With Summer Vacation almost upon Animalia, there was a lot of things to get ready for, especially tourist season.
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"We're going to have a lot of people here at Mieni Atoll for our Summer Solstice Celebration," Said Rapier to their employees, "and some of them have been reported to be rather, 'odd', to put it mildly." at that, many female members of the staff groaned.
"Fortunately," continued Rapier, "all of our colonies have been discussing things, and we've come up with 'house rules' that both guests AND employees would do well to obey."
While the majority of them were designed to keep tourists safe from hazardous animals and plants in the colonies (such as "Beware of bright colors, for poison follows close behind." for Mieni Atoll and Vilcabamba, or "Beware of wearing dark colors near large brush in the evening, or the sleeping sickness will consume you." for Maelewano), there were three rules that generated the most complaint amongst future tourists.
'There will be no 'accidental' disrobing performed on tourists, but especially employees.' This was to deal with the rash of 'pants-ing' (for guys) or 'sabotage' of bikini tops (for girls) that had happened last tourist season.
'There will be no skinny dipping outside of designated areas (for tourists) or on the clock (for employees), no matter how much attention you would gain from that.' That was to deal with drunken tourists 'streaking' around the property, again from last tourist season.
'There will be no groping of employees or anyone else. Please respect peoples personal space.' This was another big complaint from last tourist season of men (and some women) not keeping their hands to themselves.
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Meanwhile, Houxing and Shuixing were talking with one of the 'advisors' of Golden Mountain Dojo because they were still having trouble finding a style that fit their own unique strengths.
"If all else fails, there's nothing wrong with taking elements from other martial arts styles and slapping them together into your own style." said Shao Xua, the advisor they were consulting, "That's why it's called MIXED Martial Arts. Oh, and Shuixing, I've seen you've developed the eight-pack abdominal muscles that are most popular outside of Animalia."
"Do you like them?" asked Shuixing, flexing them.
"There are others who will," responded Shao Xua, "So you'd better be ready for catcalls during your match. But to take your mind off of those uncultured idiots, here are some things we caught on camera at Golden Mountain Dojo that are guaranteed to make you laugh."
After that, he showed several videos of "martial arts fails" that were quickly having them laughing. One such clip had one guy being all macho for a prospective bondmate, but was unable to easily do the most basic of Martial Arts requirements: putting your elbow through a piece of wood.
Another clip was a guy demonstrating the infamous "nunchhaku skill trick" perfectly, then whacking himself in the crotch. This was taken as irrefutable proof of the old saying "No matter how skilled you are, you can still mess up."
Shao Xua was right, it did take their minds off the "uncultured idiots" that would definitely be there, but for now it was enough to begin designing "Firefox Style" and "Water Buffalo Style" martial arts without disturbing mental images.