It was a little unexpected, but Easter 2021 was being considered a day for new beginnings and new discoveries, though not all of them were being tied to Easter or the Coronavirus finally slowing down for good.
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As part of the study into the Animalia Virus' capabilities into mental illness, one of the (most recent) wealthiest women in France made an application, though why became easier to understand later. As a member of a French noble family that barely escaped the guillotine during the French Revolution (which the family credited to the overthrow of Robespierre before their turn), the last surviving member had turned her estate into a foster home for young women with moderate to severe learning disabilities similar to Ami on Heiya Island, though not one of the seven young women had ever been a victim of human trafficking.
After her conversion into another silver vixen Animalian, she was able to return to her estate with little to no problem. Apparently there had been a plan on the drawing board in the French Government to get an Animalian colony for France ever since Countess Irena and Lord Dorian's conversions, but there hadn't really been any progress until now, when lockdown measures were being implemented in France.
Since the Frenchwoman's land was in the Champagne region of France, and she lived next door to a family vineyard, she would have little to no trouble supporting the new colony there, but it was during and immediately after the conversion that some amusing things happened.
One of the learning disabled girls, ironically named Fifi, had chosen to be a skunk Animalian and had gotten a few "sexy French maid" costumes as "work uniforms", but it was while Anne and Janice were talking with the new silver vixen Animalian about what was going on when Fifi exposed her bust due to complaining about it being "hot under her clothes", but Anne and Janice knew better than to criticize her about it since they both knew about Fifi's mental disabilities.
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Speaking about Ami and Foxes, Steven Blair and Fleur had decided to spend Spring Break on Heiya Island, and Steven had gotten swarmed by the rescued girls, but it was clear that Steven didn't mind the attention at all. Afterward, they were able to enjoy Heiya Island's Cherry Blossom festival. Steven and Fleur, along with their fox kits did inspire several girls to become fox Animalians, and joined up with Heiya Island's shrine as mikos.
One really surprising thing that was discovered during the festival was the fact that Tsukuyomi kept Japanese honeybees as a hobby. Part of what made them different from European honeybees was that they "preferred quality over quantity" when it came to making honey. This was considered shocking for those who didn't really know much about the different subspecies of honeybee.
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One that was both surprising and kind of funny was when another "old soldier" got a bull conversion. Despite what some on the internet claimed, this old soldier, known only by his nickname "Rock" had joined because he had been battling a recurring form of leukemia for a while, and traditional treatment had it at a stalemate at best. Whether or not "Rock"'s military past, his leukemia, or the treatments he had been undergoing, had interacted with the virus, his conversion had gone a little sideways.
While he wasn't too different from other bull animalians in terms of musculature or other things, he didn't develop the coarse, richly furred hide that other bull Animalians had. On the contrary, his hide wasn't too different from normal human skin, with wisps of blondish hairs and peach fuzz growing there at best. One tourist visitor said that the "Rock" now looked like one of those "naked" animals found in exotic pet stores and/or carried around in purses by girls from Beverly Hills. Animalia's resident bull Animalians, however, didn't treat him any better or worse due to his differences. In fact, a black Angus cow Animalian, who had been donated three years ago for uplifting, had become quite taken with him and his unusual looks.
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While Animalia's Easter Celebration had the most attention, these few things helped prevent things from becoming boring.