During the exploration of the Grand Amazon River Hotel and Casino, Abby and Samson discovered something strange. One window on the ground floor had the broken glass, A: on the inside of the window; and B: on top of the leaf litter. Melbourne quickly made a phone call to the authorities in Manaus, and told them to be quick and quiet.
When the authorities arrived, they quietly followed Simon and Travis as they followed a new dirt smell to Room 13. As it turned out, Samson was more effective than any battering ram, knocking down the door with one punch. In doing so, they found four males and two females sleeping off a drug-induced hangover. It turned out that these six were wanted by the Brazilian government for distribution of cocaine. Inside the nightstand, however, was evidence of what else they were doing.
In a bedside drawer, several gold figurines of a style not seen before were found, along with a large bag of cocaine. Melbourne identified them as new, pre-Colombian artwork. As a plea bargain, the drug dealers located a previously unknown archaeology site. Melbourne decided to investigate it, as well as supervise the cleaning up of the Hotel and Casino.
It was decided to allow the largest parts of the undergrowth growing into the hotel would be allowed to remain, but the theme would be changed to resemble an ancient, overgrown, Jungle Temple. The recently discovered adult entertainment would be have the old furniture ripped out and replaced with the new Horizon Labs, while the newly revealed dig site would be an official attraction of the newest Animalia Colony.
During the flight home, it was also decided to include a treetop village of Animalians for a good part of the colony. Also, because of the popularity of the clothing-optional Anka Islet, there were plans to make some of the treetop village clothing-optional with the same restrictions as on Anka.
The required animals from the Amazon for the projects in Animalia were in tanks in the cargo bay of the new hybrid plane they were now taking home. But they weren't prepared for what waited for them back in Lyre and Animalia.
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When they got home, they were surprised at what they saw. There were cars from out of town everywhere, and many hotel parking lots were also full of cars. That was when everyone remembered the upcoming IAC.
After a quick examination at the hospital, and given a clean bill of health from the doctors there, and a quick de-lousing and cleaning at Siam Shine. Everyone separated to begin getting ready for the IAC. Abby and Samson had to clean the rust off their skills for the sporting events, while everyone else had their own plans.