Both Leonard and Gladys were no more, and in their place were a pair of bathing suit clad east asians.
Liu Nan, the young woman who used to be Leonard, was now a fraction of his former girth, petite save for the curves of her exaggerated hourglass figure, with an ample bosom and large hips and ass to strain her purple sling bikini, other than that, however, she was quite tiny, easily the shortest person at the pool. Her face was cute and round, with almond shaped hazel eyes and blue black hair that trailed down most of her short height.
Gladys, meanwhile, had transformed into Genji, a wiry young man with a smooth and athletic frame. He was notably taller than his companion, though still shorter than most of the other men at the pool, though the bulge in his swim trunks proved he didn't fulfill the stereotype about Asian proportions. His dark hair was shaggy and his mouth circled by a thin goatee. His eyes were so brown they were almost black, his features were angular and striking.
In all, they made a rather cute couple, but the next step had been delayed by an unforeseen consequence. It seemed the ethnic influences of the purples was particularly strong, from which a new problem arose: language. Genji was japanese, while Liu Nan was Chinese, and both of their primary languages had shifted to match their new origins. Genji knew only a smattering of Mandarin, Liu Nan knew even less Japanese, and of the two Liu Nan was the only one with any grasp of English.
The natural attraction was there, but with neither one able to properly understand the other they seemed hesitant to continue on. And the others' capacity to explain what the two needed to do was even more limited. Daphne watched as Iwalani, barely controlling his frustration, tried to explained to Liu Nan that Genji not only wouldn't mind having sex with her, but wanted it just as much as she did.
"This shouldn't be happening," Sonja muttered to Daphne. "The process is supposed to be seamless. The first generation arrives, reaches stage two, then breed to initiate stage 3. There is no need for the plan to put obstacles in its own path."
"It would seem that green is not the only group with unusual problems. First we have a group who are too indiscriminate in their activity, now we have one whose developed features deter sexual progression. Something is definitely wrong here."
"Agreed, but what?" Sonja asked.
"I'm not sure. Some sort of sabotage, I'd say. We need to find out who."
"Iwalani and I will focus on that matter, and on getting the second batch in motion. Your own group is too close to phase four for you to focus on anything else. See to it that everything goes smoothly on your end, get your equivalent, and with him initiate the next stage, before whoever's tampering with us tries to touch the first batch as well."
"Agreed," Daphne said, before turning in the direction of the foursome in blue bathing suits.
