Library, Wednesday [11/30]

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Gabrielle hadn't received word from home this week. Ordinarily that was little cause for concern; not even her Greece, strange as it was, could send correspondence with anything like the (more or less) reliable speed of the current era. This week, though, it had her fretting. Were her parents all right? Was Lila? Helen, wherever she was now? Salmoneus, Autolycus, Hower and Minya, Flora, Pandora, Joxer, her Amazons, Homer and the boys at the Academy, Hercules and Iolaus?

And Xena . . .

That was the one that really twisted her stomach with worry, even though she remained mostly convinced that no matter what this thing was, Xena could handle it. The what-ifs were just persistent enough that Gabrielle couldn't help imagining a world without the Warrior Princess in it.

Her life without Xena in it.

That was . . . unthinkable.

On one level, she was aware of how many people she'd met and learned to care about throughout the past several years of her travels. It wasn't until moments like now, though, that she realized just how many people there were, and the thought had her in a pensive but agitated mood.

The Art(s) of War and Peace; Wednesday, Second Period [ 11/30 ].

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"Are you all here?" Ghanima asked abruptly as the bell rang. "Anyone dead? Anyone kill anyone else?"

"Anyone break any hearts ♥?" added Shunsui with his usual grin slightly lighter than usual.

But Ghanima didn't wait for any sort of answer to any of the questions, though she did smile impishly. "Good enough," she announced, hopping off her desk. "Today, we have two parts to our class. The eleventh chapter of Tzu's book speaks of both the varieties of ground found within terrain, and of leadership styles."

"I do not feel like going over territory disputes, I've done that enough this past week dealing with treaties from home that my brother has been kind enough to ask me to handle. Instead, we will look at the leadership aspects of the chapter. There are as many different styles of directing people as there are people in the universe. While Tzu has some very good, and very bad, ideas, I'm curious to see what qualities you look for in a leader."

"There are many different types of leaders in this world, and in others ♥," Shunsui mused, again his smile still light and his eyes trying not to drift to his co-teacher with concern. "After all, someone out there even considered myself good enough to be a leader of a whole faction; yes, that's right, I don't just have captain in my name because it picks up all the ladies ♥. I come from a place where there are thirteen captains to protect a whole society. Thirteen ♥, and we each have our own lieutenants in the ranks, too. You can imagine that leads to quite a variety of leadership styles, and I can promise you, very rarely do we all agree on something, either ♥. Is such a variety in leadership good, do you suppose, or does it just sort of muddle up the chances of things being done productively?"


[[ OCD on the way up! ]]

Strange Creatures of the Deep, Wednesday, Period 3

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Summer had noticed the boards, that the number of disappearances had grown and she couldn't help but feel for everyone that had lost someone. She knew what that was like. So, she decided to forego today's lesson and instead, had set out some moddable snacks and drinks for them.

The desks in the classroom were set up in a semi-circle, with Summer's desk taking up a good chunk of it. She leaned against it and as soon as her students settled in, she offered them a small smile.

"I decided to skip the lesson I had planned for today, given what's been going on. Many of you and your fellow students have been affected by the disappearances, by what's happened, so I wanted to give you a chance to talk about it. A chance to voice your feelings, but only if you want to. By no means am I going to force to talk about this if you feel otherwise."

Summer paused, taking comfort in the warmth of the coffee she held in her hands. "And if there's anything at all you need, feel free to come to me. My office is always open."

[OCD coming up.]