PETALS TO THE METAL || meeting April 22, 2018

[jacob w.c.]

Jacob made his way over at Leigh's call and listened quietly as he rattled off the promotions and warnings of the week.The frosthealer settled down, his body relaxing as his legs sprawled out. They'd been bothering him more lately, likely from the trip back to Snowbound from Typhoon. The first time he'd been passed out and carried by Guru but the second time he hadn't been so fortunate. He supposed he could've complained or told Pincher he'd rather wait for a day when he was confident he could make the trip but he hadn't anted to continue to inconvenience the doberman. When he heard the shoutouts, he found himself nodding in agreement with them but then came the new about the Typhoon. Leigh's final decision on the matter. Then he heard the call that they'd still be neutrals and the husky set his mouth into a thin line.  "Congratulations ta' everyone!" he called first, supposed it'd be rude not to first acknowledge the accomplishments his clanmates had made.

He waited for a moment while a few others called their own good tidings before he soon spoke up, "I still think we should at least consider addin' the Typhoon as allies. They got better resources than we do, better defenses than we do, n' we need ta' start establishin' relationships between all the new groups 'ere 'fore we get left behind. They punished the member who hurt all ah' us, Guru, right in front ah' us. Pincher took 'er ear off. He didn' have ta' do that n' it certainly didn' help him any ta' do it. When I was there he- they took care ah' me. I couldn' make the trip back, I told them that. I stayed so long 'cause I wanted to n' I didn' think I was in good enough condition ta' try n' get 'ere. They were nothin' but kind n' gracious n' apologetic while I was there n' I have no reason ta' believe the violent actions committed by Guru reflect the clan as a whole," he explained before soon adding, "What if we jus' have 'em a kinda' trial period. We call them as allies for, say... two weeks n' then see how we feel after we have an event with 'em n' after we get ta' know 'em a li'l better. Part ah' my job is helpin' handle foreign relations, right? I could even make the event myself n' take the new to 'em that we'll be holdin' a trial alliance before makin' a final decision. The way I see it, they did a whole lotta' things that benefited us tha' didn' do nothin' for them. We should at least give them a chance ta' prove that one member, who was punished, don' reflect the whole group."

★ though the scars remain and tears will never dry, i'll bless my homeland til i die ━