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

[Peasant] The fair Princess K-something is being held in the tower by Craxus. The noble knight Lord H-something is here to save her.

*Crosses her arms.*

You mean that tower right there?

*Points.*

*Watches the goings on in the tower. Sighs, and starts pushing through the crowd. She reaches the base of the tower.*

*the croud continues cheering*

*On hearing that Lumien is a spy, the townspeople becomes angry*

*But then, one woman shouts above the fray*

[Elderly Peasant Woman] Wait a minute! If she's a spy for the Guild, why is she breaking in through the window and not using the door?

*the croud grows confused*

And if I were a spy, would I have spent the past three hours healing you?

Mr. Barnham, don't you remember the plague cure I gave you?

And Ellie Chriton, how's your son's broken leg?

[Peasant 1] Something not right here!

[Peasant 2] Lady Lumien has always helped us!

[Peasant 3] What's going on up there?

[Merchant] You gonna buy anything or just stand here?

*the croud from the slums begin to argue with merchants and the more prosperous townspeaople shopping for goods*

*a brawl has broken out in the market*

*Lans enters the market*

*some people are still fighting, but many have retreated to their homes*

*pushes way through*

*they push back*

*shoves them out of the way and continues through*

*Avatar walks through the market looking at the different shops and seeing what all the merchents are selling. He sees Polo's shop up ahead and heads for it.*

*Zantir wanders around the market until he finds a flower stall*

how much for a rose lass?

[young lass] Who will buy my sweet red roses? Two blooms for a penny...

*several venders join in her melancholy song*

*after much singing and dancing, things quiet down*

*after much singing and dancing, things quiet down*

[Peasant one] Well that was fun!

[Peasant two] Indeed, I'm glad we've had all those rehearsals.