Fuck. Bastille, generally speaking, maintained a pretty steady track of time. It was just... pretty fucking constant and regular for him, and if he could do nothing else, he could stick to a schedule. Usually. Somehow he'd fucking missed the fact that yesterday was Sunday, however, and fuck -- this was barely his what, third meeting or something? Fucking hell. Fucking hell. The tom arrived looking relatively rumpled, having rolled straight out of bed that morning upon realizing he'd missed meeting day, and his fur was still slightly tussled as he took his place with a sworn, "Fuck, I'm late, sorry, meeting time."

He scowled slightly as he settled, running through the plans he'd had for announcements yesterday. Damn. How had he managed to plan on Saturday and still forget on Sunday? Fuck. He shook himself slightly, trying to focus less on inevitable failure and doom and more on the present as he continued, "Uh, right, so. Newcomers. Welcome to Delta, Washington, Mavrin, Serket, Iva, and Eve. Anyone who needs to get their pendants this week can do that in the [color=#a25367]June ceremonies. If you need help getting your shard or figuring out how to get your pendant, grab (tag) a high position to help you."

A pause. "It's been a bit slow, so I'm not gonna do any promotions this week. Overall we're being social and shit, but we need to focus on less private clutter. Ya'know, pop in some opens if you're gonna be contributing a bunch of privates and all that jazz. No warnings, either. I know I just introduced the title system, but I've decided to adjust it a bit after discussing concepts with the ranked positions. So, most of the Zodiac Titles will remain the same, and correlate to various personality traits and factors that we notice. More details about those can be found in the [color=#a25367]title guide. Cosmic Generals and up will be able to assign the Zodiac Titles to anyone. Aside from the Zodiac Titles, there will also be five Odyssey Titles, which will be named after various constellations. To earn an Odyssey Title you will need to complete tasks correlated to the stars within those constellations. So... you're basically building a constellation to earn the title. Those still need some fine tuning, so hit the [color=#a25367]feedback center (particularly to see what the odyssey titles are) to add suggestions and ideas for those titles.

"Right... So. Since we don't have any promotions this week, and titles are new, I figured we might as well roll out a fuck load of them now. Aries to Roy and Margy; Pisces to Rin; Taurus to Luna; Aquarius to Luna, Suiteheart, and Margy; Capricorn to Suiteheart; Libra to Pele, Sylva, and Hazel; Gemini to Rad; Leo to Cooper." A pause. "Suiteheart can assign any I missed." Which was likely, frankly. There was always next week, but hell, this was what she was here for.

"Anyway. Politics. Tanglefuck is still our ally, and I get that some of you would prefer that we discuss why, so we're gonna do that this meeting. Before we get into... that, [color=#a25367]weekly tasks are up. Look out for the Summer Solstice event with said Tanglefucks on the 21st." Bastille paused, and then said, slowly, "Look, I'm sorry I didn't actually explain why we-- I did this. I get it. I was annoyed when Starry didn't talk to me either, and I realize I did the same thing to you, so... whatever. Sorry. Obviously we've had our issues with Beck in the past, because he's an asshole, but I do think that we need someone. Pincher is shady as fuck, and he scoped out our territory before Typhoon dropped us. They have Snowbound. If for whatever reason Pinch decides to turn on us, it's 2 on 1, and with shitty relations with Beck... well. We're not exactly ready for war, much as I'd like our pacifist asses to train more, and we might need that swamp." He scowled slightly. "Besides, the rest of them are actually friendly. So. In my opinion, it makes the most strategic sense, but I guess the point of this is to be a discussion and shit. Thoughts? Comments? Questions? Concerns?"

Hazel followed after Pele, blinking at Bastille’s slight apology for being late. In all honesty, she had kind of failed to notice that the meetings were weekly in the first place. Now that she knew, it kind of gave her something to look forward to.

She nodded at the onslaught of information, taking it in whilst tucking her paws underneath her and settling down. She could get behind the titles, partially because there was a small spark of glowing pride there, knowing that it had been her and Pele’s painting that inspired the zodiac theme. Other than that, the Odyssey titles just sounded cool. It lit up a special sort of light in her, knowing mythology was going to be tied into the ranks. As for the actual assignments of the titles, Hazel smiled to herself: Libra? Funny, that was her actual sign. Fitting.

Her good mood faltered a bit at the topic of the Tanglewood alliance, seeing as his confirmation of it had been a bit...dramatic. And stressful. She sighed, tail tip twitching as he explained it. Yeah, most of Tanglewood was pretty nice; she’d only met Nayru and Beck so far, and liked Nayru far better than she did Beck. Beck...creeped her out. Made her uncomfortable. Nevertheless, she was far less skilled in strategy than Bastille, Suite, and practically everyone else in the clan, so she would leave it up to them, as long as Suite didn’t let Bastille do anything stupid.

At Suite’s suggestion of a medic arrangement, Hazel’s focus sharpened. Hey, that - she could help with. “If Rad or Rin wants help organizing or setting up the medic training, I’d be happy to help.” She spoke up, tail curling. She needed to be good for something, at least. Besides, there was a spark of excitement igniting in the back of her mind at helping out with the medic training; something that didn’t feel quite right, quite her, but she wasn’t too bothered by it.

★ — hazel — "speech" — eight months — the ascendants — tags — ★