I'M NOT GONNA SIT IN THE DARK ANYMORE ⚘ January Meeting

[aesior]

and they saw trouble in my eyes
"speech." . 'thoughts' . attack

There was a gentle sort of tender amusement in his face as he observed Atticus and Seven show up to the meeting. Watching as a few more faces trickled in, the lion pushed himself to his paws with a nod to Seven's words, "I'm afraid my dear, that resting will not be so easily as achieved of an option. Alright Tanglers, listen up. Got a few important things to spit out. First up, thank you for taking care of the group while I've been incapacitated in my sick bed." he rumbled as he looked over everyone. A deep bone rattling cough took him for a moment, forcing the Luminary to widen his stance as stars danced behind his eyes. Seven was sure to have his tail by the time he was done talking.

Licking his lips he straightened up again, "A warm welcome to those who are new to Tanglewood. I apologize for not being here to greet you when you first joined us. If you haven't found accommodations yet, feel free to ask around. When the soil has thawed, we will go about building more houses and continuing our clean up.", another pause as he took in the new and unfamiliar faces, coughing into his forepaw before setting it down and inhaling. "Onto more .... exhilarating business. Some of you will remember that Alexandre of The Typhoon came to us after the tropical storm had passed and told us of an island that had previously been undiscovered. Another amount of you would know that I have traveled to The Typhoon some months past. In my visit there, I commissioned boats from them, and in turn traded some of our lumber and metals. They should soon be bringing us word of the boats' completion and delivery. They do not know why we wish to have these boats. I wish to use them to further explore the waterways that have been exposed to us within our own territory, land that is closer to home. I also want to visit this ... undiscovered island that is within Tanglewood's range of waters. I do believe that we will find members of The Typhoon on this island."

He paused a while to catch his breath, licking his lips and lifting a paw to use his claw to lever a piece of bone from his teeth and flicking it to the ground as silver hued eyes swept those gathered and the change in the mood. Eyes narrowing slightly, he cleared his throat, "I will be presenting the members of The Typhoon I expect to be there with a paper. That island belongs to us, and they just happened to have the equipment to reach it first. They won't be alone in this." another all too brief of a pause.

"When they bring us the boats, I want nobody to enlighten them to the true secondary meaning of what these boats mean to us. They are to know that we plan to use them to explore the waters within our territory. The Typhoon already has a large enough swath of territory, they can stand to keep their paws off of our rightful land. We will be taking the island. I will not see any murder or death done by our own. If I find that you have killed, there will be a punishment. You may capture any Typhooner too weak or incapacitated to escape. Tanglewood, keep your wits about you. Burn their ships if you must. This island is part of our territory and we will not allow them to keep it for themselves. I want a crew for these boats, step forward and announce yourselves or come speak to me privately. That will be all for this meeting lest I lose my voice completely. Tanglewood is entering a new era, may I see you into the future and in good health." he got to his paws and began to move away from the city's center, towards Seven. He must speak with his medically inclined second in command about his expectations for this pot of trouble he was going to bring to a boil. Tanglewood would show that they were not to be doubted, not to be trifled with and certainly not to be backstabbed. There would be payback for what they'd been made to suffer. He would make sure of it.

they were quick to recognize the devil in me.
aesior opheles of tanglewood. -- luminary.

credit @/teef