"Hey everyone, and welcome to a new episode of Animalia Ambassadoria." said Sarah, starting the latest episode.
"Summer's almost over, and school's almost back in session." said Malice, with digital groans in response to the news. "So, we're going to be showing some of the big news, events, and surprises that happened during this year's IAC."
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Lexia's coverage of the IAC "Beach Bod" was undoubtedly one of the most popular, and it had some real surprises in it. Not only did Hector get first place in his weight class, Nio managed to scoop up 3rd place in hir weight class (herm division), much to everyone's surprise, not just Nio's.
Of course, one thing that was not covered was a post-contest nude photoshoot on Anka Islet. The most priceless of all the shoots were of Hector and his flock, especially since Hector, although he was smiling, seemed to be dying from embarrassment. The final photo of his photoshoot had him with his arms around Sotiria and Circe (with them having "adjusted" his hands so that he was holding one breast in each hand), Miya and Vera sitting on his shoulders (since Animalian bodybuilders were considerably stronger than "regular" Animalians), and Kida in front of his manhood (ramhood?), but with a suggestive smile on her face. What made it priceless was that, even though Hector tried to smile, his eyes were betraying his inner feelings, which could best be summed up as 'Please, someone kill me! All I know is embarrassment!'
Of course, Nio's photoshoot was much happier, because she better than she, or anyone else, expected. Though with hir being a newcomer, this was to be expected.
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After a commercial break, there was coverage of the shipwreck that had been discovered at Aeaea. However, a second shipwreck nearby was also discovered. However, unlike the first one, this one seemed to be full of worn and/old broken bronze objects, though there were no weapons. According to the underwater archaeologist, the second shipwreck discovered was more likely to be a Bronze Age recycling barge, which, in some ways, was more valuable.
After the shipwreck, there was coverage of the new third part of the Australian "colony", which had been founded after Marla had accidentally found gold in a nearby river. While the colony was currently "bare bones" at most, at least it wasn't on Aboriginal land, so the government could extract the gold.
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Finally, due to the overwhelming success of the last episode's declassified conversions, a new declassified conversion was introduced. "Dario" (not his real or original name) was a golden eagle Animalian who converted as an official member of Project White Lily, Animalia's conversion program for bodybuilders who suffered from moderate to severe steroid abuse. He also converted as part of Pride Month conversions two to three years back, but everyone was surprised when he revealed that he had gotten a dishonorable discharge from the Russian Military the year before his conversion, though the reason why was more confusing than shocking.
"According to Doctor Jones," he answered, "I'm still suffering from Mastigophobia and Ataxophobia, which was the source of my dishonorable discharge."
"What are those?" asked Malice, very confused.
"Basically they mean 'fear of punishment', and 'fear of disorder/untidiness', respectively." answered Dario, "And both of those were interfering with my military career enough for me to get that dishonorable discharge."
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"And that's it for this episode," said Sarah, after doing Miles' coverage of the new stuff at the French colony. "See you all for our coverage of the 2023 IAC Closing Ceremony. Until then, we'll see you later."