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

[YK] "Gremlins" would be a better term.

Thras: *glares at YK* I am NOT a gremlin... *takes the form of a white dragon the size of a parakeet and flicks a snakelike tongue in and ot of his mouth in irritation*

Jade: *looks at Thras* Don't be like that... What would they think?

Thras: I don't care. He called me a gremlin...

Jade: He didn't know any better.

Thras: So? It was rude...

Jade: *sighs, looks at YK* You know, he's going to continue to sulk until you apologize...

[YK] I wasn't calling Thras a gremlin. I meant that "Typo Gremlins" would be a better term.

Jade: Oh! sorry...

Thras: Oh... umm... right.

Jade: *face flushes white (well, whiter than usual,)*

Thras: *takes the shape of a silver ermine and curls around her neck*

Jade: So... ah... What do you kids do around here for fun?

[Mackenzie] We go on adventures, usually to other planets with names like Zork, Rodentar, The, and Earth.

[YK] I don't really like Earth, much, even though I was born there. I make my home on Dantooine--

[Mackenzie] Your HOMEWORLD is EARTH!? HA!

[YK] Yes, Mac, we've established this fact.

[Mackenzie] Boy, I didn't know you were from THERE, monkey-boy! Woo-hoo!

[YK] Oh, eat my shorts!

[Mackenzie] Wait a minute! That means my personality was made from --

[YK] Yes, the aforementioned monkey-boy.

[Mackenzie] D'OH!


Dylan goes by the notion that Earth is a little-known backwater world, and that the usual homeworld is The World of H2G2, whose inhabitants are much more intelligent than humans, by which I mean they've read the Hitchhiker's Trilogy, appreciate it, and go by its behavioral rules.

Jade: Well Dylan is bloody mean. It's pretty bad when I like a monkey-boy's self-manufactured personalities better than the original monkey-boy.

Thras: Rather.

Jade: Couldn't have said it better myself, Thras, Thank you.

Thras: *Smiles a little silver ermine smile*

Jade: *Pats him on the head* Anyway... I'm from Alpha centauri Four. I just kinda... Drift about. It's amazing that I've stayed /here/ so long, in fact.

Thras: Mmm hmm. She's never content with staying in one place.

Jade: Nope. Not at all.

Thras: It's nice here, though.

Jade: Yes it is...

[YK] Yeah, Dantooine's a kind of summer home for me. There wasn't a lot left after the Yuuzhan Vong incident, but in the century or so since it's mostly healed.


Dylan contradicts himself with chronology: it occurrs a century and a half after ANH, but about three and a half after the year 2000. Confusing, eh?

Also, things in tags are just updates on Continuity, not something someone actually says. If you want to know more about Continuity, visit Asteroid Lil's page: http://www.h2g2.com/A351866

Some forums may not follow this code; it isn't universally known about, much less adhered to.

...?...

*stares blankly at YK*

Er, where, exactly, do you suppose us to be? I'd like you to be specific, rather than asking questions like, "?", please.

sorry. sheesh.

shall we start alll over again, then?

*bows*

jade: greetings, my lord. what sort of questions do you wish me to ask?

thras: yesh. what she said. *bows too*

[YK and Mackenzie exchange identical incredulous glances]

[YK] Er, what was that "...?..." all about?

Jade: Errr,well, what was the thing all about?

Thras: We didn't get it.

Jade: We were confused.

Thras: But we'll forgive you!

Jade: *impulsively grabs YK and hugs him*

[YK reflexively shoves Jade off him. Surprisingly, he has had practice IRL.]

[YK] Well, you see, denote a referral to Continuity, or what the hell is going on that the characters in an RPG forum may or may not know about. Er, let's take a sample post:

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Subject: Inside the castle...
Posted Some Time Ago
by "Thad"
--
[Thad pulls the lever and the wall rotates around. He finds himself in room B.]


There was a fireplace in room B, right?

-----
-----
Subject: Inside the castle...
Posted A Bit Later
by "Bob"
--

Yeah.

-----
-----
Subject: Inside the castle...
Posted A Bit After That
by "Thad"
--
[The rotated wall was where the fireplace had been previously.]
Erm, hello!
-----
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Subject: Inside the castle...
Posted Some Time Ago
by "Ezekiel (SP?)"
--
Hi, Thad.
-----

[Mackenzie] In this case, Thad wanted to know whether Room B had a fireplace, so he used the HTML tag to ask if it did. In real HTML, it doens't do anything.

[YK] It can also be used to denote a comment outside the actual storyline. In one forum, one of the "characters" kept making long winded posts that were equal parts a) titanic battles and b) explainations as to why only said character could battle them, unless someone tried to interact with anything in these posts, in which case he complained, saying they had violated continuity and referred to clauses he had neglected to mention/make up before posting. Someone made a post to this effect.

Thras: *blinks repeatedly*

Jade: *tries freverently to stay concious*

Thras: *thwacks Jade upside the head to wake her*

Jade: *snaps awake* Yes, hello? Oh yes... Well... that was really a *yawns* fascinating conversation, but ahhh... yesh.

Thras: To make a long stor short, we're still a bit confused.

Jade: Yesh. About the whole continuity thing...

Thras: Rather.

[YK and Mackenzie] [simultaneous] We just finished explaining it to you!!

*Falls out of the sky and lands on his feet without blinking*

Yes, I know I'm not a cat, it's just a talent of mine!

It's okay, monkey-boy! I understand this thingy!

*Walks over to Jade, leans on her shoulder, throws Thrasymachus a dragon biscuit*

I found these in my favorite store, and thought you might like to give them a try, eh?

*Stares at the sky contentedly*

[YK also looks up, wondering what Wolf sees. Mackenzie nudges him (YK) and he stops]

*Plucks Thras off of Jade's shoulder and sets the little dragon-dude on his own. They both stare at the sky*

Jade: Wolf dear, would you please give me back my daemon?

Thras: But I liake it here! And besides you, he's the only guy that knows my full name!

Jade: But... but. but... Ghaa! why do you always steal my daemon, wolf...? *tears develop in her eyes, she blinks them away*

[YK] I sense a disturbance in the force...

[Mackenzie] It's the cake, stupid.

[YK, Homer Simpson-style, yelps in alarm and runs into the house. Mackenzie looks on after him]

[Mackenzie] There's guys for ya. Give 'em something to bake -- even a simple cheesecake -- and three'll get you the pot hand they'll mess it up.