SEVEN BILLION SOULS — MEETING & ORIENTATION [08/03]

[S. Mortem]

Sola is perched on the throne, staring across the room at what's opposite: the mess hall. There's an obvious dislike carried on from her former days, nose wrinkling, ears briefly flattening back against her head. For a few moments, her focus is intent, caramel gaze unmoving from the wide door. It takes a while for her to remember why she's here.

"ROSEBLOODS," she calls out, although her voice is somewhat shaky from lack of use. Several seconds pass as she swallows roughly, still looking at the mess hall; still focused on that scent. This doesn't feel real. She can't bring her full attention on anything else. She knows that members will begin gathering any moment now, expectant, waiting for her to continue speaking. That's the only reason she's able to turn her head, breaking her laser-like focus, hoping to keep a sliver of her dignity. "Gather for a meeting." The follow-up is more quiet, and it's obvious that, despite her attention now being on the floor, her mind is miles off. This isn't the impression she wanted to give, but alas, she's never had much control over her life. The wildcat takes this time to straighten up, stretching as much as she can given her current position.

"For those of you I haven't been able to meet yet... I'm Sola, the leader. The two advisors here are Prestige and Felix, who I'm sure can introduce themselves properly when they get here. If I'm unavailable, they're the next best. I suggest getting to know them, but not too well." There's a light grin that appears on her face, although the tip of her tail begins to gently flick back and forth. What she disguises as a joke is really a comment made due to her possessive nature, not that anyone would have the slightest idea, as she's good at hiding her feelings behind humor.

"Speaking of getting to know others," she begins smoothly, leaning back in the slightest, "Jiyu has been organizing visits to other groups. I suggest getting involved with that. Really, this is a way to scope out. I want to know who we're dealing with out there." Truthfully, the cheetah isn't sure how she's feeling in terms of allies and enemies - neutrals aren't exactly a concern, however, which makes her life somewhat easier. "So... I guess just talk to her about that, if you're interested." Briefly, Sola wonders if it was all that important to mention this, considering a majority of the places are being dealt with, but... just in case, she supposes. She doesn't dwell. "Truthfully, there's not much happening at the moment, so I'm just going to move on to the next big thing. Orientation." The grin comes back, lightly tugging at the corners of her mouth, as she leaps down from the throne, moving a bowl out from the side with one of her large paws.

It's filled to the brim with a dark liquid, which is truthfully just red wine, but could easily be mistaken as blood at first glance - although individuals could easily believe it's blood the whole time through. "To the newcomers, there's a little thing we like to do here in The Rosebloods, to make sure you're really... with us for the long run, you know? Kind of like a pledge of loyalty. Can't really hold you to it, I suppose, but traitors aren't treated very kindly. Keep that in mind." Further moving the bowl so that it's further out in front of her, she pauses, as if looking for the right words. "You've gotta take a drink. Of what, I'm not going to tell you, but you'll find out. I promise it's not as bad as it might look. And if you don't want to, for whatever reason, I'll think of something else to ask." She's not going to force the new members into this situation, although she'll definitely be able to figure out bits and pieces of their personalities from how they handle this situation, now and in the future.

Oh wait... speaking of new members. "I'd also like to educate you all on families, although I'll get to that in a bit." She doesn't want to bombard everyone right this second, and she'd like to take a moment to get herself together before she continues on with information. Families, however, she's excited about.

ooc OK HEY! welcome to the rosebloods - i have a lot in store for y'all so stay tuned.
for now, here is the thread where you can "claim" to visit another group... i believe there are only two left?
there is also a combined mass adoption & hp tryouts here, along with signing up for the mass adoption here.
a plot & chat thread will be set up soon, and here's the link to the discord we have set up for anybody interested (this will later be included in plot & chat): https://discord.gg/ZKyvD3B