[October 30th] [Yu-Gi-Oh!] Conversations for a Dull Day

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Title: Conversations for a Dull Day
Day/Prompt: October 30th - Penguins have knees and the main cause of deaths for koalas is falling off a tree
Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh!
Character/Pairing: The Big Five
Rating/Warning(s): G/K, the Big Five have repented and are running Crump's penguin sanctuary


By Lucky_Ladybug

It was another quiet autumn day at Penguin World, which was just fine for everyone there. The Big Five didn't want to deal with any crisis worse than the vending machines going empty. It seemed like they were going to get that wish.

Crump leaned back in his office chair, placing his hands behind his head. "Now this is the way it should be," he declared. "Just regular day to day life, kinda boring, but just great when you think about the alternatives."

Johnson nodded. "I've had more than enough of saving the world, and I'm quite sure we all feel likewise."

Gansley nodded as well. "I certainly do."

Lector and Nesbitt chorused in the affirmative, although Nesbitt especially looked concerned. "By the process of logic, however, something will most likely go wrong sooner or later," he said. "The enemies we fight never stay down indefinitely and there's always new ones to take their places."

"Then I will just enjoy what we can while we can," Lector said. "I suppose we're overdue for something to go wrong again."

Nesbitt growled. That was definitely not what he wanted to hear, but he had been thinking similar things.

"Did you know penguins have knees?" Crump blurted.

The others stared at him.

"Even though we've been working around penguins for some time now, that fact has somehow managed to escape me," Gansley intoned.

"It's kinda hard to see when their legs are so short, but it's true!" Crump insisted.

"Great," Nesbitt grunted. Now he was picturing George sitting in his chair and swinging his kneed legs like a kid. "Do you have any other random trivia like that?"

Crump shrugged. "Most koala deaths are from falling out of trees?"

Lector quirked an eyebrow. "Forgive me, but somehow that seems very strange that they wouldn't be able to stay in trees. They practically live in them."

"Yeah, I know," Crump said. "It just goes to show that even that's no guarantee that there won't be accidents sometimes."

"Do you suppose scientists actually research that?" Johnson remarked, adjusting his glasses. "That some actually made it their life's work to study why koalas die?"

"They probably do," Crump said. "Hey, there's worse things they could be doing. I heard once that some scientists did a study on dung preferences of the dung beetle."

Now Lector looked vaguely ill. "I would have happily gone on my whole life without knowing that."

Gansley grunted. "Yes, Crump, is that really necessary?"

"I'm just pointing out there's some crazy research out there," Crump said.

"I wonder if information like that will ever actually be useful," Johnson remarked. "Why would anyone care what the dung beetle eats?"

"I sure don't," Nesbitt flatly said.

"So this is what we talk about on a dull day," Johnson said. "There must be a better topic than this."

George chirped, bringing all of their attention up. Somehow the Emperor Penguin had wandered in without them knowing it and had jumped into the nearest chair. Bizarrely, he was swinging his legs back and forth over the edge, just as Nesbitt had pictured.

Nesbitt had to gawk. "Penguins have knees, eh?"

"Yep," Crump said. "And George here thinks he's a human."

Gansley finally chuckled. "Perhaps he is at that."