What Are You Waiting For

It was a normal Friday morning, for the Penguins. Skipper was having his fish-coffee, Kowalski was experimenting, Rico was helping him, and Private was watching the 0800 hours airing of the Lunacorns. As Skipper gulped down the last of the brown liquid, he glanced at the clock.
"Alright, men," he annouced, placing down his mug. "Zoo hours start in fifteen minutes. Time to get your tail-feathers top-side, and your act in gear!" Each of the Penguins stopped what he was doing, and was top-side in a flash.

"Today is a field-trip day," Skipper told his men, pacing up and down in front of them. "We...

Waiting 01.02.16

Note: Happy New Year, everyone! My resolution is to try and find madami time to write and get things published. We’ll see how that works out for me. And, to kick off this new year, here’s a Skilene ficlet for your entertainment. Enjoy!

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“Hey, Skipper,” Marlene said, walking up to the ibong dagat leader with a smile. “Are you excited? We only have a couple madami hours!”

“Copy that, Marlene,” Skipper replied. “It feels like 2012 just flew right by. No pun intended.”

Marlene smiled. “I agree. It seems to feel that way every New Year’s,” she noted.

“Yeah,”...