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

Thank you for the business and the free commercial, Amy! Oh, and thanks for the quick signing. The last twelve people that we've asked to sign a contract with have gone over it with decoder machines, several books to see if we start using different languages that merely resemble English, that sort of thing. One person was even convinced that we had micro-film on one of the periods. people out there these days....

I trust you Affy .

*Pats Affy on the back.*

Another satisfied customer, it looks like.

And man, can she fly! Did you see that hammerhead turn?

I think that was a loop gone wrong .

*picks up the dragonFLYbot and wipes some fingerprints off the handle*

Thanks!

Yeah, I've not seen flying more impressive since Earhardt's Fweep incident!

*appears on the DFB out of thin air in the lobby wearing a rather dusty cowgirl outfit and a surprised expression*

Ah ha! Perhaps this orange button isn't as random as I thought.

*runs up the stairs to the Atelier*

*Affy looks up the stairs*

I really oughtta check in on what the other me's are doing in the other forums. Somehow, I just know I was involved in that.

It's okay, Affy. She was being attacked with fireworks and pushed the orange button as a last resort. Looks like the teleport function works just fine. Although, now that I think about it, wasn't some of the plaid on her shirt mis-aligned?

*Affy's eyes widen*

That was a *plaid* shirt?

*Affy's eyes widen*

That was a *plaid* shirt?


Sorry if this posts multiple times.

*Runs in from a back room.*

Yes? May I help you?

Oh, it's you, Yo. Hi, how are you?

I'm good, you look well. Keeping busy around here?

Oh yeah. You know, a slime creature here, a new explosive there. Just the usual stuff. Quite proud of that DragonFlybot that Amy's piloting. A nice bit of work there.

What's up with you. Or, should I say: Yo! wuz up, man? (You know, it took me ages to realize that that is what your name meant - I always read the yow together, then had to stumble over the rest of the name, thinking "what does uzupman mean?" Lol).

*pictures GL muttering to himself..."what the hell does uzupman mean?!!"*

Oh? What's her bot designed to do?

I'm here to inquire if you have some old Ghostbusters equipment. I'd like to aquire some.....on that note too, do you have a state of the art vehicle ghost kit, with in dash/in helmet computer controls. The offensive defensive type with cloaking and ghost blasting capability?

Ah, ghostbusting equipment. Don't get much call for that these days. Let's see what I've got.

*Rummages through a cupboard.*

Oh, here's some ecto-goggles! And a proton-pack!

*Turns back to Yo*

I'm sure we have some other stuff, but it might take a while to find. Now, the vehicle ghost kit. What did you mean by that?

Well, see the vehicle ghost kit was the last prototype design by the original Ghostbusters.....which has since been lost. But I found an incomplete version in a crackerjack box at their library in the basement of their original HQ.....I was wondering if you had heard of it....you see if a vehicle is equipped with the Ghost kit it can simply disapear at will and do everything a ghost can (go through solid objects etc). The other function of the Ghost kit is to neutralize and capture Ghosts. It uses a more advanced proton pack with a more powerful beam and necessarily a better capture thingy...rear mounted of course....the trick to it all is that the beam can fire when the car is cloaked.....no one else has been able to figure it out, and I'm afraid that without a complete set of plans it may not be able to be done.....

*runs down the stairs from Lil's Atelier*

Umm. I've come down to make enquiries about the opaque force-field generator... the one Lil sent down for repair... the purple one... the one that now has crispy black edges.

Is it ready yet? Only I don't want to assemble the larger parts of my, umm, project () until I can hide it from the other salonistas.

When I switched it on, it very briefly attempted to hide my corner of the Workshop by projecting a picture of kangaroos grazing in a meadow... upside down. I assume it was intended for the antipodean market. Anyway, after a minute or so it shorted out... quite spectacularly. Frightened me half to death. Then it just sat there and smouldered.