Tau Zero's Journal: Cereal killer

Where have our dual protagonists gone? Recapping the last episode:

As Pixie sailed through the air towards the water, she watched in amazement as Tau sailed through the air towards the boat, snapping up the scotch, shot glass and all! For a moment, they were eye to fish-eye, and then Pixie plunged into the water, gasping as the frigid temperatures chased the alcohol out of her system. As the water closed over her head, she thought she heard a low chuckle...

<As Tau floated to the peak of his trajectory, rolling the shot glass over in his mouth, he saw a remarkable sight. Falling into the water as he fell away from it was... something. Much smaller than a troll - wasn't behaving like a troll, it had been spin-casting instead - smaller than a typical human. It made a splash as he began his descent. Tau lost sight of it temporarily as he spun slowly toward the water, then he rejoined it with a smack.>

<Spitting out the empty shot glass, he turned to examine the fallen thing. Fallen angel? No, it lacked wings, and it was small compared to what an angel was supposed to be. It wasn't plump enough to be a cherub. Was it... a pixie? Fortunately for it, it was too big to do more than nibble on; it was safe from him. Unfortunately for him, it was not accompanied by any tasty barflies.>

<The pixie thrashed in the water, and something else drifted downward.... a bottle, just barely full enough to sink and fortunately capped. Tau darted to retrieve it, grabbing it by the neck. Holding the bottle, he turned back upward.>

Will Sillypixie catch Tau? Will she even get back into the boat? If she doesn't, will Tau be able to enjoy the bottle of scotch given that he's presently a fish and has no hands to open the screw-top? All in the next episode... or not, depending on the whimsy of the authors.

Holey Cow

[sillypixie]

Pixie gathered her wits, setting aside her initial panic at plunging into the water. She was *not* a water faery, and although she could swim, the idea of going home all wet put her into a fit of pique. Then suddenly she remembered the fish that she had passed on her way down, and she cast around inelegantly, half expecting to see something with big teeth and glowing eyes waiting for the right moment to dine.

Suddenly a shape came out of the gloom, it was Tau - carrying *her* bottle of scotch! He wasn't

I gotta beef widdat

[Tau Zero]

<Tau was swimming upward, his vision obscured by the bottle held in his mouth, when he was snared! His reflexive twist of surprise brought him a better view, and his would-be captor was revealed as... the pixie, holding him by the tail!>

<How did it move so fast underwater? No time to consider that, its intentions were unknown. It appeared to have been fishing only for compliments, but Tau was not about to become someone else's dinner if he could help it. He twisted back and forth hoping that slip

doh

[sillypixie]

That really was me, by the way. Stupid /. public terminal setting... it logged me out before I finished my submission.

Sigh.

Pixie

"Dough!" -- Homer Baker

[Tau Zero]

That's okay, just read your mail one of these years.