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

The force of the sun hits you like you just walked into a kiln. You’ve walked out onto a tropical beach of the classic ‘white sand, blue sea’ variety. The high tide line is marked out by a mass of shells that obscure the sand. Behind you forest stretches off into the distance, where misty mountains block out the sky.

[Scarecrow Stan]: *Goes stiltwalking*

[Scarecrow Stan]]: *Collapses on an embankment/sand bar. Exhausted*

There are several barrels all around, immediately nearby & adjacent to him. They contain swords made out of pilfered steel.

*Forgets one of the barrels, leaving that one behind, as he goes off to bury the rest, somewhere else*
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