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With her concern over Rachel’s sudden disappearance, Gabrielle had barely noticed something was going on with the residents of the island. She knew Rachel hadn’t disappeared from the island and was mourning the disappearance of her mother, but the fact she’d taken off on her own worried Gabrielle. It was something Xena would do and she would be just as worried.
And since today seemed like any other day, Gabrielle was going about her normal chores, in this case, mending and folding clothes. She had found a stump near a group of trees that provided just enough shade near the front of her hut and that’s where she sat, humming softly and sticking up a rip in one of her skirts.
With her humming, Gabrielle didn’t hear the snake as it began it’s descent towards her from the branches above her. What she did hear was a very familiar whistling noise and felt the head and body of the snake drop down onto her shoulders. She gave a small startled scream and stood up, her mending falling to the ground as she stomped on the pieces of the snake, making sure it was dead. “Whew, thanks Xena, I didn’t....”
Gabrielle stopped herself as she realized what she was doing. Xena wasn’t here on the island. So why did...That’s when the whistling registered with her and she looked up to see a very familiar charkam buried in the trunk of the tree. Her heart beat sped up and Gabrielle whirled around, looking for the owner. “Xena? Xena! Please, if you’re here show yourself!” She yelled, desperation growing in her voice. She looked around, but to no avail. Xena wasn’t there.
When Gabrielle returned to the tree, tears were already streaking down her cheeks. She stared at the weapon for a few minutes before she picked up a spare piece of fabric from her basket and wrapped it around the weapon so she could pull it from the tree. It was sunk in deep so it took her a little while to tug it out, her tears and grief increasing the longer it took. When she finally got it free, she collapsed in a heap and curled around the weapon, her sobs shaking her body. “Xena...please. I need you here. I love you.”
And for the first time, Gabrielle realized just how much she meant those words. It only caused her to clutch the weapon tighter as her heart broke and her tears continued to fall.
[Gabrielle is under the influence of truth plot and she’s finally telling the truth to herself, as well as others. She’s also just gotten her item, Xena’s chakram. Friends <3 but new people are welcome as well as ST/LT]
And since today seemed like any other day, Gabrielle was going about her normal chores, in this case, mending and folding clothes. She had found a stump near a group of trees that provided just enough shade near the front of her hut and that’s where she sat, humming softly and sticking up a rip in one of her skirts.
With her humming, Gabrielle didn’t hear the snake as it began it’s descent towards her from the branches above her. What she did hear was a very familiar whistling noise and felt the head and body of the snake drop down onto her shoulders. She gave a small startled scream and stood up, her mending falling to the ground as she stomped on the pieces of the snake, making sure it was dead. “Whew, thanks Xena, I didn’t....”
Gabrielle stopped herself as she realized what she was doing. Xena wasn’t here on the island. So why did...That’s when the whistling registered with her and she looked up to see a very familiar charkam buried in the trunk of the tree. Her heart beat sped up and Gabrielle whirled around, looking for the owner. “Xena? Xena! Please, if you’re here show yourself!” She yelled, desperation growing in her voice. She looked around, but to no avail. Xena wasn’t there.
When Gabrielle returned to the tree, tears were already streaking down her cheeks. She stared at the weapon for a few minutes before she picked up a spare piece of fabric from her basket and wrapped it around the weapon so she could pull it from the tree. It was sunk in deep so it took her a little while to tug it out, her tears and grief increasing the longer it took. When she finally got it free, she collapsed in a heap and curled around the weapon, her sobs shaking her body. “Xena...please. I need you here. I love you.”
And for the first time, Gabrielle realized just how much she meant those words. It only caused her to clutch the weapon tighter as her heart broke and her tears continued to fall.
[Gabrielle is under the influence of truth plot and she’s finally telling the truth to herself, as well as others. She’s also just gotten her item, Xena’s chakram. Friends <3 but new people are welcome as well as ST/LT]