Consul’s Office, the Citadel Estle City, Selen

Kordath almost wished he’d been on the Serpentine Throne for this. The stone chair was uncomfortable as hell, and the room itself sometimes made him feel uneasy, but at least there was no desk. As it was, his was now covered in datapads and flimsiplast files. The culprit of this littering stood on the other side of his desk, an expression of very clear consternation on her usually genial features. Qyreia hadn’t looked this angrily at him since the early days of his Aedileship under her, when his tail had wandered somewhere it shouldn’t have. Given the paperwork, he wasn’t sure if this was going to be a better or worse experience.

“Wha’s all this then?” he asked, fingering through some of the folders. “When I’d heard ye were coming up, I thought it’d be more of a social call.”

“How long have you known about this?”

“Known what?”

“About the damn Collective coming up on our doorstep! Haven’t you read any of the recent intelligence reports?!”

Admittedly, the Ryn had been preoccupied with more personal matters of late. Between losing Uji Tameiki on Canto Bight and the ever-looming issues with Zujenia, he’d rather assumed his Proconsul was taking care of things. Terran was apparently not quite on the ball either.

He ruffled his hair in thoughtful frustration. “Dinnae we beat the Collective? Dusk Station an’ all that?”

“A lot of them made landfall. A lot.” As the Zeltron spoke, her Kaleesh Aedile — now almost more machine than flesh — watched quietly from the corner. It made the intrusion into his office all the more obnoxious, if unnerving. “I know you guys are preoccupied with the riots and stuff, but now we’ve got Collective on our goddamn doorstep.”

“What d’ye want?”

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The Business End

The Storm Has Arrived

Remember how last time I said heresy grows from idleness and to expect some idleness? I was wrong and therefore we can refrain from our heretical ways! Coming at you starting next weekend and going all the way through July 8th is Galeres’ Collective Clearance, where we will be (hopefully) kicking the Collective off of Selen’s surface once and for all. We’re somewhat fiction-heavy with two multi-objective fiction competitions, some flash/puzzles for the casual members to hit up, as well as art and gaming to round out the mix. Pay close attention to the comp details; some aren’t your standard grading fare. Otherwise, I hope you enjoy and I look forward to seeing some participation.

Competitions

The selection below shows a highlight reel of the active competitions. The full competitions list can be found here.

Ending Soon (1 week or less remaining)

• If you like Deadpool and writing fiction, this second iteration in honor of the new movie should keep you happy and occupied. Ends June 8th.
• A quick round of Asteroids could be your ticket in this flash comp. Ends June 4th (tomorrow).
• Got a lot of fiction competitions this month, and this one has your character making a big ol’ wish.

Ongoing (over 1 week remaining)

• Kord wants you to write out a totally-not-canon story about your treason to the Clan in his fiction comp.
• Zuji is running an interesting bit concerning our characters’ medical histories which, like me, may come in handy for character timeline tracking in the future.
• Drop some dank memes on the Dark Council and show them just how easy it is to roast their silly choobies.
• The Herald and Social Media Tribune have teamed up to get some awesome recruitment images from the membership. A great way for you artsy folk to get your pictures out in the open.
• Get your gaming goodness with the FIST’s monthly gaming challenge.

Coming Up

• Some shameless self-advertising for the House event again.
• You best still be keeping an eye out for dem Sins.

News Items

• Kord had a lengthy Q&A report for all you people that asked questions, or just like to read the funny answers.
• In case you missed it, the friggin’ Covenant of the DB was amended recently to account for the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
• You might (or might not) have missed your chance for the big ACC competition but there’s plenty more in Atra’s report about the new scoring advantage system and other nifty tidbits for you ACCers.
• New graphics and helpful tips from the Herald’s report that should keep y’all satisfied for the time being.
• The FIST has some info for you Force Arena folk, as well as some announcements about staff and the memorial gaming tournament that will be announced sometime in the near future.
• If you’re into the Shadow Academy, the new Headmaster was announced.

Activity in the Last Month

Satsi Tameiki

• 1 x Crescent with Diamond Star
• 1 x Crescent with Ruby Star
• 3 x Crescent with Amethyst Star
• 3 x Crescent with Sapphire Star
• 1 x Crescent with Topaz Star
• 1 x Crescent with Quartz Star
• 35 x Clusters of Ice
• 12 x Clusters of Graphite
• 1 x Scroll of Indoctrination

Maaz Sawyer

• 16 x Clusters of Earth

Rhylance

• Left us for HQD! Hax I say!

Rulvak Qurroc

• 1 x Crescents with Diamond Star
• 1 x Crescent with Sapphire Star
• 2 x Crescent with Emerald Star
• 1 x Crescent with Topaz Star
• 16 x Pendants of Blood
• 431 x Clusters of Earth
• 2 x Clusters of Ice
• 244 x Clusters of Earth

Qyreia Arronen

• 1 x Crescent with Ruby Star
• 3 x Crescent with Sapphire Star
• 4 x Crescent with Emerald Star
• 5 x Clusters of Ice

Rrogon Skar Agrona

• 1 x Cluster of Ice

Blackhawk

• 2 x Clusters of Fire

Grot

• 8 x Pendants of Blood
• 2 x Clusters of Fire
• 2 x Clusters of Ice

New Joins

There’s continued the explosion of incoming folk of late, so I wanted to continue last month’s trend and give them their own special section. So to all our new joins listed: welcome to Galeres, Arcona, and the DJB as a whole! These names include:

• Shadow_Warrior28
• Sarfith Greybound
• Ignise
• Dark City
• Ax-el
• Gin Ohari
• Syron
• Jek Luminarris
• Manners

Final Notes

Closing notes time again. I am genuinely looking forward to the event and seeing not only what you all come up with, but seeing that thing I always yearn for: higher-unit recognition of your efforts. That’s right! If you didn’t get that feeling from the description well above this blurb, what you do with this House event could change the course of events on Selen and within Arcona. So go! Enjoy! If there are any questions or confusion, please don’t hesitate to ask.

I hope you all are doing well, that Drac isn’t covered in lava, and that Kord will finally keep his tail to himself beforeIcutitoff!!! You know what they say though: if things are looking down, just keep moving forward.

That mustache was the real winner that day.

As always, I can be reached by e-mail at [Log in to view e-mail addresses] or on Telegram with @QyreiaArronen (PM or through our group chats). And if you’re bored, feel free to follow my meant-for-recruiting-but-still-fun in-character Twitter feed @TheRedQek!

Sincerely,