"Hello everyone," began Abby, "And welcome to a new episode of Animalia Ambassadoria."
"Today, we will interview a few members of Project Phoenix, why they came to the project, why they chose their new species, and what they plan to do with their lives now." informed Sarah.
"We will begin with Ms. Vivian Robinson, who is now a swan Animalian." Said Malice, reading the list of interviewees from the top. Vivian, in coming into the interview room, was revealed not only to have the amazon muscles and curves typical of female Animalians, but also an extra six inches of neck. As she took her place at the table, the comments were rife with comments ranging from actual compliments to inappropriate "tail-feather-plucking" comments.
"Thank you for having me here." said Vivian, revealing a certain elegance to her voice.
"To begin, what got you into Project Phoenix in the first place?" began Jessica.
"While I cannot pronounce the terminology," began Vivian "I was diagnosed 5 years ago with a brain tumor that my body recognized as a threat, and effectively quarantined. But said brain tumor was in an extremely dangerous place, making traditional radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy have a 50/50 chance of killing me, while actual surgery would guarantee killing me. When I heard that the Animalia Virus is capable of curing cancer, I signed up so I could carry on my family legacy."
"Which is...?" asked Sophie.
"All the women in my family were ballet dancers, and it was a manner of tradition to take up the mantle." said Vivian, taking on a somewhat dignified tone.
"And how long have you been dancing?" asked Abby.
"I've been doing ballet dancing for 55 years." replied Vivian
"And how old are you now, chronologically I mean?" asked Sarah.
"I understand what you mean, but I'm actually 63." answered Vivian, somewhat proudly. At this, there was a storm of replies, mainly expressing surprise at how young she started dancing.
"So..." answered Malice, after an awkward pause, "What inspired you to become a swan?"
"My proudest moment," replied Vivian, wistfully, "When I won a major award for my performance of Swan Lake on Broadway in New York City."
"So did you happen to 'bond' with anyone after your conversion?" asked Simon, who wanted to try his hand at being an ambassador for Animalia.
"Actually, yes." replied Vivian, happily, "I bonded with Zeus, the Swan Animalian who was my Donor."
"Do you already have children, or are you planning on having any?" asked Sophie.
"When you practice as much as I do," began Vivian, "You really don't have time for intimacy. But now that I am restored to peak health and fertility, I plan to begin a new family with Zeus, as soon as my heat begins."
"And for our final question," said Jessica, "Are you planning any future projects here in Animalia or elsewhere?"
"After I finish cleaning all the rust off my ballet skills, as well as adapting to my new form," said Vivian, "I plan to open a Ballet School here in Animalia to teach Animalians about the fine art of dance."
"That's all well and good," said Abby, reading a post that just popped up, "But someone, we won't reveal who, just made an inappropriate comment on your 'drumsticks'."
"Bohemian." said Vivian with disgust.
"What?" asked Malice.
"Later." answered Sarah.
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"Now we welcome Maggie Jones, who won 'Model of the Year' for four consecutive years since 2006, and seemingly disappeared from the public eye in 2010 for unknown reasons." Began Abby, as an Animalian who strongly resembled Minerva Mink, minus the blonde tail, walked in and sat down, to a surge of comments on the webpage.
"So why did you join Project Phoenix?" asked Sarah, starting off the list of questions.
"While I was doing a shoot in South America," began Maggie, with a tear running down her cheek, "I somehow caught a terrible, flesh-eating disease. I managed to survive, but my beauty was utterly destroyed, both by the disease and by the treatment. I couldn't bear to be stigmatized in the press, so I disappeared." At this there was a flood of sympathetic comments, some genuine, others clearly sexual.
"So you joined Project Phoenix to recover what disease had taken from you?" asked Malice, trying to clarify.
"Yes." said Maggie, simply.
"So why did you choose to become a mink?" asked Jessica.
"Because Minerva Mink, from Animaniacs, was my favorite cartoon character growing up." said Maggie, clearly cheering up, "Wilford Wolf's bad flirting/epic fails always made me laugh."
"I never saw those," said Malice, "should we?"
"You should." said Maggie, starting to giggle, "I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up in an Animalia-themed sitcom relatively soon."
"A what?" asked Malice, the term going right over her head.
"It's television slang meaning 'situational comedy'. I'm not surprised that Animalians had difficulty understanding things humans take for granted." said Maggie.
"Have you currently 'bonded' with anyone?" asked Jessica, continuing the show before it devolved into a debate on human society and ate up the remaining time.
"No, not yet." said Maggie, kicking off a comment storm.
"Well you better find someone fast," said Sophie, grinning as she read some of the comments, "You have a lot of self-proclaimed, would-be suitors that wouldn't mind getting in your bed."
"Well I hope they have more than just stupid stunts and bad one-liners." said Maggie, disgustedly, "I do have some standards."
"For the final question, do you have any future projects planned in Animalia or elsewhere?" asked Abby.
"When I learned that Deputy Mayor Robbie's new mate was planning to go into modeling, I've decided to become a kind of 'modeling coach', helping Animalians who want to be models learn about 'showcasing', the 'catwalk strut' and other parts of being a successful model."
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"To wrap up our current episode, The IAC Opening Ceremony has a few things down, though not set in stone." Said Abby, recognizing that they only had seven minutes in the episode left.
"Part of it would be Animalians encountering the Human World, as they would call it in the ceremony." said Sarah, "Clara is already discussing things with the man behind 'The Nightmare Before Christmas', Tim Burton."
"The song Clara will sing as she encounters the Human World for the first time will be similar to the song Jack Skellington sang when he encounters Christmas Town for the first time, but there WILL be differences, which is why Tim Burton is helping Clara with the song." Said Jessica.
"There will also be several songs from other movies about encountering the 'world', so to speak," said Sophie, "But one song that we can confirm is 'Circle of Life Opening' from the Disney adaptation of The Lion King."
"If you have any ideas, please submit them on the IAC webpage, but be aware that we won't be going with all of them, so don't be disappointed." said Malice.
"And that's all the time we have for today, see you next time in the wilds of Animalia." closed Abby, waving with the rest of her group.