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Caspian X (caspianseafarer) wrote in labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-04-20 09:32:00

Entry tags:

buffy summers, caspian, complete, day seven, giselle, hermione granger, legolas greenleaf

WHO: Caspian, Giselle, Legolas, Buffy, and Hermoine
WHAT: Going through the Labyrinth
WHEN: Day Seven, Dawn
WHERE: The Labyrinth
RATING: Given that Buffy's going, could be R
STATUS: Complete
NOTES: I'll adjust the posting order as people tag in

Caspian had never thought himself much of a leader. He didn't have the self-confidence, he believed, to take up the position and be effective. But, time and again, he was put in the position of authority, and time and again, he rose to the challenge, his yearning to do what was right outweighing his trepidations about his capability.

And so when it fell to him to lead this ragamuffin group through the labyrinth, he prepared for the journey as best as he could. While he was under the impression that every journey through the maze was different, fraught with dangers unlike the ones laid out before, he spoke to those he could about what would befall the group, and took it all into account. There was also the subject of provisions, as the journey could take days, even weeks to complete. That was a harder task to undertake, but from the three packs at his feet, it was fairly clear that Caspian had done all he could to ensure that, at the very least, the group would not starve.

So now, all the young king could do was wait, sitting on a low wall near the entrance, watching the sun rise over the changed city - which he really didn't have the mental capacity to ponder at the moment - and watched for his companions to arrive.

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keoughr
2009-04-20 12:33 pm UTC (link)

Giselle had read the note from Legolas and replied and had prepared for the quest in her own way. She packed a single change of clothing, a very practical traveling outfit, and wore the same now. It consisted of a pair of leggings, tennis shoes, a knit skirt and a matching tee. Her ginger hair was drawn up into a ponytail to keep out of her face and it fell to the middle of her back.

Several pieces of fruit, granola bars and a couple bottles of water went into the pack, as well as a small first aid kit. She rolled up a blanket and attached it to the backpack and found a sunhat. It might be drizzly and yucky outside, but she was not going to risk sunburn from the overcast clouds.

She tucked her journal under her arm and put her key in the pocket of her backpack and gave one last glance around her pink room. She grinned and shut the door. She was ready for an adventure. She skipped down the hall and exited the dorm to find many brightly colored structures rising and twisting around the city. She laughed and turned, spinning around lightly. She almost wished they had another day to explore the city, but she would rather be with Legolas and see if they could beat the puzzle Jareth presented them with.

Faith and her friend had gotten through, there was no reason she and Legolas and this Prince Caspian couldn't. She hurried toward the entrance of the Labyrinth and slowed her pace when she saw a young man sitting on a low wall. She beamed and walked toward him. He did kind of look like a prince. "Hello! I'm Giselle. Are you Prince Caspian?" She held out her delicate hand to greet him and adjusted the weight of the backpack on her back.

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princegreenleaf
2009-04-20 04:44 pm UTC (link)

Legolas, upon recieving the offer from Caspian to accompany him, had rushed to invite Giselle along. It had been awhile since he'd seen the pretty redhead, and anyway, he didn't like the idea of going through the Labyrinth without her. Who knew what would happen if he did? He'd been pulled to two new worlds, and didn't want to risk leaving this one without even seeing her.

So, once he recieved her response, he got ready to go quickly. In all honesty, it didn't take him very long. All he needed was some food, water, the clothes on his back, his knives, and his bow. Still, he packed a couple of other things, just in case. He was delighted, when he went to the restaurant in the main building, to find out that they did have the elven waybread, lembas. With just a few of the sweet honeycakes, he could keep going for days.

In was still early when he was ready. The sun was just rising when he made his way to the large, open gate that led into the Labyrinth. He saw that he wasn't the first one there. A dark-haired man that must be Caspian, he figured, and of course, the fiery-headed woman that he knew to be Giselle. Hair that color was unknown on his world, and didn't seem particularly common anywhere else, either.

Approaching openly, he stopped beside Giselle and nodded to Caspian, a greeting between equals. "Hail to you, Prince Caspian." It was his best guess, based on the fact that he knew that was the name of the person he was supposed to be meeting, and the fact that Giselle was standing near him. "Legolas of Mirkwood. May the Valar smile on our meeting." He turned to smile at Giselle, but stopped, slightly taken aback by her outfit. He'd never seen her in anything but a dress. But... this look suited her as well.

"My lady, as beautiful as ever."

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thechosenbuff
2009-04-22 08:57 am UTC (link)

Faith hadn't said much on the subject of the Labyrinth once she'd gotten through other than the fact that it was relatively simple, that it was filled with the typical monsters, and then to be careful. 'Careful' wasn't a word that Buffy thought Faith even knew so after she'd raised an eyebrow she went off to the other slayer's room to collect a few weapons for the run.

She'd loaded up with a cross bow, a nifty sword which reminded her a little of the one she'd stuck through angel (she'd strapped it to her back and decided not to think about it too much), a couple of smaller knives and a handful of stakes. She wasn't entirely sure what to expect but she decided that it was better to be prepared than not. She stuck a few bottles of holy water into her pockets and then decided to go for other supplies. Rope, a few bottles of water, and a small first-aid kit that she'd found in her room all got tucked into a bag that she slung over one shoulder along with the stakes, and extra cross-bow bolts.

She'd already been dressed for slayage so she didn't need to change, though thank-god she found clean, relatively cute underwear in her room. She had a moment to wonder exactly who the hell was running this place and how.

Once she was clean, dressed and fully decked out with weapons and supplies she headed out to find the guy she was supposed to meet. He wasn't hard to find hanging outside the huge wall by the entrance to the labyrinth and he'd picked up a few others that she assumed would be joining them. Looking over the group she frowned. The dark-haired boy was a honey and looked reasonably in shape but he was a bit young. The other man looked like he'd walked out of a fairytale and the girl seemed more likely to scream running at the first snarly beast that popped out at them. She sighed feeling defeated, but decided she wasn't going to get anywhere being rude and judgmental. She supposed to the casual observer she didn't look like much either.

"Hey there," she greeted the group upon arrival. "I'm Buffy. I . . . don't know any of your names, sorry. I'm new here."

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grangerdanger
2009-04-23 07:37 am UTC (link)

Hermione sat on her bed thinking of what she would need in the Labyrinth. Besides her wand the basics were food and clothing but all that stuff was in her beaded bag already along with other things that might prove useful like left over potion ingredients, her cauldron and books from Hogwarts. She looked over her food supply which was getting kind of low since she had gotten into her stash eating whatever was going to go bad soon before it got the chance too, so she planned on stocking up at the fair on her way to meet everyone.

She laced up her sneakers and pulled on a pink sweater over her white t-shirt then shoved her room key in the pocket of her jeans, she went with a easy exploring outfit because god only knows what she would have to do when they got in the Labyrinth, she needed to be ready to do anything something skirts and heels limited. When she was finished she gave Crookshanks a nice petting “Be good while I’m gone” she never had to worry much about him he was pretty smart for a cat and he was quite capable of taking care of himself.

She left her room locking the door behind her. Quickly making her way towards the Labyrinth but stopping at the concession stands and picking up whatever she could think of that might be good for their little trip, little things like cans of various pop, popcorn, candy apples, bars, various fruit, and other little snacks. When she got enough to feed a small army nicely packed away into her bag she set off towards the Labyrinth.

Just outside the entrance she found Caspian sitting on the wall surrounded by a small group of people which she never recognized, a man with pointy ears an elf maybe? He looked like he could take care of himself in a fight, he was talking to a red haired woman that looked quit the opposite more like she would scream and run away from anything scary. The third a Blond that looked pretty but something told Hermione that this girl knew how to fight, just something in the way she carried herself.

“Hello Caspian, nice to see you again” she greeted the handsome prince while walking towards the group then quickly turned to introduce herself to the other members “I’m Hermione, nice too meet you all, so are we ready to go or is anyone else left to wait for?”

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caspianseafarer
2009-04-23 09:18 am UTC (link)

King, but who was counting. Caspian greeted everyone as they approached, kissing the hands of the ladies and clasping the elf's warmly. Then he looked over the group. Himself and Legolas, he knew, would be doing most of the fighting, if it came to that, but the blonde seemed to at least think that she could hold her own, from the way she carried herself, not to mention the motley array of weaponry she carried with her.

Shouldering his sacks, Caspian pulled a compass out of his pocket and checked their heading, stretching to see exactly where the castle they were aiming for lay. Though, in reality, who knew if that compass would even work inside the labyrinth?

"Perhaps one of us should take the front, and the other the rear," he said in a low voice to Legolas, looking at the ladies. "With as many strange and unusual people as there are here, I'm sure they have talents I'm unaware of, but I'd still feel more secure with the ladies protected."

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keoughr
2009-04-29 10:39 pm UTC (link)

Giselle smiled as Caspian kissed her hand and then turned when Legolas approached. She rewarded his compliment with a radiant grin and a faint blush to her cheeks. "Good morning to you, Prince Greenleaf." Turning as a blond girl approached and introduced herself. Her name seemed a little strange, like something one would call a pet, but she didn't appear to be evil. Giselle smiled at her, too, and bounced lightly on her toes. "Hello! I'm Giselle, it's nice to meet you!" She held her hand out to shake when another girl approached.

This one had darker wavy hair and had a bearing about her that Giselle couldn't quite identify but she knew it was something different. "Pleasure, Hermione, I'm Giselle!" She held her hand out to her as well and then when the introductions were over, it appeared as if the group was ready to go. Her attention turned back to Caspian as he drew out a compass and looked at it.

She stood near Legolas and though she couldn't hear every word, picked up the gist of what Caspian said to him. She didn't mind being protected. Normally she wasn't the type to go chasing after monsters, but if Legolas got into any trouble, she'd certainly hold her own and do her best to get him out of it. As such, when they formed their group, she ensured that she was near Legolas. She beamed up at him, excited to begin their adventure into the maze.

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princegreenleaf
2009-04-29 11:10 pm UTC (link)

The elven prince was disciplined enough not to immediately raise his bow, though he did hold it by his side, ready to be raised. As he heard the footfalls of the other people, he turned to look at them curiously. Just as Caspian had done, he took Hermione and Buffy's hands and pressed his lips to them.

"I am Legolas of Mirkwood. May the Valar smile on our meeting." He returned Caspian's handclasp, and then looked at the party thoughtfully. The blonde girl was tiny, but both she and the brunette had a strange aura about them. He wasn't going to judge them until he saw what they could do in battle, although, he found himself hoping he could take out any threats with his bow before they got too close.

The elf nodded to Caspian. He knew that his own role wasn't best served as a leader, and he could see much of the natural qualities in Caspian as he had seen in his friend Aragorn. Caspian would be a better leader. "You take the front, and I shall bring up the rear. Nothing will sneak up on us, that I promise you." The elf raised his bow, and then waited back until such a time as the rest of the party had passed into the Labyrinth.

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thechosenbuff
2009-04-30 02:16 pm UTC (link)

Buffy stared unimpressed at the whole lot of them. True, she didn't look like much herself, but then she felt she had a right to a certain amount of cockiness. She was the slayer after all and while she'd found her friends who were so very much not with the super-powers to be on more than one occasion very useful, they knew the drill. They didn't go rushing head long into danger and purposefully throwing themselves into situations that would likely end up with them being dead or killed. Which was exactly what all of these people were up to.

The brunette muffin with the sword and tunic, or Caspian as he seemed to be called, had apparently appointed himself their fearless leader. While he looked like he maybe knew a thing or two about fighting, he was - Buffy had no doubt - still human. When he suggested to the fair blonde who looked like he had gotten trapped in the middle of some kind of sci fi convention/rennaissance fair and barely made it out alive that they make it a point to protect the women folk she was even less impressed.

The group was moving along without her though as she stood there mulling over her irritation, so she moved to catch up the the dark haired boy.

"Okay, Brutus Le Grunt. Why don't we take a minute to assess our skill sets here before we start deciding who needs protection. I know I don't look like much, but neither does Spock's fair-haired love child, back there, and I really bet you wouldn't want to arm-wrestle me."

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grangerdanger
2009-04-30 10:26 pm UTC (link)

Hermione looked once again around the group as the red haired woman approached her, she extended her hand, shook Giselle 's “nice too meet you” she smiled as the others now came. She turned slightly red at Caspian’s kiss and smiled at him, she gave her hand to the elf that did the same. “Legolas nice too meet you too” she did a double take when he introduced himself.

She had met Caspian and now Legolas from the Lord Of The Rings, Is this some sort of geek paradise that Jareth is making? Maybe he’s some wizard nerd that is tiring to have a perfect collection, she could not help herself from giggling at this thought. “Legolas from the Lord Of The Rings? I’m not sure if your aware but I’ve read about you” Hermione was kind of glad that she was here, she is getting the chance to meet all these people she read about in books and it was all kind of exciting.

Hermione drew her wand then looked at Caspian “Would we need another compass? My wand can act like one” she was now following him as they walked towards the Labyrinth when Blondie came up with them, Buffy she believed was her name.

“I agree with Buffy actually” she said after Buffy was done “Us girls can take care of our self’s you know” she quickly looked for something to use as an example founding a nice tree that would work perfectly.

“Duro!” she shouted pointing her wand at it then watched as it turned to stone, turning back she shot an evil little grin at Caspian and Legolas.

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caspianseafarer
2009-04-30 10:57 pm UTC (link)

It took every ounce of self control that Caspian had in him to not respond to the chorus of comments. Buffy, perhaps, could be able to defend herself, but the princess and the little witch? Not likely. All it would take would be for something to knock that stick from her hand, and then where would she be? Defenseless and vulnerable, and either himself or Legolas was at risk for injury in the attempt to protect her. Really, all he wanted to do at that point was to leave the womenfolk behind. They were going to be far more trouble than they were worth.

After massaging his forehead for a moment, Caspian shouldered his packs, and without a word, began to lead the way into the labyrinth. Hermione's demonstration, however, had his jaw clenching as he looked at her, his face akin to her having just run over his dog. "Don't do that," he said in a low, clipped voice. "That tree was alive. It had independent thought, and family, and friends. And you just killed it," he said, pressing his hand to the heart of the tree for a moment, his eyes closed. Maybe things weren't the same here, but in Narnia, the trees had been his friends.

Without sparing her another look, Caspian headed off into the labyrinth. This was not the way to start a quest. They were treading on unsteady ground now.

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keoughr
2009-05-04 09:52 am UTC (link)

Giselle took up her place next to Legolas when they began walking through the stone corridors. Giselle had never been in a maze before and found it slightly disconcerting. She could tell right away that some people would rather she wasn't along. She was starting to think maybe she should do it on her own. She didn't want to hinder their progress and she certainly didn't want to put anyone in danger.

She put her hand on Legolas' sleeve and leaned up on her tiptoed to whisper softly in his ear. "I think perhaps I should go back. You stay and help the others through. I'll try again another day." She dropped back down to her heels and gave him a brave smile although she was feeling rather let down by the obvious lack of faith everyone had in everyone else.

She turned and began to head back toward the entrance of the Labyrinth when it slammed shut in her face. She pushed against it and tried to get it to open back up for her, but it seemed to be of little use. The stone door didn't budge. She sighed softly and looked back at the rest of the group. "I don't suppose we have a choice now."

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princegreenleaf
2009-05-04 12:08 pm UTC (link)

"Spock's fair-haired love child" He whispered the words, then grinned widely. "Who is this Spock? I am the son of King Thrandiul of Mirkwood, my Lady Buffy, and not Spock at all." The tone of insult didn't go unnoticed by the elf, he was just the sort who was cheerful about nearly everything. So he had no problem letting that go, and turning it into a joke. Even if he didn't fully understand the joke himself.

But when, suddenly, the elf let out an anguished scream. His eyes widened, turned to a dark grey as they always did when he was deeply upset or angered by something. If Caspian's reaction was akin to someone running over his dog, his was more like if someone had killed his entire family in front of him. He bounded across the ground, laid a hand on the petrified tree, and turned to Hermione with the most accusing look that anyone there would have ever seen from him, and indeed, it was the first time in a long while he'd been this upset.

"Why would you do this?" His voice was hardly above a whisper, but his face was pale and pained, and he touched the tree gently, then let it drop. "This tree had many centuries of life left, and you just simply..." He took a deep, deep breath, obviously pulling himself together, and stepped away from the tree with a forced air. For elves, trees were very serious business, indeed, and he had just watched one murdered in front of him. But the witch had meant no harm, he could sense that, so he gave her one more burning glance, then walked over to Giselle. Who wasn't there anymore. If he hadn't been so upset about the tree, he would have noticed sooner, and tried to stop her.

As it was, he got back in time to hear Giselle's comment. Smiling at her, holding out his hand, he approached her. "Well, my Lady, I would not have been content if you had left, in any case. I would have had to follow you." He turned back to Caspian, his face still pale from the death of the tree. "The Lady Bright-Star is correct. We have no choice now. Whether any of you like it or no, we are all in this Labyrinth together. It is best if we get along." Even if Hermione had come really close to getting an arrow through her head for what she'd done.

"So, let us go. We can complete this much faster if we do not make rude comments to each other." A cold look to Buffy. "The entrance to the main part of the Labyrinth is over there." He pointed at what seemed to be merely a wall, in the long, featureless corridor that they had started in. But his sharp elven eyes pointed out that there was a hidden entrance there.

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thechosenbuff
2009-05-12 11:14 am UTC (link)

Rude comments? Buffy wasn't being rude, she was being . . . well, Buffy. Okay, so he didn't get the reference, didn't mean he had to get all grouchy about it. Of course the kinds of people who would throw little hissy fits about stone trees were probably the same kinds of people who would be fussy about everything else. Suddenly she missed Giles very much.

"Okay, on our way then." She threw a glance at Hermione and leaned over to whisper in her ear before she stepped into line. "Cool as that was, I don't suppose you could undo it? The boys in the group might be a bit more agreeable if you do."

She offered her an understanding smile, after all she didn't get what the big deal was about the tree and would have just said 'neat' if she wasn't worried that fisticuffs would break out if she did.

She decided then that this was going to go nowhere fast if she didn't at least make an attempt to soothe things over with people and since the vulcan or elf or whatever he was was currently pissed at her and the other self appointed leader of the group was no better off, they were the ones she directed her question to. "So, out of curiousity. If trees are like . . . your buds, what do you build your houses out of where you come from?"

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grangerdanger
2009-05-12 07:23 pm UTC (link)

It never took long for the evil little smile that Hermione shot at Caspian and Legolas to fade. When she was hit with their reactions she was trying with all her might not to bust out and cry “I'm sorry..I never wanted to upset anyone...I just wanted to prove a point” she said with a little dry snob afterwards breaking out into large tears.

“Thanks and yeah I was just about to do that actually” she whispered back to Buffy with a smile wiping newly formed tears away with her sleeve, at least someone had never freaked out at her for her little outburst of feminine fury, seeing Giselle had turned back it was just Buffy and herself now to prove their point in equality.

Walking to the tree she turned back around to the boys “Just because its petrified don't mean its dead” she explained, she knew this all to well being petrified back in her second year “Don't worry I can reverse it and Mr. Tree here can go back to living his life with all his family and friends” she lifted her wand and tapped the tree then muttered “Finite Incantatem” she turned back hoping to find the boys in a better mood now that their tree was back to normal and walking back to Buffy she noticed they were joined once again by Giselle.

Legolas was right they needed to work together but Hermione just wanted to run off by herself at this moment, to be alone or at least take Buffy with her and prove woman can kick butt as well as look pretty. Instead she ran off towards the wall Legolas pointed to, just to be alone for a few minuets while looking for the door, still upset over what Caspian and Legolas said to her now with more tears tricking down her face, she sat down at the entrance with her head in her knees and waited for the others.

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