It turns out that being put in permanent stasis is boring.

Really boring ( Read more... )

Two. Zarking. Months ( Read more... )

"See, here's the thing," Zaphod comments, half-sitting on a nearby desk ( Read more... )

The ceremony, such as it was, had to be quiet. They couldn't very well allow the news to get out and ruin the surprise, could they? And so while there was toasting, and drinking, and joking, and a speech or two celebrating the wittiness of the toasts, the number and variety of drinks, and the truly horrible quality of the jokes, it was all kept ( Read more... )

The doors slide shut with an ingratiating sigh, and Zaphod shudders ( Read more... )

( Trillian )

It was kinda nice, being back on solid (?) ground again. Perhaps not particularly stable ground; after all, he was at the End of the Universe. Nothing was very stable there--which was why he liked it so much.

And the room was nice--cheerful, clean--not quite as spectacularly and tastefully beautiful as the interior of the Heart of Gold, but nice ( Read more... )

Zaphod bounds aboard the ship and sprints into the cockpit, tossing his half-eaten box of cereal towards the general direction of the pantry.

"Eddie!"

"Hey, boss, it's a beautiful day out and I am feeling just so good! Got something for me?"

"Never mind that, Eddie, get the ship ready to take off, and aim for Sector GammaBeta 8, got it?"

Whirrrr. “Thank you for mak ( Read more... )

Stomp. Stomp. Stomp.

Whirrrr"Thank yo ( Read more... )