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

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*Looks up from where he's sitting*

Oh, hello Librarian. Would you mind popping to that little n<./>ook</.> of yours and getting that b<./>ook<./> I asked for? Thank you so much...

*He turns back to his game of chess*

Right. R<./>ook</.> to E4

*swings up into the higher reaches of his b<./>ook</.>n<./>ook</.>, snags the b<./>ook</.>, swings back down, grabs a mossgreen drawstring bag and smoothly lands in the chair opposite Axi*

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*hands him the "Crossover Gaming, A Beginner's Guide to Multidimensional Gaming" b<./>ook</.> then pulls seven tiles out of the bag, l<./>ook</.>s at them and the board for a minute, then places them starting at E3 using Axi's rook to spell*

crookedness

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TRANSLATION: that's 18 plus 50 for bingoing... 68 pts!!

A good move Librarian. But we're playing chess

*I take the b<./>ook</.>, and place it in the n<./>ook</.> and move my r<./>ook</.> to take the other researcher's pawn

<./>o</.><./>ok</.>ay

*lays poker hand face down on the edge of the table, slides out of chair and belatedly realizes he has been sitting on the 'other researcher'*



*fluffs 'other researcher' back up to his/her former 3-dimensionalismness, apologizes profusely*

<./>ookookookookookOOKook</.> <./>ook</.>

*gives axi and the 'other researcher the 'carry-on' sign*



*and shambles out, l<./>ook</.>ing for Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John McIntyre MD*