One night, the pair of twins – Sam 'n' Eric or Samneric – who were not
littluns yet not biguns, were watching the fire. According to their story,
one of them, Eric, heard a noise, and dismissed it. Then, the noise was
heard again. Sam says that Eric and him saw a "thing" drop down out of the
sky, a set of wings setting it down. Freaked out, the two of them ran into
the pre-village, trying to find Celebrinor – the one that the littluns
looked to when troubled. Seal told me about what they saw, and I decided to
call a meeting.
A few days previous to this incident, many of the littluns had been talking
about this "beastie" of theirs – most of us thought that they were just
having nightmares. But after Samneric's incident, I was willing to call a
hunt for it.
We all assembled at the meeting site, which I had decided to call the
Quetnor– "speaking place" in Elvish. Ever since Jack Merridew left, I've
been taking a head count, to check on how many of my rim are with him at
any given time. Twenty, including myself. 'Damn, I thought, 'more people
have moved to Exile Island.' Taking the conch, I call the meeting to order.
"Earlier today, Seal brought something very important to my attention. More
people are leaving, saying that they don't like having a dictatorship. In
retrospect, I can see that that's what I've been for the past few weeks. So
I decided to add a little democracy to our government here. I will be
creating an Island Council, with representatives from each of the main
groups on the island."
As I finished speaking, Seal took the conch. "Our High Priestess will need
each of the groups to come up her when called. She and I will choose one
person from each group to serve on the Island Council." To me he said,
"Here's the conch, Ary. I think that we ought to start with the Hunters."
"Good idea, Seal. You call them."
"OK. We need Dae's group to please step down."
As they walked down the ramp, Seal and I agreed to appoint Dae as their representative. Making a rather large show of deciding on the representative, we eventually turned around, walked a few paces away, and pretended to have an argument over who would be chosen. Going back to them, we told them that Dae would be their representative.
"Next. We need Altariel's Foragers to come down."
This time, we really didn't know who to choose. Altariel was a good group leader, but we were unsure of whether or not she would make a good Councilor, as we are calling the representatives.
"We might just end up going with Altariel, Ary," Seal said.
"Yeah, I guess so. Let's go tell her group."
We informed her foragers, and called for the next group of Foragers. Group 2 was led by James Shoskopf. Tall, dark, handsome, and six foot three, he fit the Camp Louise un-definition of a Camp Airy boy. Being charismatic, we decided that he would be their Councilor.
"Builders, step down," Seal called.
The Builders' leader was known to the group as Jayzon, with emphasis on the "zon" part of her name. Her boyfriend, Zachariah, would be their Senator. For the time, that was all we needed, but we would later have more groups – which meant more Councilors.
Tired, I dismissed everyone from the Quetnor and went to my now- finished hut in the village to sleep. Celebrinor had moved in with me, for "security reasons" he claims, but we both know the real reason why.
"Good idea, Seal. You call them."
"OK. We need Dae's group to please step down."
As they walked down the ramp, Seal and I agreed to appoint Dae as their representative. Making a rather large show of deciding on the representative, we eventually turned around, walked a few paces away, and pretended to have an argument over who would be chosen. Going back to them, we told them that Dae would be their representative.
"Next. We need Altariel's Foragers to come down."
This time, we really didn't know who to choose. Altariel was a good group leader, but we were unsure of whether or not she would make a good Councilor, as we are calling the representatives.
"We might just end up going with Altariel, Ary," Seal said.
"Yeah, I guess so. Let's go tell her group."
We informed her foragers, and called for the next group of Foragers. Group 2 was led by James Shoskopf. Tall, dark, handsome, and six foot three, he fit the Camp Louise un-definition of a Camp Airy boy. Being charismatic, we decided that he would be their Councilor.
"Builders, step down," Seal called.
The Builders' leader was known to the group as Jayzon, with emphasis on the "zon" part of her name. Her boyfriend, Zachariah, would be their Senator. For the time, that was all we needed, but we would later have more groups – which meant more Councilors.
Tired, I dismissed everyone from the Quetnor and went to my now- finished hut in the village to sleep. Celebrinor had moved in with me, for "security reasons" he claims, but we both know the real reason why.