we had our first meeting at the HP house in a while, it's such a good space and i'm so glad to be back there

there was a surprisingly small number of people, just myself, my GF, a new couple, a long-time member, and it was J's first time back since this whole thing came to light

there are a lot more members

(also HP and the head priest but yeah)

so the priest did the ceremony, ate a few things quickly, and almost immediately left, which is not like him at all

turns out that the people who didn't come have decided to form their own group without us

which is fine, i don't give a fuck

but it's just so ridiculous because PP specifically said she didn't want to be in charge of the ceremonies anymore

and then, as far as we can tell, she turned around and told everyone else in the group that HP is a terrible person who can't be trusted

so she's still playing games despite her shit being exposed

it's almost awe inspiring in it's own way, how determined she is to have control of it

so yeah we don't know how long the priest is going to stick around

he's a good guy but PP is his SO

/follows up on all of this and wow

I'm glad you're back in a good space

me too

oh yes and i didn't finish my thought above, the other 'new' group of people who are splitting off from this group (or we're splitting off from them idk) had apparently last-minute decided to have their own ceremony today

now, we had ours scheduled in advance and in fact it was supposed to be that the coven would just go back to the HP house where we originally started

but once a bunch of them decided, for one reason or another, that they didn't like the HP (despite being friends with her for years but i won't speculate further), this group decided to have theirs anyway

so the priest is currently being split between spaces

and i imagine this will just continue since PP is determined to control him

and i'm not even joking about that

J is a sweetheart and PP is jealous of her

PP is convinced that J is sexual promiscuous (which is fine if she was, i don't care) and seducing our priest

despite the fact that the man is loyal to PP

she reads his messages without his permission, she gets upset when he's out of her sight... classic toxic relationship tbh

but none of my business or any of my problem, thank goodness

i just feel bad for...well, both of them really

it sounds like PP is in a very dark place and i hope she finds her way out

the two new folks were lovely but i think they could tell the vibes were off, it was just a very... quiet night, i guess

which isn't bad

but yeah they peaced out early and i hope they come back, but then the HP sat everyone left down and had a little chat with us about all this bullshit to just clear the air

and i think we're all 'loyal' to her for lack of a better way to put it, J certainly isn't going to PP's group

and i think the other 'oldbie' person is happy to stay here after hearing the other shit that went down

and like i said there's no way in hell i'm going to PP

i'm not sure i said it anywhere, but HP said that PP tried to make her choose between PP and J

and also between PP and a building HP wanted to buy, which is a long story in and of itself

i have always considered someone forcing you to chose to be a red flag

but of course there are circumstances and stuff i don't fault HP for her decisions

but i'm just saying i don't trust PP at all anymore