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Tweak says, "HONGRY! HONGRY JACK!"

zaria (bravely) wrote in labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-04-19 19:18:00

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complete, day seven, gabrielle, jareth, xena

Day 7
Who: Xena and OTA
What: Investigating the Labyrinth Entrance
When: Early Evening
Where: Entrance to the Labyrinth
Rating: TBA
Status: Complete

A complete change in the environment of a city she'd been slowly getting used to was not a welcome sight upon waking that morning. It was perhaps this change, however, that gave her the determination to challenge the labyrinth. She was unwilling to be a pawn in the changing landscape any longer. She put on her leathers and armor and completely outfitted herself with her weapons before she left the room she shared with Gabrielle.

She stared around her once she got outside, a little bit awed by the huge contraptions that rose into the stifling sky. She shook her head, setting her jaw as she ventured forth. Although she didn't participate in any of the attractions, she did spend several hours wandering around and getting to know her new surroundings. She wouldn't know them as well as she had known the environment of the faire for a few more days, but she wanted to have some familiarity under her belt.

Finally after several hours of exploring by herself, eating and observing, she decided to check out the entrance to the labyrinth. She wouldn't leave without Gabrielle, but she wanted to see what she could discover. She wanted to be as prepared as possible before they went in. She'd read in the bothersome journal that one of the people, a Faith, had made it through to the castle. She was certain that if someone else could do it, she could do it herself.

She soon found herself at the entrance to the labyrinth and ran her hands over the stone. She stepped in and looked left and right as there was a wall directly in front of her. The stone wall extended far down in either direction and she couldn't see a turn at either end. Well, there wouldn't be much exploring unless she actually walked into the labyrinth and she wasn't sure she should without Gabrielle in her company.

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bravely
2009-05-04 09:43 am UTC (link)

Xena had a feeling that Gabrielle would react negatively to her suggestion, and she knew the bard was stubborn, so it didn't surprise her when Gabrielle refused to stay in the city if given the chance to leave. It was one of the great tragedies of their life together. Xena's whole purpose in being was to fight. But that wasn't Gabrielle's way. And no matter how many times Xena suggested that the blond might be happier back home in Potidaea, with a traveling hospice or even among the Amazons, Gabrielle always refuted the idea and stuck with the warrior.

Xena had even tried to leave Gabrielle behind a few times, but she'd either had to go back and get her or the bard had found her. This place, though, was going to stunt Xena. She was going to be miserable unless something changed. And she didn't see anything changing. For now she let the argument rest. When and if they gained their freedom, she would bring it up again. Maybe at that point there wouldn't even be the option for discussion, maybe Xena would just have to leave.

She turned when Gabrielle tripped and was going to smirk at her for her clumsiness when she disappeared through the wall. "Gabrielle!" Xena ran back to where the bard had fallen through when Gabrielle called her name. She didn't sound afraid or worried, she sounded glad and relief came to the warrior's pounding heart. She found herself standing in front of the blond but she was several feet back. They had missed the additional corridor because it seemed to be part of the same long corridor they had been walking.

Frowning slightly, Xena walked forward with a hand extended and passed through the entry into the parallel corridor. She looked back into their previous walkway and then into Gabrielle's walkway. Xena shook her head. She could tell this was going to be a very long journey full of twists and turns. On one hand she was looking forward to the challenge, but on the other hand, she was a bit tired of it already.

"Huh. Alright, well let's go."

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bardictraveller
2009-05-04 09:01 pm UTC (link)

The bard smirked ever-so-slightly, not in a rude or arrogant way, but just a little bit pleased with herself for finding the way out of the weird corridor that just seemed to stretch on in both directions without end. But this new place, well, it was much more suited the the title of labyrinth. Complete with stone passages, dead ends, and all the rest. Gabrielle looked around, and then turned to Xena.

"I remember hearing a story once, that if you just follow one wall, you'll eventually get through any maze." She frowned thoughtfully, then turned to Xena. "But that would take forever, in such a huge place. So... which way looks the most likely to have dead ends? We'll go the other way." She frowned, shrugged, and headed off to the left. It seemed as good a direction as any.

Suddenly, though, she stopped completely, and turned back to face Xena. "Did you hear..." For a second, it had sounded like the sort of clicking footprints a horse, or maybe a cow, would make. But Gabrielle shook her head, even as the large, axe-wielding half-man, half-bull minotaur came up behind her, from the direction she'd been going. Oblivious, Gabrielle smiled at Xena, and started to turn back.

"Hey, did you I tell you about some of the amazing people I've met? There was this one man, from a place called Narnia? He knew the best stories." As usual, she chattered on about nothing, but she knew that Xena would be used to that by now.

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