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

*walks out with his poufs*

*puts her polishing rag down and goes outside to sit in the sunshine*

*realises that the bots have removed the walls, which makes closing the windows again rather tricky, and goes to join FG in the sunshine*

/* Drops the purple crayon on the bar, marring the finish. Contemplates rubbing it off, but decides he'd better leave instead. Certainly the bots can take care of the bar. */

*gathers her scattered dignity around her, hiccups gently, and leaves all the mundane cleaning stuff to the bots, who are so much better at it than she is*

*heads out*

*A dejected bot sits in the corner, head in hands, while other passing bots snicker at him. He briefly looks up, displaying his purple mustache, and wonders for the millionth time why the other bots won't let him join in any robot games.

Meanwhile, a small group of bots repairs the fireplace, pulling an aspidistra from the conservatory out of the chimney.*

*Slips out, successfully this time.*

*A worker droid quizzically picks up a sign that had been downturned in the commotion. The sign reads, "180 down, 0 to go." The robot has no clue what this means, but just shrugs and sets it back where it was before*

*Meanwhile, "That Other Smell" has been eliminated*

*late, as usual, but leaving the scene for continuity's sake*

*me as well*

*All broken light bulbs have been replaced, as have all but one of the broken windows*

*There is the sound of toilets flushing, one at a time, in the Mens room. A bot emerges and gives a thumbs-up sign to Ned. He enters the Ladies room and repeats the process. On the third flush, there is only a gurgling sound instead of the normal flush. The bot comes out of the room and goes over to another bot who is in the kitchen working under the sink. There is some sort of radio exchange and then the second bot gathers up some tools and goes into the Ladies washroom. Some time later, he comes out, carrying a soggy bag of chocolate-covered macadamia nuts. He's followed a few minutes later by the first bot, who gives Ned another thumbs-up.

*The refrigerator now has a working Infinite Capacity function, and the crisper has stopped attacking the worker droids*

*There is a "ding" and the doors to the service elevator open. A small forklift truck drives itself out of the elevator, carrying a skid of computer equipment. It disappears into the computer lab.

Meanwhile a team of about a dozen bots manhandle the new bar into the portal to the Ffordian rift in the library.*

*The guest rooms have now all been cleaned. A change of bed sheets, blankets, etc. Also, the air conditioning and heating units, while not really in disrepair, needed a bit of a tune up anyway, so this was an opportune moment for the worker bots to finish that*

*The rehabilitation of the kitchen is completed and Matina begins a batch of mbougatses. A bot walks over to set a fire in the fireplace, but another bot puts out his leg and trips the first bot, sending logs and kindling over the floor. The first bot turns and scowls at the bot that tripped him, but the effect is somewhat lost due to his purple mustache.*

*A line of CAT-5 cable has proprly connected all of the PCs in the computer lab. And now, for Mac users....*

*GL enters the Atelier from the lift. He looks around and finds Ned and walks over to him. He gives Ned a list.*

These are new items that Lil would like to see. See what you can do. If you need supplies, we should be able to get them downstairs. Just send a bot down and we'll find what you need. I'm going out to get those jacuzzi tubs now.

*GL then goes back downstairs. Ned scans the list, nodding. He then radios to a group of bots who go off and start measuring near the hot tub. Another group of bots similarly go off and begin working in an unused workshop.*

*Conversion of one room into a suitable locale for the film club is now well under way*