While Lunar New Year was one of the more popular events in Lyre and Animalia, it was also popular in Little Asia. While there were many in Animalia who couldn't get there to watch it and/or take part in the festivities, there was a DVD made that was made available, both at Little Asia's gift shop and in the gift shop at Animalia's Great Hall. But that wasn't the only things going on.
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One of the reasons why there were only three "noisy" days for Animalia Year of the Pig was because, officially there were 15 days for celebration (spanning from the New Moon to the Full Moon), but this year Valentine's day would also be unofficially part of those celebrations. So there would be three "noisy" days, and the rest would be "quiet" days so people could get ready for Valentine's Day.
This was also because Bakugami and Ammy were heading back to Little Asia to take part in the other festivities, and especially because Ammy would be giving a ceremonial speech on the part of the Lunar New Year Festival that usually involved the birthday of the Jade Emperor (this year being on the 13th).
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"So what was it that you wanted to show us, Buford?" asked Anton at the "Graduation Party" for the first members of Project White Lily.
"Remember that picture of me seemingly bench pressing a great white shark that circled the internet for a few days?" asked Buford as Aleta was enjoying some Lunar New Year dumplings.
"A little, why?" asked Anton.
"That was actually a still frame from this commercial." said Buford, getting it ready. "It's an ad for this year's IAC UFC-A Tournament. It was shown during this year's Super Bowl, but since I didn't have time to see it, I had a friend record it for watching later." After that, the clip began.
It started with what seemed an ordinary day at the beach. But then the lifeguard began blowing his whistle, and a woman began screaming "SHARK!!!". At that, everyone began flooding out of the ocean, but Buford was seemingly doing the exact opposite, running into the sea. Everyone began either cheering or screaming as Buford began laying a beatdown on the shark. After a few moves, the IAC logo, and the UFC-A Logo appeared and showed the date for the IAC's start.
"Don't worry about it." said Buford, "The shark is a complete rubberized fake."
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Meanwhile, Andre was enjoying the Lunar New Year, but someone noticed that he was scratching random parts of himself, even though there was no "lewd" scratching.
"Are you alright?" asked Bazooka, having been alerted to the scratching by someone else.
"Yeah, just itchy." answered Andre, scratching his neck.
"Probably because you're getting ready to shed your skin for the first time." said Bazooka.
"Wha...?" said Andre, not expecting that.
"I'll get you in touch with Old Spice." said Bazooka, getting his new, reptile-resistant iPhone out and pressing the speed dial for Old Spice. "I can get you a trial bottle for Shedding Oil. Who knows, maybe they'll be interested in making you the next Terry Cruise."
"I've seen the commercials, so I'll definitely consider it." said Andre, hoping for relief.
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While February 2019 wasn't as jam-packed as 2018 was, but there was still a lot of fun and laughs to be had.