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

If Choc H has come out of the main chimney, how could he see into the library?

Of course, there is a separate flue to a little-used fireplace in the library reading area...

errrr maybe I can see thru an open door or maybe I got my magic donut shaped specs on or maybe I just messed up as seems more likely

If you came through to the library, you can see Butch just fine.

*the spider watching Butch looks up and records the arrival of Choc Holliday*

*Darts his eyes back and forth, but can't see Doc. Tries to squirm and manages to move his left foot slightly, but that's all. Is grateful for being mostly thawed, but annoyed at being trussed up like a chicken.

Tries to think of a way of getting Doc's attention. Tries blinking very hard. Rolls eyes at his own stupidity. Tries snorting.*

Butch ? Is that you boy trussed up good an proper like wun o' those Thanksgivin' Turkey's that Ma Holliday used ter cook ?

Dang Boy, yew are in real bother thar. Wait till the rest of the fellers here about this.

Har har har.

*another head pops up in the grate*

Dang, now where did the Kid go ? Move over Choc - let the dog see the jackrabbit

*hearing new voices, Matina scoops up snowzar and chalice and heads back out of the kitchen. It takes her an extra moment to find the heads sticking out of the flue in the library*

*seeing soot flying about, Chloe drags her new vacuum cleaner into the library, then affixes a hose attachment, one for cleaning chimneys*

[Matina] Who shall be first to the forum?

[Chloe] RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWWWWWWWAAAAAAAA

Lindt kin yew git yer elbow out of ma ear puhlese ?

Now what kind of conterrapshun is that thang thuts makin' all that racket ?

~coff coff coff~

*Tries to warn the others about Matina*

!

*Matina flourishes the chalice, slightly confused by the fact that the speakers are only heads in a flue* Calling cards? Calling cards? Let us have Netiquette, on a bet, don't get wet, have we met?

Clean cups! Clean cups! Who is first to the forum? *aims the snowzar uncertainly at the heads in the flue*

This is MY kitchen!

*Chloe commences sweeping the heads in the flue with the rotating chimney sweep brush*

WWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

*A fresh puff of stale soot plummets from the chimney*

Dang! My foot's stuck in one a them "XML" error things. I bet them macaracoons been collectin' em in here. Hey, how'd y'all get in front a' me? Wha's goin' on? I can't see nothin.

Tharts cuz yer heads stuck up the chimmney Kid

Thets not the chimmney his head is stuck up Choc

*Falls out of the chimney, a macaracoon nest stuck on his head *

Where is we? Wats that 'bout clean cups? I ain't never had one a' those. Gimme one.

! !

Netiquette! Netiquette! *shoots the Semisweet Kid with her snowzar*
Have we met? Wanna bet?

*Chloe resumes vacuuming*
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

*The macaracoon nest absorbs 37% of the snowzar energy, leaving the Kid semifrozen*

*seeing and hearing nothing further, Matina turns and heads back to the kitchen. Shortly after she can be heard running water and clattering dishes as she cleans the kitchen*

*Chloe finishes vaccuming soot off the faces in the chimney and widens her cleaning path as she goes to work on the library carpet*

*slowly and silently crawls out of the fireplace towards Butch and the Kid*

Go fer rit boy

~ coff ~ coff ~ coff ~