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

*Michelle enters the Masque's room, 005. This room is predominantly deep red with a dark violet bed. Michelle cannot understand the dark attraction she has to anything having to do with the Masque. Perhaps it is his mask which draws her in, the mystery of his persona.

Room 005 is down the hall and around the corner from NYC's room. Above the bed is a large poirtrait of Macbeth, contemplating a dagger. The door is on the north west side of his room, the bed is on the north wall next to the nighstand which contains the obligatory Gideon's Bible. Across from the bed on the south wall is a desk with stationary, a pad of blotting paper, and a quill pen with ink. His East wall is covered by a book case which contains, among other things, the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe, of Shakespear, and of Connan Doyle. *

PS: There is a door in one corner of the room which leads to a bathroom Red shares with Uncle Heavy

~The Masque enters. He approves of the decor, and of the painting above his bed. He examines his desk, and his nightstand. He picks up the Bible and thumbs through it, sneering~

The King James version... I liked it better in Greek. So much of it was mistranslated...

~He looks through the bathroom, and the rest of the room, examines the books on the shelves, and then exits, to the sitting room~

*Should Lord Blackstone return to his room alone, he will find a rather strange sight: An android built exactly like him, a remote control, and a letter. The letter reads:

Your Lordship,
I have reason to believe you life is in danger. The only way to survive is by letting this android take your place. Pick up the control (and this note), and go over to the book case. Pull "The Canterbury Tales" off the shelf, and the bookcase should slide back. You can control the android from back there. (Post as yourself).

Yours,
Lord Reflection

~Enters his room, tired. Sees the android and reads the note.~

Hmmmm...

~Decides that it will at least save him from being killed for real by mistake, and does what the note says~

{The bookcase closes behind him. He is in a small room. In it is a chair in front of a television monitor which shows the view out of his android's eyes. Behind him is a door which has no handle, and appears to be locked.}

*Red manouvers his robo-self into the sitting room, converses with some poeple, and then returns it to his bedroom to lie down. Robo-Red closes the door. He doesn't bolt it, or the door to his bathroom. Robo-Red falls "asleep"*

*Creeps into Red's room at the dead of night. Sees the sleeping figure of his one time duelling partner. He closes the door, silently. With that, he withdraws his broadsword and drives it straight through Red's midriff. With a shock, he sees that the sleeping figure is not Red, but an android. He looks around wildly. No one. No door. Nothing. With a curse, he resheaths the sword and tries to get back to his room in silence. Perhaps someone will notice. He makes sure he leaves no evidence, closing the door carefully behind himself.*

(may have been better to have left the weapon... now you have a broadsword to conceal) Meanwhile, Red can continue his adventures here, if he likes: http://www.h2g2.com/F57089?thread=87685&skip=0&show=20