Valentine's Day started off with something rather unexpected, especially if you lived near/in a desert such as Lyre/Animalia: a steady downpour of rain. But it wasn't just the rain that was unexpected, especially during Valentine's Day.
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What was probably the most unexpected was the "extra-spicy" party at the Meat Market. While it was understandable to be "one of the hottest parties of 2023", what was surprising was that it was also "one of the hardest parties to get into". However, those who actively complained about it, especially on social media, were quickly deduced to be under the age of 21, which was the minimum age required to enter the Meat Market in general.
However, once you got in, it was indeed a wild party, especially with the new, "bimbo" employees. Because of this, and also because of the influx of "bimbos", the premium section of the Animalia Website had a new flood of Animalian-based porn. So, understandable in some ways, some were calling the premium section of the Animalia Website the new OnlyFans.
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Another new thing that was unexpected was the new bimbos, after conversion, offering "aid" to the members of the BARA House. While initially seen as a joke, their offer of aid actually helped them adapt to their awakening bisexuality. As a pleasant side effect, Dr. Jones got some important information. As it turned out, roughly a quarter of the homosexual were 60+ years of age who had suffered from "college hazing" at a time when it wasn't popular to be homosexual. While the whole "smear the queer" (as some called it) "policy" was now illegal, the scars from such treatment were still prominent. Of course, this just went along with the idea that, while the Animalia virus can cure any kind of physical ailment, mental ailments weren't so easily healed.
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On a lighter note, there were plenty of people who were trying to woo Animalians with feats, mainly among males but with a few females as well. Fortunately, someone always seemed to have a camera ready to record the fails, falls, and regret. What was probably the craziest attempt to impress a female Animalian was one guy trying to show off his toughness by eating four different chili peppers, all of which ranking in the hottest in the world, including trinidad scorpions, carolina reapers, and ghost chilis. Unfortunately for him, the only yogurt he had readily available was a full week past its expiration date. Altogether, it didn't really show off toughness, just how stupid some people can be. But one commenter made a good point:
S00p3r_Plumb3r: I feel sorrier for the person who used the bathroom after all that came out of that moron's rear end. Ew.
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On a similarly light note, some people were sending doctored (as in photoshopped) shots of themselves to their favorite Animalians. Of course, there were some who decided to do it themselves, with various forms of success/failure, and those who turned to professional photoshop artists. Of course, the funniest fails were those who turned to the famous, or infamous, James Friedman, which were "immortalized" in the Animalia Website's photo archive.