So much had been finished in only a few days. The main issues still to solve were storing materials and bringing my allies to fight against the walled cities. There is the issue of Eve and Lyric seemingly having a bit of bad blood between them. Thankfully this crew meeting would help to bring those issues to light. The meeting was being held in the newly built city hall. Of course, the room they were meeting in was only for the main members of the crew. Alexandria, Judy, Lyric, Eve, Veronica, Isa, Tyra, Valentina, Lorelei, and finally Hugo all gathered to attend the meeting.
While Lorelei and Hugo were not part of the original crew, they were still commanders and needed to be a part of the meeting regardless. "We have already spoken about missions with everyone here. The purpose of this meeting is to give reports on projects and settle any business before longer missions that will keep others away for a time get underway." Alexandria looked around the room seeing if anyone wanted to start without being called upon.
"I have no issues at the moment. My group is ready to proceed with our mission. Matters of security have been left in Lyric's capable hands." Eve gave a thumbs up to the group which was a bit out of character for her.
"I don't need you to comment on things that don't involve you, Eve. If you don't knock off the attitude, I'm going to have to take care of it myself." Lyric blew air out of her nose giving Eve a glare.
Alexandria was fed up with whatever was going on between the two of them. It was time to settle the matter here and now especially before Eve said anything in response. "Alright you two that is enough. I want to know right now why you two are at odds with each other?"
Eve let out an exasperated sigh turning her attention to Alexandria. "I was just giving her a compliment since in our last meeting she did say training our forces here needed to be done. What's so wrong with me bringing it up?"
"Hey, don't ignore me, Eve! Since when have you ever given a thumbs up to anyone? It looks like you're just messing with me." She stood up for a moment pointing a finger at Eve.
A growl escaped Alexandria's lips as she slammed her fist on the table sending cracks halfway through it. "Lyric, Eve, I want you to stop this instant!"
The room fell silent aside from the creaking of the table and the sound of it trying to hold itself together. Alexandria was furious breathing heavy trying to stop herself from transforming and beating some sense into those two.
Both Eve and Lyric jumped up bowing their heads in Alexandria's direction neither of them saying a word. "Enough with the bowing and bickering. I want you both to apologize to each other and then tell me what the problem is, or you both will be punished."
Eve let out another exasperated sigh lifting her head looking in Alexandria's direction. "Lyric is just a bit too cocky for my tastes. Why can't she just act a bit normal instead of always flipping her hair and placing a hand on her hip. Who the hell is she trying to impress? We all joined you in order to change the direction of this world and maybe have a little fun. However, she acts like some big shot as if she is better than the rest of us."
"I would never hold myself above anyone else. I just enjoy my body and want to show it off to whoever is around. If you don't like the way I move, then don't look in my direction." Lyric lifted her head after speaking flipping her hair almost hitting Eve in the face.
Alexandria burst into laughter which helped all the tension to evaporate from the room. "Look if the two of you need some time alone to confess your feelings we'll give it to you. I just want you both to get along. No more provoking each other. Lyric, Eve didn't seem to be throwing any ill will towards you. So just as you told her not to look in your direction, how about you try not take her words as insults. After this meeting I want both of you to stay behind and make up with each other. Now, we will be moving on to other topics. Is that understood?"
Eve dropped to her knees laughing along with Alexandria. It was true that she thought Lyric was gorgeous however she didn't like the attitude Lyric put on at times. "I have no intention of any confessions of feelings. However, I will be willing to talk about getting along moving forward. Even though you did just try and slap me in the face with your hair." She looked up at Lyric giving her a playful wink.
Lyric took a deep breath letting out an exasperated sigh. "Very well, I will always allow for the chance of getting along. Thank you for your trust in me." She bowed a bit to Eve walking back to her seat.
Dusting herself off Eve got up and walked back to her seat as well. Thankfully during all the commotion, a new table was brough in for the meeting. Alexandria let out a sigh of relief and looked around the room once more. "Now that all that is settled, I want to hear from everyone else on the stats of their projects."
"All of the larger resources are finally sorted, and the first phase of the vault is finished. The dangerous items have been stored and are ready to be used at our leisure. All that is left to do is distribute them to the different areas of the settlement. I'm guessing Amina will help me with that once she is done going over all the documents in the treasury?" Hugo wanted to get his business out of the way first. There was really no reason for him to be here since there was much more to be done.
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"Yes, that is correct. The only reason Amina isn't here with us now is because of that very fact. Will you be working on my flagship next, Hugo?" Alexandria was ecstatic with the news. Once all the resources are properly distributed, they go focus more on taking out those damn facilities.
"I have already diverted the materials to repairing the flagship to the drydock. Once everything else is taking care of I will devote the rest of my time to restoring it for that purpose." Hugo gave Alexandria a thumbs up.
"I'm glad to hear it. Also, when anyone is finished with their reports and need to leave, you're allowed to do so. However, keep in mind that any information you miss after you leave is up to you to get it from someone else later. Is that understood?"
Everyone nodded in agreement as Eve jumped up waving to everyone as she headed for the door. "I need to get going if I'm going to make any good headway. I will send a message about my progress whenever I get the chance." She was gone before anyone else could react to her exit.
"Does that mean we've already made up with each other?" Lyric was a bit confused that Eve was allowed to leave that easily. Of course, the two of them did end their conversation on a good note.
"I suppose we can postpone it until she returns from her mission. It is important to the safety of our island." Alexandria let out a playful giggle just glad that there was no more bad blood between the two of them at least for now.
"Alright that being said I've already started training people who want to become part of the town guard. We still need more but at the moment the protection of the cental area is covered. Of course, with all the crew members here there isn't anyone close to us that would give our island trouble." Lyric smiled giving her own thumbs up to the group.
"To be honest there isn't much to report on my mission at the moment. These messages are going to take a while to send out. There is always the matter of making sure they don't get intercepted by anyone else. I have one or two messages finished since I know a bit more about two of the clans. Everyone else I'm going to have to do a bit more research. If it is alright I would like to leave as well to finish up the preparation and get everything sent off by at least the weeks end." Tyra rolled her shoulders a bit since she was a little sore. She went from setting at a desk writing to coming to the meeting to sit some more.
"That is fine by me Tyra. Let me know when all the letters are ready to be sent out. I want to place our seal on them and read them if that isn't too much trouble." Alexandria was glad to see Tyra wasn't too worn out by all the work. After this was all said and done, she was going to allow her all the time needed to finish the watch tower.
Tyra stood, bowed in respect, and walked out of the meeting hall. She wasn't much for long drawn-out conversations which was fine by Alexandria since her skills were unmatched by anyone alive today.
"I'm impressed by the crew you were able to put together daughter. I never would've expected you to gather ability users of this caliber in one place. At the moment I don't have any updates since I wasn't a part of the first impromptu meeting. I will say that I do want to explore possible replacements for the leader of your personal guard. While I do enjoy being around to protect you my first concern should be building and utilizing the fleet you have put me in charge of. Are you sure there isn't anyone else that is more suited for the job?" Lorelei didn't want to sound ungrateful however since she had been stuck in the manta ray form for so long being out at sea felt more natural to her at the moment.
"At the moment everyone else has more important jobs to do. I thought you would enjoy being around me all the time since we haven't seen each other since I was a little girl. The reason I want you to head up my personal guard is so I can learn more about your powers to help understand my own. There is also the fact you are most likely the only one that could pull me back if I possibly get stuck or rampage in a shifted form. Wouldn't you agree?" Alexandria wasn't about to let her mother go off to sea now that they were finally back together. It would only be for a little while at least until someone else came around she trusted enough.
"I will keep the job for now. Perhaps I can help you find my replacement so that way we can both trust that you are always protected." Regardless of her wanting to focus on being the first division commander Lorelei was still extremely proud of Alexandria.
"Isa and I already made a training plan for each week. We are also going to live together for the time being in order to get in sync with each other." Valentina was proud of what they had already accomplished. Of course, there was still much work to be done. They were going to be the best vanguard this world had ever seen or would ever see again.
"That is amazing. Living together could get a bit crazy if you're not careful so if it gets to be too much, please take a break from each other." Alexandria was excited to see them in combat together after a bit of training.
They both nodded in agreement with big smiles on their faces.
Judy was the only one who had yet to give a report. It didn't seem like Alexandria was all that worried about it either. Of course, the two of them had already spoken on her progress with the building efforts and about the duties of being vice-captain.
"I will just say that our fleet is coming along nicely. We should have all the commander ships built in the next month or so. I will also be working closely with Hugo to make sure the flagship is finished in time for the next walled city attack." Judy rubbed the back of her head a bit after finishing her report. She still wasn't used to talking like a leader, but as Alexandria had told her it was getting a bit easier.
"I would say with that we can conclude the meeting for now. Everyone is dismissed to do whatever they would like for the next month as long as we are not attacked. However, after the month is finished, we will go on the hunt, and no one will be able to withstand us." Alexandria thrust her fist into the air as everyone cheered in agreement.