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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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2009-07-28 02:31 am UTC (link)

Rose tried not to giggle. The plastic horses of carousel life seemed terribly far away. They also held less than pleasant memories, as Rose remembered the time the carnival or fair or amusement park...thing had been there in their little world. The last time she'd genuinely been happy, really.

But she shook that thought off. The mare beneath her seemed to sense her sudden unease, and Rose felt confident enough to carefully reach down to pat the horse's neck before sitting back up before she lost her balance. Falling in front of the graceful rider by her side would be humiliating. "I've always had pretty good balance," she said with a shrug. "I took gymnastics for a few years when I was younger. The beam was one of my best, actually." Though from the woman's appearance, she might not have any idea what, exactly, a balance beam was.

"I'm not," she agreed as the woman asked where she was from. "I'm from England, though that feels forever ago by now." She shifted back in the saddle some, mostly to ease the ache in her legs but also because it felt a bit more natural. "Gabrielle mentioned she was from Greece. Were the two of you there together?"

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