So it began. On the evening of Monday, October 2, we began our debates in front of Bookkeeper Mary Willard. Carla Wright came to the stand that night and gave her reason for probating all of us involved in the collective, with the reason amounting to "attempted mutiny of an Administrator from their post." Mordon Cramer came up next and accused me of "leading this conspiracy," claiming that we were attempting to usurp the Administration in Galacia and even speculating that in the midst of this, I was attempting to usurp the Dungeonmaster position. Even Peter Creon took the stand, informing everyone in attendance that I had tried to have my avatar usurp the position of his avatar during the Dungeonworld battle before I reached out to Ensara.

Such claims were ludicrous, so we had to fight back. I, of course, explained our stance, and then put forth a proposition for change: to abolish the Prefects and simply have community accountability for the compliance to Carla's rules. Afterall, we have been striving to maintain the fair balance of power and dynamic through Galacia and the Arturian Realm. But we also hold dear to us the very principle of "administration by and for the body of Membership of the Society."

Tuesday evening, we met again. Mordon Cramer began by arguing that community accountability "leads to favoritism" and that Prefects are needed all over the Realm. Peter Creon supported him by reiterating what Mordon said.

It was at this point that I began to sense that Creon was perhaps being put up to this. He was saying what he was told to say, for it lacked passion. And he seemed rushed, for he was a bit nervous and stuttery.

I met with Zachary, Erica, Sari, and Ensara in the Library again. And we came to the realization of the extent of manipulation carried out by Carla and Mordon, the very same manipulation for which they were blaming us.

Ensara even speculated that perhaps it was Mordon, alone, leading this agenda, and that Carla is simply falling into line with respect to her title. I am not certain of this, but I did agree that Mordon was certainly implementing quite a lot of influence.

Sari was concerned that night, though, after doing a preliminary count on the number of Members that support us versus the number of Members that do not. She decided to do this count when Vera Phane, one of my roommates, came to her, stating that there were a large number of Members gravitating toward Zachary Landon, vowing to leave the Society if Mary Willard rules in favor of Wright. I will never forget Landon's fury at that. "That will destroy the Society and everything it swore to protect!" he shouted.

So Sari did a count. And the numbers seemed to justify Landon's concern. The Society, as it stands, has 147 Members; and Sari counted 59 Members stating that they supported our side. With Vera being quite a social Member and saying that she and "many others" would leave the Society if Mary Willard rules in Carla Wright's favor, I safely felt that many of these 59 people would leave the Society, leaving only 88 remaining Members. With the Statute of Principle requiring that at least 100 people be present for a Caucus meeting to carry every Wednesday evening, and with many Society Members following busy schedules to work on their studies, this presented quite the concern. That was when we came up with a new compromise.

Sari brought news of the impending mass exodus to the Caucus during the Wednesday evening hearing. And I could tell that this caused feelings of concern for prominent Members, especially for Wright, Cramer, and the others opposed to us.

That's when I noticed that Peter Creon was not there. There are two matters of speculation that I conceived that would serve as the reason for his absence. First, he was perhaps anticipating the compromise that we were about to deliver, or that we would deliver something of that matter at least. However, given the stubbornness of the other side, I reasoned that perhaps my thoughts on that were a bit cocky, leading me to my second speculated reason: that perhaps Peter was being propped up to his public stand by Wright, and moreso Cramer, and that he had become overwhelmed. I remembered his stance yesterday, and how he seemed a bit uncomfortable.

Regardless, though I was the one who mostly crafted it, our side had Zachary Landon take the stand and present my proposed compromise: that we would have the Members in each Legion vote in a "compliance figure" to take the place of a Prefect, and have these figures carry out Administration policies as fit for the Members, but also confer with each other on how concepts like "fair dynamics and compensation" would be carried out.

This was a radical idea. The reason we had Zachary Landon speak was because of the charisma he demonstrated the night before. And I knew this would provoke quite a reaction from the opposition. A great deal many Members who supported us sent us passionate cheers loud enough to be heard in the University Planetarium had our chamber actually been occupying the actual space in the Planetarium attic and not in the granular plane currently preserving us.

Nevertheless, the opposition, as expected, took the stand. Mordon Cramer argued that my idea would result in the appointment of "so-called compliance figures too closely tied to the entity they represent, thereby resulting in dangerous favoritism."

"There MUST be Prefects who are IMPARTIAL!" Cramer declared.

Where the Caucus stood that night, I, at the time could not determine. But Mary Willard did remind us that the deadline for a final decision would be on Friday night; so we had two more nights to resolve this. Sari, afterward, came to me voicing concern. She overheard Mordon telling Carla that he had a strategy to bring a Caucus to a quick vote in their favor.

And I understood the concern. If the Caucus agreed to expel me, the near-forty percent of Members supporting me would leave and found a new Society, presenting a danger to the ability of the original Society to carry out basic policy functions. Dungeonmaster Ogden understood this as well, seemingly; before the end of Wednesday night's debates, she had assured the assembly that in accordance to the Statute of Principle, if Membership fell below 100 persons, that requirements for the Caucus to function would be to have more than half of existing Members be in attendance.

But this, combined with Ogden's departure at the end of this year, which she stated she would carry out despite the outcome of this current issue, would present foreboding circumstances for the Society. With the presence of a new and separate Society, many more people would be likely to it, reducing Membership in the original Society even further, and lowering morale. At a certain point, Membership of both Societies would be equal, but then there would be rivalry, which would potentially lead to chaotic dynamics that existed with the old TableQuest sessions that Ivella Ogden tried so hard to render obsolete.

Why Ivella seemed so unconcerned about this drawback, even tonight I cannot comprehend.

Regardless, I urged my friends, Sari, Zachary, Ensara, and Erica to meet in the Library again, despite the late hour, and come up with yet another compromise.

And so on Thursday evening, Zachary proposed to the Caucus our new idea: that we would have each of the five sub-Realms and each of its jurisdictions and sub-jurisdictions appoint democratically-elected Prefects in order to carry out the desired policies of Administration but also to serve as intermediary figures in support of interest of the remaining Members. Where and how Members would vote would, in this case, be based on the points of origin of each Member's respective avatar. Furthermore, these Prefects would report to Administrators, as Administrators report to the Dungeonmaster, and would be subject to being dismissed by Administrators if the occasion arose.

The most important check on this, however, is that Adminstration decisions could be countered by collective petition of Members, with such counters being facilitated by the Prefects.

To my surprise, Carla Wright actually welcomed the idea as a good balance. Mordon Cramer silently rose from his seat and exited the Chamber. And then Dungeonmaster Ogden voiced approval for us, the first time in this entire debate that she took a side.

Bookkeeper Mary Willard, after asking for any other speakers to take the stand, considered the debate over and called for a vote between our side and the opposing side, calling for the results to be counted Friday night.

Friday evening, as in last night, the votes were counted with about two thirds of the Caucus supporting our initiative and opposing our expulsion from the Society. Mary Willard granted our new Prefect idea temporarily with the caveat that in the beginning of January, a vote will be held on the resolution to be approved by the majority of Caucus to be in effect permanently.

The outcome was satisfactory and warranted a late-night celebration at the Slack, where a toast to me and my friends was led by, most unexpectedly, Morris Par, who then publicly called for Zachary Landon to run for the Dungeonmaster position. I publicly declared my support for Landon as well.

And so I feel that the Society will, after Ogden's departure, be in good hands.