J.T. made his way to Clara’s new home in Animalia, still thinking on how he was going to present his idea for raising money for Hurricane victims. When he finally got there, he was decently impressed with the house.
While it wasn’t exactly the White House, it still was pretty impressive. It was designed to look like a mansion that had seemingly formed naturally from the landscape. There were very few obvious signs of the increased security that had been implemented since the recent attacks, both by Heather, and the deadliest shooting that had ever happened in Las Vegas over the weekend. But that was the point of security in Animalia and its colonies: the less obvious the security, the more effective it was.
It took a bit of searching to find the microphone system often found on the gate posts of important buildings or on mansions belonging to extremely wealthy people, but when he finally found it, all he had to do was mention his name and he easily got in.
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One thing that was immediately obvious about Clara’s new mansion was the surprising lack of expensive knickknacks, though when you consider that many uplifted Animalians didn’t see the point in decoration, exotic or otherwise, it made sense.
Clara and Rick were in the living room, keeping an eye on their new cubs. After J.T. introduced himself, they were able to talk about things before J.T. got to what he wanted to talk about.
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“I still don’t understand why people will be mean to each other about what other people think.” Said Clara, mentioning one thing that she saw often on the Animalia website.
“Ever since the invention of social media websites like Facebook,” Answered J.T., “Flaming, trolling and similar things have been considered fun by this current generation.”
“But I’ve seen things like that causing more harm than good.” Replied Clara, remembering several news reports talking about how social media led to suicides.
“Too true.” Said J.T., “Though I’m pretty sure that that wasn’t the intention of those who invented those social media websites.”
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“So why did you want to meet with me?” Asked Clara, as Rick began passing out each cubs favorite flavored teething rings.
“I wanted to host a bachelor/bachelorette auction staring mainly single Animalians.” Answered J.T.. On seeing Clara’s confused look, J.T. proceeded to explain what an auction was in general, as well as what a bachelor auction was.
“I’ve seen the destruction that happened in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico. I think that helping them rebuild would be a good idea, but we’re still dealing with the aftermath of Heather’s attack.” Said Clara, after J.T. finished explaining what he was proposing.
“Making it clear that the money would help those ravaged by the recent hurricanes can help improve Animalia’s image, as well as help single Animalians find possible bondmates.” Answered J.T..
“Okay,” Replied Clara, understanding it a bit better, “but how are we going to make it different from similar things in human society?”
Eventually, they managed to settle on a few things:
First, there would be inclusions of elements from the old 60s TV Show “the Dating Show”, as well as shows like “America’s got Talent”. There were also plans to include features from a dog show, a male beauty pageant (for males), and a female (beauty pageant). There were also plans to include plans for those who aren’t in the upper tiers of society get to date Animalians without breaking the bank, going bankrupt, or similar terms. The main plan was to make it fun for everyone, not just the rich people.
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“While I am glad that we’ve got some ideas down,” Said Clara, after some debate, “I’d like to run it past the Animalia Council and get some of their ideas before we commit any major thing towards such a thing.”
“That’s actually a good idea.” Replied J.T..