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

*The two mangols who rermoved Monty return, and everyone starts working on the ship. If Moose was still on the bridge, then he may have an interesting story to tell GL. If Moose walked off before the Mangols entered, all GL will find is a bunch of handymen fixing the ship up as best they can.

As for Monty, he'll be studied very closely when he gets back to Planet X, as part of (ominous music) Project M&M!

[Elbert] Go through this door [gestures] and ask the Computer to tell you. You'll get a Compass that points in the right direction.

}Yeah! Even when you go around corners!{

[Someone gives him a funny look]

}Oh, I've been lost here before.{

*GL follows Elbert's directions, then follows the compass and ends up on the bridge of the Mangar. All he finds is a bunch of
handymen fixing the ship up as best they can. He settles in his chair at the weapons console and notices the loyalty chip. This reminds him of Monty and after pocketing the chip, he looks over to where Monty had been lying. He springs to his feet, points and calls out to the workmen*

WHERE DID THAT BOT GO?

[Closeup of YK, concentrating on the Force. At the same instant GL roars at the workers, YK jumps, as startled as they.]

[YK] Something's up. GL's just got mad.

[Link] Uh-oh.

The high-pitched voice in my head keeps saying it has a bad feeling about this...

}That would be me.{

There it is again...

[YK hits Peet upside the head]

[YK] That's Mew speaking telepathically, you moron!

Ouch.

[sits upon Peet's head]

Spaceship repairman (speaking to GL): What bot are you refering to? This ship was empty when we got here

~Several more repairmen appear in the doorway~

Newly arrived repairman: Hey guys, we're team 86, we're schedualed to take the next shift.

~Shift leader of the Mangol workmen confers briefly with the new shift leader, explaining what's been done, what needs to be done, and so forth, after which, all the Mangol Workment file out of the bridge.~

[I'm surprised the snake-heads (post #33) didn't attract GL's attention... ]

[Guess they must have been warned I was on my way. (In other words ...oops.) ]

*GL watches as the workmen file out. Something about them raises his suspicions, but nothing he can put his finger on, nothing that would warrant him stopping them. GL quickly inspects the work that they had done and finds nothing amiss. He is still disturbed by the dissappearance of Montressor and sets off to search the ship.*

[YK] Navi, may I make a suggestion?

[Navi flies over YK's head and turns yellow. A "sights" of sorts appears around YK: it looks like three triangles pointing at him]

[Navi] {Yeah?}

[YK tells him. Moments later, a ball of yellowish light with wings appears next to GL]

[Tatl] {Hi, Gary! I'm Tatl! Navi sent me here, but I don't know why. I hope I'll be of /some/ use in whatever this is!}

(GL didn't notice the snake heads because they were wearing helmets as parts of their disguises. In the feild of spaceship repair helmets (with blast sheilds that conceal the face) are neccissary because there are components of the ship that may explode in a worker's face, contaminate him/her with radiation, or even fall from above, giving the worker a concusion if he/she is not wearing the proper safety gear)

}Peet, this is Mew. I do not have SEP, invisibility, or the like, so kindly react to my existence.{

*Peet looks up...

Hi Mew! Sorry, I had something on my mind... Is there something I can do for you, or are you just content keeping my bald patch warm?

I didn't know you had a bald spot, Peet.


[Elbert] Peet, Elexen is extremely climate controlled. You only get cold here if you're from Tatooine, or other such planets.

Man, I spent enough time on Ratatooine to know that I never want to go there, ever again. The climate here is just fine for me, thank you!