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

Can I come, too?

You'd have to ask Lil. She heads the continuity police. Curently your status is "POW/MIA" and you probably aren't elligable for milk and cookies. But maybe we can make an exception? It is your café after all.

(Well, from having read the other forum, I don't see how Irving coming along would violate the continuity laws. As long as he shows up at the same time as Red.)

(Remember that Red and Irving -- though the same IRL -- are not the same virtual entities. For purposes of suspense, Irving's disappearance needs to remain a mystery, doesn't it?)

Nah, we were just having a game of hide and seek. He nicked my teleporter arm-bands.

Hey... that's my automatous transmitter *snatches it back*

Sorry, Lil has spoken. Irving shall not appear at the Aroma Café.

*breathless entering the bridge ...*

... maybe we can shut off the self destruction, when we feed the robot with the "lunch" from Davius mother ...

You know: fight evil with evil

AXR

Hang on a sec, guys. I'm heading over to the cafe for some milk and cookies. Be right back.

*Runs out the door, wondering if they have his favourite cookie ... *

*wanders in*

Urrrgh, I hate changing threads

So, ShakeSpeare died when?

Alundra at your most STRAGGING ANNOYING!!!

Please. The crew doesn't fight.

(Although I do agree with your view of Aundra, Cow...)

No, the crew DOES fight, but just does it in a jokey and ANNOYING way.
BTW, Alundra is also this annoying IRL.

I think you guys should fight amongst yourselves more often.

*GL walks in*

Well, for a couple of villians, Red and Black are pretty good guys. Guys in the generic sense, that is. Anyway, I guess I should have a look at Ampton.

*Bends over Ampton and continues checking his insides against the schematics. Puzzled look crosses face.*

I can't understand it. I'm sure we used green wires with red stripes, not red wires with green stripes. And the dents in this actuator here - I don't remember that when we built Ampton. Even without the explosives, Ampton looks different ...

*The light dawns in GL's eyes*

Wait a minute. This isn't Ampton! This is a clever copy!

*Runs in, and shoots the PA speakers before his theme music starts*

Sorry, where were we? Oh, that's right. Fake-Ampton's explosion.

*Thinks hard. Pulls out a snowzar, and shoots Ampton*

Set for forty-eight hours. Because of how the snowzar works on robots, all internal mechanisms halt. I've just had an evil (figuratively) thought: when we enter the Rodentar system, 'accidently' drop the fake Ampton for the Retarc Labs, Inc. patrols to find. When they see the CLI logo, they'll melt him down, and be trapped in the explosion. Even if they disarm the bomb, Ampton's technology won't give them anything they can figure out on their own.

*leans back in a comfy chair, the folds of his huge black trenchocat spread out behind him*

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*pauses for breath again*
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*voice from frozen ampton-clone*
Drat! Foiled again! I'll get you my pretties, and your little bot, too!!!!

/Red

Did you post that at 1 in the morning, Red?