Eel
Ernie the Eel

Ernie Slickwater, the eel, gives denizens of the deep the feeling that he lives under a rock or in a dark hole and only comes out when he sees a chance to get something that he wants –- which is a very accurate feeling for them to get - – because that is exactly the case.

Even though Ernie lacks a formal degree he certainly makes up for his lack of education with his uncanny ability to sell used cars by remembering seemingly every fish in the sea’s name, hidden desire and where they buried their skeletons. Everyone knows Ernie and tries to avoid him. Ernie knows everyone or knows someone who does!

Although he is not the most social creature outside of his job, because his reputation precedes him, he is occasionally seen with his part time girlfriend Darla the Dogfish down at the bowling alley. He is known to be able to break a 7-10 split with a gutter to gutter hook, the likes of which you won’t see anywhere else.  It has something to do with his eerie eel elasticity.

Yes, Ernie is a slick operator, but is there a heart of gold under all that slime, who knows?

O-Quan Tangin Wann
The Fisherman (Zinger Card)

Throw the net
What will I get?
A red Blow fish?
For me super dish

One day I catch
The Twisted fish
Play with my friends
Oh how I wish…

I could play
All of zee day
But, I got to catch fish
For me supper dish

Quanny, as he is known by many, lives on an island down by the bay. He was born Michael MacPherson and is the direct descendant of a Scottish sea captain who was ship-wrecked on his people’s island in 1756. Mysteries have sprung up about how that ship wrecked two miles inland on a calm moonlit night… but that is another story. Quanny changed his name, oh about three years ago, after a very strange night where many bizarre and unexplainable occurrences were reported all over—and under the waters around, if you want to know the whole truth—the island.

Could these two mysteries be connected? Stay tuned…

Augustus works in the Staple Replacement Sub-Department of the Tiny Office Supply Department of Megalon Aquatic Industries, Inc. His job responsibilities include counting the remaining staples in various staplers on the 37th - 47th floors of the Regional District Office and replacing them according to Company Rule #7654-327, subsection J.

Augustus has been in the Staple Replacement Sub-Department for 17 years and his immediate supervisor has yet to learn his name. He does his job with a calm serenity, dispensing pearls of wisdom that are often ignored. These ideas are sometimes company-altering, but are never attributed to him. Augustus seems to take this lack of recognition in stride. He’s a guy who knows he was made for better things, but is a remarkably good sport about his position in life.

I often wonder if there is more to Augustus than meets the eye?