06-03-2018, 10:28 PM
AND I'M JUST A DEAD MAN WALKING TONIGHT
What a difference a week could make. Bastille felt so numbed to his own emotions and feelings that everything passed on autopilot, shifting past him meaninglessly. There wasn't anything that seemed to phase him in the past few days or truly catch his interest, but he supposed that was for the best. He wasn't even dreading the meeting in the same way he'd been the first time. Sure, he still hated having to give them, but it was hard to feel like he was dying if he couldn't feel anything.
"Meeting time," he called, tone bored and flat as he stood in Starry's place (would he ever consider it his own?). He had an absent, mild buzz going, but it was faint and too subtle for notice as he carried on, "We have a fuckload new members to welcome. That's... Whitenoise, August, Geddy, Cooper, Joel, Wren, Ichorus, Azucar, Gordon, and Blake. And welcome back to Rad and shit. You guys should head over to our June ceremonies to get your pendants crafted after you find your meteorite shards from the Starpool." A pause. "If you don't know what that means, just wait until we take [color=#a25367]a group to find shards together. There's enough of you this week to arrange something."
This time, his pause was a little longer before he continued slowly, "We also say goodbye to Maes this week. Roy is arranging his [color=#a25367]funeral, so don't be an asshole and make sure you show up." He didn't mean to be brief, but lingering would do no one any good, so he kept going with a slight shift: "Otherwise, if someone wants to host weekly tasks this week, let me know. I'll give someone a chance who hasn't hosted them yet before I delegate."
"As for demotions -- Rad, I'm dropping you to Halo. I know you're back now, so keep showing your face and we'll work you back up to a Cleric. In the meantime... Rin, if you'd like to step up to Cleric, you're in. If not, step up to Corporal instead. Same for Margaery. Hazel, Starstruck Guardian. Shout out to Wren and White for jumping in from the start." A pause. "Suiteheart, you're Ecliptic Admiral." At least if she stabs me in the back, he thought sarcastically, they'll be left with a better leader. His words lacked all of the meaningful requests Starry offered during significant promotions. For one thing, he wasn't that sentimental; for another, he hadn't forgotten Suite's cutthroat approach. Her name was just as bitter on his tongue as Hazel's and Margy's, but he spoke as if it didn't phase him. "You'll need to get your new rank beads at the ceremonies this month, too."
This was the part he wasn't looking forward to. Bast scowled slightly as he continued, slower, "Starry, apparently, was in talks with the Tanglefuckers about peace. I hate them as much as everyone else, frankly, but it sounds like I'll be meeting with Beck this week about... that." He looked irritated, and it was fairly obvious this was the last thing he wanted to do, but he was bound to honor Starry's wishes. Even if he'd rather stab himself than speak civilly to Beck. "So, you know. If you see Beck, you unfortunately can't stab him, everybody. Just send him to me." A scowl, and then, "Dismissed."
[ -- welcome new members!! pls pick out a pendant and join our discord (found in ooc)!
-- maes passed
-- someone to host weekly tasks pls
-- rad from cleric to halo; rin to cleric or corporal; margy to corporal; hazel to guardian; s/o to wren and white; suite to admiral
-- potential peace w tanglewood ]
[align=center]BASTILLEPRISONER — ASTRAL SERAPH — TAGS"Meeting time," he called, tone bored and flat as he stood in Starry's place (would he ever consider it his own?). He had an absent, mild buzz going, but it was faint and too subtle for notice as he carried on, "We have a fuckload new members to welcome. That's... Whitenoise, August, Geddy, Cooper, Joel, Wren, Ichorus, Azucar, Gordon, and Blake. And welcome back to Rad and shit. You guys should head over to our June ceremonies to get your pendants crafted after you find your meteorite shards from the Starpool." A pause. "If you don't know what that means, just wait until we take [color=#a25367]a group to find shards together. There's enough of you this week to arrange something."
This time, his pause was a little longer before he continued slowly, "We also say goodbye to Maes this week. Roy is arranging his [color=#a25367]funeral, so don't be an asshole and make sure you show up." He didn't mean to be brief, but lingering would do no one any good, so he kept going with a slight shift: "Otherwise, if someone wants to host weekly tasks this week, let me know. I'll give someone a chance who hasn't hosted them yet before I delegate."
"As for demotions -- Rad, I'm dropping you to Halo. I know you're back now, so keep showing your face and we'll work you back up to a Cleric. In the meantime... Rin, if you'd like to step up to Cleric, you're in. If not, step up to Corporal instead. Same for Margaery. Hazel, Starstruck Guardian. Shout out to Wren and White for jumping in from the start." A pause. "Suiteheart, you're Ecliptic Admiral." At least if she stabs me in the back, he thought sarcastically, they'll be left with a better leader. His words lacked all of the meaningful requests Starry offered during significant promotions. For one thing, he wasn't that sentimental; for another, he hadn't forgotten Suite's cutthroat approach. Her name was just as bitter on his tongue as Hazel's and Margy's, but he spoke as if it didn't phase him. "You'll need to get your new rank beads at the ceremonies this month, too."
This was the part he wasn't looking forward to. Bast scowled slightly as he continued, slower, "Starry, apparently, was in talks with the Tanglefuckers about peace. I hate them as much as everyone else, frankly, but it sounds like I'll be meeting with Beck this week about... that." He looked irritated, and it was fairly obvious this was the last thing he wanted to do, but he was bound to honor Starry's wishes. Even if he'd rather stab himself than speak civilly to Beck. "So, you know. If you see Beck, you unfortunately can't stab him, everybody. Just send him to me." A scowl, and then, "Dismissed."
[ -- welcome new members!! pls pick out a pendant and join our discord (found in ooc)!
-- maes passed
-- someone to host weekly tasks pls
-- rad from cleric to halo; rin to cleric or corporal; margy to corporal; hazel to guardian; s/o to wren and white; suite to admiral
-- potential peace w tanglewood ]
Honey, you're familiar, like my mirror years ago, Idealism sits in prison, chivalry fell on his sword, Innocence died screaming; honey, ask me, I should know, I slithered here from Eden just to sit outside your door. [b][sup]▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃[/sup][/b]