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

Do I want to know what happens then?

*Justice's blow is very succesful, leaving Tank Titan's head in pieces on the ground. Tank Titan begins firing even more randomly, apparently able to function without some of the processors in its head (but probably not as well. Can't be long for thie world, though)*

[Yar] Well, when it's at least 50% full, he gets to use his Overdrives. Of course, each of 'em drains 50% of his Tension Meter, but ... [shrugs] Anyway, when he gets /100%/ full, now ...

[Justice places another Nitro Bomb /inside/ Tank Titan, then jumps back out of the blast range once more.]

*Tank Titan explodes violently. Instantly, cameras, scanners, and audio recorders zoom in for an interview with the new champion, Justice. The passage to the map room will now be unblocked by any guard robots, though Justice himself is much too large to fit in there*

[Yar] [to Scandrea] So, shall we go?

Yeah, sure! I'd kind of like to see what's behind those other paintings.

Great job, by the way!

*Exits for the break room*

[Yar] Any time! [follows]

*Meanwhie, AA5 watches through a monitor, and laughs maniacally*

AA5-The fools! They've no idea what faces them now!

[Justice, after speaking a bit with all the reporters, teleports away. The special effect consists of a blue ring of energy surrounding him, which rises up, bathing him in a blue glow which causes him to vanish.]

[Yar] [looks around as he re-enters] Hmm ...

*Follows in after him.*

OK, so we've missed something.

*Notices the map in Yar's hand.* Where did you get that?

*Spider falls from the ceiling*

Spider-Eh, guys? The boss here's been beaten. Watcha hangin' around here for?

[Yar] [to Scandrea] It's a copy of the map, seems like, but it didn't seem to be different from the one in the break room. [to Spider, in Japanese]
[Subtitle: "Search me, boss!"]

[Yar glances around, applying his newly gained "Detect Hidden Passage skill, which -- with some leftover EXP -- he managed to bring right up to level 2.]

Lemme see that for a minute.

*Takes the map from Yar and holds the transparency up so that she's looking at the image of the shifting room map superimposed on the Robot Rumble map.*

Just because they look similar doesn't mean they are the same.

[Yar] I didn't notice any differences myself, but, go ahead.

*Scandrea's hunch is correct: the image changes, but isn't truly legible yet. Perhaps yet another map exists*

*Meanwhile, Yar's detection of a hidden passage fails. Perhaps this is because the passage he is looking for is a fairly non-secret service elevator mentioned back in post #1, as used by Oreo to get out of his hangar*

[Yar] [considers this] Hmm ... I have a cunning plan! Walk this way, please!

[He begins marching towards the service elevator, grinning fiendishly.]

*Shrugs at Cutscene, carefully puts the map away without bending or folding it, and marches behind Yar.*

Is the service elevator open or locked or anything?

No, it's available. If you truly choose to go down to the hangar maze that Oreo and SLR were trapped in until I allowed SLR's luck to find the one way out, then fine, push the down button.