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

[sea] hmm... fascinating. i don't think that a quest will be necessary, after all, because i have a fairly good idea where the stone might have gotten to. it's history shed some light on some things...

*sea glares off into space for a moment, then shakes her head*

[sea] thank you for all of your help, blackstone.

*sea shocks them both by giving him a hug*

[sea]i will not forget it.

*sea reaches into her pocket and pulls out a heavy bag. she hands it to blackstone and walks out the door. after she leaves, blackstone looks in the bag and finds it filled with the item he considers most precious in the universe*

~I can't decide exactly what Red would concider most valuable in the Universe. I suppose I need to develope his character further. We'll just say he locks the bag in a safe and hidden place for the time being~

perhaps the phone numbers of a LOT of attractive women?

Red's over a thousand years old, I don't think he's all that interested in women's phone numbers. It's between Money, Magic, and Power. I'm not saying he's incapable of Romance, but when you've been Evil for as long as he has, Love is surely out of the question.

well that's a rather pessimistic way of looking at things...

*sea re-enters the shoppe, looking for an old ritual sacrificial dagger*

[sea] blackstone? i need a dagger... a sacrificial dagger. i have to make a human sacrifice at my family reunion. i'm sure you know angel, or at least the story behind him. well, he thinks he's a superhero, which has irritated my family to no end, since they have been evil since the dawn of time. so... we're having a little ritual sacrifice to purify the Black bloodline... do you have anything that would serve my purpose?

*sea sneezes in a futile attempt to keep the forum high on the masque's "most recent postings" list*

*someone, somewhere, says "geshundteit" (excuse the spelling) and sea whirls around, startled. strangely, no one is there*

[Death Avocado] *From inside a random grating* Hah! So THAT'S her plan! In view of Angel's superheroship, we shall have to stop her!

[Giguschild] *From the same grating* You weren't sssupposed to actually sssay that out loud, stupid.

[Death Avocado] Erm...

[Giguschild] *sigh*

*sea whirls in the direction of the grating*

[sea] DA and gigus... what a lovely surprise. come on out of there, i can't talk to a wall forever...

Giguschild kicks out the grating, causing DA to lose balance and fall onto the floor. GS follows him, gracefully unfolding himself from the hole and landing with a quiet *snik* of claws on Olde Floorboardes.

[DA] There's no way you're killing a superhero, no matter how little he does and how much he is one of your personas! I warn you, we have the entire superhero force behind us!

[GS] I'm always up for a little bloodshed, but yess, he's right you know. It just isn't cricket.

[sea] he's not much of a superhero. he's more of a supernuisance. besides, i have my whole family BLOODLINE to worry about.

*sea crosses her arms*

[sea] and frankly, i don't see how you're going to stop me.

[Death Avocado] Hah! Yeah? Well...like this!

With that, DA flees out of the door. Giguschild thinks for a moment, then something seems to occur to him.

[Giguschild] Oh. Yeah, I understand. Well, I guess I'd best get started then.

He reaches up to the grate's entrance, preparing to leave.

[Death Avocado] Hah! Yeah? Well...like this!

With that, DA flees out of the door. Giguschild thinks for a moment, then something seems to occur to him.

[Giguschild] Oh. Yeah, I understand. Well, I guess I'd best get started then.

He reaches up to the grate's entrance, preparing to leave.

*sea stares after DA*

[sea] i'm not getting it... he's going to stop me by running out the door? a fat lot of good THAT will do...

*sea decides the ceremony can't be postponed much longer, and goes into the back room to find a ceremonial dagger. she then leaves a note for blackstone, saying she took the dagger and she'll pay him later. then she exits the shoppe*

Giguschild thinks to himself...

[Giguschild] Little does she know that DA has left for the site of the ceremony...she also doesn't know that-

hold on...

oops, I'm talking out loud, aren't I. That was a bad move.

Ah well...

*and with that, he lifts himself into the grating and scuttles away.*

~re-enters after long absence, blows dust off of books, etc on the table, and notices the note~

Ah, that's alright then.

~Checks backtape of surveilance camera~

Hmmm...

~Makes sign, and reads it out loud~

Attention: This is a legitimate place of buissness. Anyone who damages property on the grounds, even while dueling, must pay for said property.

*sea re-enters the shoppe, prepared to pay for the dagger she borrowed some weks ago*

[sea] welcome back, blackstone...