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

picks up a slightly bent camera from the deck - chucks it overboard.

*SPLASH*

*FLASH*

*camera sinks*

I see it was not a floating model

The best place for it - with the

and now no evidence exists of the transformation to our famous celebrity guest.

*rubs face*

Is this the face of a ghost I see before me? Shagbark runs away.

nah, just your ordinary semi-bald beakless eagle

The plank extends over a pier. A short hop down, ( or a swing on a rope hanging from the mizzen mast) and one is ashore.

Do you think he'll believe you ?

Look at all the ..... a bit of a give-away....

Don't spoil the surprise.

Shagbark sails off end of plank on rocket surfboard, makes a u-turn around prow (plank is on side away from land) waves to figurehead on route and heads for land.

http://marinas.com/view/anchorage/111_Dublin_Harbour_Anchorage_East

not as warm as summer, is it? i guess we came here in the nick of time

At least no ice on the plank.

*saunters down to the Plank, to check for any remaining vestiges of the last paparazzi to have attempted to board The Blood*

Hmmmmm..... I do wonder whether Terran has an up to date life insurance policy, paid for by editors.....

if so i will claim one meself

i may not benefit from it

but flint will

shagbark wanders in wearing life preserver and hat.
He sits down on the plank

The Blood gently rolls on the swell.

Sven appears and wraps a bit of rope round Shagbarks waist and ties it securely to a cleat.


Props a feather pillow under Shagbark's lolling head.


tiptoes away.

the figure on the plank murmurs to the below:
I cannnot see you, hear you, smell you, taste you, and am not even sure who I am. gab

figure gets up unfastens himself from the plank and walks to lighthouse bar.
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