Octonauts QnA+Dares

Days Long Gone

"Who's turn is it now?" Pinto asked, wondering who the fans would torture next.

"To read or to answer questions?" Squirt asked his surrogate annoying little brother.

"Both."

"I'll read." Koshi offered as Pinto handed her the tablet.

"From Uniquedoll602, Just curious; but did any of you need to wear a school uniform, and what was your most funniest or most interesting moment from school? Mine was when Santa walked through the door with a cigarette and started squat dancing."

Everyone was speechless but amused at the same time.

"Well that is an interesting school." The Captain replied, smiling, "I had to wear a school uniform. Probably because I went to a British school; did any of you wear a uniform."

"I was educated at home by my father." Inkling began, "But I do recall my siblings and I were required to dress in uniform."

"I went to the school held at the Seamount. I never needed a uniform." Squirt answered.

"Yarr, I needed a uniform too." Kwazii squirmed in his seat, "Twas way too itchy."

"I went to a little school by the kelp forest. There weren't a lot of us, and no one wore a uniform." Shellington piped up.

"I never needed a uniform." Tweak chimed in, "I was homeschooled for most of my time in school, and the high school I went to never bothered with uniforms."

"Mine either." Dashi shrugged.

"Neither Pinto nor so ever needed a uniform." Peso piped up.

"But penguins don't even wear clothes that much anyways" Pinto added.

"That's true." Peso concluded, "I think the most interesting thing that's ever happened in my school was in kindergarten when they brought in some people dressed as superheroes and princesses and let us all read to them."

"Really? No fair!" Pinto pouted, "They never did it for us! I guess the most interestingest moment I've ever had in school was when some friends and I started speaking the little bit of English that Peso taught us in front of the teacher and she had no idea what we were talking about."

"Interestingest isn't a word." Squirt pointed out as Pinto stuck his tongue out at him, "My most interesting moment had to be the time Uncle Inkling walked into the library to give us lessons and then slipped on a piece of kelp on the floor."

"Does that count?" Shellington asked his apprentice, letting him sit on the edge of his beanbag.

Squirt shrugged, "They said school, and Uncle Inkling is home schooling us, so..."

"Eh, it counts." Koshi shrugged, "Mine probably has to be when someone" Here she gave Jane a very nasty look, "put a tack on the school librarian's chair during group reading time for both our classes and then depantsed her."

"It wasn't me!" Jane protested.

"Well then how would anyone else depants the school librarian?"

"She put those idiotic skirts on the bottoms of the bookshelves, anyone could've hid under there, you butthead!"

"Alright, that's enough." Dashi raised her voice to be heard over her sisters' arguing, " Koshi, it's not nice to accuse people of things, and Jane, it's not nice to call people names either." 

"I don't have many interesting moments from my school," The Captain answered, "So I'd have to say the most interesting thing that's ever happened to me in school is when we had gotten a snowstorm during recess time, so we couldn't go out. Obviously, about 30 overactive cubs isn't exactly ideal; we nearly drove the teacher insane."

"The most interesting thing that happened in me schooling days was when I told me preschool teacher that the next day was "Pirate Appreciation Day", and she showed up to school the next day in a pirate outfit with an eyepatch and everything! I even got to teach her how to talk like a pirate!" Kwazii puffed his chest out proudly.

"I'd have to say the most interesting thing to occur in my schooling days was it was the first time I laid eyes on a television." Inkling commented.

"The first time?" Pinto asked, gaping in shock.

"Uncle Inkling? You were YOUNG ONCE?" Squirt seemed even more shocked.

"Yes." Inkling fumed, "I was young once, my dear boy."

"Anyways," Shellington hastily changed the subject, "My most interesting school moment was when my teacher took us all to the nearby dock to look at fish, and I saw this really cool-looking fish. I got a little overexcited, and well, I fell into the water." Shellington rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. Everyone smiled but kept quiet out of respect for Shellington's dignity.

"Mine would probably have to be when a jock made fun of me in my freshman year of high school and my friend Chet punched him in the face for it. Dang, that was good." Tweak sighed, remembering the few good parts of her high school experience.

"That's nice of him Tweaky." Dashi hugged her best friend, "This isn't really funny or interesting, but I'll never forget it."

"What is it?" Tweak asked curiously, letting her best friend snuggle into her.

"When I told my high school Pre-calculus teacher that I couldn't stay after class for her to teach me a concept I didn't understand yet because I had my sisters to watch, she told me that I could bring them after I picked them up from their school. She even brought them snacks and games to play and everything."

"Well how could she not? Tweak rubbed Dashi's back, "You're clearly the best big sister in the world, and you needed a bit of help."

"Aww, thanks Tweaky." Dashi buried her face in Tweak's shoulder, "I love you."

"I love you too, bestie."