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

*The room is empty, with no doors or windows - just a single desk and chair at one end - and the air feels thick, like it has not moved in years. The walls are covered in wood paneling, but the floor is grey linoleum. Something feels ominous, but it may just be the darkness.*

*A part of the wall quietly slides sideways, revealing the mouth of a dark tunnel. Muffled shouts are heard, and shortly afterward a group of figured emerges in a cloud of dust, with a smell of smoke and marmalade wafting behind them.*


Right, everybody here?

*Looks around*

Umm, I'll just assume that's everybody, because I never bothered counting how many people were still in the tearoom. Also, it's really dark.

*Stumbles to the wall*
>BANG<

Ouch.
*Feels around until she finds a switch, and flicks it. A fluorescent light in the ceiling buzzes, blinks, wavers, then settles, throwing cold white light on the sparse interiors.*

That's better... in a way.

Now, somewhere here there should be three secret panels, behind which are the switches for the Alternate Tearoom Procedure. We'll need to find those panels, then find the keys.



However, as we're all safe in here for the time being, I could use a break.
, anyone?

Oooh theres coffee?
I havent had coffee in years... so tempting...
unless its dandelion coffee in which case you can keep it

*coughs*

This is really a very secret office. I wonder if anyone ever used it. A bit... depressing. Good that the light is still working at least.

Is there too?

Well, one of my responsibility areas, in the overly-long title I gave myself back when I signed up, was making coffee.
So, yeah, there's coffee. *Pulls a working coffeemaker from an inside pocket of her coat, followed by some cups (one or two with the handle broken off), a carton of milk, a small box of sugar cubes, and a plate.*
Don't have any biscuits though. Anyone got any?

Oh, sorry Tav, no tea. I mean, I guess I could use the coffeemaker to heat water, but there are no tea bags or anything.

Ok, don't worry about it.

*pulls a packet of biscuits out of her pocket*

I was shopping today.

... Hey wait, where's Jay? And Dragonqueen?

Oh darn, double darn, and - dare I add - triple darn as well. they must have stayed behind. Is Dragonqueen actually a dragon? Can she handle fire? Maybe she helped Jay out. Maybe there's no need to go back there.



Yeah, maybe.



Could be totally fine, back there.



Yeah.






We need to go back there.

*Puts the coffee down, and heads unhappily back to the tunnel opening*

*runs after Lady P to get back into the old tearoom and rescue the people who were left behind*