The February Festival Week in Animalia was rather amusing in many ways. The majority of it was the many different ways that trying to charm a potential bondmate could "crash and burn", but there were a few other surprises as well:
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A female Panda Animalian named Ping was just getting back from visiting her homeland, as well as looking over the place where the Chinese Animalia Colony was going to be placed when three of her schoolmates met her.
"So how was it?" asked one of them.
"We're doing quite well." said Ping, "We're getting some 'volunteer' pandas with severe health issues; I'm going to be in a Hong Kong action movie; I busted an illegal prostitution ring that was under a guise of a fertility cult; and I became a mascot for Animalian-safe, bamboo-flavored chewing gum."
"Yeah, coo... what was that third one?" said the second one, only realizing what Ping said after the third one.
"Pretty much what I said, except that the information was rendered classified Top Secret by the Chinese government so I can't really tell you; and no you really don't want to know." answered Ping.
"So it was a Miso Ramen Noodle incident." said the third friend. Everyone groaned at the bad joke.
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One basketball player from UNLV was talking to Maggie about some of his best games when a large crowd of guys jumped on him seemingly from nowhere.
"You think we'll stand idly by why you make Maggie another notch on your headboard?!" yelled someone, "Let's get him!!"
"What's all that about?" asked one of Maggie's uplifted students as a beatdown commenced.
"Apparently he has a bit of a 'reputation' back at UNLV." answered Maggie, a little annoyed that they jumped to conclusions when really he was trying to get some posters done for the athletic department.
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Another guy was trying to put the charm on Mary Lou Piper, and had a really good chance at landing a date, when a coconut fell out of the tree and bopped him an unlucky one right on his crown.
"Nice pants, Mr. Smarty-boots, nice." he burbled before hitting the ground. When Mary Lou looked up, she saw a spider monkey Animalian up in a tree with a large sack near her.
"Sorry!" she called down.
"Ginger, what are you doing up there?" Called Mary Lou back up.
"I'm eating my lunch." replied Ginger.
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"So why are we here?" asked Heather, as she and Jeremy made their way to ASM.
"Apparently they want us to do Valentine cards for next year." replied Jeremy, "For Example, they want me to wear a champion belt and sport trunks with the caption 'I want to be your Valentine Champion!' while you have the caption 'Well, ring the bell, baby!'." At that Heather groaned, secretly glad that those valentines wouldn't be available for this year.