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

I hope you do better at it than I did

Sleep well

* knocks and enters with a breakfast tray of , , , , and 's *

Hi guys how are you today?

...good morning luz, thanks for the breakfast.
...we're fine here,haven't seen kes for a while though

.alec.

I am glad to hear it

I have not seen Kes for a while either, but then I was on a mission yesterday so not on line much at all

...whatever it was, i hope your mission was succesful.

i'd just like you to know that everyone down here in the generator room really appreciates the expressions of sympathy and support that we are receiving from everyone else on different parts of this mighty vessel...we were all changed by the attacks on tuesday...everyone will remember exactly where they were on the ship and with who they were when they heard the news.

Why isn't there a linda button in real life, to nix their posting for community review back to... wait, why can't we send a crack team of highly trained and extremely motivated moderators after the barstewards...any volunteers?

alec.

Alec I wonder if you could have a look at this gammer ray I told light we may be able to fix Mr christophers nose back on with it and as its been a while since I last used it I want to make sure it's in full working order

...gammer rays tuc? hmmmm...
*rolls out slap-on rollaway steel punch cabinet (*= fluttering with star spangled banners*= ), removes lead radiation suits and offers one to tuc*

...lets put it up here on the bench and take a looksee...

alec

*realizes that she left a conversation prematurly and jumps back in. Sees scary people in lead suits and weird electronics and jumps right back out again.*

...oh hi sam, it's only a gammer ray thingie, i think tuc's gameboy came with a spelling mistake...don't worry about the suits, i wanted him to know that we're taking things very seriously down here...

you've come about the CCC gravity device i suppose ?

alec... but and ...like a in the

*...alec gets back to work and starts by polishing the chrome cylinder head covers to a brilliant shine.*

*wonders what has happened to kes*

alec.

* comes down to the generator with a breakfast tray *

Hi Alec, I thought you might want some and breakfast. I was not sure if Kes would be here so I brought some for him in case

How is everything going down here?

* alec is secretly putting the finishing touches to his latest creation : the'swashbot'...an unassuming looking device made from an old industrial vacuum cleaner and several hundred bits of lego.*

* in one hand, the device grips a large yellow duster, the other however is armed with a sword that could best be described as 'broad'*

*alec attempts to block swashbot from view*

'oh hi luz, thanks for the ...line up kes' over there with the rest...haven't seen him for days, i could certainly use his help with er one or two little projects...erm...

how are you doing ? been on any good missions lately ?

alec... ?

*ignores backlog*

Hi Alec, 'ow're ya doin'? Ever make it to that swedish massage parlor? Any good?

*tuc wonders if it's safe to take the suit off yet as it's making hime sweat rather a lot*

*Munch wanders into the generator room*

Arrr..... (ical expression of approval,) mighty fine machinery you have here... although it's a little hard to make out just what it all does...

Hmm. What's this?

*Reads faded sign on wall*


EMERGENCY PROCEDURE

In the case of a serious failure in the ship's vital systems,
one or more crewmembers must find a plasma conduit and crawl
down it, avoiding force-fields and waving bleepy things at flashy lights. After half an hour's crawling around through artificial smoke and dry ice, the ship's condition will stabilise, and return to normal by next week's episode.


Well... OK then.

Pulls a bottle of grog breezer from his pocket and attempts to drink it without being seen...

AAaarrrrr.... (Piratical expression of pleasure)

* ignores Cap'n Pfizer's posting...*

sorry tuc, didn't see you underneath all that stuff, the naughty bits from this gammer ray device are back under cover, you can take the lead socks off now...

...Munch, old friend..., don't worry about the apparent lunacy, that's normal...now, you look like you are technically...err... gifted, why don't you give me a hand with some of this stuff...oh, and by the way, * takes grog bottle and empties it into the backlog* we don't do that down here...

...now that i have your attention fellow crew members, can i interest you in something serious to drink ?

* rolls out 'slap-on' rollaway steel punch cabinet **.
...Your choice of european beer, or virtually every bottle of Caribbean Rum ever produced with juice from the obscurest fruit ?

...Munch, why don't you help me by tightening down all the pre-moderation backlog manifold emergency bypass connector hose clamp set-screws ?...they tend to get a bit loose...and don't touch anything else ! !

alec

Arrrr, well thanks, I'd be glad to lend a hand. Pre-moderation backlog manifold emergency bypass connector hose clamp set-screws? Won't I need a multi-faceted triple rotating cantilever 16 gauge arclite-philips screw-piledriver? You got one of those around here somewhere?

*Gets to work*

Umm, hey Alec, you ever seen one of those new drives- the ones that run on Dynamic Pluralism? I helped the Writs of Certoriari Prime to design those, and they're flippin' fast! They tend to confuse people on the ground a little though.
Sorry about the GROG , I won't do it again. Rum, you say? I like rum...

* a voice can be heard down the conduit from the Sewing Room........*

Alec? Are you there? I think I may have accidently sent a personal item of clothing down to you with the last consignment of rags.

If you should come across a pale pink silk article of female apparel would you kindly chuck it up the tube?

* climbs down to the Generator room with a large tray of , , and other breakfast goodies *

Hi guys! How are you? I hope the noise from the battle with the fake nuns did not disturb you too much! Plato seems to have the situation pretty much under control but I guess he like some help later!

...aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh...

{future site of smiley}

excellent luz, thankyou so much...

*thus fortified, alec polishes the chrome cylinder head covers.

(in RL, just finished watching 'The Party' w. Peter Sellers...

better than he remembers it ).

alec