Posts by Nox

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]"I want to take over this clan." She wasn't here to flirt, she wasn't here to build their relationship, she was here to talk business, to work things out, to get things moving, to make something of the clan that raised her, to fix the place she left so long ago. "Reyna is a good friend of mine but she is gone. Feliks is drenched with scents of the Cartel but is never here. This clan is heading in the wrong direction."

And that was about all the talk she needed. At least, at first. There was no point in carrying on until... "What are your thoughts on that? We are of the same rank, no one else is above us. Would you support me?"

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]Hazeleyes nodded slowly, she expected someone who was here longer to have stronger ties to their current leader. His personal affections were barring the logical course of action. His loyalty was to Reyna, not to BoneClan. "Reyna is my friend. I knew her back when she was just little more than a child. She is strong and capable, but the fact remains: She is not doing what BoneClan needs, and if she decides to show up I'll say it directly to her." It was all cordial, but she willed Maverick to see sense. "BoneClan needs someone who is willing to be here as a boost to get us out. I'm willing to do that." She sat down, tail flicking back and forth slowly, patiently.

"I don't expect you to trust me, seeing as I haven't been around very long. But I wont sit by while Reyna fails the clan that I am invested in." Her hazel gaze blinked, "I am loyal to this clan, not to a person. Reyna will always have a home in BoneClan, but it's time she took her break while not in control of the fate of this Clan. Do you see what I am saying? I do not doubt her strength, but she is not able to do what we need her to do right now."

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]Hazeleyes could see he was blind to the truth. That was okay, sometimes people just didn't have the strength to see things that clouded their vision. "Reyna cannot say that I can have her position if she isn't around at all." Hazeleyes pointed out, tone very calm as she did so. "Taking over does not require violence, i will just assume leadership, but I'd like your support in order to make the clan strong again." She paused ever so slightly, "Let's give her three more days to show her face. If she does not, can we agree that I will step up? BoneClan cannot survive with an absent leader." Perhaps reason could be seen with that, even if it was longer thans he wanted tow ait.

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]She was tired, as anyone was expected to be in a wintry territory with little prey. As tired as any grizzly who was usually supposed to be hibernating during this time but wasn't... But that was okay. Hazeleyes was determined with her actions. Maverick... Maverick hadn't agreed with her, and that caused her to doubt her own actions, but as she trekked across camp to head where Orion usually was... well... her goals were further solidified. Something needed to change. "Orion? I really would like to talk to you, if you have the time."

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]Hazeleyes nodded to Maverick as he entered the area, greeting him silently before turning back to Barghest. She turned, as if inviting him onto the territory, and began to slowly walk back to camp. It was much to frigid to hang around and just stand in the snow. She had to laugh at Barghest's words, but it wasn't the princess, melodic laugh that made everyone see flowers and rainbows at the edge of their vision. No, this was a bitter sound that felt dry and hollow as it bounced around the area. "You know, I hear bears give really good hugs." She commented, but her mind was distracted as she worked to answer his next question. And then she realized... why? Why think of something elaborate when the proper answer was plain and simple. "We need you because nothing has happened."

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]She would go about this a different way than she had with Maverick. She forgot how attached people could get to another, having been alone for a long time herself. It wasn't their fault, in fact, Hazeleyes was probably the one at fault. "Hello Orion, it's good to see you." She sat down and ruffled her fur, rolling over the words in her head before finally speaking, "Reyna hasn't been seen for a week." She picked up some snow with her paw, rolled it into a ball and then gave it a small lick before setting it down gently into the snow and slowly smashing it with her paw.

"Feliks hasn't been seen in a week." She moved on, "He smells of the Cartel everytime he's around, so we know where he spends most of his time." She gave a small sigh before resting her gaze on Orion, "This clan is falling down, and we need people dedicated to BoneClan in it's upper ranks if we want to survive." It wasn't even return to their former glory anymore... it was just to survive. "Wouldn't you agree?"

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]If she was so sure that she could handle it? Now, could anyone actually ever answer that question? "No, I'm not sure." She said honestly, "But I have the want and the drive to bring this clan back up, and if I have the support of my clanmates I believe that I have a good chance at making that happen. But I can only do it with your support." She said this in earnest. "Thanks for your consideration Maverick. I hope in these three days I can convince you further."

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]She offered him a look of sympathy. She respected him for caring about Reyna. "I've known Reyna for awhile now, she was very capable when she was around." Hazeleyes assured Orion, relief also on her features as she saw that the canine did indeed see the sense in her words. "I want to take over. I believe I have the capabilities to help bring this clan back to it's former glory. I'll do it once Reyna and Feliks have both been gone for a week... which I think has nearly happened. Maverick was... less keen on this idea. He is very attached to Reyna and wants to give her time but..." Hazeleyes trailed, "I would not be kicking her from the clan, and she still would be accepted, but something needs to change."

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]Hazeleyes nodded slowly at Orion's words. She understood the argument. She almost agreed with it if she thought that time had not already been given. "It's already been awhile. I'll give her three more days." She said the same thing she said to Maverick, and she thought it was more than fair. "If she's still be gone, I won't wait any longer, and I hope you will support me."

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]Hazeleyes cast him a greatful look, "Thank you Orion. My loyalty has and always will be to BoneClan, and I hope no internal violence is in our future." It was sincerely spoken and sincerely meant.

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]//just comprehended the title, I love that song

She stole a glance back at Maverick, hoping he'd come along with them as she didn't want him to think she was leaving him in the snow. Turning to fix her gaze on Barghest, she would answer, "I haven't seen Ophelia lately Barghest, I'm sorry. I think she's still around. As are Orion and Maverick and a member named Hanzo who's just gotten around to showing his face. Daydreamkit is the only other young one, and she is adorable. I hope you get to meet her and her imaginary friends." She loved the life Daydreamkit brought to BoneClan in these dead winter months.

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]Hazeleyes herself had resided in BlizzardClan briefly under Tama's rule. She had done well as leader but it seemed her time had come to an end. "I am very sorry to hear about the change in leadership, Etherealpup, and it says a lot about her leadership that you guys are holding a funeral for her and other members. If I have time I will stop by." She gazed serenely at the young BlizzardClanner before her. So much pain and change was going on it was hard to see sometimes. "Do you think you'll make it back to your territory safely, or would you like me to escort you?"

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]The grizzly padded up, surprised at Feliks' arrival. So he hadn't deserted them completely, as one might think. "Where have you been, Feliks?" She asked, tone serious. "This clan has been without their leader and deputy for too long, and judging by your scent all of your time is spent in the Cartel. Do you still have the dedication to this place or are you just sitting pretty in your position?" Her tone was icily calm despite her accusatory words. She was tired of idle small talk and acting as if everything was okay. Everything was not okay.

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[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]She nodded in greeting as Maverick and Orion approached, "I was wondering what your guys' dream territory would be. If you could choose for BoneClan to be anywhere, where would it be?" She paused slightly, "I think I'd choose a dense forest in a moderate climate, some that has shelter from the snow in the winter and enough rain to keep plants alive in the summer."

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]She gave her head a slight shift, as if trying to hear Maverick's words clearly, "I'm not being hostile, and we've already met, so I figure asking him a question wouldn't be overstepping any bounds." She explained calmly to Maverick. Words and tone went hand in hand, and Hazeleyes was being as civil as possible. Sure, perhaps she could've gone about everything slower, but why not get to the point? She had forgotten that getting to the point was seen as a bit too... forward and people didn't like that. "I apologize if I came off rude."

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]Hazeleyes gave a small chuckle, "You know how I had wings in my jaguar body?" She asked him with a small tilt of her head, eyes twinkling with a bit of embarrassment, "I never learned to fly. I could glide, but I never once learned to fly." Why would sh ever want to take all four feet off the ground for longer than it took to jump? "Though I didn't try very hard, and I always wondered why wings of all mutations happened to me." Being afraid of heights made them practically useless.

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]Hazeleyes recognized his attitude, and she saw how it would all play out. Undeserving, ill-attentive, and entitled. She wondered what he did to deserve the promotion in the first place. "A deputy is far from a dead end position." The fact that he thought that set her on edge, but her calm demeanor didn't show it. "When I recognize I am not fit for a position, I have the decency to step down in order for the clan not to crumble and fall. Staying away because your presence causes anger makes me wonder what will happen if Reyna leaves and you're still deputy. A leader can't lead without the respect of his subordinates, and you don't seem to have that in abundance." As for the food issue, switching territories and fighting together, strengthening the bonds between members seemed a better route than popping in out of nowhere and giving food. Of course, any food would be welcome at this point in time. It was a shame he was waiting so long.

"If you're so intent on this only being a meet and greet before you duck out on your own again, then it's a pleasure to get to know you better, Feliks. I'm Hazeleyes Eternite, a Bandit here, and my main focus is making sure BoneClan doesn't crumble under the weight of its superiors." She offered him a nod, wondering if he'd step up and prove he deserved his place. She'd be glad to respect someone as long as BoneClan could benefit from them.

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:verdana]"You act as if deputy is just a position where you wait to lead. Where were you when Reyna disappeared? Or do you take it as not your job since you do not hold the title?" He was a fool. Far below what BoneClan deserved. The fact that he stood sulking in a position without doing anything to gain anyone's respect was sickening to the grizzly. Shame on Reyna for letting it get this way. "'By any means necessary' is a swiftly shortening list, Feliks."

At his next words Hazeleyes adopted a look of determination. A child, that was what he was. A child who didn't realize what the world actually had within it, so inflated was his ego with his title. "I made the position, Feliks. I know very well what it is supposed to do." She responded with a nod, "But I will burden myself with more than my rank entails for as long as you keep pushing off your own responsibilities as deputy. Someone has to do it if this clan is going to survive, and you seem to care naught for BoneClan's future."

She was not smug, just serious, and cold, and none of it was a mask. Little emotion drove Hazeleyes, it was her flaw. To see logic above personal attachments, her strongest devotion was to a clan, not to a person. But this flaw also strengthened her. "Reyna is my friend, but as I have told Orion, and Maverick, and now you: She is not doing what BoneClan needs to survive. As long as she wishes to be in BoneClan, she will be welcomed, but right now she is not doing what we need, and I will not sit idle by as I watch this happen. It is time for action to be taken." She blinked once before continuing. "Now, I suggest you hold a meeting before tomorrow, as permission was granted by Reyna for you to do so in her absence, and if you do not I will... for we've gone too long without an official gathering, and I'm sure everyone will agree on that." She would not ask Maverick for his thoughts, but her hazel gaze did rest on him briefly. To put him on the spot would be folly, but he held so much power in this moment, part of her wished he would speak up and voice his opinion.

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:'andale mono']Words. They were all just words. Feliks was speaking as if he knew, and changing his stance. It was sad, really. "If you're unhappy, then leave." She said simply. One should not sacrifice their happiness if it meant that their quality of work was diminished, "And if you're so insistent on staying, then prove it. Next time you decide to duck out, leave someone in charge who can handle things. Don't let some love for power make BoneClan crumble and fall." That was what she had done. Contemporary had been a great successor, and Hazeleyes had felt it was safe in his paws. It was indeed, going through the phases of the Insignia and the Noblelands. She had watched from afar as her child (for that was what she viewed BoneClan as) grew and flourished. When it started it's downhill tumble, she thought they'd find a way to recover. When she saw it rolling down a hill that ended with a cliff, she came back. Her child was no longer capable of independence, and she felt responsible for it's well-being. Even if she knew very well that it wasn't her clan (if anything, it was Hydra's. The first one.) she still felt responsible for it.

"Deputy's don't force their way to power, but they don't sleep and wait for the day where someone prods them in the side and says 'hey stranger, it's your turn now' as you stink of another place where you clearly enjoy spending most of your time." It wasn't a place to make excuses either. Hazeleyes did feel a bit of relief as Feliks consented to a meeting. Good, so things would carry on. Hazeleyes didn't care who did it, as long as someone picked things up. Did she think he was the right one for the job? No, but hopefully he would prove her wrong. And if he didn't, hopefully he would have the sense to get out of her way. "There's also no reason to make excuses. That being said, if you're having issues thinking of notes for your meeting, enlisting a medic rank would be a good idea. That would fix our problem." Or take away his excuse for leaving whenever he wanted to in the future, "We could request the aid of one of our allies, have them travel down here to train one of our own to be a medic, or just our whole clan in general on basic herbal remedies." She paused, "But of course, the meeting's substance is all up to you."

[center][fancypost= width: 477px; height: auto; text-align: justify; font-family:'andale mono']Hazeleyes padded up and nodded a greeting to Feliks, "You know, you remind me a lot of my grandson." Hazeleyes rumbled, though she hardly thought him and Ululare would get along, a flash of amusement in her hazel gaze showed at the thought of that. "I'll take a task." She was pleased with him asking for weekly tasks, glad someone was taking charge. Feliks had potential, but that potential simply hadn't been directed towards BoneClan, and Hazeleyes wasn't going to watch them suffer. That was the reason for her words. She hoped he didn't take any personal offense to them. Surely he understood. Perhaps Barghest was right to be wary of Feliks, but Hazeleyes was not scared of him, and she'd keep her eyes open and ready for when she was ready to accept him as her superior.