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The Sinking Feeling You Get When You Eat Magic Food

Welcome meatship crewmembers to the instrument of pure silly.

It had been a long period of waiting, but a prank was about to be issued after these dire dark times. As such, tables were set up around the WITCH Bus and other locations, unmanned stands where Lemonade and Brownies were available with the compliments of your friendly companions.

Do you dare risk chocolately goodness or sour-sweetness to discover it's dark delicious secrets?

(ooc: tag around, bug others and feel free to continue to madness. IC duration is about a day. Unless you deliberately take more with you. As a reminder, Lemonade brings you up ages to a good looking adultish level. Brownies turn you into kids. GO NUTS. Refer to the ooc post for details and ask questions there.)

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Oh, he does, does he?

Billy knew he only had a short time before Katara would see fit to retaliate, so he focused on wiggling his fingers over her stomach. He took full advantage of his 'adorable' face, smiling up at her as widely as he could.

"Sick of me yet?"

"You're horrible!" Katara said in between gasps, trying to right herself so she could roll herself on top of Billy and pin him down. He really was making sure he took advantage of being all cute and adorable, which didn't help her in her current situation.

Especially when he stomach was so sensitive.

"No, but I am going to get you!" She said, finally wriggling free and tugging her friend to the ground, stomach first, and tickling his back.

Yes! Maybe there were some slight advantages to this problem after all. Seeing her laugh like this was almost worth the hassle.

Billy's thoughts quickly changed course when she took the upper hand, and in seconds he was wriggling and pounding the ground helplessly. With such a small surface area of skin, overwhelming him was easier.

"...hey! Okay, okay, I'm got!" But he wasn't about to give up, oh no. Any limbs not pinned down were directed toward attempts to keep tickling.

She wasn't about to let him up easily, oh no, not after going for her weak spot! She adjusted her grip and kept him pinned down, but was noticing her grip was starting to loosen a little. Why was that?

Oh well. She still kept him down, tickling, her knee pressing a little down on his legs...and now she was noticing she was shrinking.

Uh oh. Looks like it was wearing down.

And now she was on his weak spot, his lower back, and justly so. Katara's relentless assault drew more and more laughter and squirming, helped along by the tingling he felt once more.

Age alteration was occurring again, he thought as his clothes became tight. Billy was thankful that he hadn't altered his outside and that they'd been set to adjust.

The laughs became deeper as well, reaching his normal pitch after about a half minute. And the growing stopped, thankfully leaving his body in its original state.

"...Tara," he wheezed, still trying to speak around the laughter. It would take him a second to readjust to his returned strength---his body had been altered more radically than hers. "Are you all right?"

Ha, success! She was going to continue her assault when she realized she was shrinking a little: her hips narrowed again and her hair receded a bit back to its original length. She stopped for a moment, and Billy could clearly see something in her eyes: a regret that she hadn't stayed just a little longer, but one that she had still had fun with the time given.

Billy was reverting too, and once he was back, asked her if she was okay.

"Sure, I'm fine," she said, taking a breath. "Well that was new! I didn't mind that all too much, did you?"

"I'm glad it's over," he answered, looking back over his shoulder at her. "I suppose it wasn't entirely terrible, as I realized at the end, but it would have been difficult to function that way."

Now they just had some small matters to deal with. "Do you plan to let me up, or am I due more assault?" A small pause. "Choose carefully, the fate of our dolphin swim might depend on it."

Ah, so he might be trying a little hardball.

She shrugged, then gave him a playful luck. "In that case, maybe next time you'll pick the fruit juice over the sweets! That way you won't have to worry about being a kid. Still, I do wish I could have stayed like that for a little longer. It was nice."

Here though, it was OK to let him up: they'd had fun, and the truth was she really wanted to see those dolphins. "I think you know the answer to that," she said, "but let's do it at dusk!"

"Hey!" Billy batted at her with a hand, trying his best to look indignant. He wasn't quite adorable anymore, but maybe he could settle for funny. "If we find out who was responsible and they're friendly, maybe you can ask them to do it again."

He got to his feet gratefully, then altered the scenery---a shoreline at dusk. Several dolphins leaped out of the water gracefully, seemingly beckoning them forward.

Billy took a minute to do some stretches, just to be sure that he was comfortable in his body again, then started to approach the waves. "When you're ready."

"Well, we'll see," Katara said. "We don't know how busy it'll be in the next few months, so I can't make anything definite. It would be nice though, just to try it again."

When the scenery changed though, she felt herself start to relax. It wasn't often she could relax in her own preferred surrounds, so this was definitely a treat. The dolphins seemed pretty friendly too: she wondered if this was also the case back where Billy lived.

Katara did a few stretches of her own and followed suit, moving more gracefully once she made contact with the water.

"All right," he answered, "but this time I think I'll decline. I don't want to take unnecessary risks."

To be honest, Billy hadn't known dolphins personally. He'd been on a scuba trip once, and watched documentaries, but he lacked personal experience. Instead, he drew on Stacy's memory banks to keep everything realistic.

He switched to a swimsuit and swam alongside Katara, competent but clumsy by comparison. "They'll approach soon. Just a minute."

She laughed. "I think you'd be able to manage OK, once you got the hang of it. How often is it that we get to enjoy being a kid again anyway?"

She actually wouldn't have minded turning into one herself. It would be nice to not have to be the motherly one for a little while.

Katara took off her clothes and was in her white suit, and sure enough, a dolphin approached her, making a chirping noise that she had never heard before. It seemed to indicate she could climb on its back, but she looked at Billy, makings ure she understood its meaning.

"Not often if I have any say in it! But there was an advantage or two," he had to admint.

Billy nodded encouragingly. "I don't speak dolphin, but I think it wants to take you for a ride." Careful now, Katara, or it'll take you without your consent.

Even now, there was one circling Billy curiously. He offered a hand, waited, and the dolphin rubbed itself against his arm.

"Hi," came Billy's greeting, soon turning into a yelp when it slid under and began to pull him after Katara.

"Yes, I noticed," Katara said dryly, laughing. "You were able to move around a lot quicker than normal. You are getting better, in case you were wondering."

Katara is more than willing to let the dolphin take her along and it does just that. She let's out a yelp, but replaces that with a cheer as she repositions herself so her legs were gripping the dolphin more. She looks over at Billy and grins.

"You were right! This is fun!"

That brought a pleased blush to his face. "I'm glad."

Then they were off, and it took him a moment to arrange himself into a proper riding position. There, that should be comfortable for dolphin and human. They lagged slightly behind Katara, but that was okay.

"Glad you like it---but watch out, they might move faster." Billy took a breath when he felt his dolphin shift, and sure enough they were gliding under the waves in another second. Wow.

Katara had no fear as the dolphin sped up, just as used to this as she was to penguin sledding (which, ironically, she had already done with Alex earlier). She was splashed quite a bit, and every so often got a mouthful of water, but these were just minor inconveniences. This was still lots of fun.

And now they WERE moving faster, and Katara hung on tighter, cheering all the more. Yes, it would be a good idea to not slip off: she was sure she'd get lost in a fury of waves.

Billy re-emerged beside her just then, hair dripping in his eyes. As the dolphin started changing direction, he clung to his ride and smiled at Katara. She sounded so happy----he'd say she looked it, but without glasses and with all this water it was difficult to see.

They wouldn't really be in trouble if they slipped off, but held on anyway. "I wasn't expecting this intensity, but I like it."

Katara knew that Billy saw she was having fun, and watched him have a go with the dolphin he was riding. He looked like he was having food too, so she gave him a wave as the dolphin dived into the water now, taking her with him.

Of course this didn't bother her. It was useful to make a bubble that allowed her to breath.

Billy wished he could do that. He leaned against his dolphin's back and slipped into the water, holding his breath for as long as he could.

If he needed to breathe, all he had to do was nudge.

Having fun yet? he asked.

The dolphin dived quite a bit deeper than would have been normal for a human to go under and rose up again, Katara bringing her hands up and jumping off the dolphin for a moment, diving into the water herself. A moment later,her dolphin friend nudged under her and she was on again, grinning.

YES!!!

Billy looked on somewhat enviously, just riding along.

Of course you would as the queen of the waters, he observed. He settled for watching her.

It's more than that, Katara admitted, ceasing riding with the dolphin a moment and looking at Billy, her hair undone and looking relaxed. Water has always made me feel free. At times, it really gave me strength. It still does now.

She motioned for him to join her.

It's fascinating to watch, Billy added. He marveled at her grace, the happiness there. It's...similar, in a way, to watching a bird in flight.

He gave his dolphin a fond pat and departed, swimming close to her. What is it?

Katara wasn't surprised that Billy would describe it like that. In a way, there was a subtle beauty in the way Billy described that.

Something like that, yes. Then again, Aang would know more than I do about flying. She waited until he got close, and swiftly dunked his head in, giggling,

Of course he---whoa!

Billy saw her hand just before it happened and almost rose a hand to block, but the water was invading his orifices before he could think another thought.

Excuse him while he thrashes to get free. What was that for?

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