Jennifer wandered into the school's library as she made her way a series of computers that lined the wall. Like in class the seats had a large hole in the back to cater to tails. Tapping her paw, she logged onto the computer as her leg bounced up and down, it was equal parts excitement as anxiety.
Searching for history and culture she quickly found how much had changed in this new world. Entire nations had been changed, cultures now blended into a regions native species. Whole historical events were either missing or changed, though a few remained comically the same, Jennifer couldn't help herself giggle at seeing familiar names now depicted as animals.
Clicking through culture Jennifer's eyes widened. It seemed life expectancy was cut short based on the type of species, the world average was only around 40 years old, though some species did live longer. Jennifer looked at how different species had varying life stages, that might have explained everyone's height being all over the place, some of her fellow students might have been half the age of her! That also explained why all the teachers and even her mom looked so young, it was rare to be considered old. The elders in a community thus held a lot of weight.
It seemed also that technology stalled, Jennifer initially assumed it was just because of being in the past. If she had to guess it was almost like if technology was still in the early 2000s. Jennifer guessed it was hard to progress when you had to account for a lot more different body types and physical needs. On that topic Jennifer eyed over what Amber and Katherine were talking about earlier, it seemed most people had intrinsic habits and features just like their animals. Amber was easily excitable for sure, but Jennifer didn't feel anymore clever or cunning like raccoons are known for so she shrugged it off as maybe a generalization. It seemed that every year for three months the world seemed to be put on hold, though each nation had different laws and practices, the hotbed issue was mating season. Most animals had them and even as anthros it didn't disappear, for those three months women are driven into seeking out males, who in turn also become increasingly aroused. Despite the lewd nature, it seemed, atleast based on the article she was reading, it was a common facet of life. People still went to work, school and hung out, even if they were driven to public sex acts.
Jennifer looked at her towns calendar, starting tomorrow a lot of laws were on pause for while, public indecency, sexual activities, prostitution, there were so many taboos of exhibitionism that would soon become commonplace. Jennifer shuddered, with a hint of expectation.
She didn't feel any sort of heat or arousal, but maybe it was just a policy to include other species not her own, or maybe it just had not started yet. In either case Jennifer had found her answers as she tried to take mental notes of the world around her.
Jennifer looked at the time as she grabbed her bag before running off to her next class, she would need to talk with her mom when she got home for sure Jennifer thought to herself. Not just for her friends invitation but she couldn't imagine someone better to confide her questions without being embarrassed. Nodding to herself she grabbed the door to the classroom.