DEAR FRIEND as you know,  your flowers are withering
your mother's gone insane, your leaves have drifted away.
but the clouds are clearing up
and i've come reveling, burning incandescently,
like a bastard on the burning sea.

It was that time again, the horn bellowing, the tigress exiting the Tempest to take flight and glide over the shoreline until she reached the Deep Sea Dome's entrance. She strolls in casually, hopping up to the throne, tail curling around her paws. The long period of peace between the groups was still upon them, as far as they all knew, and while there were a few red flags from the most recent letter she'd received from Sophiea, there were a number of explanations that could be given. She'd made the plan to visit their ally in a few days to make sure everything was alright - they were due for one anyway. But, other than that, the female only had the general rank changes in mind, as well as announcements of upcoming little events for the end of the month. And so, she goes over everything quietly in her head as she awaits everyone to gather.

Rosemary joined the throng of animals slipping into the Deep Sea Dome, and she stepped through the sand to her usual spot on the crowd’s outskirts. Her purple witch hat, which she’d worn for Halloween, sat atop her head, and she tapped the brim to adjust the accessory upon her head. Despite Halloween passing well over a week ago, Rosemary still felt in the spirit of the holiday.

Besides Halloween, the Typhoon hadn’t had much going on. Most of Rosemary’s more interesting memories from October came from her travels to PalmClan and AE, for no other reason than she wanted to see the world and help the healer-less PalmClan. Still, nothing to do meant no wounds to mend and no raids to clean up after, so she had enjoyed the peace and quiet. She’d needed the time to finish building and decorating her new treehouse.

Diya approached and sat herself next to her family, gently bumping her muzzle against her son's head. With a small chuckle and a mischivious look in her eye, she ruffled the fur atop his head that Roxanne had just groomed. Satisfied, she leaned slightly against the chocolate quartermaster, eyes on the captain.

Aveline, who was a sight rare to see trotted forward excitedly, plopping herself at her diya's paws with a huff, leaning against the vampire's snowy white legs. SHe had no clue what was going on and, frankly, she didn't care.

Seapaw entered and gave his momma a wave, a sideways smile on his face as he plopped down next to Rosemary, eyeing her hat. "WHere can 'ah get m'self 'ah hat like that?" asked the captains son as he moved his eyes to look at Goldenluxury.

Rosemary glanced to Seapaw as the colorful boy plopped next to her. One eye widened a tad, but she didn’t say anything. Seapaw was an interesting child, and Rosemary saw a lot of his uncle in him—like Coldblue, he had an active curiosity about the world around him, though he was far more extroverted and social than Goldie’s brother.

“Made it myself,” she whispered back, tilting the purple brim. “Tell you what, I’ll trade you some seashells and the like for one tailored to you.”

DEAR FRIEND as you know,  your flowers are withering
your mother's gone insane, your leaves have drifted away.
but the clouds are clearing up
and i've come reveling, burning incandescently,
like a bastard on the burning sea.

The tigress watches quietly as everyone shuffles in, making small talk, choosing their seats. There's a slight fuzz in her mind, only barely distracting her. It isn't quite loud enough to cause her to lose focus, and more than likely it was probably just a headache coming on. And so, she shoves it aside, her feathery tail tip twitching as she goes over everything that needed to be said in her head. First things first, always, was a notice to the joiners. "Firs' off, welcome t' everybody new. Don' forget t' get your charm earrings n' complete your entrance rituals accordingly."

Next, some very brief announcements regarding ranks. There wasn't too much to be said, at the moment everyone she thought she should be a high position was already promoted. "Torsten's been 'round a lot, so thanks! Thank you t' Roan and Michael, as well, for bein' so helpful." She puts on a light smile, eyeing the three names she mentioned. Torsten was a bit too young for her to want to promote to a high position, perhaps give a title next meeting, and Roan and Michael were both the highest ranks they could be at the time being, so she figured shout outs would have to do for now. "Lawkit has been absent wit' his sage duties, so he will be demoted for now." To be frank, she thought the male was a bit too young to hold such a position anyway. Being sage and soothsayer was too much burden for a child. "Thank you t' everybody for bein' around in general."

Now for something more interesting - parties. Not exactly a party, but close enough. Something to get excited about, at the very least. "We've got some events kickin' off for the end o' the month, somethin' for everybody. Go check those out, n' if you participate in all o' 'em, you can get a nice title outta' it." She flashes a quick grin after mentioning the title.

And then, that was mostly it. Easy enough. She figured she'd better mention visiting Tanglewood, considering their absence had not gone unnoticed. Something was going on. "Also, just as a sidenote, somethin' weird has been goin' on wit' Tanglewood this past month, it seems like, so I'll be takin' time t' visitin' 'em soon n' figure out what's happenin'." If anyone felt like piping up and stating they'd join in, she'd be just fine with that. She only hoped there was nothing bad going on with their ally. "Thas' all I got for you this time, thanks for listenin'."

Summary:
- Welcome to newcomers!! Thanks for joining us and be sure to get your charm earrings made and do your entrance rituals if you choose.
- Shout outs go to Torsten, Roan, and Michael. Thanks and good job!
- Lawkit has been officially demoted from his sage position.
- We've got some cool events for Thanksgiving. Check those out, participate in them all and you can get a title!
- Tanglewood has been absent, so Goldie is planning on visiting soon to see what's going on.
- Thanks and have a nice day!