He wasn't even going to try multitasking during this meeting. There was a lot to address, and the boy just wanted to get it all over with. Somehow Beck looked even more disheveled and exhausted then usual, mud-colored fur sticking up at every angle imaginable and various debris matted into his pelt. Scrambling up to take his expected perch on the statue of rubble looming at the center of town, he flopped onto his rear with a rattling cough almost unintelligible. One with keen ears could translate the ghost's hoarse mumbling as a string of words: "Fir-ar sa fie, everyone get over here for a meetin'." Ignoring his slip of native tongue, Beck wheezed out a couple more sputtering coughs before falling silent, glassy eyes staring through the rogues steadily flocking towards him.

    After flicking his ears in subtle greeting to the arriving members, the little feline did his best to straighten his defeated slouch and launched into the routine ramble, not entirely focusing on his own words as he instead fiddled with his claws. "Uh, hi. It's only been a bit since last meetin', but somehow we ended up with --" He paused to uselessly count the number on his paw, tilting his head in recollection before abruptly continuing, "-- I think about eighteen folks joining? Yeah, eighteen. That's pretty, what's the word, impressive, I hope y'all stay around to help out. 'Course, still gotta 'officially welcome' y'all, so 'hold onto your butts', heh. We've now got a bunch of new faces: Abathur, Delilah, Bellseth, Flipside, Aristotle and Rosemont, Henry, Aya, Stocking, Kauko, Meta, Arrow, Rhys, Thalasso, Xapul, and Mirabella. Oh, and Volatiletimes turned up again, hooray." Had he pronounced everyone correctly? He had spent a long while memorizing their exact names and how to say them despite a missing cheek impairing his speech, after all. Beck took a breather to skim the blurred faces of the audience, searching for the new arrivals and offering them a feeble smile. "Next thing on my list, um... shout outs, right. Thanks to Fenris, Iota, Zima, Malphas, Vigenere, and even Arrow and Kauko, for being 'round and tryin' to help out even though we've been in a slump. I've only got one promotion, though, and it's goin' to Vigenere -- ya can step up as a regent now. And we've got the nurse tryout results: Iota and Malphas get to be nurses, and start trainin' to be medics for Nayru."

    Another pause in Beck's shaky dialogue, a chance for him to catch his ragged breath -- breath he only needed to speak rather than function -- and for him to visibly gnaw on his one remaining cheek as he struggled to formulate his next sentences. When the poltergeist spoke up again, his shrill tone was delivered by a waterlogged cough, "Usually I don't have to demote people or any of that, but we've hit a rough patch and everyone needs to help out in one way or another. Freyja and Killian, ya both get a warnin', and Amunet, you're gonna have to go back down to a proxy for now." Letting out a strangled sigh, he was quick to carry on, aching to return to lazing around instead of dealing with overwhelming headaches. "Some of y'all also get a couple of titles today; Arrow, Bellseth, and Kauko, ya three have got some potential in there, so ya get the firefly title. And since Nayru is our faithful sawbone, she gets the hallow title, which is for experienced medics. Last one's for Iota, who's gone through a bunch of changes since I first met her, and deserved the revenant title."

    Now for the final stretch. The scrawny cat rolled his shoulders and mindlessly listed off the several events that were scheduled, or the success of past ones. "Last night was the first ever... what's a fancy name to call it... Lunar Festival, which I guess was pretty fun. If ya missed out, then ya get to join in at the next one. This week's tasks are bein' hosted by Vigenere, and don't be 'fraid to sign up for future ones. Always needin' some volunteers. Um, what else... I dunno how successful our mock raid was in trainin' our ally, but maybe we'll find out in the future. Last but not least, Malphas hosted a mass meet'n'greet for all the newcomers, so I hope y'all went over to that." Beck slumped over as he concluded his long-winded banter, giving a short wheeze as he sank back into his stone seat. Amber eyes drifting shut, he croaked a closing statement the unscathed side of his mouth, "That's all I've gotta say. If anybody wants to say somethin' else, go ahead... I'm just gonna, just gonna hang out here for a l'il while." With that, his head leaned back against the statue's base and he went out like a light. Not sleeping as much as he was recharging his energy, simply remaining idle instead of expending more power even if he faintly listened to the clan's reaction.

/ tl;dr
big welcome to our 18!!!! new tanglers!!!!! abathur, aristotle, arrow, aya, bellseth, delilah, flipside, henry, kauko, meta, mirabella, rhys, rosemont, thalasso, stocking, volatiletimes, xapul!!! hope y'all enjoy it here in the swamp family, and i highly recommend joining our discord if you haven't already so you can be closer to the community
s/o to arrow, fenrisulfr, iota, kauko, malphas, vigenere, and zimavich
vigenere has been promoted to regent
iota and malphas can now take on the positions of nurses
freyja and killian get warnings
amunet is demoted back down to a proxy
arrow, bellseth, and kauko receive the firefly title, nayru receives the hallow title, and iota receives the revenant title
be sure to participate in the lunar festival, mass meet and greet, and the mock raid on the ascendants, as well as the new icebreaker threads posted in the ooc board!
volunteers to host weekly tasks are always appreciated
and finally, the drought plot has been revived, check it out to know more about it and get involved!