Chris and Tony walk through the door to exit the locker room and enter the pool area.
"Man. It smells like a farm in... here..." Chris trails off his sentance as he looks up and sees the reason for the distinct smell of wet animals.
The pool atrium, while mostly occupied by a large swimming pool with several lanes and a few diving boards, is also occupied by about 10 large brown and grey donkeys.
"Dude. Who let all those animals in here?" Tony asks as he approaches one of the donkeys. "Nice donkey. Lets get you out of the back door and outta here before you crap in the pool kay?" He speaks gently and starts to herd the confused animals towards the back fire exit.
As Tony moves the animals out of the pool area Chris feels something tickle the back of his leg, near his ankle. He twists his head back and gasps in shock. The little growth he was trying to ignore isnt so little anymore. A tail like a thick piece of rope hangs down behind him. He can see it going in to the base of his spine, and when he picks it up in his hands he can feel it, its part of him. Its covered in soft hair and has a tassle at the end.
Chris realizes where it is he has seen a tail like this before.
"Tony! Come here! Something is happening... heeehaw!" he brays outloud without meaning to, and a few of the donkeys that havent been escorted out of the pool respond and bark out a few raspy brays of their own.
Tony closes the exit door as the last of the donkeys is escorted from the pool. He had always thought donkeys were stubborn, but these were smart, docile creatures, almost like they understood his commands. How funny.
Turning around he walks back to his friend and find...