As June began transitioning to July, the bigger events began starting, since the furry convention was going to be over by July. Of course, "big" could be used in a number of ways.
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Nio wasn't feeling as confident as usual when she arrived at Mieni Atoll for the "Beach Bod" competition, though that was mainly because, while shi was larger than a good portion of the competitors, there were competitors who were even larger than shi was, with some of the largest even being herms. Fortunately for hir, shi was part of the heavyweight division; unfortunately for hir, a few of the heavyweight division competitors were larger than hir in many ways.
What was, in a way, particularly galling was the black ram (Hector, shi thought he was called) who was just as muscular as shi was. From what she learned, after hir arrival, was that, after Hector had completed his punishments, he had doubled down on bodybuilding. His new musculature (and rumored increased size of male-hood) had somehow attracted the attention of a group of uplifted sheep, all of which were females. Of course, the internet sensationalists had started claiming that Hector "had just claimed a harem" when, in actuality, they had unanimously named him as the "leader of their flock". Already they were cheering him on at Mieni's Muscle Beach and being a little distracting about it.
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Lexia had arrived for the main event, the arrival of the SS Joyous Bounty, but had accidently arrived a few days early. Fortunately, she took advantage of her early arrival to show the finished "cradle" that the Joyous bounty would be "docked in". A new discovery, however, made itself known during the flyover: new corals were already growing over the parts of the cradle that were firmly under water. Because they were the same species of corals as the ones by the Luminous Reef, it was decided to let them grow there.
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Miles was being sent to Aeaea to cover the Greco-Roman colony there, but there was one thing he hadn't expected to find there.
"Eloise?!" he gasped as he bumped into her at the market. "What are you doing here?"
"Miss Juliet has arranged a 'field trip' here for us." answered Eloise, still a little flirty with him, though she had accepted that they were of different rabbit species, and thus couldn't breed.
"But why?!" asked Miles, still surprised at this.
"Because most of modern France was originally the Roman province of Gaul." answered Eloise, "Also, since you're here, Miss Juliet would like to invite you to her estate for coverage there, especially of what's new there."
"Uh..." said Miles, rather mutely, "I'll get in contact with Lyre to let them know about it."
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The overall biggest thing of late June was Sophie and Roland's coverage of the Mesozoic Enclave. What was probably the biggest surprise was that, unlike Dino City, there was going to be a Casino and Strip Club at the Mesozoic enclave, although tightly monitored by the authorities. Most people didn't seem to care, judging by their replies/comments on the website, though some were still stupid about it. What held the most attention was the various "Stone Age-themed" gambling devices, such as "primitive" slot machines.
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What was, comparatively, small but downright hilarious was the Christian Nuns who had just undergone conversion. Fully confident in maintaining their vows of chastity, they were soon eating their words as the mandatory tour that new converts take after their conversion took them near the Brown farm and they saw the stallions working there shirtless. Dr. Jones made a good point, however, while talking to Father Brown.
"The Catholic Church is about suppressing undesirable feelings and emotions, which I have no problem with. The problem, however, is that the Catholic Church want to completely those feelings, which is not so good." said Dr. Jones.
"And why is that?" asked Father Brown.
"Simple: if you try to completely suppress your undesirable feelings, those feeling will build and build, and eventually explode." replied Dr. Jones.