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Tweak says, "IT'S ALMOST OVER!"

zaria (bravely) wrote in labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-07-06 21:34:00

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active, day 14, rose tyler, xena

Day 14
Who: Xena and Rose
What: Labyrinth Chat and General Awesomeness
When: Mid-Morning
Where: Horse Stables
Rating: PGish
Status: Incomplete

When Xena woke that morning, she found that the city had changed back to a setting she was more comfortable with. It had been that way when she had arrived and she liked it that way. She could relate to it a little better, even if it was more advanced than her world had been. She hadn't seen Argo in a few days and she knew the horse would probably be a little upset at being neglected.

Dressed in her usual garb, Xena walked through the door that magically led back to her room in the other city and then walked outside toward the stables. She whistled lightly, not exactly cheerfully, but somewhat carefree. The stables were open and she stepped inside to a chorus of whickers and neighs. Smiling, she headed for Argo's stall.

The horse had her hindquarters in Xena's direction and didn't seem to be inclined to turn around to face her. "Look, I'm sorry I haven't been here in a day or two." It might have been more than that, but she wasn't going to own up to it. "C'mon, girl. I have an apple! Don't you want a big juicy apple?" She cooed and clucked, sounding much too soft for a warrior princess.

After a long session of cajoling and encouragement, the horse finally turned around and snatched the apple from Xena's hand. Xena grinned and stroked the horse's nose. "I promise I'll visit you more regularly. Do you want to go for a ride today?" The dun colored horse whinnied and nudged Xena's shoulder with her nose. "Good, me too."

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2009-07-09 10:08 pm UTC (link)

There'd been a time when Rose would've been anxious about this. Riding a horse, which she'd never done, with a strange woman who she'd never met helping her out? It was probably on the list of things mothers were supposed to tell their children to avoid. But Rose wasn't exactly a shy sort, and had faced much greater challenges than horseback riding. At least, she assumed she had. The horse was rather large, and all the equipment Xena placed on her added up quickly.

Still, she was looking forward to that 'second nature' that Xena had sworn would come, and she accepted the offered help into the saddle. Though it wasn't her most graceful move, Rose managed to get her leg over the horse, who'd obviously been used by other inexperienced riders, as she stood patiently while Rose worked her way into the saddle. The stirrups she could manage from reading the occasional horse book as a child, and knew to balance the ball of her foot in them. It was the reins that were weird and would take a bit of getting used to.

"Thank you," Rose said to the brunette, her voice a bit shy. "I honestly wouldn't have managed any of that on my own." She felt so high up, but she wasn't exactly scared by it. It just took some time to get used to it. "How long have you been riding?" she asked conversationally. "Would you be referring to the Gabrielle who's here? From Greece? I've spoken to her before, I think. In the books." One of the friendlier people around, that much she remembered.

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