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

Ok then. *speaks to maid* Thanks for the food. It was really tasty and filling.
*Steve and Lil get up and walk out of the room, they head out of the castle towards the stables and The Royal Armoury*

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*Sir Big Steve sits down at the table for some food and drink. His neck feels tight and his shoulders ache a bit from the frenzied sparring sessions with Lil.
He sees that the masseuse is free and walks over to the massage table to his his muscles battered into submission*

*enters and sees steve*

oh, i didn't know we had a masseuse..interesting

*grabs some food and sits down to read his book*

*Steve doesn't notice Black Leopard walk in as he has his face pushed into the massage table while is back is kneaded. Steve amits little gurgles of pleasure as his neck,shoulders and lower back slowly ease under the assult of the masseuse.*

*raises his eyebrows slightly, and carries on reading*

*The masseuse slowly works around Sir Big Steve's body, kneading, brushing and pounding muscles until the knots disappear and the tightness subsides. She works with a well pratcised hand, knowing which bits of the knights tend to hurt the most. Sir Big Steve's lower back gets lots of work and attention.
After an hour of work, The masseuse turns Steve over and starts on his front. She kneeds the arms and legs and then manipulates the chest before finishing off with long sweeps down the body.
The masseuse stands back and Steve gets off the bed, thanks her, and sits down for some food at the table*

wel you certainly sounded like you had a good time

What can I say. It just sorts me out. Joints and muscles are getting old. You should try it. She's really good, you know.

*puts down his book and takes the restite herald and reads*

now thats interesting - there have been disturbances on some of the beaches around the coast - here take a look

*passes newspaper to steve*

*Takes paper and reads.*

Hmmmm, How come the paper knows about this and we don't. Your supposed to be Head of Security for the Country.

i'm contacting the database now

*pulls out his phone and taps in a code*

its connecting...

...theres nothing there! whats going on? well i'm going to find out. if there is a weak point in our informaton i need to know about it. want to come?

meet me in the grounds

*leaves*

Not doing anything else.

*Finishs the snack that was set in front of him and leaves for the Grounds.*

*walks in, sits down at the table and orders a . Starts reading the paper.*

Humm... interesting, though I guess if Black Leopard hasn't mentioned anything it must be tabloid rumours. *sighs* I thought the herald was above that sort of thing.

*a maid brings him his as Tamaire continues reading the article*

*Sir Big Steve slips back into the castle and goes back to the Knights table, He fancies a meal while observeing the newspapers office.*

Afternoon General, enjoying the latest rumour and opinion from the herald?

*Steve pulls up his usual chair at the octagonal table, orders todays special and flips open his laptop to watch the goings on. He downloads the video he hasn't seen and sits back to watch for subversives at the paper.*

*Hears that Black Leopard is about to unveil his catch and decides to go have a look. goes down to grounds*

*looks up from the paper* Yes, interesting stuff... *returns to reading paper*

*hears noise coming from outside so follows Big Steve*

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*After finding nothing of note at South Beach Sir Big Steve and General Tamiare return to Octagonal Table. Steve brakes out his laptop and flicks back through the servailance tapes for the last few days at the newspaper office.*

General, I think some patrols from the flying pigs over South Beach might be in order. I'll order some black ops into the area to go deep and find things out. Run some survailance, place some cameras, just keep the place watched.

Agreed, I'll get Sergeant Carter to get a commando patrol ready, send your men to the training ground so they can get a lift.

Ok I'll go brief them and get them ready.

*Steve leaves for the castle grounds.*

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*Steve sits at the Octagonal table watching the insertation on his PC. He sees the soliders drop from the pigs. He hears a crakled message on his earpiece*

We're in.

*As the troops go to ground Steve relays his orders.*

This mission is, as always, top secret. You are to observe the beach and the village, watching for abnormalitys and other problems. Cameras and mics are to be planted along the coast line and the village is to be watched day and night. Sargent. I would suggest spliting the team into two groups to observe the land, one on either side of the village. I want open video feeds of whats going on and I want to know what is happening inside that village. The rest of the details I leave to you. Good Luck.

*Steve closes down the comm link but continues to watch the video feeds as the soldiers place the cameras along the beach.*