Labor Day in Animalia was considered the start of the quietest part of the year because cleanup of the summer events would be finished, and everyone would get some rest before the fall events. It was also the time when the athletes who were taking part in events in the other colonies would be heading home, sometimes with extra baggage in the form of medals and/or awards they won at the event.
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Kiya was one of those who were heading home with a Silver medal. She had won it in the Cheetah Competition at Maelewano. While her guardians Tom and Brittany had traveled there for some vacation time, Kiya had gone with them to revisit her old "home". While there, she had decided to sign up for the cheetah competition which was designed to give cheetah Animalians a challenge for both their old instincts and their new forms. While Kiya made it all the way to the finals, she didn't win gold. But she didn't care since she did her best.
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There was a funny incident on the Animalia Website that often became an example on what NOT to do as an organization. Apparently PETA tried to seemingly take Animalia's internet popularity down a peg or two, but before the PR-MD could counter it, another internet user called them out for lying within five minutes of the comment appearing on the website.
While a similar one from a well-known internet gossip platform claimed that a well-known billionaire made an anonymous donation to Horizon for unknown purposes. This was also followed in five minutes by the same billionaire simply commenting, "This is false.", shutting it down nearly instantly.
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With the IAC over, everyone was getting some much needed rest before the beginning of the next Animalia event, Spookyville.