3/8/2026, 11:43 PM
Ah. Much happened then, while Solulfur found her attention lingering on Aurelia's features, watching her conduct the proceedings into the next phase as smoothly as the spill of a waterfall over its cliff. And then they were in freefall, all of them - tumbling through votes and speeches. Solulfur tracked them with minute twitches of her ears and a mind picking apart every single detail in search of the right path to steer their ship on. She was not the only one with a hand on the rudder.
Aurelia's speech felt almost reprimanding, as if she'd seen the calculated question in Solulfur's eyes and felt it worth addressing publicly. Solulfur didn't feel shamed by it, though; mostly curious. This could be good fodder for a discussion later. She struggled to table that thought among the onslaught of the other speeches and her own inner reactions to them, until Monty's impudence cut through the noise and snagged the Black Sun's attention.
Molten gold eyes snapped across the collective to pin to the boy's features.
Hm. That was a sprout in need of tending, lest it grow into a troublesome, strangling vine. Kuhn's volatile exit from the pack years previous came to Solulfur's mind. Perhaps a more measured approach from herself would result in a different conclusion.
Euphemia's abstaining was an affront - insult, even; an effort to sway the vote in her own favor by omission. It wasn't particularly clever, in Solulfur's opinion, but it did expose much of that ambition she'd found notable in the silver woman already. And so strange, to fail to vote for either of her kin! Euphemia had piqued Solulfur's interest. Monty's vitriol had only incited her vexation.
The vote is a chance for every Dawnbreaker's individual voice to carve out our path to the future. No wolf is obligated by the actions of their packmates to shape a future they do not believe in.Influenced, of course, Solulfur takes no issue with. But bullied, or shamed once the vote was already cast - it seemed pointless to her. Euphemia's consequences for her public distancing from her kin would take shape in subtler, more effective ways down the road.
Courage and Power are obvious choices for Solulfur. But Wisdom makes her voice catch in her throat. If she rocks too hard to one side, the boat will tip. Catastrophe takes dark shape on the horizon. How will they weather the storm?
She wants...she wants Aurelia by her side to weather the future's calamities. And Solulfur was tempted to vote for her, to keep the Mediator comfortably as her superior, a scenario that made for easy excuses to be formed to patrol together, counsel Aurelia on the matters of the pack, and place her trust so obviously in the silver she-wolf.
But Solulfur could, she thought, perhaps even hoped, she could have that even if Aurelia was not her First Class. They could just be friends. Almost a frightening thought. Almost an exciting one.
I vote for Euphemia for our First Class of Wisdom.Her head tilted slightly, and she turned a cunning, challenging eye to the other Shakti-Vaes sister.
Aurelia has my absolute trust. But I believe Euphemia's fresh perspective will guide us into a new day for Dawnbreak. I vote for Tiberii to remain as our First Class of Power.
It is then, that Solulfur decided to lie.
She is steady as a rock, and we are in no greater need of an immoveable foundation as now.She had seen the cracks, faint as they were, forming in the bull's façade. Solulfur was confident in Tiberii's abilities, though.
I would suggest her to rely on Brynhild's invaluable advice moving forward. I have no objections for Nottin - he has done well, and will continue to do so.
