate" rather than "Mutate", so even the espresso should now contain caffine rather than radioactive DNA. And finally, the mutate function has a tendancy to wear off...

*Looks up at Cheezdanish, who is perched on the back of a chair...*

You might want to rethink where you're...

*Cheezdanish turns back into a person, thus becoming much to heavy for the back of the chair, causing it to fall over backwards, landing her on the ground*

*jumps out of Cheezy's way, spills Kona all over herself*

Drat!

Please, sir, may I have another?

*settles down with Ook to play scrabble..*

*eyes the letter X suspiciously...*

*watches it being placed on a triple word score*

Och...

*strolls over to scrabble board, interestedly watching Joanna's tactics*

Thanks Irv, for clarifying that. I don't think I could take any funny stuff in my coffee...

*suddenly has a scary thought*

*grabs some napkins and starts blotting the spilled coffee from her shirt and the floor*

Please, please... nobody let that cleaning bot out. I'm almost done. Okay?

*is being beaten*

any suggestions, Titania?

Try a game of backgammon, Joanna... Wowbagger managed to beat Ook the other day...

*sits up from the floor, stunned*

Why do I have this overwhelming urge to sing "Hakuna Matata"?

Uh, Witty, did you just say cleaning bot?

Ook would probably beat me for sure then, I never played it before...

*scores a little bitty victory by having both a Q and a U...*

Go for it, Joanna!

um, no Cheez, I didn't.

'Preening sot', that's right, that's what I said. I saw a preening sot over at the Cantina. Pitiful, it was.

*finishes cleaning up, breathes deep sigh of relief*

*sighs with Witty*

'Cuz the last thing we need is another wrestling match with that bot. It's bad enough that I was a meerkat for a while...

Speaking of which, Irv, the coffee was great, woke me up and all, but, I think that the "Mutate" button may need a bit of adjusting... You know, so next time I could be a giant chicken, or something...

*sips coffee*

ox, you are ~so~ serene. I admire that.

I must be off to RL. See you all around!

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