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

Alex Ferrous/Grey Swordsman:
"Hey,- Professor... say, you probably have got a drill car,- I figure that most supervillains do,- If you let me borrow it, I can pay you back for the loan... in gold. How's that?"

Grey Swordsman:
*Dabbles in the dark proto-science to change the lead... into gold*
"... the sample already here... is done."
several thin cylinders of gold sit alongside the gutted pencils in a messy pile.

*Uses a smelter+kiln to heat them all up and pour the cooling metal into ingot molds...
"That'll cover... about half of it."
}sigh{

*Gets over to the blademobile and hops into the open cockpit.*
}ZOo-om!{

*The blademobile screeches to a halt*
}Ert!{

Artemis looks into the lab. He's been taking care of something that could come in useful here.

Grey Swordsman: "Alright, so Gandark and I were following an interesting lead and I think it may lead to something handy, but I need to do some obscure and esoteric research about arcane stuff first, just to double check a few things. [Do you have] Any idea of a library that'd include the occult? Seeing as how it isn't something you'd run into much at the local neighborhood ones, like down the street..."

"There really some strange stuff in town."

AF/Grey Swordsman: *Winks and with a tip of his hat as he fetches an old duster of a greatcoat*
"Thanks for the tip."
*Exits*

*A large, squarish, white Volvo station-wagon screeches to a halt outside the lad. , lab. A tall, dark figure steps out smoothly and...um...*
Crap, I can't go on like this, I don't know how you guys can stand it.
Anysumthin', this is Proudwart/Tlobti, here's my , and here's my .
Okay, what I'm supposed to do now?
Tlobti

Robot janitor: might i suggest you stand clear of some of the machines, there are experiments going on involving high electrical currents and chemical reactions.

*continues sweeping up some broken glass.*

: Into magic? There's an alchemy lead to gold converter, that has been set up on one of the tables...
The alchemy apparatuses are sitting on one of the tables by the wall, idle.

There are some equations involving strange symbols, on a nearby chalkboard too.

There's also a lot of junk I've aquired [well, a few wires] that you may want to investigate.

*& beakers, and don't forget the flasks and tubes, that're 'stoppered', w/the burners, and such.*

Any bodkins?
(The meaning of liff)
PWT

Who knows... perhaps there be 42, of them,- tucked away somewhere...

I wonder why they call it a personal space if other people can look at it any time they want.
Tlobti

I think it's because you can get to personalize/decorate it, with things, if you want to. *Shrugs*

: I forgot to put the notation, there - I did. Oops

Two questions from Tlobti: how do you start a conversation forum, like this one or the useless facts one, and what's up with the ? Seems pretty random.
PWT

: Well, let's see here, um... the is part of a catalog of smileys and some of the things that they can be used for (: like maybe, ends, who-knows?), and it can be found, over here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/Smiley , I think.

: To answer your other question, this sort of a game, is sort of a more open-format rules form of a kind of text-based RPG called a MUD, to make a new thread somewhere, you just go to the >conversation list< part, then click on the >start a new conversation< part, but in games and stuff, like this, there are R&D places, where it's nice to let the other people hear your idea first, so that the game doesn't get changed right out from under them, as a consideration. If the others like your idea, then somebody'll let you know,- or they will put it in for you, so