While the green was fading back into Animalia, there was one green that wasn't so appreciated that was coming to Animalia.
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"So, Sgt. Bash," said one PR-MD agent, "How are our hippie recruits doing?"
"They're doing fine," said Sgt. Bash, a little tiredly, "The GGAC are willing and able to take over the final part of their lessons: assimilating them into Animalia's society."
"And how are they doing?" asked the agent.
"They're actually doing well." answered Sgt. Bash, "While Norrie left Animalia to open a branch of her own store in Dino City, there were a few who were ready to take over Lyre's branch. But now I've got a brand new headache to deal with."
"Which is..." said the agent, getting ready to take notes.
"A large number of rich and 'super-rich' people with seemingly more money than brains." said Sgt. Bash, feeling the beginnings of a migraine starting.
"How are they like that?" asked the agent, not really getting it.
"These are the ones that have enough money to waste it both on tacky collectibles, near-worthless charities, and quack 'cures' or dangerous surgeries for the passage of time, and not really worry about wasting it."
"Oh, some of those." said the agent, getting it now.
"I was told that only a few people that joined were in the upper ranges of 'upper classes'." said Sgt. Bash, "But ever since someone uploaded a video of Steven shoving an idiot into a trashcan while leaving his head, arms below his elbows, and legs below his knees outside said trashcan (which happened to be metal) caused a sudden spike."
"This isn't one of those things that rich people take up as a fad trend, right?" asked the agent, now beginning to feel Sgt. Bash's pain a little bit.
"No, but that's not the worst of it." said Sgt. Bash, "The worst of it is that some of them are asking for Steven's sponsorship."
"I've seen that," said the Agent, "He certainly knew some of them, but others are the kind of people who make fake claims on the internet only to be exposed by internet detectives in hilarious ways."
"That isn't to say that some of them are suffering from verifiable medical conditions," said Sgt. Bash, "One of those women dropped off a spray, designed to be sprayed under the tongue, from one of those 'alternative medicine health spas'. As it turned out, one of the ingredients was arsenic, and she was suffering the long term effects of arsenic poisoning. Another had gotten apricot kernel extract from a similar place, and is currently suffering from cyanide poisoning."
"While we won't turn them away outright," said the Agent, finishing his notes, "We will have to double down on them and their acclimation classes. One lesson we are definitely having to have them double down on is the old saying that 'money can't buy happiness'."
"Roger that." said Sgt. Bash, ready for a strong, Animalian-safe drink