Heavier - November 17th meeting

[Morgan]

For once, Morgan found himself feeling a bit tired. Not bored, not sleepy, but tired. It had been quite a while since there was so much to do in Tanglewood, yet things seemed to be unfolding before him at a quick rate. He found it hard to climb onto the statue, and he found it harder to raise his voice for everyone to hear. Things just felt... sad.

"I hope everyone's ready for this week's meeting. It seems like it's not been too long since the last one, but here we are again... I'll start by naming and welcoming all our newcomers like I usually do. Ignis, Jethro, Jim, and Kliment - I welcome you all to Tanglewood. I'm sorry things are difficult right now, but I'm sure things will... get better soon enough..."

He sighed, then added,

"I've noticed young Beleth was out and about this week, so I'd like to welcome him in a small way as well."

"Next is promotions and demotions. I've got one promotion this week: Beck is now going to be a Chaser."

Morgan paused for a good five seconds, lost in thought.

"That was very weird to say. Anyway, I also have a few shout-outs: a set for the usual suspects, Leroy and Vigenere; one for Kiira, who seems to be much more active recently; and a set for some of the promising newcomers, Lancer and Kris. I've also got one badge to give this week: a Gatorbait badge for Axle. Thank you for being here and for being so loyal, friend."

He put on his best smile as he spoke about his comrades' achievements and floated the skull-shaped badge toward its recipient; however, his expression did not last long before it returned to something of a frown.

"We... we lost two of our own this week. Whisper, a recently-returned Tangler who some of you may or may not know, and Delilah - the only member of the Tanglewood Medical Team."

The General paused again, finding it difficult to say what he had to say next.

"We'll be holding a funeral for them this week in the new mausoleum. Please, please go if you can. They were family to us."

He neglected to mention where the perpetrators were from; the fewer Tanglers who knew, the better it was for the time being. There was little need to stir up bad blood with another group when they literally just lost their only medic.

"I won't be holding Medic tryouts since I only know the very basics; if any of you want to become the next generation of Medics, please let me know privately. I'll figure something out by the time we have the next meeting."

After taking another long pause to clear his head, the samoyed said,

"The hunt for gators continues; I'll be setting up another hunt pretty soon, so look out for that. Otherwise, that's all I've got for this week. I guess if anyone has some ideas for new badges, let me know privately so I can get to work making them. It's weirdly exciting to give those things out, but with only eight of them I don't usually get the chance."

He tried to smile again, but his face only wound up reaching a neutral appearance.

"That's it, then. Stay safe, my friends."

TL;DR

• Welcome Ignis, Jethro, Jim, and Kliment (and Beleth)!
  
• Beck is now a Chaser!
  
• Shout-outs to Kira, Kris, Lancer, Leroy, and Vigenere!
  
• Axle receives the Gatorbait badge!
  
• Whisper and Delilah were both killed. A funeral will be held for them this week.
  
• Medic tryouts won't be held at all. Just let me know either via PMs here or via Discord if you want your character to become a Medic, and we can work out a quick path to get them on the Medical Team.
  
• Reminder that the hunting event thread still exists. Another will be made soonish, but probably not this week since the first one still needs to move further along.
  
• Let me know via PMs or via Discord if you've got some cool badge ideas! I might just put them in so we can have more little achievements for our various characters.