06-10-2018, 11:58 PM
AND I'M JUST A DEAD MAN WALKING TONIGHT
Meetings just got easier and easier the less capable you were of feeling stress, didn't they? See, there were benefits to feeling absolutely fucking nothing. There was barely a flicker as he stood by, calling idly, "Meeting time and shit." His voice was still a little raspy, not fully recovered from the battering he'd put his damn throat through, but he didn't notice or care. No one seemed too hellbent on demanding answers from him after his dismissal yesterday, particularly when Bastille seemed unlikely to actually provide any. "Get here or get caught up later."
He waited half a beat. Let a few stream towards him. Waited another. Got bored and carried on, tone flat and vaguely disinterested, "We have more newcomers this week. Welcome to Anakin, Shokrakar, Oakpaw, Billiam, and Pixel. We also gained Pele and Sylva, who recently escaped the nursery. Anyone who needs to get their pendants sorted out can do that this week in the [color=#a25367]June ceremonies, as usual. You newcomers in particular.
"Moving on... No warnings this week. Way to shape the fuck up, everyone. Shoutout to Pele for being an active little tyke. Joel, step up to Starstruck Guardian. Luna, Kuiper Corporal. Margaery, Lunar Lieutenant." He rolled through them without preamble, barely pausing for them to acknowledge that they heard before he was carrying on, evidently ready to get down to the nitty gritty shit.
"In case you missed it, Beck agreed to the alliance yesterday. Consider Tanglefuck our new friends." A pause. "Beck will be here [color=#a25367]later today to get some... gifts from us. Per our new alliance. We will also be hosting shit with them this week, likely, for the Summer Solstice -- so don't be alarmed if you suddenly smell swamp in the Observatory. Obviously, no harassing the new allies." No inflection in his tone. He didn't seem to care about them any more, the typical annoyance and anger that he usually aimed towards Beck just... gone, along with everything else. "Speaking of politics and shit... We're going to have ambassadors. Up to two for each group, until one of them decides to declare us enemies. Check that out and whatever if you're interested. Unrelated, but Roy is hosting [color=#a25367]weekly tasks this week."
He settled, momentarily. Wondered idly if he should pretend to care more than he did. Decided that there was no need, and continued, "Also, I'm adding some fucking titles. 12 of them, one named after each zodiac sign." If Hazel had inspired him, he didn't seem bothered by the source of the inspiration. A moment, as he ran through them through his head one more time, before continuing in a steady flow:
"Aries will be designated for skilled combatants and, should we ever be involved in war, people who do well and shit. Leo will be for promising newcomers. Sagitarrius, any competition winners for ic/ooc games and shit. Taurus will be those who demonstrate significant character development that week (involving others). Virgo, clever analytics and strategists. Capricorn for healers -- that's general knowledge and little aid, not full on Halos. Gemini for event planners and attenders. Libra for bookworms and intellects. Aquarius for socialites -- greeters and active socializers. Cancer for those who are active for 6 months. Scorpio for legends or those who collect 3 titles or more. Pisces for peacekeepers and mediators. Each title will have a corresponding bead shaped or marked with the star sign for your necklaces. Those will start rolling out next week." (Madi will add titles to the guide tomorrow and possibly tweak some so stay tuned.)
A beat. "Yeah, that's it." Eloquent.
[align=center]BASTILLEPRISONER — ASTRAL SERAPH — [color=#f6f6f6]TAGSHe waited half a beat. Let a few stream towards him. Waited another. Got bored and carried on, tone flat and vaguely disinterested, "We have more newcomers this week. Welcome to Anakin, Shokrakar, Oakpaw, Billiam, and Pixel. We also gained Pele and Sylva, who recently escaped the nursery. Anyone who needs to get their pendants sorted out can do that this week in the [color=#a25367]June ceremonies, as usual. You newcomers in particular.
"Moving on... No warnings this week. Way to shape the fuck up, everyone. Shoutout to Pele for being an active little tyke. Joel, step up to Starstruck Guardian. Luna, Kuiper Corporal. Margaery, Lunar Lieutenant." He rolled through them without preamble, barely pausing for them to acknowledge that they heard before he was carrying on, evidently ready to get down to the nitty gritty shit.
"In case you missed it, Beck agreed to the alliance yesterday. Consider Tanglefuck our new friends." A pause. "Beck will be here [color=#a25367]later today to get some... gifts from us. Per our new alliance. We will also be hosting shit with them this week, likely, for the Summer Solstice -- so don't be alarmed if you suddenly smell swamp in the Observatory. Obviously, no harassing the new allies." No inflection in his tone. He didn't seem to care about them any more, the typical annoyance and anger that he usually aimed towards Beck just... gone, along with everything else. "Speaking of politics and shit... We're going to have ambassadors. Up to two for each group, until one of them decides to declare us enemies. Check that out and whatever if you're interested. Unrelated, but Roy is hosting [color=#a25367]weekly tasks this week."
He settled, momentarily. Wondered idly if he should pretend to care more than he did. Decided that there was no need, and continued, "Also, I'm adding some fucking titles. 12 of them, one named after each zodiac sign." If Hazel had inspired him, he didn't seem bothered by the source of the inspiration. A moment, as he ran through them through his head one more time, before continuing in a steady flow:
"Aries will be designated for skilled combatants and, should we ever be involved in war, people who do well and shit. Leo will be for promising newcomers. Sagitarrius, any competition winners for ic/ooc games and shit. Taurus will be those who demonstrate significant character development that week (involving others). Virgo, clever analytics and strategists. Capricorn for healers -- that's general knowledge and little aid, not full on Halos. Gemini for event planners and attenders. Libra for bookworms and intellects. Aquarius for socialites -- greeters and active socializers. Cancer for those who are active for 6 months. Scorpio for legends or those who collect 3 titles or more. Pisces for peacekeepers and mediators. Each title will have a corresponding bead shaped or marked with the star sign for your necklaces. Those will start rolling out next week." (Madi will add titles to the guide tomorrow and possibly tweak some so stay tuned.)
A beat. "Yeah, that's it." Eloquent.
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]