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Library, Wednesday [11/23]
Gabrielle had been a little too absorbed in her own concerns -- she'd call it soul-searching but a less charitable person could easily accuse her of navel-gazing and not be at all wrong (and let's face it, with her usual outfit it could be literal) -- lately to have taken much notice of the widespread disappearances around the island. The guilt trip later when she realized this would be epic, but for now she was just . . . in her own little world, really.
Once her morning tasks were done and she'd had a chance to settle in at the desk, she started reading the latest correspondence from home. No mention of Joxer in Xena's latest letter, much like the last one, but he popped in and out of their lives so randomly and irritatingly that Gabrielle didn't think anything of it. That was about normal.
It was the report from her Amazon tribe that had her concerned; as Queen's Regent, Ephiny should be the one keeping Gabrielle up to date on the tribe's welfare and well-being, and Gabrielle had been hoping to hear if any progress had been made on the Habitat for Humanity project she'd proposed for villages in the region. Instead it was Solari who'd sent the letter acting as Regent, which was . . . Solari wouldn't be a bad Regent, but the letter didn't say anything about Ephiny at all, and as tightly-knit a sisterhood as Gabrielle's Amazons were, whatever tragedy had befallen her ought to have been detailed. Instead the letter carried on as if Ephiny had never existed in the first place. Reading between the lines made things worse: the tribe should still be preoccupied with strengthening their alliance with the Centaurs, but there wasn't a single mention of them, either.
By the time she finished reading, Gabrielle's face was stuck in worried-expression mode, connections to the posters she'd only halfway noted in the hallways had been made, and Gabrielle herself was hurrying around the library, making sure chairs were straightened out and tables were ready in case anyone needed to come in and research.
There was plenty of coffee ready, too.
Once her morning tasks were done and she'd had a chance to settle in at the desk, she started reading the latest correspondence from home. No mention of Joxer in Xena's latest letter, much like the last one, but he popped in and out of their lives so randomly and irritatingly that Gabrielle didn't think anything of it. That was about normal.
It was the report from her Amazon tribe that had her concerned; as Queen's Regent, Ephiny should be the one keeping Gabrielle up to date on the tribe's welfare and well-being, and Gabrielle had been hoping to hear if any progress had been made on the Habitat for Humanity project she'd proposed for villages in the region. Instead it was Solari who'd sent the letter acting as Regent, which was . . . Solari wouldn't be a bad Regent, but the letter didn't say anything about Ephiny at all, and as tightly-knit a sisterhood as Gabrielle's Amazons were, whatever tragedy had befallen her ought to have been detailed. Instead the letter carried on as if Ephiny had never existed in the first place. Reading between the lines made things worse: the tribe should still be preoccupied with strengthening their alliance with the Centaurs, but there wasn't a single mention of them, either.
By the time she finished reading, Gabrielle's face was stuck in worried-expression mode, connections to the posters she'd only halfway noted in the hallways had been made, and Gabrielle herself was hurrying around the library, making sure chairs were straightened out and tables were ready in case anyone needed to come in and research.
There was plenty of coffee ready, too.