THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE THE GALAXY
marvel, darcy lewis
hoteldenouement
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ISABEL MORENO HAS FOUND HERSELF IN A LITTLE BIT OF A PICKLE. After Thor so delightfully demolished her university in his fight against Malekith, Isabel finds that most of the research she'd spent years painstakingly uncovering had been destroyed along with it. When her best friend Dylan suggests that they take a short break to clear her mind, she'd jumped at the chance. She packs her bags, loads the car, and tells her family that she's going on a road trip, and after several hours torturing Dylan with her out of tune renditions of 'Lion King' songs, she settles in for a short nap.

Let me tell you now, Isabel was not expecting to wake up the following morning in a spaceship, hundreds of miles from Earth.

As it turns out, Dylan is not, in fact, the struggling history student he claimed to be - he's a struggling researcher for the updated guidebook to the universe, who's simply been pretending to be a history student for the past five years because he'd missed his first deadline and had been too awkward to ask for an extension. Also, he's an alien.

He said it so matter-of-factly when he'd told Isabel that she almost didn't question it. She just accepted it, before realising that if any part of his announcement should be questioned, it should definitely be the fact that her best friend is apparently an alien.

Together, the dynamic duo travel through the lengths and breadths of the universe, aided by a motley, makeshift crew of misfits, including the impulsive political science student Darcy Lewis, a bunch of weirdos that have taken to calling themselves the Guardians of the Galaxy — whatever that's supposed to mean — and some strange woman that's way too attached to her sword.

Hurtling through space, Isabel and her new friends face a multitude of ridiculous adventures, including (but not limited to); a heist at an intergalactic science contest, a slight kerfuffle after a prank alien abduction and a failed trip to Del Taco, and a teeny tiny incident involving one of the team member's unfortunate transformation into a dog — all while armed with nothing but a towel, and a boatload of unearned confidence.

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ISABEL MORENO

This must be a Thursday.
I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

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So long and thanks for all the fish
So sad that it should come to this
We tried to warn you all but oh dear!

You may not share our intellect
Which might explain your disrespect
For all the natural wonders that
Grow around you

So long, so long and thanks
For all the fish

The world's about to be destroyed
There's no point getting all annoyed
Lie back and let the planet dissolve

Despite those nets of tuna fleets
We thought that most of you were sweet
Especially tiny tots and your
Pregnant women...

So long, so long, and thanks
For all the fish.

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