Nadia was attempting to pack for New York. Not such an easy task when she was also attempting to deal with a love-struck weetiny penguin who was trying to surf to places where weetiny penguins ought not to go ( Read more... )

And most especially for x5_alec. . . .

As heard quoted on NPR's All Things Considered about fairy penguins on Middle Island, south of Australia:

"These are real free-range [birds] and they've got a salty flavor, too," he says, "It's like salt-and-vinegar chips . . . I reckon."

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Furrball had found a neat smelling bottle thing.

Then he'd found a nifty thing that made noise when he stepped on it.

The result? Was interesting.

Nadia had nearly managed to forget that today was the day that was officially listed as her birthday, but had remembered upon noticing the date a little while ago, after the assembly ( Read more... )

Nadia was feeling . . . abstracted. She blamed a number of factors, including that most of the boys in the school, including her boyfriend, were currently girls, the super-powerful (apparently) brownies she'd had the night before (and no more left, since it had turned into an impromptu brownie party), and the fact that she'd been spending much of ( Read more... )

Nadia had made sure the space between the beds in room 507 was cleared and set out some pillows and blankets for her and Pippi to sit on, with a stack of books to hold the candles. While she waited for Pippi, she mentally went over the process for meditation again, hoping she'd be able to find Duck and maybe get him to help her help Pippi ( Read more... )

When Nadia got back to her room after putting everything away and getting checked out in the clinic, she was still wiggling her fingers around and occasionally feeling her wrist through the ace bandage to reassure herself that it was, in fact, still there. She had bruises on her neck, was back to wearing the damned shoulder brace, and was dingy ( Read more... )

After waking up in jail, then spending seven or so hours in a car arguing with Jamie about music, Nadia was feeling more than ready to be back. Or in Florida, but assuming Layla Miller was right, doing that would be a biiiiiiiig mistake ( Read more... )

As far as last minute plans went, Nadia had been involved in worse. She was wondering if she should have called Walter and invited him along on this random adventure, but having a few days just to hang out with a friend and roam freely about just sounded too good to pass up ( Read more... )

The trouble with arguing with Pippi was, now she was rooming with her, and was much more likely to have to, you know, see her and talk to her again really quickly after said argument ( Read more... )