This was a little Xena RPG that my cousin and I did over ICQ. We never got any further than this, but it's a nice little scene, anyway. Enjoy! ^_^
Disclaimer: Galatea, Perdix, and Nika were all created using the Hercules & Xena Role-Playing Game Hero's Guide from West End Games. Galatea and Perdix belong to me, and Nika belongs to my cousin, Charlotte.
| Name | Characters |
|---|---|
| Jo Ann | Galatea, the Amazon & Perdix, the Gladiator (freed slave) |
| Charlotte | Nika, the Archer |
[Action]
(Scene discription)
The tavern was full that night. The innkeeper and his girls were busy keeping the customers happy with drinks and food. In the back sat two people, a man in green and gold leather, and a woman in black and gold leather. They had come in out of the rain, and the woman was not too happy about the choice of shelter.
Perdix: This was the closest place that was open, Galatea. [takes a swig of ale]
Galatea: But a TAVERN, Perdix?
[Nika comes into the tavern escaping the rain and looks for an open table and sees one open seat at that table.]
Nika (asks the two people): May I sit here?
Galatea: Sure. I am Galatea, the Amazon. [drinks from a goblet of wine]
Perdix: I am Perdix, the Gladiator. [takes another swig of ale]
Nika (introduces herself): I am Nika, the Archer. [sits]
Galatea [looks over to Perdix]: Someday, lover, I'm going to introduce you to the world of wine.
Perdix [chuckles]: Someday, maybe. [finishes off the ale, then grabs the wine decanter that Galatea ordered and pours some into his cup. He takes a swig of the wine] Good. Kinda sweet, but good.
Galatea: Where are you from, Nika?
Nika: I'm from Alexandria. Where are you two from?
Perdix: Galatea's from an Amazon tribe in the forest near Athens. I'm from...about.
Man, sitting nearby: He was a slave in the arenas of Symeria.
The innkeeper brings the Amazon and the gladiator their food, as well as another decanter of wine.
Man's companion [turns toward them]: I hear that he's an escaped slave.
Perdix: Not true, at least, the escaped part isn't. [takes knife and cuts the meat in front of him]
Nike: So you were really a slave? How did you get free?
Perdix: Defeated a superior opponent in the arena. [tears a bit from the piece on his knife and chews on it] Spared his life. It impressed the king at the time, and he ordered that I be set free.
(the rain is letting up)
Nika: Looks like the rain is gone now. I better be on my way.
Galatea: It's night. You may want to get a room. [takes a sip of wine and a bite of meat]
Nika: I hear the inn is full.
An angry shout is heard from the top floor. A woman in a tunic dress comes out of a room, chasing a man wearing only a pair of pants, which he is despertly trying to keep up. He is carring his belongings in a huge bundle. The two exit the inn.
Perdix: One vacancy, now. [takes as swig of wine] Ya know, I may actually begin to like this stuff. [he pours another cup of wine]
Nika: Why don't you two take the room. I can sleep outside.
Galatea: We already got a room. You can have the room.
Between the two of them (Perdix and Galatea), the meal is eaten. Now, Perdix bites into an apple.
Nika: Oh, okay. [gets up and goes to the inn to get the room. Comes back and orders her dinner and sits back down.]
Man that mentioned that Perdix was a slave (a little drunk): Now yer a slave ta that Amazon, so I hear tell.
Galatea: Only when we are in an Amazon villiage. [reaches over and strokes Perdix's short, red beard] Equal partners everywhere else. [smiles at Perdix, who grins back]
Nika: [eats her food] : So, how did you two meet?
Perdix [chuckles]: Got captured by her tribe. Then they got attacked by these pathetic band of mercs out looking for an easy mark. I joined in on the Amazons' side; I figured, if I had ta die, get killed fighting for a group of women. Anyhow, we won, and I was set free for my "heroism". Galatea decided to travel, an' we became partners. Partners in more than travel, too. [winks at Galatea, who grins at him]
That's as far as we got.