PETALS TO THE METAL || meeting April 22, 2018

[london r.]

London had never known of meetings until she had come here, it was a generally new part of her life, but so was really everything. Her life had completely changed since she came here, and honestly London quite liked the changes. She got to meet so many interesting creatures, and get to know them all a little. She had never seen so many people all in one place until she had come here, it was really amazing, at least to her. And meetings like this one brought them all together to one single location, it was quite a lovely sight for her eyes to see. Enchanting even, though one could easily argue that anything appeared as such in her eyes. Eyes too bright for this world perhaps, for even after seeing so much darkness, she could shine with so much light.

Anticipation ran through her veins, making her eyes sparkle like gemstones. The girl never really found herself feeling impatient though, as she enjoyed the moments before something happened almost as much as whatever event she was expecting to experience. Perhaps that was strange, but the clouded leopard always appreciated even the littlest of things, at least, she tried. Sometimes she just could not, which was what had happened back before she had come here. There had been a time in London's life that no one would believe she'd went through by just looking at her. All of the terrible thoughts that filled her head and left her weaker and weaker every passing day. But she had managed to find herself in a happier place just before coming here, and now she found herself enjoying everything again, just as she once used to.

Then the announcements started, and the girl did her best to hang on to every word. This was important information after all, at least she was pretty sure it was. Why else would it need to be said? But it seemed she had quite quickly derailed from that mission, as her own name happened to be mentioned right at the beginning of the announcements. Shock and surprise seemed evident on her features for a moment, but then a large smile took over, and the girl could not help but enjoy the excitement radiating within her chest. She was a Lionheart! The albino had no idea what that meant, but that was okay, she would figure it out eventually. Mike and Melantha had also been promoted alongside her, which they both deserved in her mind. Then again, according to her, everyone would likely have been promoted. She wouldn't want to leave anyone out on the excitement after all. Though as Leigh moved on to shout outs, London realized it might be better to just give the whole clan a shout out rather than a promotion.

Then all of the cheer in London's eyes left as Cry's warning was announced. The bird was severely injured, she had been since she had protected London from her attack. It seemed unfair to the feline to threaten someone who was still healing, although she supposed some might say that those who could not do the work did not deserve the rank. Next was news on the whole ordeal with the Typhoon, and she couldn't help but breath a sigh of relief that nothing had changed there. Enemies were something they just did not need right now, although what had happened at the border had been quite frightening. The girl knew she would not be able to trust that group anymore, not after seeing something like that. A leader should not attack a member of their clan to get them to apologize, that was superfluous. There was nothing honorable about that either, it had been senseless in the girl's eyes. London was a pretty bad politician, it seemed. She could not understand any of the strategies used in that encounter.

But soon enough the unicorn had moved on and London managed to as well. Safety seemed to be the next topic, something that London always felt when she was here, although she never really was safe. The condition she had did not allow the word safety to exist within her, it mocked her. A simple scratch could easily become fatal to, something that Guru had proved to all of those who had been there to witness. But that did not mean that London would not join in, she would love to spend time with others, enjoying the beautiful scenery on a patrol. It would be fun, and the girl was all about having fun.

Though it seemed the fun was daring to a close for now, as soon the meeting was concluded, and a chorus of "noted"s and "thank you"s was soon to follow. But there was still one thing on the girl's mind. "Thank you so much, and congrats and condolences to everyone else." London would begin. Her expression would falter after she finished, but just for a moment. "Also, if it's alright, I'd love to volunteer to lead the first patrol." the albino clouded leopard would state. She hoped she was not overstepping any boundaries with this, but Leigh had said they could be lead by anyone. Safety was important, even though she was likely to be the most at risk when it came to anything unsafe, the girl could not allow that to stop her from protecting her new friends. The people here were too precious to her for her to allow any of them to get hurt.