Gabrielle, Xena: Warrior Princess

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

Blinking in confusion the young woman glances around the room she's suddenly found herself in, "What in Hades...?" Absently she clutches the staff in her hands closer, almost like a security blanket, eyeing the others in the room warily. She's dressed simply in a short leather skirt and matching halter top with practical leather boots. A plain pouch is slung over her shoulder and across her chest, odd counterpoint to the strange metal ring hooked at her other hip and the sai handles peeking from the tops of her boots. She looks vaguely startled to be addressed then immediately relaxes into a friendly smile as she answers.


1. What is your favorite cheese? Why is it your favorite?

"Cheese? Oh I dunno, some of the cheese from Athens was pretty good, can't remember the name of it though. Probably from goats or something. Why is it my favorite? Umm... I guess 'cause it reminds me of home."

2. Who would you kill first, Barney or Carrottop?

She blinks, green eyes reflecting mild confusion, "Who? Are these people warlords?"

3. What time is it where you are?

"Well... it was just a couple hours past midday where I... was..." She glances around again, studying the room with interest.

4. If you were Albus Dumbledore returned from the dead, which member of the Order of the Phoenix would you sexually harass? How would you harass them? If you are Albus Dumbledore, please answer as if you were Sirius Black.

She suddenly looks sad before the smile is back again, though a bit strained this time, "Well, I'm not sure who either of those people are but I can safely guess I'm neither one of them. Though, it's been my experience that when one has returned from the dead you generally aren't too into sexual harrassment... more like sleeping a lot... or trying to keep yourself from ending up dead again, kinda depends. But I suppose if you were to want to sexually harrass someone and I was theoretically this newly alive person that wants to harrass someone, I guess a member of this Order or whatever, then a good way to go about it would be to take that person to an Amazon party." Her eyes twinkle mischievously.

5. If you are pushing to be in:

A. Slytherin - please state the clever, witty name of the bar in which you bartend, in the dark.

"A bar? Oh... well I dunno, I don't think I'd do very well at bartending. But I guess if I had to name one I could go with The Potadeian... but no one would be able to pronounce it."

B. Gryffindor – Debate whether Harry should ultimately end up married to Fred or George. Use examples from a variety of world mythologies to bolster your argument.

"Who -are- these people? Well anyway, wouldn't it depend on who this Harry likes more? After all, shouldn't love count for something?" She smiles wistfully. "Though, if you really want a story about it with mythological creatures I could probably come up with one. I heard something about this big sea creature in the Britannia once... don't think it's real though, after all, it'd be bigger than a hydra and that's kinda silly."

C. Ravenclaw – You guys are supposed to be smart. Explain why my desk is inundated with paperwork at all times, even though I’m constantly disposing of it.

"Paperwork? Oh... you mean like scrolls and such? That's a really good question, I've always wondered the same thing myself. It's amazing how many scrolls a tribe of Amazons can generate of all people. Though we've generally found that the occasional bonfire of excess scrolls works well. Either that or we just stuff them all into a hut in the back of the village and pretend they don't exist." Gabrielle pauses then mutters to herself, "Which reminds me... I need to have someone clean out that hut..."

D. Hufflepuff – Prove you are not useless.

She grins, eyes dancing with mischief, "Not useless? What would you like me to do?" She twirls her staff expertly around her body for a brief moment, "I have many skills."

6. Offer a bribe to the members of this community so that they will not squib you. Items used in bribery do not necessarily have to belong to the person offering the bribe. Do not threaten us rather than offering a bribe. A threat indicates you either don't really want to be here, or don't have enough sense to answer the question properly. The hat will automatically squib you, regardless of other votes, if you do.

"A bribe?" Gabrielle frowns slightly, "I don't much hold with bribery as a rule. Though... I suppose it depends on the circumstances. But... I guess I could offer my bardic skills, I was trained at the Academy for a while. Or um... I could teach self defense or something? I don't really know what would be useful in a bribe in this place."

"Is that it?" She smiles again and shrugs, "Ok, um... if you have anymore questions just ask."



"I have read the hogwarts_hocus faq, and understand it is a crazy, cracktastic sorting community and RPG. _____G______
I have read the hogwarts_hocus rules and agree to abide by each and every one of them. _____G_____.
I agree to be a good sport and not get my knickers in a bunch. _____G_____.
One day, marmalade will rule the world. ______G______"

Comments

[rogue-nebari.livejournal.com]

"Nice stick. So what's this pota--whatever?"

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle glances up and blinks briefly in mild surprise at the person in front of her before leaning on her staff with a casual smile, "It's my hometown, Potadaia... people always seem to be mispronouncing it, though not as badly as my" she paused briefly, almost imperceptibly, "partner's home, Amphipolis. Where are you from?"

[cockneycat.livejournal.com]

Very lazily, (she is a cat, after all), 'Do you 'appen to 'ave anything to brighten things up?'

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

"Brighten things up?" She cocks her head slightly, "In what way?"

[ian-ma1co1m.livejournal.com]

Hello there, Madam. May I infer from your response to the time question that this is not where you expected to be?

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle grins and shakes her head slightly, "Not hardly. Actually... where is here exactly? And I suppose the next question would be when is here?"

[ticklemeskimble.livejournal.com]

Why, you seem to be a very confused young lass. *ponders* What skills do you have? It's always nice to find an useful person lying about.

Bardic? Such as singing and such? Oh! I LOVE singing. I even made up a few verses of my own some time ago. *grins*

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

She laughs, "Nono, not singing... I left that to Xena. But I do tell tales. Other skills? Oh boy... well, um... I can use my staff and a few other weapons pretty well." Gabrielle gives self depreciating shrug, "I'm not as good as some others I know but I can hold my own."

[ringoate-mybaby.livejournal.com]

"Hey. The way you want to use a sea-creature to bolster the Gryffindor answer... could get interesting."

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

She grins, "Yeah, it could be I suppose."

[keygirl-dawn.livejournal.com]

((Damn! I just popcorned Autolycus. Boo, hiss.))

Show me how to use that staff, and I'm all yours! Er, I mean, my vote is all yours. Into a house. Um, I'm Dawn. Dawn Summers.

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

((aw, sadness))

She laughs softly and grins at Dawn, "I'm Gabrielle. I'd be honored to teach you how to use a staff. Though... could you possibly explain this house thing a bit? I gather that it's a group, or something, but what are they? Are they those Gryffindor, Raven-something things the voice was talking about?"

[islandrebel.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you've come a long ways, Jungle Jane. Gotta' say, I'm tempted to vote Hufflepuff just to find out about these mysterious "skills" of yours.

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

"Jungle Jane?" She blinks, puzzled, that was certainly a term she'd never heard and she wasn't quite sure how to respond. "Um... ok. Well, on the skills thing, see, it said prove you aren't useless. Well how am I to show I'm not useless if I don't know what constitutes useful around here? I mean, I've been to places were being able to speak in complete sentences is considered a useful skill."

[war-god-ares.livejournal.com]

Oh goody. Now my eternal life is complete. Can't you two stay dead?

((OOC: Damn. Shame Caesar is popcorn XD))

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

She groans and drops her head against the staff, banging her forehead against it lightly. After a moment she peers up at Ares with a faint smile, "Hello, Ares, nice to see you again too. And if we stayed dead you'd be mortal still now wouldn't you? Maybe you should remember that."

((oops, didn't realize there was an Ares, sorry about that, I musta missed it on the list. *sheepish* Heh, and Caesar would make things pretty damn amusing.))

[wh0-kill3d-m3.livejournal.com]

Hi, Gabrielle. I'm Laura. I liked your Gryffindor answer - I think who a person really likes should count for something too, no matter what anyone else might think of them.

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

"Right! That's what I've always said." She smiles and holds out a hand, "Nice to meet you, Laura."

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

She grins and glances around, "Yeah, so I've been told. Makes me feel a little better, I have to say."

[estebanmd.livejournal.com]

You are a member of an Amazon tribe? By this do you mean the classical sort of Amazon, women warriors, or do you mean some tribe of South America?

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

"Umm... classical sort I suppose, based on your description. Definitely women warriors and I don't know what South America is. My tribe is from Thrace."

[manriki-chan.livejournal.com]

I wasn't all that sleepy when I first came back from being dead.

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

She shrugs slightly and raises an eyebrow, "I suppose it depends on what you were doing before you died. And how long you were dead for. I know I certainly didn't feel up to much afterwards."

[peachykeendeath.livejournal.com]

Hiya, Gabby! Nice to see you outside of business hours, for once.

((Gabrielle can either recognize Death or not, totally up to you.))

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle blinks, "Celeste???" She peers around warily, "Am I dead then after all? Because, with Ares here this certainly could be Tartarus."

[schizowarrior.livejournal.com]

"Big sea creature in Britannia? Really? What's he look like--I think I might know him."

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

"I'm not really sure, I've never seen it just heard stories during my brief stay in the country." She closed her eyes briefly to recall the story told to her so many years ago, "Supposedly it's a large creature that inhabits one of the lakes in the far north of the country. I was told it was the size of several horses, with a long neck but that it stays relatively far from people. That's all I can really recall."

[nopower-overme.livejournal.com]

*smiles, holds out hand* Sarah, nice to meet you. What house do you think you might like? I don't take bribes but I would love to hear about your bardic skills, if you don't mind sharing.

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle smiles and shakes her hand, "Gabrielle, nice to meet you also. As for house.." she laughs softly, "I keep being asked that. So far the one that seems to make the most sense as things stand and as they've been described to me is Gryffindor."

She looks charmed to be asked about her bardic talents, "I'd love to share. What would you like to know? Or did you want to hear a tale?"

[gutentaghopclop.livejournal.com]

You like to sing und dance, Fraulein Gabbywell?

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

She laughs softly, "Like to, yes... am good at it... eh..." she waggles one hand slightly, "not so much. I generally stick to story telling if I'm going to do anything like that."

[ugly-old-hat.livejournal.com]

Bardic skills, hmmmm? Does that mean you tell historic tales through song?

[amazonbard.livejournal.com]

"Tales yes... but not generally through song." She smiles wryly, "I'm not really the best singer."

[ugly-old-hat.livejournal.com]

I do hope you'll join me for tea and tell me all your many tales one day, miss! I'm sure they are rousing good stories of battles and monseters and such, which is just the kind I like!

Your bribe has been accepted.

Welcome to Gryffindor!