REDVOX "VINNY" ABRAMO - cis male - goat-bat hybrid - harbinger

A meeting. It had been nearly a month since the last one, and Vin liked to have them on a somewhat regular schedule, if only so that everyone would know what the hell was going on. Besides, in all of the meetings that the group had in their few months in existence, there was plenty of news to go around and warrant such a thing, which was nice and refreshing. This was all floating around Vox's head as he heaved himself up onto the front steps of the town hall, looking over the regal building for a long moment. Last he had checked, it was now fully cleared of rats, and for that he was eternally grateful. Sending a silent thanks to Bertille, that male set his gaze outwards, "Members of th'Halls! Gather 'round f'the monthly meeting, plus a discussion!" He watched as others began to gather around, some of them looking irritated at the yelling. Resisting the urge to roll his eyes at them, Vox waited until a decent sized crowd had gathered around the town hall before he started, "First things first... welcomes! I'd like ta welcome Marlon 'n' Kamara into our ranks... sorry if that second welcome is a bit late. I've been a little scatterbrained lately..." Both Kamara and Marlon seemed as though they could be valuable assets to the group, along with possible friends or even family. Vinny only saw fit to welcome them in properly.

Letting the welcomes sink in, Vinny called out after a long moment, shifting on his wings, "Next up... promotions 'n' demotions. While I don't have any actual promotions f'right now, shoutouts to Aslisk 'n' Breena. You guys 'ave been doin' great in your respective ranks. Roman... I'm afraid I'm gonna 'ave to demote you back to regular templar. Don't worry though, you 'ave a chance to re-earn your rank again, if y'want it." Vox visibly winced a little as he announced that Roman was demoted. He knew that the other was in a rough place before, not to mention that thing with the snake... however, he needed to give some tough love, and it wasn't as if he wouldn't Roman the rank back happily. Once he saw some nods of acknowledgement, he continued on, "Furthermore... we've got an event comin' up! The Festival of Bertille starts tomorrow, and goes 'til th'seventeenth. As per tradition, we're gonna be invitin' some folks. Namely, Elysium 'n' The Pitt. Aslisk, I'd like you to go 'n' extend an invitation ta The Pitt, and I'll handle Elysium." He then said, chuckling a little upon the looks of confusion on some faces, "If ya don't know, the Festival of Bertille is a yearly festival we put on ta celebrate Bertille 'n' all th'light undergods. We'll have an event goin' on each day for a different god. It's basically just a way ta celebrate our heritage... 'n' ta drink." He smiled a bit as a laugh passed through the crowd, clearly pleased with his own joke.

Next up... some not so fun things. Face darkening a little, Vox sighed before speaking, "Next... I'm afraid we've been havin' big snow storms goin' on more 'n' more often. I'm not entirely sure why, but I want people ta be careful. We never know when we could get completely snowed in. Because of this, we've got food supplies and other stuff hidden away in the fortress in case things get real bad." With that out of the way, now came the other not so fun part, although honestly he didn't think it would be that bad. Clearing his throat, the harbinger spoke softly, "Lastly... a discussion, involvin' the whole of the Halls. As y'may know, when I went ta give out invitations t'our christmas dance, I was very rudely turned away and insulted by th'members of Tanglewood. Now, we are not a violent group unless we've been provoked somehow, but that doesn't mean we don't have consequences. I wanna discuss whether or not th'rest of you think Tanglewood deserves to remain a neutral, or go down to enemy status. In addition ta this, I'm announcin' that when I go t'invite Elysium to the festival, I'm gonna ask if they wanna be allies with us. They haven't been anythin' but kind t'us, and our values are very similar, so we'll see how that goes..." Giving a brief shake of his head, he mumbled, "If anybody has any particularly strong feelins about The Pitt or The Typhoon and what their statuses should be, y'can also speak up."

( TL;DR
– Welcome both [member=3185]marlon.[/member] and [member=7724]Kamara Jilani[/member] into the Halls! ( Sorry it's a bit late )
– Shoutouts to Aslisk and Breena for doing well at their ranks, and Romanempires has been demoted back down to templar
– The festival of Bertille starts tomorrow, and goes to the 17th. There will be events each day corresponding to each of the light gods, and the Halls is inviting Elysium and the Pitt. Aslisk is being asked to bring an invitation to the Pitt, while Vox will take care of Elysium
– There have been more and more odd snow storms lately! Vin is warning the group to stay vigilant, since they never know when they could be snowed in
– Lastly, there is a discussion going on about allies and enemies. Members are encouraged to give their opinions on whether Tanglewood should become an enemy, and where The Pitt and the Typhoon should stand. Vinny is going to extend an offer to be allies to Elysium while delivering their invite )