With everyone back in school, and summer drawing to a close, one would assume that things would start getting boring again. But that wasn't entirely the case.
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As part of their first assignment, Mike and Mary had to do a report over what they did over their summer vacation. While they were expected to tell about how they did as junior councilors, they still had some funny stories.
After hearing one girl complaining on how her phone had no reception, and one girl asking "how are we ever going to live?", it inspired Mike and Mary to tell the councilors that all those at camp would hand over their personal electronic devices, which would be returned by the end of summer camp. This seemed to be a very funny thing, especially recording the reactions to this.
Another funny thing seemed to be exhibit A of why you shouldn't swim in the fishing hole, or vice versa. One guy thinks he got a fish, but actually got a girl's bikini bottom hooked on his line. This seemed to be amusing, both the reaction, and the chase that followed.
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"Lord Chumlee is still doing his strength training, as well as martial arts training." said one Horizon Labs paper pusher.
"Third place in the A-BC is nothing to sneeze at." said another paper pusher.
"It seems that he's really focused at people taking him seriously." said the first.
"There's also the thing that's about to be part of Spookyville this year." answered the second. "He's probably working on appearing as a Victorian era daemon hunter."
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While a lot of girls heading back to college brought some summer memories with them, but some of those who were returning to UNLV were returning with some severely bruised egos, due in no small part to the Bare as You Dare competition, especially the results. It seemed to be a big slap to the face when women who are old enough to be your grandma are better looking than you, to put it mildly. It was also a big victory for Animalia's Project Phoenix.
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There was also a case where someone brought a really weird looking monster that was found on the beach in Tampa, Fl.. Nobody really knew what the person who brought it in, but it was debunked as a crazy taxidermist's creation. Another one was of what appeared to be the American mythological creature called a jackelope, but was also debunked as a fake, as well as a "rare" fur-bearing trout from Michigan. This seemed to be amusing enough to warrant a picture on the Animalia Website of the "Taxidermist Ed-iot of the Month". According to the person who came up with it, 'you have to be even more of an idiot than a regular idiot to think that something a taxidermist made in his shop in his spare time is real'.
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There was also a case where someone brought a mottled sea hare to the New Zerzura labs for uplifting, while another tourist brought a larger version of a Blue Dragon that he found near the Luminous Reef at Mieni Atoll. But in both cases, the Animalia Virus simply cannot uplift sea slugs. But in the case of the Greater Blue Dragon, as it was now known, left the guy who found it $20 Grand richer, due to finding a new species, especially one that actively preys on Portuguese man-o-wars.