Library, Wednesday [9/28]

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With Parents' Weekend coming up, Gabrielle was more than a little eager at the prospect of having Xena here again, although she was resigned to the prospect of Xena possibly intimidating her friends and teachers. (It was Xena. That much was more or less inevitable.) She still wasn't quite back to her old levels of cheerfulness, but today, as she went about her tasks, she was pretty close.

And humming -- which was a good sign, unless you were looking for her to be in tune.

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Mod Your Library [9/28]

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Are you perhaps allergic to out-of-tune-ness?

Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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She's not allergic to it.

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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Dave - who was not allergic to out of tuneness - walked up to Gabrielle after failing to easily find what he was looking for. "Excuse me," he said. "Sorry. I was hoping you might be able to help me find a book on a slightly odd topic."

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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Luckily Gabrielle hadn't met anyone yet who was literally allergic to it, unless allergies occasionally took the form of certain warrior princesses trying to distract her with food or cover her mouth or something.

"I think the library specializes in odd topics," she answered (talking was a good way to distract her from the humming too), "slightly or a lot more than slightly. I'm happy to help, though."

She tilted her head one way, then the other, sort of an odd little bobbing motion. "What kind of book is it, and please don't tell me you only know it has a yellow cover . . ."

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"Well, it could have a yellow cover," Dave said. "But that's not a dealbreaker. No, I'm looking for something that might help me out with the Parents' Weekend Recital on Saturday. I have a knife throwing act, and I was hoping to find something that might have some ideas for tricks."

Dave thought about this a little harder. "Just in case a school library might carry something like that."

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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Some school libraries likely wouldn't. This one?

"You're going to be in the recital?" asked Gabrielle, and what did it say that she didn't even blink at how he was going to throw knives? "I think we can give it a try, sure. Come on."

She headed toward a section of the stacks, gesturing for him to follow her. "I don't think that's the kind of thing that should be in Special Collections, anyway."

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"I'm in Student Council, so I felt kind of obligated," Dave said, following along. Also, he really wanted to show off his knife-throwing ability. Just in case it might be useful for people to know that he could throw knives. "Have you signed up for it?"

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"No," Gabrielle admitted; she ran a finger along the edge of one of the shelves. Who knew there were this many books on the circus? She hadn't. "I was thinking about it, but I wasn't sure -- congratulations on Student Council, by the way. And good luck."

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"It's not like I had to do anything but sign up, but still, thanks," Dave said, a little sheepishly. "What were you thinking about for your talent if you did sign up?"

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"Still, it takes a lot of initiative to decide to sign up, so well done," Gabrielle insisted. "And I was thinking of telling a story."

She was Greek, and from thousands of years ago. It'd be about a billion hours long. "I'm not sure, though. It's not a lot of time to really go through all my material, and besides, what would I pick?"

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"That's still easier than my problem," Dave said. "You just have to pick a good story. I still have to find someone to be my assistant."

And by that he meant 'someone who let him throw knives at them.'

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"But there's so many good stories, how am I ever going to pick?" Yes. Yes, Gabrielle's voice went up a notch in genuine panic, but she latched onto something less panic-inducing instead. "If you need an assistant, I could volunteer."

Someone needing help: her proverbial carrot on a stick.

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"I wouldn't assume that anyway," Gabrielle promised. "There's always room to learn more tricks, isn't there? Have to keep things interesting. The life of a performer -- it's not that easy." Cue the melodramatic sigh.

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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Faramir found it hard to be opposed to anything that made his friend sound cheerful.

"Hullo, Gabrielle," he greeted. "I take it that you are doing well."

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"Faramir," Gabrielle greeted him warmly, coming over to put a hand on his arm. "I'm doing all right. Where have you been hiding yourself these days?"

To be fair, she hadn't made much of an effort to get out.

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"Not far," he chuckled and he could not resist shifting forward to hug her. "I do not believe there was any hiding in fact."

He paused. "Though, my brother would disagree and argue that I sometimes forget to surface when I find an interesting book."

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"That just means the author's done a good job," Gabrielle decided, happy to hug him for as long as he'd let her. "And if that's the case, then you're forgiven. How have you been?"

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"I know you would understand," he smiled and tightened his arms around her, wondering if perhaps this meant he had been distracted for too long. "I have been well. It seems the island's strangeness has passed me by for which I am grateful, though there was this one weekend I do not seem to recollect."

He shrugged his curiosity off. "What of you? Should I have come to seek you out sooner?"

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"You're lucky I don't hold it against you," Gabrielle teased, reaching up to poke him in the chest. "But I completely understand how it is when it comes to books. I've been spending a lot of time with my scrolls lately."

And not sleeping that well, but she wouldn't bring it up.

"The weirdness skipped you too, did it? Me too . . . except for the time I was convinced a pink pony was going to show me the way to the promised land." If she thought that was bizarre, it only showed for a moment in her face. That wasn't the strangest thing she'd ever done in her life, anyway.

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"There is a horse of such colouring teaching class," Faramir pointed out, teasing. He did not know much about it, but it was rather hard to ignore. "Perhaps there is truth there?"

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"Oh, gods, of course there is," Gabrielle groaned, the tips of her ears turning slightly pink. (Not Pinkie Pie pink, though.) "That was one of those strange weekends where no one is acting like themself. But everyone seems to be all right now."

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"I believe I will be content that you are all right now," he decided,smiling at her. "Are you expecting visitors?"

Re: Talk to Gabrielle [9/28]

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"I am," Gabrielle replied, and her face lit up like the cave had that one time when she and Xena had tried to retrieve the stolen Ark of the Covenant, and some incredibly stupid bandits had gone and opened it up no seriously they actually did Raiders of the Lost Ark, just a lot less lethally for any unscrupulous types who might be in the vicinity. "Xena's going to be here; maybe you'll get the chance to meet her this time."

That was likely to go well.

"How about you?"

Talk to the Librarian [9/28]

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Let's hope she's not. Or at least not within earshot. Because wow, Gabrielle.

OOC [9/28]

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WTF how is it almost October already.