New Year's Eve/Day was considered part of the winter season, but now that Christmas was mostly over, there were some things that were getting hotter, after a fashion. What was probably the best example was the party at the Meat Market. Now that Christmas was mostly over, the party was getting quite a bit spicier, in more ways than one. During the party, Miss Fabina was forced to admit that, while the new bimbos might be rather annoying to be around, at least they can help free up some of the "older" staff to pursue other goals. Also, while their overall grades might still be on the low end, they were improving, so maybe the virus was finally getting the brain cells to work.
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Right now, however, she was talking with Mr. M about the new bimbos that had arrived in Dino City. While they were just as annoying in Dino City as they were in Lyre/Animalia, the greater annoyance was coming from the more conservative Texans attacking the bimbos, metaphorically speaking. Fortunately, these were mostly petty attacks, such as graffiti getting sprayed, or their vehicles keyed.
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Harold and Kirana were also talking with Miss Fabina about the bimbos that had been arriving steadily at Mieni Atoll. While the level of stupidity had many such as Harold irritated, and Animalians like Kirana confused as to why, what couldn't be denied was that with the pandemic ending in many places, tourism was opening up again, and these bimbos were helping out with the advertising, after a fashion.
When they weren't talking about the immigrating bimbos, Harold and Kirana were examining the blueprints of the cruise liner that was being donated due to arriving at the end of its operational lifespan. What was clear from the get-go was that while the ship was rather large, with a good number of "penthouse suites" for rooms, a good number of them would need to be rennovated/merged to accommodate the larger Animalians. Also, there had been an increasing demand for a tropical casino and strip club well before the housing "crisis", but because of Mieni Atoll's status as a nature reserve as well as a resort, this would undeniably cause increasing, and inevitably irreparable damage to the atoll.
Fortunately, this new ship would prevent such damage from happening and satisfy those who were demanding the tropical casino and strip club, and the bimbos would have a place to work. Right now, they just needed a place to permanently moor it.
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While 2023 was definitely going to be better in most ways than 2020, 2021, and 2022, especially due to the upcoming 2023 IAC, there were still some things, such as a new surge of Covid in China and the War in Ukrane, that were making the future uncertain. With all that said, everyone was enjoying the food and drink as things counted down to the new year.