TIDAL ACHE — MEETING 7.1.18

[charrie graveyard]

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[div style="text-align: justify;"]Connor had been napping in his zen garden when he heard the sound of the conch, stretching and letting out a giant yawn as he slowly began to wake up. As he began to head out of the garden, he gave one last glance at the pond to find all of his koi fish had vanished. Were they... hiding at the bottom? As if answering his questions, one of the largest of his koi (and also his favorite but... don't tell that to the other koi) Hank would move to hide in a small, hollowed out wooden log at the bottom of the pond. This wasn't normal, especially for Hank. It wasn't supposed to snow... was it going to storm maybe? But even then, the koi shouldn't be acting this way. What was going on?

It was only when a few minutes of Connor wandering around the edge of the pond, trying to account for all of his fish that he realized he had forgotten about the meeting. "Shit...!" He growled under his breath. He would have to deal with this later. Turning, the tabby dashed out of the garden, joining the rest of his crewmates as they made their way towards the dome. That was when he felt the rumblings deep in the Earth beneath his feet, causing him to pause before he was able to enter the tunnel. An earthquake? Turning to look at the volcano, he quickly determined that it wasn't the cause. No smoke was rising from its top. Perhaps it had happened out at sea? Oh- he didn't have time for this! Making his way down quickly now, he filed in with the rest of the Typhooners, sitting at the back close to the tunnel. He had made it in time, but barely.

Now that he was settled, Connor focused his attention on Pincher, ears positioned forward as he listened. There were plenty of new joiners this week- Crownedprince he knew, but the others were unfamiliar. He could meet them later, if he didn't leave before getting a chance to, anyway. Next were promotions- Roxanne was no surprise to him, but then he heard his name, a rush of different feelings filling his brain and causing the LED on his head to flicker yellow for a few moments. Him...? But... why? A part of him wanted to decline- the robotic part of him that told him "we have a mission, this rank will only get in the way. It will prevent us from leaving". But then, there was the feline part of him, the one arguing that "we'll get more information this way. if we decline, it'd be rude and it could blow our cover". There was something else, however... some other underlying reason he didn't want to pass up this promotion. Could it be that he... cared? Shaking his head, he cleared his throat to answer. "I-I'll... I'll glady accept your offer, Pincher! Thank you for the promotion- and congratulations to the others." Was he making a mistake? Maybe- but for some reason... he didn't seem to care too much.

As for the rest of the meeting, there were some events going on, choice awards and an event in... Snowbound. Interesting. Connor wasn't sure if he was going to attend or not but before he could even really think about it, a distant rushing noise caught his attention. Tsunami. Frozen in place as various frightened calls echoed around the dome, NPCs shoving past him in a panic to escape, it took him a minute to process everything before he too, fled with the others, giving Pincher a worried glance before he made his way out.

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