03-01-2020, 12:08 AM
[font=trebuchet ms]The week had drained her, she could see in her eyes as she stared into the mirror.
Nothing had gone wrong, per se, but it was the anticipation of things going wrong that got to her. If they were safe, it was only because they'd been wary. They couldn't let their guard down. Perhaps Idyll would have had something to say about this... but alas, they seemed to have gone their own way into the mists of time. Maybe one day they would return, maybe not. Regardless, that was one less opportunity for the Elysites to receive psychiatric support.
Rin had to call a meeting anyway, though. It was about time.
With a sigh, she exited her house and walked out into the center of town. "Assembly time, gather," she called, twitching her tail. It was late already. She'd better make this quick. After taking a moment to check her notes, she then watched the Elysites arrive, person by person.
Once a decent crowd had gathered, she said, "I'll start by welcoming Spanishkit, Reed, Goatus, Sterling, Mirage, and Abidemi to Elysium- and offering a welcome back to Vale and Videogames." Sterling's actual status as a resident of Elysium had never been entirely clear, but Rin felt it best to acknowledge him anyway.
Twitching her ears, she continued, "I'd like to make some changes to our ranks. I propose we dissolve the rank of Attorney and give its responsibilities to the Legate- frankly the Attorney position doesn't get to do enough to justify the two being separate." Honestly, this had been a long time coming. There hadn't been any cause for trials- everyone who had committed crimes against Elysium already had their identity known, and there weren't any civil disputes to resolve. She'd get to the rank's former occupant when she got to the other promotions. Glancing between the members of the crowd, she nodded. "I'd also like to add a new stepping stone rank: the Decurion. Members of this rank do event set-ups, host trainings of all types, welcome joiners, and set good examples in general."
Straightening up, Rin said, "For promotions. Mistrim and Valerian, I'd like to ask you to step up as Decurions. And Lemy, I'd like to ask you to take the Legate position now that the Attorney rank has been dissolved. Due to the Magna's curse, I acknowledge that I'm asking you to risk your lives- so I understand if you do not wish to step up, and you may step down at any time."
Acknowledging that wasn't going to make the situation any better, but... it seemed best to go ahead and get this over with now. If Lemy wanted to resign entirely, then that would be that. If Mistrim and Valerian were both offended that she was putting them at risk, then that would be that. Their capabilities were too useful not to acknowledge, though, and it would be useful to have them in higher positions.
Now that she thought about it, perhaps the title system could use a revamp too... but she already had enough to worry about in this meeting.
Tugging at her scarf, Rin went on, "The Captain's dead, and I haven't received any further threats. With that said, we still need to remain on our guard." Turning to glance towards the fjord, she twitched her ears. "Some new caves have opened up near the fjord. The spirit behind it doesn't appear to be related to the gods that were attacking us, but I still don't want anyone going down there alone. If anyone does wish to go, we can hold an expedition as a group, but I'm in no hurry to do so."
Blinking, she shook her head, then looked back at the crowd. "Actually, I'll ask that no one goes anywhere alone right now, not until the thing that attacked those two joiners is caught. When we visited the Typhoon, one of their members mentioned to us that she saw the attacker not long ago. Nemhain and I will be checking Tanglewood as well, but until we're sure that it's neutralized, I want everyone traveling in pairs at least."
She still needed to figure out what she was going to do about the Halls, but they could figure that out later. That reminded her, though... "There's two new groups that have invited us to parties- the Ravens and Crows invited us to their bonfire, and Woestyn invited us to their bonfire." A lot of bonfires, apparently. Twitching her brows, she added, "The Ravens and Crows don't seem suspicious to me, but I'd still be cautious. Woestyn, on the other paw... the founder claimed this party was intended to celebrate the 'Allmother,' and the way he described it makes the group sound a lot like a cult. I won't forbid anyone from going, but please don't attend alone."
Taking a deep breath, she nodded. "One more thing- there was supposed to be a 'stellar collision festival' of some sort this month, to celebrate Elysium's founding." Sweeping her gaze over the crowd, she went on, "Obviously, that hasn't happened. Assuming things calm down and there's enough interest, we could do it sometime in March." For all she knew, the next god could appear in her dreams the next night with another vaguely-worded threat. She'd have thought that the Captain's defeat would dissuade them, but then she'd thought the same about the Ferryman's defeat. There was no end to the chaos.
Cutting off the defeatist thought, Rin stood up. "That's all I have. Anyone who wishes to be sworn in, step forward. Anyone else who has something to say, feel free."
/tl;dr + ooc notes:
-welcome to [member=11612]spanishkit[/member] [member=11478]Reed[/member] [member=3123]vale[/member] [member=9345]VIDEOGAMES[/member] [member=11998]mirage.[/member] [member=10397]ABIDEMI RAYAN[/member] @Sterling
-the Attorney rank is being abolished due to lack of trials- the Legate is now responsible for any parts of the Attorney's job that come up
-the new rank Decurion is being added as a stepping stone
-[member=9408]Mistrim[/member] [member=2129]HALO MERCER[/member] have been offered promotions to Decurion, and @lemy. has been offered the Legate position in place of his previous Attorney rank
-the Captain is dead by this point ICly, but the raid is still going on here
-possible cave exploration event later this month, will be linked here
-Rin requests that everyone use the buddy system until the creature that killed the two joiners is found
-Ravens and Crows bonfire here
-Woestyn event will be linked here when it's posted
-possible plans for the stellar collision festival this month, will also be linked here
-also, while Rin's kind of forgotten about this ICly, we're still accepting signups for the murder game here
-I'll edit all the new changes into the guide tomorrow
Nothing had gone wrong, per se, but it was the anticipation of things going wrong that got to her. If they were safe, it was only because they'd been wary. They couldn't let their guard down. Perhaps Idyll would have had something to say about this... but alas, they seemed to have gone their own way into the mists of time. Maybe one day they would return, maybe not. Regardless, that was one less opportunity for the Elysites to receive psychiatric support.
Rin had to call a meeting anyway, though. It was about time.
With a sigh, she exited her house and walked out into the center of town. "Assembly time, gather," she called, twitching her tail. It was late already. She'd better make this quick. After taking a moment to check her notes, she then watched the Elysites arrive, person by person.
Once a decent crowd had gathered, she said, "I'll start by welcoming Spanishkit, Reed, Goatus, Sterling, Mirage, and Abidemi to Elysium- and offering a welcome back to Vale and Videogames." Sterling's actual status as a resident of Elysium had never been entirely clear, but Rin felt it best to acknowledge him anyway.
Twitching her ears, she continued, "I'd like to make some changes to our ranks. I propose we dissolve the rank of Attorney and give its responsibilities to the Legate- frankly the Attorney position doesn't get to do enough to justify the two being separate." Honestly, this had been a long time coming. There hadn't been any cause for trials- everyone who had committed crimes against Elysium already had their identity known, and there weren't any civil disputes to resolve. She'd get to the rank's former occupant when she got to the other promotions. Glancing between the members of the crowd, she nodded. "I'd also like to add a new stepping stone rank: the Decurion. Members of this rank do event set-ups, host trainings of all types, welcome joiners, and set good examples in general."
Straightening up, Rin said, "For promotions. Mistrim and Valerian, I'd like to ask you to step up as Decurions. And Lemy, I'd like to ask you to take the Legate position now that the Attorney rank has been dissolved. Due to the Magna's curse, I acknowledge that I'm asking you to risk your lives- so I understand if you do not wish to step up, and you may step down at any time."
Acknowledging that wasn't going to make the situation any better, but... it seemed best to go ahead and get this over with now. If Lemy wanted to resign entirely, then that would be that. If Mistrim and Valerian were both offended that she was putting them at risk, then that would be that. Their capabilities were too useful not to acknowledge, though, and it would be useful to have them in higher positions.
Now that she thought about it, perhaps the title system could use a revamp too... but she already had enough to worry about in this meeting.
Tugging at her scarf, Rin went on, "The Captain's dead, and I haven't received any further threats. With that said, we still need to remain on our guard." Turning to glance towards the fjord, she twitched her ears. "Some new caves have opened up near the fjord. The spirit behind it doesn't appear to be related to the gods that were attacking us, but I still don't want anyone going down there alone. If anyone does wish to go, we can hold an expedition as a group, but I'm in no hurry to do so."
Blinking, she shook her head, then looked back at the crowd. "Actually, I'll ask that no one goes anywhere alone right now, not until the thing that attacked those two joiners is caught. When we visited the Typhoon, one of their members mentioned to us that she saw the attacker not long ago. Nemhain and I will be checking Tanglewood as well, but until we're sure that it's neutralized, I want everyone traveling in pairs at least."
She still needed to figure out what she was going to do about the Halls, but they could figure that out later. That reminded her, though... "There's two new groups that have invited us to parties- the Ravens and Crows invited us to their bonfire, and Woestyn invited us to their bonfire." A lot of bonfires, apparently. Twitching her brows, she added, "The Ravens and Crows don't seem suspicious to me, but I'd still be cautious. Woestyn, on the other paw... the founder claimed this party was intended to celebrate the 'Allmother,' and the way he described it makes the group sound a lot like a cult. I won't forbid anyone from going, but please don't attend alone."
Taking a deep breath, she nodded. "One more thing- there was supposed to be a 'stellar collision festival' of some sort this month, to celebrate Elysium's founding." Sweeping her gaze over the crowd, she went on, "Obviously, that hasn't happened. Assuming things calm down and there's enough interest, we could do it sometime in March." For all she knew, the next god could appear in her dreams the next night with another vaguely-worded threat. She'd have thought that the Captain's defeat would dissuade them, but then she'd thought the same about the Ferryman's defeat. There was no end to the chaos.
Cutting off the defeatist thought, Rin stood up. "That's all I have. Anyone who wishes to be sworn in, step forward. Anyone else who has something to say, feel free."
/tl;dr + ooc notes:
-welcome to [member=11612]spanishkit[/member] [member=11478]Reed[/member] [member=3123]vale[/member] [member=9345]VIDEOGAMES[/member] [member=11998]mirage.[/member] [member=10397]ABIDEMI RAYAN[/member] @Sterling
-the Attorney rank is being abolished due to lack of trials- the Legate is now responsible for any parts of the Attorney's job that come up
-the new rank Decurion is being added as a stepping stone
-[member=9408]Mistrim[/member] [member=2129]HALO MERCER[/member] have been offered promotions to Decurion, and @lemy. has been offered the Legate position in place of his previous Attorney rank
-the Captain is dead by this point ICly, but the raid is still going on here
-possible cave exploration event later this month, will be linked here
-Rin requests that everyone use the buddy system until the creature that killed the two joiners is found
-Ravens and Crows bonfire here
-Woestyn event will be linked here when it's posted
-possible plans for the stellar collision festival this month, will also be linked here
-also, while Rin's kind of forgotten about this ICly, we're still accepting signups for the murder game here
-I'll edit all the new changes into the guide tomorrow
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