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

*gets her laser-sighted, rapid loading crossbow out of an interdimensional pocket and checks the cross-hairs, or something....gives the crossbow a thorough polish as well for good measure*

Right, as soon as I know whose carrying the snacks, I'm ready for the off and rescuing Lil.

[spk]

*winks at the girl under the table*

Man hunt! *picks up the ransom note and reads it* This varmint sure does have a wobbly hand. Could be drunk. Did I hear right you know his name? Webb Jello? I never heard of him.

Anyone checked the note for fingerprints?

*packs a large amount of snacks and drinks into the infinite capacity saddlebag of the dragonFLYbot*

*sits sharpening a tablespoon while the others assemble*


If anyone gets an email from the RL me pointing them towards a porn site please accept my apologies. I've had an email address hijacked by someone in Japan .

I can handle that part.

*Affy enters, with "Sentimental Journey" playing in the air somehow. He's not in his usual garb, but is instead in a suit and trenchcoat. He heads to the note, looks it over, and proceeds to dust it for prints. After finding nothing, he smells it and backs away*

No prints. But it's lime flavored if my nose knows what it's talking about.

*Affy looks around the assembled Salonistas*

This'll be interesting. First real mystery that h2g2's had since the Foop all those months ago. Likewise, my first chance to get into this getup since I was at the Refugee Camps.

By the way, nice to see you Billy. Just out of curiosity, are you the same character that I met in Roswell? Nice to meet you again, in either way.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure that we can be rational about this. Until we get a ransom note, there's no immediate danger to Lil. As long as we can find out who sent it and where they are now, tracking down Lil shouldn't prove too difficult.

The trouble is finding anyone who might know the WebJello gang. Dolores might be a help, but she's only one of who knows how many? But she's most likely not the type to socialize with them, except in saloons like that.

However, there's one thing that I think is clear. These WebJellos either have a flair for theatrics or they have a sticky Caps Lock key on their keyboard. Note that Capital letters seem to be the only things that they can type. If ya don't mind, I'll catch up with the rest of you wherever you decide to start the hunt. I've got a few thoughts on where I might be able to pick up some info.

*Affy darts down the stairs, passing a very bewildered looking Affy coming up*

I've not seen that persona of me out for a long time. Who hired him?

Hullo, all!

I am safely ensconced in Utah, logged on at home - bloody dial-up connection, but what's a girl to do.

Matina, some please. Thank you.

*looks over various shoulders at the note* Oh goodness gracious me!

[unkiepoos]

*does cartwheels across the sofa because G7 is back*

*rummages through her bag, withdraws a portable biochemical scanning device, two cotton swabs, assorted tools and tanks, an acetylene blowtorch and a small plastic cup of lime jello. picks up the note again, runs the swab over it, and analyses it. dips a swab into the jello cup and scans it as well. compares results, and begins tinkering busily with her blowtorch*

I'll be ready in half a second...

Hello there, G7! Welcome back.

*Grins at G7*

It's good to see you.

*Rummages in her totebag and extracts her nanogun.*

Should I set it for whipped cream or sliced bananas?

[a very confused pl]

[plop plop fizz fuzz]

* to all*

Incredibly glad to be back, all. I can't even begin to tell you.

That should be * to all*...

i do that too, G.

hmmm... *scrutinizes billy with narrowed eyes*

*grins at the young lady's narrowed eyes, showing off famous buck teeth, and tips his hat to her*

Was that a Pinkerton man just skint out of here? Them Pinkerton men don't give up, famously. Now, I reckon what we need is a 'Pache scout to foller up the track. This Webb Jello and his gang, they armed?

*sees a sugar bowl, sticks his finger in his mouth then in the bowl, then in his mouth again*

[Hati]

g7, good to see you! how's the beehive state? i see you've arrived just in time for the dramatic events....

billy, what do you know about this? hmmmm? i, for one, would like to know if perhaps you had something to do with this? i see you're relatively new around these parts, and i'm just wondering what might be happening here....