An election is a moral horror,
as bad as a battle except for the blood;
a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

enna . ratchet . calypso . anan
sweet and soft . bright and cheery . critical and melodic . childlike and loud

Everyone seemed rather agreed then. With a prideful ruffle of her feathers, she made a mental count of those who had gathered-- enough for an election, but no where near the numbers they should have. Part of her wondered where the others had gone, but she stamped down on that bothersome thought as soon as Enna started fussing over Dark. He was a big bird now, he could handle himself, as far as Calypso was concerned.

"Very well then, if anyone wants to nominate anyone else, please speak up," she said simply. "I'd be happy to nominate Eeya first, since he showed initiative," the pitohui peeped, her tone taking on the very slightest amount of amusement. The dolphin would make a horrible leader-- but she couldn't just nominate herself. That simply wouldn't do. Besides, surely one of them thought that Bevy was more than ready to take Cancer's place: she already had, anyway.

"A few other matters I wish to take care of. Amaria and Al-addir," she added abruptly, turning her incandescent eyes to the pair of growing. mammals. "You have both been in Maji Walezi long enough to earn your place among our ranks. Al-addir, I would be proud to have you as a fellow Guardian, if you desired. You will have to take a Trial of Bravery, of course. Amaria, may I suggest that you are suiting as a Scout, and as such, a Trial of Strength is required. We can discuss these after the election, of course."

Her eyes shifted off the two younger members to meet the Runt's. On one wing, she hated the ruling Cancer had put in place, but it did fill a need. "Speaking of ranks, our Runt here has a chance to prove that he has done enough to have his rank earned back. It does us no good to have one of our strongest scouts held back, and so we will see if he has learned his lesson about recklessness." She spoke with a matter-of-fact tone, attempting to sound official but also ever so slightly sympathetic.

NOMINATED: EEYA


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Quietly the bear listened, and it seemed the group had come to a unanimous decision about the election. It felt Maji Walezi had already chosen a leader in Cancer's place - rather, the bird had stepped up to perform the necessary duties where Cancer had failed to due to his absence. It would feel like a discredit to Bevy if she wasn't elected, and yet the bitterness in him from having to wallow at the bottom of their ranks had him wondering if he should voice his displeasure in the form of nominating somebody else. The only question was: who? Only the three of them remained of Maji Walezi's original memberbase, and Leon was unlikely to be elected because of his recent transgressions. Makyna would make a fine leader, but it would be obvious that he viewed the lioness through rose-coloured glasses and felt that everything she did was perfect. Besides, if she was leader, the bear would have even less of her to himself. In a selfish bid to hoard the lioness, he not to elect her.

Who else, then? Bevy nominated Eeya, but a quick glance to the dolphin reminded Leon that Eeya was by no means leader material. That, and he'd rarely seen much of the dolphin to know him well enough in the first place. Amaria and Al-Addir were present as well, but Leon's bias towards the authority of age had him passing them by as well. Quix, too, fell into that category. Anybody else that he could have considered wasn't present, leaving Bevy as the only true candidate. Well, Bevy and Makyna, but again his greed kept him from suggesting her. Perhaps he should swallow his pride.

For now, the bird continued on, passing over the nomination process for a moment to discuss Amaria and Al-Addir, and their growth from juvenile ranks to Guardian and Scout. There was a blossom of pride in him as he glanced over to Amaria - had he his Scout rank back, he could perform the trial and they would be given another chance to bond. He hadn't spoken to her in what felt like ages, and she'd probably enjoy that. As far as he knew, the only other Scout was Eeya. He pushed that thought to the back of his mind. Rightfully so - the next topic was in regards to their Runt, and Leon smothered the burn of irritation if only to turn his attention to Bevy. The mild sympathy in her voice had not gone unnoticed, but it did little to mend his wounded pride. Still, this was his chance to regain his rank and his honor - Leon wasn't about to pass it up over the petty acridity of his punishment.

The bear cleared his throat. If the group's attention had not been fixed on him yet, hopefully it would be now as he sat upright on his haunches, politely folding his front paws in front of him. "Thank you, Bevy." He began; what emotions whirled in him were snuffed out with the distance of his voice, turning his eyes to the gathered Gembounds. "I wish to apologize for disturbing the peace as the inevitable result of my actions. I know that what I've done has left its mark on Maji Walezi and it has changed, for better or for worse; some of you may still hold me in contempt, and I can accept that. In light of all that's happened, it has and always will be my duty to protect Maji Walezi, and I will continue to do so for as long as you all will have me. I only hope that some day you can forgive me and know me as your friend, and not an angry stranger."

Leon settled his paws back on the ground, indicating that he was done. Hopefully, they had all taken notice of his attempt to right his wrongs - the bear had resumed his duties and hopefully been more than helpful to his groupmates, and he hadn't felt the need to mention it; an apology was what he wanted to give them, and he did so, hoping that they could find it in themselves to forgive him. "I nominate Bevy." He added, slowly turning his orange eyes to the small bird, before finally falling silent.

It seemed that everyone agreed with what she said about nominating others as leader. Good. That meant that her job was done here and now there was just the nominations to get through. Ironically Bevy nominated Eeya whether it was just for fun or if she really thought he would be a decent leader Ky wasn't sure. But really, who would want to have that air-headed dolphin as leader? No offence to him, he meant well and all but he just didn't have what it took to be a leader. She looked over to the dolphin who looked a bit shocked at first but then he let out a trill of laughter, a few "yay! yay!"'s and slapped his tail fin on the surface of the water, spraying all who dared sit near the edge.

Ky managed to keep herself dry and turned to the bird as she continued on with her announcements. So, Amaria and Al-Addir would be getting a promotion? Excellent! It was past due! The lioness smiled at the both of them and clapped her paws. Pleased at the promotion. Her elation grew twofold when Bevy announced that she was ready to revoke Leon's Runt status. Makyna couldn't be happier! She bumped her shoulder gently into his, silently congratulating him.

She wanted to nominate the bear himself but it that probably wouldn't be wise since he'd just gotten rid of the Runt status and everyone would know that she nominated him solely because of their relationship. No. She had no nominations. The lioness simply waited around for the others to make their nominations and when none came she looked to Bevy. "Perhaps we should vote now. If you would, Bevy and Eeya, turn around so you can't see who votes for who." She would wait for Bevy to turn and then look to Eeya who took a breath and ducked beneath the water.

Makyna stood and made her way to the front of the crowd. "All those who want to vote for Eeya go stand on my right and those who would vote for Bevy on my left." She waited for the assembled to make their decisions.

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words: -hisses-
tagged: Election
ooc: ---
muse: 6/10

"Talking looks like this!"
"Thinking is this!"

An election is a moral horror,
as bad as a battle except for the blood;
a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

enna . ratchet . calypso . anan
sweet and soft . bright and cheery . critical and melodic . childlike and loud

To Bevy's quiet surprise, Leon spoke up and nominated her. She glanced between the couple, the bear and the lioness, with watchful eyes-- part of her had been wondering if they would try to become leader one way or another... But no. They had never been the type, either of them. Both of them tended to be shy, relying on one another, when they had to speak as children. It made sense that she, the one who had taken control in Cancer's absence, be the one they would nominate.

She bowed her head to the bear anyway. Yes, he was deemed a Runt, but he had taken the punishment well. Calmly, quietly, continuing to do his best for the group. She appreciated it. As Makyna began to speak, her attention shifted back to the lioness. When had she grown in to such a beautiful young feline anyway? She seemed so elegant as she spoke, offering to help with the election.

"Thank you, Makyna," she peeped politely, before hopping over to the noisy waterfall where she could barely hear and turned around, eyes closed. She hummed softly, settling down on her talons. As if anyone would vote for Eeya-- but they would have the chance, she supposed. He was ill-suited to be leader, where as Calypso?

Calypso lived to rule this sad cul-de-sac of waterlogged gembounds.

It was the only way she would be able to make peace with being trapped here, instead of going out and living her life free as a bird. Enna tied them there, forced the body they shared into this. She would make the best of it... And so far, it seemed like no one was about to stop her.

NOMINATED: EEYA and BEVY
PLS VOTE NOW :D

@Makyna @Quix @Amaria @Al-Addir
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.Calypso

(Quality post incoming)

Leon listened patiently as it was Makyna who took the reigns on this one. She spoke up and suggested they divide the voters based on which side they would stand - right for Eeya, left for Bevy. Once Bevy (and presumably Eeya) had gone to hide their eyes, Leon shuffled off to Makyna's left side, indicating his vote for the one he nominated in the first place.

Throughout the entire thing Amaria had remained quiet. Even as bevy called her name and suggested it was her time to find a rank within the group. The idea of a scout was fine by her. Leon was a scout so she guessed that would put them in the same spot. When more spoke and Leon finally nominated bevy for leadership a brow lifted. It only seemed right the bird got it right? Shaking her thoughts away she slowly pulled herself up to her paws and gracefully padded right on over to her siblings and sat down next to Leon without a word. There was no need for one when they clearly said the rules for what each side meant




Ooc: aaaaghhomsosorryotssobad. Forgive me :(