August Gathering (2012)

[Alyson•Jennifer•Clinton]

~Jennifer

Jennifer saw Noah and she ran up to him. She hugged him then practically dragged him to the corner where they could be in peace.

"Hey Noah. How was your trip?" She asked after she got there.


~Alyson
Aly grinned at Kako. And slightly glared at Victoria.

"Its nothing you would know about. But its just that I was wondering if I could leave early. Or wait outside until this is over." She said quietly her eyes full of sorrow as did her voice.

She really didn't want to spoil his evening but she was afraid she alread had.


~Clinton

Clinton looked at Tori and gave her a large smile. It wasn't too often that they would be together in public. It rarely happened too.

"Hello Tori!" He said as she sauntered past. He gave her a wink before sitting down on the ground to rest his legs.

[Toxyk]

(I'm an idiot and forgot this was here. Someone feel free to smack me.)

Toxyk walked in, a little behind her fellow tribe members. Spotting the other Shaman's she gave a small wave, nodding to Tamari. Deciding it would be best to keep a little distance between herself and Trick, mostly because she didn't want to cause a scene, she made her way to a shady spot and stood quietly, her eyes watching everyone.

[Sentum]

(I forgot too. dont be sad.)

I walk in slowly behind toxyk, waiting for Rieu to catch up. for once, she was later than me. "Yes." I say to myself.

(sorry. short.)

[Jaime]

Tanner followed quickly behind Victoria, his closest friend. One he was particularly protective over. He was sort of a lost puppy when he was with her, always following her around and guarding her ever move. He watched Kako closely with narrowed eyes, he had heard of their little scuffle and he knew that he didn't like this guy. Not one bit, the way his hair swooped upwards to the sky, his mischievous crooked smile. Tanner wanted to throw him to the ground and rub his face in the dirt of his ancestors.

~~~

Jaime smiled and looked around at the other leaders, Victoria and Kako, two people who had an outstanding rivalry with each other. Meanwhile, Jaime was the most peaceful perhaps. He'd only been leader long enough to know how they acted, nothing more. That was it, he hadn't had the time to fight them or scuffle with them over territory and he intended to keep it that way unless they tread on his territory with the brute force they only gave each other. His eyes glanced to Tamari once more, which he had a stoic face. But his heart pounded loudly, every muscle was screaming for him to head over there and hold her close, keep her safe from Kako but he forced himself to stay put.

Longer than a minute, he forced himself over to the other leaders "Lovely we all got here." he nodded to them both, looking down at their feeble handshake that was full of tension. He smiled to them, a friendly grin, and clapped his hands together as Kako invited Victoria to start first. Nothing new had happened within the tribe, just them being....Mentis. He smiled to himself and stood a few steps back.

Rikku, stalling a little behind, looked over at the leader of Crudelis. A tribe she was suppose to hate, yet had close blood in it. Her brother happen to be the leader, someone she nearly fought when she walked onto their territory, only to discover that they had once been so close. She liked to think they still were, they had shared a lot of things that night. A laugh or few, past experiences and how they had survived. She smiled to her brother faintly but it didn't seem to register that she was here. She looked around and chose a spot to sit quietly and wait for the gathering to start.

~~~

Valentine hung back from his leader and other tribemates. He didn't want to waste his time with any of them but he at least wanted someone to talk to or be by. He trotted over to Tamari and stood beside her, hoping he was even allowed to do this. He stood next to her and looked over at her with a gentle smile, his goat eyes were full of familiarity and love for her, just as a sister though. Nothing more. He cherished their friendship like no other "How long do you think this will take?" he asked her with a small chuckle before looking up at Kako and leaning up, showing that he was now listening.

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[Tamari]

Tamari grinned wrily and chuckled at Valentine's comment, looking over at Jaime, Kako and Victoria, taking note of the obvious tension between the leaders of Secretum and Crudelis.
"Well, by the way things have started out between Kako and Victoria tonight, I don't think we'll be here for too long, I'm guessing they don't want to be around each other any longer than they have to and end this gathering fast."

On the other hand she didn't speak the other thought he had, which was that because of the hostility shared by the two leaders, tonights peaceful meeting may very well erupt into a fight. She kept this idea silent from Valentine, as she was desperately hoping that it wouldn't happen.

She avoided looking directly at any of the leaders, Victoria for her snappy temper, Kako becasue he was in the middle of something and she didn't want to distract him when things were so tense, and Jaime becasue she didn't know how she would respond if it turned out that he was looking back at her.

[Redd]

Tori gave her best friend, Tanner a smile, raising an eyebrow. He was such a great guy, friend.

She ignored the smart remark of Kako, dismissing it with an eye roll. She changed into her lioness form, roaring loudly. Time to get this over with.

She changed back, standing with her hip cocked, looking over the Tribes.

"Kako, I'm sure you would love to start us off," she said to him, giving him a sideways glance.

[Vulpes~Baylee]

Vulpes~

Vulpes was glad that Victori had come. She sat down with the other Healers and Shamens. Curling her tail around her. Her ears pricked. She wanted to say hello, but didn't want to get into trouble by talking. The gathering was starting. She liked gatherings. A time to know what is going on in the other tribes.

[Milo||Raven]

(Well, I forgot about this until now, but I did show up...)

Raven had been getting ready for the gathering, putting on pants and a shirt that weren't blood splattered. Stuff like that. Her pants were dark jeans and her shirt was just a plain black shirt that hung loosly on Raven's frame. Even though her boots were still blood splattered she didn't want to change them, her only other shoes were stupid flats that she could only walk in when she was visiting somewhere without twigs and roots and grass and everything else everywhere. As she got ready the sound of vioces steadily grew louder. That meant that the tribe was getting ready for the gathering.

Raven stood up and walked out the entrance, then she looked over the people getting ready. Kako was there. Raven made no move to go up to Kako, she was going to take up the rear, make sure nobody ran off to do something else. When the group started moving as did Raven, her head held high and proud. She wondered if she would meet the other deputies, get some good dirt on how to defeat them in battle perhaps. Raven debated taking her knives, she knew it was supposed to be peacful, but one can never be too certain. She shook her head, she didn't want to look over paraniod. She started walking.

Raven had some things she was mulling over for a while. Things such as Kako's sister and how Jen had pointed an arrow at her deputy, Raven., over some stranger. She would have to be punished, but Raven was sure that Kako was on it and if not then she would have to deal with it herself. Her eyes scanned over all of the people, making sure that they were all following Kako, that none of them were falling behind. Eventually the Golden Canyon came into view. As her tribe split up she stayed standing where she was. She had no friends in other tribes, no friends at all actually. So there was nobody she could talk with here.

Raven went and found a rock to sit on. She climbed onto the top and then watched over as the other tribes started to arrive. The tribes melded and soon they all looked lke they were meant to be like that, but you could see the tension between some of them. Raven was just sitting on the rock, waiting for the gathering to begin. It was boreing just sitting there doing nothing, but watching other comune. Suddenly a roar of a lioness signaled the start of the gathering. Raven straightened herself and looked over to the leaders' rocks. Kako should be announcing how he got a new deputy and that meant all eyes would be turned to her, how lovely.

[Kako-->Drew]

Kako wasn't going to refuse the offer.
Duh, he would start things first.
In his mind, it proved how he held dominance over Victoria.
Besides, Crudelis had a lot to be announced.

Politely, Kako regarded Jaime.

"Come,"
He said kindly to the new leader, who hadn't even gotten
his blessings/lives yet.
"I'm starting today, I'm sure you've seen how all this has
been done before, no?"

Without waiting for an answer, Kako leaped onto the
Leaders' rock.

[Assuming the other two followed behind him, and the higher ranks took their positions as well]

With a loud, air-splitting howl, Kako silenced everyone
around him.
Hell, there had to be about 30 people between all the
tribes, give or take a few.
Impressive, truly, for how far they had come.

Once everything had died down, and Kako made
sure everyone was alert, he raised his husky voice
so everyone could clearly hear him.

"Welcome, everybody!
This is our first gathering since the destruction of the tribes.
I'm glad to see, despite all the death and despair,
that the survivors have came together once more.
I've counted about thirty heads out here tonight,
which is magnificent!

Obviously, everyone has chosen their leaders for
the rebuilding of the tribes.
And if, for some reason, you don't know us:
I'm Kako, Crudelis leader.
That's Jamie; Mentis's leader.
And Victoria; Secretum's leader.

We have all chosen our deputies, I see.
And many higher ranks.
Even I do not know who all those people are, and that's
what we are here for.
So let me begin with Crudelis."

Kako smiled calmly, letting his words sink in before turning
toward Raven.
"I have chosen this girl, Raven, as my deputy for Crudelis.
She is cunning, strong, and loyal to us, she proves of
great value, and I know she will thrive to do her
best in her job."

[Everyone would hereby be kindly greeting her, or shouting her name.]

Next up, Kako turned to Tamari.
His eyes filled with a certain gentleness,
but he didn't show it in his voice.
"Tamari has been awarded to be Crudelis Shaman.
Before the destruction, she was a long-term healing apprentice,
and the only medically-trained one left alive.
She's amazing at what she does, and I'm glad to have her
in the position.

Her apprentice, Alyson, has joined us tonight as well.
Alyson is working hard to study and understand
the ways of a healer.
However, we currently do not have a healer,
for that we are waiting for an apprentice Graduation.
Or, possibly, a loner introduction."

Kako turned away from the people he introduced,
and raised his voice once more.

"Crudelis is now 11 members strong,
though you will be seeing only 9 tonight.
I have received my blessings, so I am
officially a leader.
I can only hope you two do the same-
if you haven't already- Victoria, Jaime."

And with that, Kako finished.

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[Redd]

Tori rolled her eyes at Kako. He was such an . Secretum would go next, apparently. She popped her knuckles once, before stepping forward. She silenced the crowd with a look, then started to speak.

"Secretum thrives! We currently have eight members!" she called out, then to continue, "I have chosen my deputy. Tanner! Would you please step up?" {Assuming he did so.}

She flashed a smile at him, then went on. "Vulpes, is our new shamen," she gestured for the red-head to show herself. "Thanatos is our healer. And of course, all our excellent Warriors!

"I have received my blessings, a while back. The Gods seemed to give their all," then, she added silently, "Me being the first female leader."

"A Crudelis Warrior attempted to invade my camp, single handedly. He was killed in the process."

She looked over the tribes. They were strong, healthy. All was well.

"Jamie, would you like to go next?"

[Jaime]

Tanner smiled as he stepped forward, he dipped his head to the small crowds of people, their eyes gazing upon him for fractions of seconds before going back to Victoria, a girl he trusted with his life. Someone he held dear to him.

~~~

Jaime looked over at Kako as he pronounced Jaime's name wrong again. He couldn't quite tell if this was an on-going joke, listening intently to the older leader's news despite the fact. He felt proud knowing and loving their healer Tamari. He smiled to her faintly, dipped his head a bit before looking over to Victoria, she too had mispronounced his name. He let out a long sigh and stood tall, looking over the tribes with a lean smile, in his tall stance, his muscles showed proudly, he'd been trained well for this. He cleared his throat before his smokey voice rang out,

"I'd like to clear up that my name isn't Jamie. It's Jaime. Pronounced Jay-mm. I'm the newly found leader of the Mentis tribe, i thank you all for coming here and listening to what other tribes have to say and what has been going on beyond the boarders. It means well to know that even once in a full moon, we can come together as one once again."

The tall leader exhaled before taking in another breath,

"Although Mentis seems to be lacking in members, we're a strong tribe of six. Our Deputy Trick keeps everything tidy and quick-paced. We're known for our speed, aren't we?" Jaime smiled his friendly smile to the people below before motioning to his Shamen, Toxyk "This is our Shamen, Toxyk. An odd named one that bores a kind and pretentious soul," he smiled, motioning to his Healers, Rieu and Sentum "Both of these are our Healers, they're both amazing at what they do; healing wounds faster than any Healer i've come across." he smiled.

With that, Jaime ducked his head "Thank you all for being so kind and listening, it means a lot to be able to lead such a clan alongside two other amazing tribes." he leaned up and looked to Victoria and Kako, a nod that meant his had concluded his update.

~~~

[Toxyk]

A little embarrassed at being called out, Toxyk smiled proudly. Years ago I never would have thought all this possible. Looking around at everyone she tried to memorize faces. She already knew a few of the healers and Shamans, thankfully. Her violet eyes passed over the deputies, save Trick. All looked like proud and capable souls, ready to protect their tribe with their life. Good.

[Trick--->Arien]

Trick grinned proudly and nodded as he heard his name called.
Regardless of any insane actions he took, he was truly glad
For his rank and took his job seriously.

However his eyes still remained watching Tamari carefully,
some unknown emotion glittering in their depths
as he examined her.
So she survived after all.

[Milo||Raven]

When Raven was mentioned she just gave a small wave without really meaning it. She didn't really care for people staring at her, but she didn't care, she'd get used to it as she became more and more as she got used to being deputy. She would after all have to give announcments from time to time. When the other deputies were called she looked at them and remembered their faces, she'd have to meet them in battle some time maybe. One was Trick and the other was Tanner. How lovely, she was the only girl deputy. She would like to have at least one girl deputy, but since there wasn't then she would have to prove herself all the more. A challenge she accepted with a smirk.

Raven crossed her legs as she sat and listened to the rest of the announcments from the three leaders. Was that it? was it over now? That would be a short gathering if it was, but Raven was ready to get back to the tribe and go back to seeing her tribemates instead of some random people.

[Redd]

Tori sighed and changed into a lioness, flicking her tail in goodbye to Jaime, narrowing her eyes at Kako. She jumped down, roaring once. She changed back. "'Meeting adjourned!" she called, walking over to her Tribe.

"Secretum! Let's get the hell out of here," she said, giving her deputy and shamen a gesture with her hands. She started walking, witha bored sigh.