Between Leap Day 2024 and Spring Break 2024, there was plenty to keep people entertained, though not all of it was good.
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Because of the upcoming Spring Break, a number of Spring Break hotspots had passed a number of laws targeting Spring Break tourists due to one pandemic that was an indirect result of the 2020 pandemic: tourists behaving badly. Because of this, Animalia and its colonies were going to be flooded with tourists who would inevitably head elsewhere due to those laws. Because of that, the "Rhino Guard" in Animalia and its colonies were going to be on high alert all week.
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It wasn't all bad, some news was downright hilarious. The best example of this was Ryouiki Island and its "Ninja Prep" attraction. For all those who were expecting ninjas as they appeared in movies, tv shows, and pop culture were quite disappointed, since all that those people saw was a landed Japanese noble's house and a farming/fishing village attached to it. The Japanese government, and several others, knew the truth: in Feudal Japan, ninjas were more likely to disguise themselves as peasant farmers or hermit monks rather than wear the black jumpsuits pop culture have associated with ninjas.
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Leap Day was well-known for being the day that women were, traditionally, allowed to propose to men rather than the other way around, so it was no surprise that Huoxing used the day to propose to Gang. While nobody really knew (yet) what Gang said, Gang and Fang were invited, along with Huoxing and the other Five Elements to Ao Guang Island by Aiko for a "Spring Break Preview". While the promised Five-Star casino, etc., wasn't ready quite yet, there was a series of rentable cottages that had been finished ahead of time.
Fortunately, this event was invitation only. Unfortunately, Aiko had also invited Lady Zhen and her group of old ladies, now newly cured of 'lotus foot syndrome', including a proverbial 'last-minute entry' who had decided to become a rabbit Animalian, and all of them suffering from various degrees of RHS. While Gang was clearly uncomfortable about being around mostly girls, he was slightly reassured that the other Five Elements would be bringing their boyfriends along as well, though not by much.