There were many things going on as spring was transitioning into summer. The snow that had struck both Animalia and Lyre was melting quickly, which seemed to prove that winter was officially over, but there was some other things planned beyond the schedule for summer.
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One horizon scientist was talking with another scientist about other projects when he saw something that made him report the inevitable.
"It appears that Iphis and Ianthe drew more attention to themselves than originally thought at the IAC." said the first one.
"Really, how?" asked the second.
"Apparently there are more than a few people who are officially 'confused' about their rightful gender (to put it mildly) who were present at the IAC." replied the first.
"That's putting it extremely mildly." answered the second scientist.
"They are putting in requests to become 'herms', but don't want to be anacondas." said the first scientist, reading the post on the private forums.
"Good thing we've already isolated Iphis and Ianthe's unique herm chromosome before Ty and Lily were converted." replied the second scientist, secretly glad at that.
"However," continued the first scientist, "There are requests for hyenas, and inevitably horses."
"Thank you, internet." groaned the second scientist, knowing precisely where the request for herm horses came from.
"It can be an official 'Project'," said a third scientist, "But we are going to have to be selective, both about who we accept and the name for the project."
"Good thing we already got data on herm pregnancies." said the first one, "It will help them prepare, especially males who become herms."
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Meanwhile, Maggie and Anton were learning more about the ex-adult entertainment stars that were coming to Project White Lily, with Dr. Jones providing his psycho-analysis of the list of new 'members'.
"While those who have STDs are easiest to understand wanting to join, there are others who aren't as clear." said Dr. Jones, reading the list.
"Such as... " prompted Maggie, a little upset that her school was going to fill up with 'ex-sluts' as they were sometimes known.
"Those who were popular in the decades before the 90s are joining the project to feel the love they once did," said Dr. Jones, "But before you say anything, it's not the physical love, but more a psychological one." he added on hastily.
"But how about the others you mentioned?" asked Anton, "The ones that succumbed to 'changing tastes' as you said."
"The ones that succumbed to changing tastes," said Dr. Jones, "basically buried their old identities beneath too much 'plastic' as it's sometimes known. They're joining Project White Lily to 'rediscover' their old selves."
"Some think we're too sexual, others want to have sex with us." said Maggie, disgustedly.
"Don't worry about it too much," said Dr. Jones, reassuringly, "Most of those are either too stupid to actually know more about us, or are hypocrites. I've also made sure that both your new 'members' won't show up until summer, thereby giving you both time to fine tune Project White Lily."
"Glad to hear it." said Anton, wondering how Dr. Jones autism enables him to basically think four moves ahead of everyone else.