After their conversion, but before their acclimation classes, Marvin and Stuart took a tour of Animalia. During it, they learned some surprising things, some of them to their chagrin.
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"So I've heard that you became dog Animalians to try to woo Tiffany and Princess." said the tour bus driver.
"Yep." not-quite-bragged Stuart.
"You might want to know that Tiffany is already being courted by a dog Animalian named Riley." replied the tour guide, sniggering slightly at their reactions.
"D'oh!" cried Marvin aloud as Stuart used his hand to make it seem like he was shooting himself in the head out of realization of his stupidity.
"That's okay." said the tour buss driver, placatingly, "Lust, alcohol, and testosterone rarely make for sane decisions. You can check the main website for available single canine Animalians." He then showed them one of the Loser Lovebird episodes of Animalia Ambassadoria to show how others had it worse than they did as a kind of morale booster.
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"So you two are named Marvin and Stuart, right?" asked the tour bus driver later, after Marvin and Stuart had calmed down after the latest Loser Lovebird clip.
"Yeah, so?" asked Marvin.
"You two actually share your first name with two of Dr. Jones' regressive hypersexuality patients. One is named Stuart R., the other is named Marvin L." said the tour guide. After a canine squawk of indignation, the driver continued, "It's actually not that uncommon. You might find other people who share the same first name as yours but different last names, either spelled differently, abbreviated, or having a last initial tacked on to provide differentiation."
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"So you go to the same college that Princess and Tiffany go to?" asked the tour bus driver later.
"Uh-huh." said Stuart, a little less confidently than before.
"I've heard that UNLV is getting a new coed fraternity building for a brand new fraternity called Pi Etta Tau." replied the tour buss driver, "Apparently the joke was that it could be their own Animal House."
"My uncle has that movie on VHS at his home." said Marvin, "That's an old one."
"Well MY uncle has Revenge of the Nerds on VHS at HIS home." replied Stuart.
"Apparently they got a charter using those letters because there was no other thing they could call it." replied the tour bus driver, "It's going to be officially opened/chartered this fall, but there are a lot of college 'rituals' that are banned at the new building."
"Glad to hear it." replied Marvin. "I had to deal with a lot of those in my freshman year."
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"So here's Claw Coliseum, where your acclimation classes are." said the tour guide, stopping at the last stop of your tour. "And remember, Animalians apparently have an easier time of building muscle than humans, some more so than others. So keep at it, and you'll have bondmates in no time."
"I hope so." said Stuart, still a little miffed, that one of their "targets" was now off-limits.