"Hello everyone," said Sarah, starting the latest episode, "Since temps are already hot this year, we're going to show you some of the hottest new things this year, as well as covering some 'declassified' conversions."
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"First of all, Aeaea is now the site of an underwater archaeological dig, thanks to one of Miss Juliet's newest students." said Sarah, opening the Skype channel to Aeaea. During the interview, Eloise and Miles showed off many of the relics that had been salvaged by the archaeologists so far. One really confusing thing was a few boxes of ostrich eggs, elephant tusks, hippo teeth, and tortoise shells, though some of the ostrich eggshells had a hole drilled in them while remaining mostly intact, which hinted to them being used as containers.
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"Another 'hot' thing going on is a minor gold rush in Australia." said Malice, opening the Skype channel with Ben and Tyree. As part of the discussion about the discovery, Ben talked about how a "gold rush" in Australia helped move Australia from a British penal colony to a proper nation.
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"For Animalia's newest 'hot trend'," said Sarah, bringing up a list while also shaking her head at the circumstance, "Due to Lars' unofficial 'revenge' on his ex, a lot of divorced men (especially those who are divorcees) are coming to Animalia for conversion, especially due to the new... measurements... of male Animalians." At that, Vlad collapsed face down on the desk, again, while Dimitri crossed off another name on their list, again, while saying "Oh, brother.", again. "Because of the increased strength of Animalians, any 'reunions' are being supervised by members of the Rhino Guard, just in case."
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"For something to really crinkle your eyebrows," Said Malice, "We all know Hector Ramirez, who became a Sheep Animalian as part of his four-part punishment for his anger issues. However, he's really doubling down on his training, due in no small part to the pandemic causing people to use the word 'sheep' as a derogatory term. As an unintended result, he's been declared the leader of a small flock of uplifted sheep, all of which are females." (Stewie: Say Whaaat?!?!?!) That was pretty much what everyone's reaction was, while others posted gifs of people laughing in embarrassment. "While he has reluctantly accepted their declaration, he's more focused on removing the pandemic 'stain' from the word 'sheep'." (The Big Lebowski: That's marvelous).
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"And finally, for our declassified conversion, we welcome Audrey, who was also converted during the outbreak at Lyre Zoo." said Sarah, as two enormous zebra people entered for their interview, much to everyone's surprise. While both were taller than normal zebra Animalians, it was their musculature that really stood out. If it wasn't for their stripes, among other things, some would have thought they were small Clydesdale Animalians. Though why that was soon became known during the interview."
"I was diagnosed with myostatin-related hypertrophy during middle school. I was also an early bloomer." said Audrey, showing a class photo from that time. It was easy to see where she was, since she was taller and considerably buffer than all the other kids in the photo, which was why she was in the back row. "Desperate for some normalcy, I joined the cheerleading squad, which was only marginally successful." She continued, showing a picture of her in a cheerleading uniform a few sizes too small. "While I was slightly less of a school pariah, I never seemed to advance far." This was followed by a picture of her on the lowest tier of a human pyramid at a halftime show.
"So, how did you convert?" asked Malice, politely.
"I always liked the zebras at Lyre Zoo," said Audrey, holding the male zebra's hand in a suggestive way, which also showed a, relatively expensive, engagement ring, "especially Zenny here."
"Even though you still have problems pronouncing my real name." said the male, in a scolding tone, with a thick, Swahili accent, though the kiss he gave her soon after showed that he was only partly serious.
"During the outbreak, one of the zookeepers left the doors to the Zebra Pen open as he rushed somewhere else. I immediately rushed to Zenny's side and he inadvertently infected me." continued Audrey, "After we double dosed ourselves, he introduced me to the leader of his... dazzle?" she asked, briefly confused, wondering who was responsible for naming it that. "Anyway, the leader of the dazzle agreed that we could start dating, since I, apparently, 'will have no trouble bearing his foals'." At that, there was more clips of embarrassed laughter.
"So..." said Sarah, also laughing embarrassedly, "Are you...?"
"No, not yet." reassured Audrey. "We're waiting until we both finish school at WSA. This school year will be both our final year." At that, there were many digital expressions of relief.
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"And that's all the time we have for today." said Sarah. "Stay tuned for Animalia Ambassadoria's special coverage of the IAC Events, especially the overwhelmingly popular "Beach Bod" competition."