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Want to avoid having your network hacked into? Manage your passwords. Want to be able to retrieve your data? Back Up your data. Jexet Technologies of Chicago gives some practical tips on how to accomplish both.
Password management is one of the most cost-effective internal controls that businesses have at their disposal to protect their data. Since unauthorized access is one of the most common causes of data theft, businesses that implement password policies can be much more secure. This reduces the financial risk that business owners must accept and nurtures an environment of data security throughout the enterprise. This article will outline how Chicago businesses can save with new passwords.
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It is important to back up data from time to time. By backing up data, you can ensure timely recovery of your important files. If your storage device crashes or your computer gets infected by viruses, you may lose your precious data. To avoid these mishaps, maintain a backup schedule and follow it religiously.
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1. Determine the storage device on which you want to back up data. For instance, you can back up data on your computer's hard disk drive or an external storage device. Another option is to use cloud storage for backing up data. You can recover data stored in cloud servers through any device that is connected to the Internet. Cloud servers are maintained by expert technicians, minimizing the chances of losing important files and folders.
2. Access the storage device to which you want to back up files. For instance, if you want to transfer data to an external storage device, then connect it to your PC. Likewise, if you want to back up data to cloud servers, then you must connect to the Internet and navigate to the website that offers cloud storage. Some options include Google Drive and Windows Sky Drive.
3. Transfer files that you want to back up to the storage device. For external storage devices, copy and paste files to the external device. For cloud servers, you may have to upload the files. A strong Internet connection will allow you to upload large-sized files quickly.
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|Reviews for The Sad Cafe
| its-never-lupus chapter 1 . 5/5/2004
Hey, I LIKED this. It was good, very fluffly, but then, I am a huge fan of fluff. You are GOOD,girl! Rock on!
| Gryffin Parker chapter 1 . 12/1/2003
This is absolutely beautiful! Though you should update You Were a Newsie. _~ I'm going to make sure I pick on it next chapter of Muses if you keep it up.
This is so freaking sweet. _ I just can't put it in words. It is lovely.
| Saturday chapter 1 . 11/1/2003
| inactive and all stories delet chapter 1 . 10/30/2003
That was AWESOME.
::adds to favorites::
| snipeshooter chapter 1 . 10/27/2003
I really liked this story, Dakota-Jones. It was a little sad, how far Dutchy had drifted down and how everyone had drifted away or died, but that's how life goes. The (lyrics? poetry? whatever) added a lot to the story, and you worked them into the writings natural flow. Not tons of detail, but I liked it all the same. Keep writing!
| Highland Lassie chapter 1 . 10/27/2003
Wow! Oh so sad... but I loved how it ended! I love this classic pairing... just too perfect! And what a perfect song to write a fic from! Excellent! Keep up the Great work!
| Chicago chapter 1 . 10/26/2003
YAY! Sappy happies! I love this song SO much... This was a beautifully written peice of fluffyness! YAY! I gots to go, but just wanted to know that you really did this song justice with this peice...
| Gothic Author chapter 1 . 10/26/2003
AHH! I'm gonna cry!
Gothic Author
| Nakaia Aidan-Sun chapter 1 . 10/26/2003
That was great! I really loved it. Sorry the review is so short, I have to eat dinner.
| Seraph2 chapter 1 . 10/26/2003
Great story! I enjoyed reading about where each of the newsies had gone (although it was so sad that Crutchy died). I'm glad you made good use of that financial aid session!
~Seraph the Second
| Mush's Skittles chapter 1 . 10/25/2003
Well I like how it turned out.
THey're so classic.
And that's an awesome song.
Kudos, sweets.
I have been busy colleging too. YOu know it gets bad when I haven't been on FFn in so long, I nearly forgot my password...
Great job!
| SpecsGlasses chapter 1 . 10/25/2003
I liked it. It was sweet...could've been more slashy ;) lol but I really did like it...poor Crutchy...can't wait to read more of your stuff...
| deadaccount4468 chapter 1 . 10/25/2003
Aww. That's so sweet. Specs is such a sweet guy. And I like the idea of the cat moving in without permission. Cats would do that. They're snobby. But Dutchy named the cat after Specs. That's really adorable.
| Thistle chapter 1 . 10/25/2003
That was so good. I was completely blown away. I definitely have to hear that song now. It went so well with your story and the story was just so sweet and heartbreaking. I really liked it. And I can't wait for you to update on your other story as well.

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This is a big year for Arnold's Cove.
The excitement has been building for several years in the community over the prospect of celebrating the 50th anniversary of resettlement, and last night's opening ceremonies gave residents a taste of what is to come over the next year.
Over 300 people were in attendance at Tricentia Academy to hear songs, recitations, and readings about resettlement in Placentia Bay.
Fay Matthews, co-chair of the 2016 resettlement committee, said the night was a success and all feedback has been positive.
"We had a broad selection and we involved young people as well as people from the islands and I think that brought people together," Matthews told The Packet.
The goal of the opening ceremonies was to let people know what signature events are planned for the year and to give a preview of what they will entail.
"It was to give a taste of what type of music will occur at a certain event or even the type of storytelling and to show we have an older generation that plays music and tells stories but we also have a young generation," she said.
The Tricentia Academy choir and the traditional group of Leeland and Baxter Wareham and Linda Byrne, performed music throughout the night including Out From St. Leonard's and a song written by Leeland Wareham's mother called Many Years Later.
High school student Katelyn Snook performed a monologue with dialogue taken from one of the books of Ray Guy, a noted humourist born in Placentia Bay.
Snook has been working with Agnes Walsh, who will serve as artistic director for the year.
"Katelyn learned the piece from one of Ray's books and put her interpretation on it; I think she did a fine job," says Matthews.
Walsh also performed a monologue, a Jack Tale from Placentia Bay. A Jack Tale is a series of stories similar to a fairy tale or Grimm's tale in that they had adventure and humour and usually ended with a moral, says Matthews.
"They've become very popular because they've been passed down by word of mouth," says Matthews.
The night also had a 15-minute excerpt from a feature length documentary made by local resident John Tolson.
Tolson is a former British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) employee who created the documentary based on the stories of resettlement in the area.
This was the audience's first look at the film and those in attendance were clearly amazed to see themselves on the big screen as the auditorium frequently broke out into laughter.
The Stories of Resettlement year will have at least one event per month and Matthews says the opening ceremonies were a great indicator of what's to come.


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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - Florida Department of Transportation officials reopened a busy on-ramp to Interstate 4 in downtown Orlando Monday night after environmental crews cleaned up a massive chemical spill from a dry cleaner that happened 50 years ago.
The cleanup happened on the eastbound Anderson Street ramp onto I-4. Crews said they will continue to clean up around traffic Tuesday morning, but will close the ramp again Tuesday night.
Crews tackled a major chemical spill, dating back 50 years, from a dry cleaner that used to sit on an overgrown spot near South Street in downtown.
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31 December 2009 11:35 AM, PST | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
TV options for making the end of 2009 more celebratory and nursing your hangover as you usher in 2010:
The granddaddy of New Year's Eve TV, "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," kicks off at 10 p.m. Et on ABC. Host Ryan Seacrest and Clark will do an hour in primetime from Times Square, then return at 11:30 to watch the ball drop and usher in the new year. Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas will check in from Las Vegas. Scheduled performers include Jennifer Lopez, Daughtry, the Peas, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez.
NBC has "New Year's Eve with Carson Daly" at 10 and 11:30 p.m. Jay-z, Rihanna and Green Day are scheduled to perform.
On Fox, Carmen Electra hosts "New Year's Eve Live" from Las Vegas at 11 p.m. with performances from "American Idol's" Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta as well as Sean Kingston. Eva Longoria Parker »
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30 December 2009 8:06 AM, PST | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
USA Network made a clean sweep of the 2009 ratings race, marking the fourth consecutive win for the NBC Universal powerhouse. Per Nielsen ratings data (a blend of live-plus-seven-day and two weeks of live-plus-same-day numbers), USA drew a record 3.27 million viewers in primetime, a 14% improvement over its year-ago delivery.
For the period spanning Dec. 29, 2008, through Dec. 27, 2009, USA swept ad-supported cable's three top TV demos, averaging 1.49 million adults 25-54, an increase of 11% versus 2008, while serving up 1.32 million viewers 18-49 (up 5%). The network also held off TBS to take the younger set, drawing 616,000 viewers 18-34.
USA effectively shattered the records it set in 2008, when it averaged 2.86 million total viewers, 1.34 million adults 25-54 and 1.32 million viewers 18-49.
(When factoring in all basic-cable nets, this year marks USA's second straight win among total viewers. In 2007, non-ad-supported Disney Channel topped the total cable universe with 2.7 million total viewers, edging USA's 2.68 million in the same period.)
On the year, »
- By Anthony Crupi, Mediaweek
29 December 2009 10:34 AM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
In the world of basic cable TV, the USA Network is king. The network, thanks to its returning hit "Burn Notice" and new hits "Royal Pains" and "Blue Collar", topped the competition with the most-watched basic cable viewership for the year. The breezy, easy going net was tops among the heavily sought-after adults 18-49 demo (that's up 29% from its 2008 numbers), with "Burn Notice" second in total viewers (a whopping 7.19 million) only to TNT's veteran cop show "The Closer" (queen of the cable nets with 7.75 million), according to 2009 averages. Besides USA, the FX Channel also saw strong numbers for 2009, literally riding original shows like the dramatic powerhouse "Sons of Anarchy" and the comedies "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and newcomer "The League" to higher numbers. Overall, the channel was up 10% from its 2008 numbers. Espn, meanwhile, used the addition of Monday Night Football to give it the second highest »
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23 December 2009 6:37 AM, PST | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
A major character might be leaving Big Love, but a fan favorite will be returning.
Sources confirm that Tina Majorino - beloved from roles in Veronica Mars and Napoleon Dynamite - will reprise her role as Heather Tuttle on the HBO drama. She'll appear on the second episode of the fourth season, as Sarah has an important question for her estranged pal.
Meanwhile, Matthew Humphries has landed the role Ron Reed, the new face of the religious right. As the head of an anti-gaming organization, he'll butt heads often with Bill.
Humphries has guest-starred on shows such as Burn Notice and Supernatural. »
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23 December 2009 3:58 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Starz announced plans today to order a second season of its new Sam Raimi-produced original series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand".
What's strange is that the renewal comes more than one month prior to the debut of the program starring Andy Whitfield, Lucy Lawless and John Hannah. The show's look utilises virtual environments, giving it a very "300"-style feel.
The 13-episode second season, expected to be titled "Spartacus: Vengeance", will start production in New Zealand on 13 new episodes in the first quarter of 2010.
USA Network's freshman dramedy "White Collar" has been renewed for a second season, though no word on how many episodes or a premiere date. Though not a breakout hit like "Burn Notice", the show has scored a solid audience with 5.55 million viewers tuning in for the season finale, up from the 5.4m for the show's premiere.
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23 December 2009 3:58 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Spartacus: Blood and Sand
Starz announced plans today to order a second season of its new Sam Raimi-produced original series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand".
What's strange is that the renewal comes more than one month prior to the debut of the program starring Andy Whitfield, Lucy Lawless and John Hannah. The show's look utilises virtual environments, giving it a very "300"-style feel.
The 13-episode second season, expected to be titled "Spartacus: Vengeance", will start production in New Zealand on 13 new episodes in the first quarter of 2010.
USA Network's freshman dramedy "White Collar" has been renewed for a second season, though no word on how many episodes or a premiere date. Though not a breakout hit like "Burn Notice", the show has scored a solid audience with 5.55 million viewers tuning in for the season finale, up from the 5.4m for the show's premiere.
A new »
- Garth Franklin
22 December 2009 8:24 PM, PST | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you're dying to share? Just want to say hi? You can send any/all of the above to firstname.lastname@example.com Question: Thanks for all the True Blood casting news! Do you have any other scoop on season 3? -Jkh Ausiello: It's happening: Lafayette is getting a boyfriend! A True insider tells me that Alan Ball is quietly searching for a sexy Latino actor in his 30s to play a lust interest for everyone's favorite same-gender-lovin' blood dealer. (Over the summer, Ball confirmed that viewers would see a more "vulnerable" Lafayette in season 3.) Got casting tips? »
- Michael Ausiello
22 December 2009 1:26 PM, PST | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
Once the presents are open, the turkey is finished and the eggnog has stopped flowing, millions of Americans will plop down on their couches.
At least that's what a few cable networks are hoping for, as they've lined up the following marathons of a few popular TV shows. Make your plans, and set your DVR, accordingly...
Christmas Day
Bones marathon (noon-8 p.m., TNT)
December 26
NCIS marathon (9 a.m.-2 a.m. Dec. 27, USA)
December 31
Burn Notice marathon (6 a.m.-6 a.m. Jan. 1, USA)
January 1
One Tree Hill (2 p.m.-midnight Jan. 2, SoapNET)
January 2
NCIS marathon (9 a.m.-4 a.m. Jan. 3, USA)
House marathon (6 p.m.-4 a.m. Jan. 3, Bravo)
January 3
House marathon (9 a.m.-4 a.m. Jan. 4, USA) »
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19 December 2009 10:28 AM, PST | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
Short, but very sweet news for White Collar fans:
The USA series has already been renewed for a second season!
Earlier today, producer Jeff Eastin Tweeted:
Like other USA shows such as Burn Notice and Royal Pains, White Collar picked up a broad following soon after it debuted. It will return on January 19 with new episodes.
In the meantime, you can catch up on the show via our extensive episode guides and take a glance ahead at it via our section of White Collar spoilers. »
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18 December 2009 12:00 PM, PST | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
USA Network's freshman dramedy "White Collar" has been collared for a second season.
The show's creator/executive producer Jeff Eastin tweeted the news Friday evening. "Congratulations to the best cast and crew on television," he wrote.
The pickup was confirmed by USA though no details on the size of the order or the second season's premiere date were provided.
"Jeff Eastin created a show that was both on-brand and that arguably took USA Network to a new level of sophistication," USA's president of original programing Jeff Wachtel said. "After breaking out of the gate so strongly, and with finale ratings that actually exceeded the premiere, 'White Collar' was a lock for a second season."
In the first portion of its freshman season, "White Collar" was a solid performer though not a breakout hit of the caliber of recent additions "Royal Pains" or "Burn Notice."
Still, the show, »
- By Nellie Andreeva
17 December 2009 3:02 PM, PST | buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news »
Has it been that long since the last Burn Notice episode?
Yes, four months to be exact, and when the USA series returns on January 21, Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) will reportedly find himself in more trouble than ever before. As it turns out, his only link to the Intelligence Agency is dead and his biggest foe wants him dead (or else, play mind games with him). On "A Dark Road" A widow whose husband died during a fake insurance scam begs Fiona for help getting her husband's dangerous associates away from her and her son.
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17 December 2009 11:15 AM, PST | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
There's no need to stress out if you're stuck on holiday shopping lines tonight. Your favorite show isn't airing a new episode anyway.
Every primetime series is officially on hiatus until the new year. When will your favorite program return and/or premiere a new season? The answers are below...
January 4
The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
January 5
The Good Wife (pictured)
January 6
January 8
Medium returns
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The New Adventures of Old Christine
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16 December 2009 6:09 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
According to Variety, HBO's The Pacific, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' highly-awaited, spiritual-sequel to Band of Brothers, is set to air its first of ten parts on March 14 with a new hour-long episode set to air every Sunday through May 16th. The miniseries follows the Pacific campaign of World War II and stars James Badge Dale (24), Jon Seda (Bad Boys II), and Joseph Mazzello (Jurassic Park).
Hit the jump to learn about new casting in J.J. Abrams' new show Undercovers and in Jack and Dan, the new show from Burn Notice creator Matt Nix. Plus, check out a new poster for the third season of Chuck and when SyFy will be airing a Chuck marathon in preparation for the show's season premiere.
Gerald McRaney (Deadwood) is the first actor to be cast in J.J. Abrams's pilot for the upcoming series Undercovers. Not much is known about the »
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Below is a list of the return dates or season premiere dates of shows beginning in January 2010 (arranged alphabetically by show). When does Gossip Girl or American Idol return? When does Human Target and Caprica premiere? Check out our list below.
The majority of shows are listed (only a few are missing, including the new ABC midseason show, Happy Town). Wow, there's a lot of shows on television, isn't there?
24 (Fox, season premiere) – January 17, 9:00 p.m. (part 2 of premiere continues January 18, 8:00 p.m.) 30 Rock (NBC) – January 14, 9:00 p.m. (back-to-back episodes) 90210 – March 9, 9:00 p.m. Accidentally on Purpose (CBS) – January 11, 8:30 p.m. American Idol (Fox, season premiere) – January 12, 8:00 p.m. Being Erica (SOAPnet, season premiere) – January 20, 10:00 p.m. Big Love (HBO, season premiere) – January 10, 10:00 p.m. Bones (Fox) – January 14, 8:00 p.m. Brothers & Sisters (ABC) – January 3, 10:00 p.m. Burn Notice – January 21, 10:00 p. »
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As the title character in "Better Off Ted," an off-the-beaten-path office comedy in its second season on ABC, Jay Harrington feels an added level of pressure. "Nobody is making me feel this way," he emphasizes. "But if we're not being watched as much I may hope, I will feel a certain responsibility." Still, after more than a decade in the business, he says the lead role on a network program is the most "fun and challenging" gig of his career as well as a major step for the 38-year-old Wellesley, Mass., native—perhaps best known for his recurring roles as the temperamental jerk Dr. Wyatt Lockhart on "Private Practice" and Teri Hatcher's youthful love interest on "Desperate Housewives." But starring on "Better Off Ted" presents a new set of challenges, not least his 12-hour-a-day, five-day-per-week schedule. "Look, I'm not working as a coal miner or in an auto plant, »
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Don't thank me, thank EW.com intern Sandra Gonzalez for compiling the following much-requested list of mid-season premiere/return dates. Actually, go ahead and thank me, too. I asked her to do it. Sunday, Jan. 3 Desperate Housewives returns (ABC), 9 Pm Brothers and Sisters returns (ABC), 10 Pm Monday, Jan. 4 The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love premieres (ABC), 8 Pm The Secret Life of the American Teenager returns (ABC Family), 8 Pm Heroes returns (NBC), 8 pm (moves back to 9 Pm on Jan. 11) Make It or Break It returns (ABC Family), 9 Pm Tuesday, Jan. 5 NCIS returns (CBS), 8 Pm New season of The Biggest Loser »
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Just in time for the series to return from its hiatus, Burn Notice got some good news: USA has officially renewed the show for a fourth season.
Since Burn Notice's ratings have skyrocketed this year, another season was pretty much a given. Still, I'm relieved. I love how Michael explains his secrets so I'll know what to do when I finally become a super-secret secret spy.
And, of course, Burn Notice has two things that no other show on TV has:
As we told you earlier this year, it's also about to reunite Cagney and Lacey Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly again. The new promo gives us a preview — Ok, a glimpse — right around :17.
I know it's not much, but if the facial expressions are any indication, we're in for a good time.
Burn Notice returns with new episodes on Jan. »
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7 December 2009 3:09 PM, PST | buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news »
Burn Notice won't return to the USA Network until January 21st but Gabrielle Anwar fortunately has something to keep herself occupied during the five-month hiatus (the last episode aired August). The English actress is appearing alongside One Tree Hill star Craig Sheffer in a Hallmark Original Movie tentatively titled Murder Among Friends.
Anwar, who on Burn Notice plays Westen's ex Fiona Glenanne, will play art authenticator Joss Jenner, who joins her college girlfriends for a bridal shower that turns into a crime scene when one of the friends is found dead and is presumed to have been murdered. One of the friends becomes devastated and fixated on solving the crime. Sheffer, who plays Dan's older but under-achieving brother Keith on One Tree Hill, will play sheriff Zach Watts, who along with the local authorities immediately start an investigation.
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TNT might know drama, but does it remember how to launch a hit show?
On Monday night, the network premieres its dramedy series "Men of a Certain Age," which follows a trio of fortysomething guys as they navigate friendships, work and romance. Critics are raving about "Men," which marks Ray Romano's return to television in a starring role.
If the show can draw ratings to match its reviews, it won't be a moment too soon. TNT, the once-dominant basic cable brand, is stuck in a midlife crisis of its own.
Despite making a push for a new hit this year by debuting the most new series in the network's history (five), TNT is nearly flat with 2008, averaging 2.3 million viewers in primetime and a 0.8 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic. Although broadcast has suffered drastic declines during the past four years and basic cable has enjoyed overall growth, TNT hasn't »
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"Psych" returns to the USA Network on Jan. 27 -- watch stars James Roday and Dule Hill perform an hilarious "Private Eyes" promo below.
During Friday night's "White Collar" on USA (an excellent show, btw), "Psych" aired a promo for its return from hiatus in January. It features the cast performing the 1981 Hall & Oates hit "Private Eyes" and it is hilarious.
Roday and Hill make excellent versions of Daryl Hall and John Oates. The only thing missing is a bushy mustache on Dule Hill.
"Psych" aired its fall finale back on Oct. 16, but returns Jan. 27 on a new night (Wednesdays) with an episode titled "You Can't Handle This Episode." The show features James Roday as a fake psychic named Shawn Spencer and Dule Hill as Burton "Gus" Guster, his reluctant accomplice in helping in the cops. Corbin Bersen also stars.
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"Want me to be straight up with you?" Tyler faced me-his dark eyes unreadable, pinning me where I sat.
"Straight up." I replied, in a braver tone than I felt. I met his gaze squarely, refusing to be intimidated by him. He sighed, looking away.
"I dunno. Simple. Call it a gut feeling." He turned away abruptly, starting to pace the room. I sighed, turning back to watch the flames. Lupe should have been back. I wanted him back here. Maybe that way Tyler would relax. I heard some shuffling by the door and turned, getting to my feet at the same time. I muffled a scream as I realised that the battered and bloodied wolf, semi-collapsed on the floor was Lupe. It was clear that Lupe was not going to survive. My mind was refusing to accept the fact that I had caused the death of yet another friend.
When Lupe phased back, I flinched. He somehow looked worse in human form. Yet, he still managed to have calmness in his eyes. He beckoned to Tyler.
"Tyler. You know as well as I do I'm not gonna make it through this."Lupe coughed painfully, splattering blood across Tyler's cheek. From where I was I could see tears glittering in Tyler's eyes, which looked darker with pain. Burning guilt kicked me in the stomach. "Look after the girl. like it or not your fate and hers are intertwined."
I felt winded. I wanted to say something, anything to make Lupe stay a little longer, but the words were frozen in my throat.
"Sure sure, what happened Lupe? there was just one, and you're so much stronger than me...."
"Oldest trick in the book kiddo, had about ten other hunters hanging round the corner. Right, greatest adventure and all that." Lupe's eyes became fixed. The light went out of them, though the fire still reflected from their suface. Then, barely a whisper, "Lianne. I'm coming."
Then Lupe was dead. It was over.
I looked at Tyler hopelessly, seeking some kind of strength there, something to counter the shame which burned, overwhealming the grief that had not yet hit. Though I barely knew Lupe, I already knew that he had been someone strong and wise, and a truely good person.
"Lianne?" I asked, more to fill the awful silence than to actually want to know. The room doubled, tripled, blurred and I realised I was crying. Hurriedly, I brushed the tears back.
Tyler looked away, apparently not able to speak.
I was shaking, my mind had gone into freefall.
"Lets bury him." I said softly, going to stand close to Tyler, though not touching him.
We carried Lupe outside, digging in silence. Dark wolves appeared from the treeline as Tyler lowered his fallen friend. He placed something on Lupe's chest and I was left to fill in the hole. Tyler watched me, his grief written in every line of his body. Tears fell onto the earth silently as it fell over the body. When I straightened up, I brushed my hand across my face, erasing them. We walked back in silence.
We paused a moment in the front door. Tyler finally spoke.
"Lianne was his wife. The Hunters killed her."
With that, he walked in. I mechanically followed, shutting the door and sitting where Tyler had left me before. He was sat in one of the chairs, slumped, eyes rimmed red and unfocused. There was a smear of Lupe's blood on his cheek and several on the wooden floor. I sat, my knees hugged to my chest, ignoring the tears that slid down my cheeks.
I cost Lupe his life. This whole thing is my fault. An ex-Hunter...theres no such thing. Once a Hunter, a Hunter for life. Semper pugnator. Always Hunter. Thats the Code. You cannot break it else you are the Hunted. And the Hunted never win. They destroy. I destroy. I'm poison. I can never be free of them, never be normal. Because they always find you. And they will kill everything in their path to get to you. Lianne.. that could have been me. I could have killed her and never known. Lupe... I may not have laid a claw on him, but I may as well have done because I just as surely killed him. The others.. there are so many others. My parents. My brother.. So many people I loved. Yet I betrayed all of their memories. I turned to the people who killed them.
My eyes went up to Tyler, who hadn't moved.
What am I going to do about him? Even though I'm pretty sure he doesn't want me around, after what Lupe said-and did-I doubt he's going to let me go now. I can't kill him. And if I leave, I don't want to take him with me. I won't endanger him like that. I turned back to the flames, closing my eyes, feeling the tears still falling. How can I face him, knowing what I have done?
Guilt held me by the throat in a grip tighter than any Hunter's jaws. The only sounds in the room were the crackle of the flames and the sounds of our breathing. I took to staring out of the window, watching the sky change slowly as the time passed. My eyes burned from crying and lack of sleep but I did not close them. As morning came, I blinked away from the sun, moving my gaze to the floor. The fire had burned down to embers now but neither of us moved to stoke it. Each of us too heartsick to move. My muscles were cramped, but I didn't want to move. I wanted to disappear. To stop exsisting.
Finally, around mid-morning, Tyler got up. He turned to me as though he was going to speak. I turned my face in his direction, though I still kept my eyes to the floor. We both waited for someone to speak.


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This was written over ten years ago (that's a Xena Joke). I cleaned it up a little, but not much. Importing from WordPerfect to Word 2011 means that a lot of the formatting was screwy. The original version of this had naked Xena running the race which I would have restored, but it was all filled with junk characters. This is what you get.
1. I can only WISH I invented these people. I mean, Atalanta belongs to herself, so does her family. Xena and Gabrielle, well if I invented her, I'd have never had a Marcus or a Perdicus and the gals would be living happily ever after. Ah well. By the way, if you have not seen 'A Day In The Life' there's a bit of a spoiler, and I reference Meleager (from 'hero Worship' I believe) but I don't spoil more than he exists.
2. I chose to use Melanion as the name of the suitor, because between the options of 'Melanion', 'Milanion' and 'Hippomenes', I liked the first they best. They are ALL, however, legit names for the same guy. So grin and bear it.
3. Worse, the father has two names, 'Iasus' and 'Schoenius', as well. *sigh* Greeks. And we wonder why consistency isn't? I'm picking Schoenius just because I like it.
4. Meleager is technically Oeneus' son, but I'm going to forgo that, mostly because he also dies in the Greek Myth...and We can't have THAT.
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The road was long, but not exceptionally hard. Still, Xena was starting to give in to Gabrielle's continuing pleas. "Just one night inside, I know winter's over, but it's cold. Just one night?" It had been very cold the last few nights, and with the advent of a late spring, Xena had to admit one night inside sounded pretty good. There was just on problem. Dinars. They had none. "None?" Gabrielle was surprised and Xena held back a smirk.
In her normal, bored voice, as Gabrielle called it, the warrior explained, "You gave the last away to the family we met three leagues back." The bard mused over that, and said it was a good cause. "So we're sleeping outside tonight. There should be a clearing not far from here." Pausing, Xena caught Gabrielle's eye. With big, round eyes, the bard was giving her one of those 'please' looks that always made the warrior mush. "What?"
Leaning on her staff with her hip jutting out just so, in the manner that always had Xena arching an eyebrow, Gabrielle smiled. "There's a town not far, Xena. I can tell a few tales, and make some Dinars." Inwardly, the warrior cringed. Telling tales meant telling Xena tales, and the warrior hated hearing those tales. Asking that Gabrielle not tell tales of herself, Xena knew she was loosing the battle at the bard's smirk. "Now Xena," she said, innocently, "Would I tell tales of you just to get the best room in the house? Would I?" They shared a look and Xena turned back to the road. Of course she would.
The tavern was a fair size, though not as nice as Cyrene's. Xena made herself at home at a table, while Gabrielle went to barter with the innkeeper. "You're a bard? You look too skinny to be a good one." It was always hard, proving you were a good bard without telling anything for free, but after a year and a half of it, Gabrielle had it down pat.
She lent on the counter, "Well my partner there is a good hunter." The man looked at Xena and his eyes widened. Sometimes it was just too easy. "She's Xena." And the innkeeper furrowed his brow. "You can ask her if I'm a good bard or not." For a moment, Gabrielle thought he might, but was surprised when the innkeeper gave her a mug of ale.
"Then you must be Gabrielle, we've heard of you." Smiling ear to ear, Gabrielle made a mental note to tell Xena about that. "A fellow from Amphipolous mentioned you and the Warrior Princess. Drinks are on me," he smiled and asked what Gabrielle wanted.
Making another mental note, this one to thank Cyrene, Gabrielle asked for an ale as well. "A room, a place in the stables, dinner and a fourth of what I make," she stated and the innkeeper blustered. She couldn't be that good. A half. "A half? Oh that's highway robbery. A third."
Looking like Gabrielle was the robber, the man sighed, "Done and done. And if you fill this jar," he handed over an earthen jug that came almost to Gabrielle's knees, "Best room in the house, and breakfast tomorrow." Regarding the jug, Gabrielle said dinner first, receiving another 'robber' look, and finally a nod.
As she returned to Xena, convinced she had gotten the best of the deal (actually, Gabrielle would never know that her tales made more dinars in ale than in the telling), Gabrielle sat down. "Well?" Xena had that unimpressed look on her face again, so Gabrielle told her of the deal. "Good, you'll have to keep telling till you can't talk to get that jar full, you know."
Sipping her ale, Gabrielle grinned, "Talking has never been a problem for me." Silently, Xena smiled. No, they both knew talking wasn't a problem. "Besides, even if I don't, we get a warm, soft bed." Shrugging, the warrior said that a bed was where you made it, and all that mattered was who you were with. Looking deep into those blue eyes, Gabrielle decided that some love stories were on the agenda.
The jar was just over halfway full, and Gabrielle was running out of stories. She had done Pyramus and Thisbe, Ceyx and Alcyone, even Pygmalion and Galatea. Then Gabrielle ran through a half dozen other stories about lovers, trying to avoid ones concerning Xena... at least until they were far enough away that Cyrene wouldn't get wind of them.
As Gabrielle took her second break, she mentioned her plight to Xena, "Why not a few good adventure tales?" The woman was either playing dumb, or not getting the point of the stories. "You can even do one of mine," and Xena smiled her slow, easy-going smile.
Oh she could, could she? In that case, "I think I have just the tale, Xena." Gabrielle grinned and finished her drink before walking back to her chosen barding spot. The customers hooted and hollered, and Gabrielle just smiled, "Something with a little zest to it, boys?" The clamor rose and Gabrielle made herself look thoughtful. Oh Xena was going to kill her for this one.
"Well," the bard leant back for a moment, "This is a story about how Xena, the Warrior Princess, brought together a man and a woman." A few jeers were heard, "But this was no ordinary woman!" That won a moment of quiet, "This was one of the strongest, fastest, daring women ever to be born." Glancing at Xena, Gabrielle saw a look of utter annoyance. Xena hated this story. "A woman who not even Aphrodite alone could not bring to admit the love she had."
One of the men at a back table hollered to her, "Who was this? An Amazon?" That brought up a few more jeers.
Fixing the man with a steely look (all that time with Xena was paying off), Gabrielle said no. "Even an Amazon knows the call of love. But this woman, abandoned at birth, rescued by bear, raised by farmers, had never been taught how to tell true love from friendship." Standing straight and tall, Gabrielle sung out in her 'bardic voice' the tale she knew would fill that jar. "I sing the song of Atalanta, which for the great Warrior Princess, began in a tavern. One much like this, but many leagues away, near Calydonia, where a young man asked her for help."
It had been a fair evening, Xena thought. A rainy fall night, they had enough money for a nice room in the inn, Gabrielle had made a few with her stories, and as they sat by the fire, it was a good night. The night moved on slowly, dinner done with, and Xena idly watched Gabrielle working on a new tale. "Xena," the young woman looked up at Xena and ran a hand through her bangs. "Do you think I should leave in the part about when I hit you with my staff?"
Smiling, Xena lent forward to peer at Gabrielle's scroll, "I don't see why not. You've got just about everything else in there." Like the scrolls, the fish, and the problems with the flying parchment. "Even Hower." That caused Gabrielle to giggle and waggle her quill at Xena. "I don't see who you're going to tell this one too, it's not a tavern tale," said the brunette, catching the quill with a sly smile.
"Oh, Iolus and Hercules, Cyrene..." The Bard grinned archly, "Salmonius." Xena glared, and said Gabrielle wouldn't dare. "Oh maybe I will. You can see him selling these?" With a growl, Xena reached a hand around to poke Gabrielle's ribs and threaten making her walk to the next town. "Ow... All right, all right, I won't," said Gabrielle, swatting at Xena's hand.
About to suggest they move up to their room, Xena heard someone walking towards their table. Glancing, she saw a young man, and instantly shifted to the stern Xena. "Yes?" The youth looked at Xena, nervously, and asked if she was Xena. "I am, can I help you?" Fidgeting, he asked if he could sit down. "No," stated Xena, reaching one hand under the table to squeeze Gabrielle's hand.
Blinking, the man nodded, "I- I'm Melanion." Asking what he wanted, Xena lent back in her chair. "I- Rumor says you have experience dealing with the Gods." That was true, and Xena nodded. "The woman I'm in love with... she won't even look at me." Xena could not see what this had to do with her, and said as much. "She's Atalanta."
Gabrielle practically leaped up. "Atalanta? The woman who killed the Calydonian Boar?" When Melanion nodded, Gabrielle looked at Xena and then back at the man. The boar? Xena was under the assumption Meleager had killed the boar. This was some woman.
"Who," Xena drawled out, "Is Atalanta?" She had heard rumors, but there were enough diverging stories about the woman, seeing as Hercules had claimed she tried to tag along on Jason's Argonaut trip. That was where Xena was admittedly confused, mostly because Hercules hadn't been very forthcoming with his information. Something about being played for a fool on the Argo never sat well with him.
Sounding a little patronizing, Gabrielle went into her bardic mode. "Schoenius, a general from Athens who lives in Salamis, had a daughter, Atalanta. But he wanted a son, and left her out in the woods." Scoffing, Xena said that too many people abandoned children in this day and age. Of course, Xena herself had left a child, but abandonment and leaving a youngster with a family were very different.
After staring at Xena for a moment, Gabrielle continued. "Atalanta would have died, but a she-bear saved her life, and raised her like a cub..." Xena didn't buy that, and said as much. That earned another glare from Gabrielle. "Then," the bard was getting irritated, and Xena decided to stop harassing her. "A hunter found her, when she was about 6, and raised her."
There was a 'but' in there, and Xena knew it. "But Atalanta was too wild, and spent most of her time running around the woods." And there was a point to the long story. "Meleager met her once. She saved his life." The boar, no doubt. "King Oeneus of Calydon was cursed with a terrible boar, who ravaged the countryside," the bard gestured with her hands, and Xena nodded.
When Gabrielle told a story, there wasn't a part of her that wasn't engaged. From top to toes, soul and heart, and Xena could see it in Gabrielle's green eyes. "So King Oeneus called for the help of all the bravest men in Greece. Meleager went, he told me about it when I was a girl." Nodding, Xena resting her chin on one fist. "See, the men couldn't defeat the boar, and they spent days trying. Then Atalanta stepped out."
She paused, and Xena could see the green eyes structuring an image behind the words. "She stepped out of the trees, barefoot, a simple dress tied snugly to her waist. A shining buckle held her robe around her neck. Brown hair tied back, her quiver on one shoulder, and her bow in hand." There was a clarity to Gabrielle's words that struck Xena, distracting her from the tale.
"She wasn't gorgeous, not like Helen, but there was a boyishness about her that was stunning, and Meleager said he fell in love with her, and she was only about 16." That was interesting. "Nobody wanted her to come along except Meleager, and it was a good thing he convinced them to let her. The boar killed on man, and another threw his spear into a hunter." To herself, Xena thought that was typical of men. Always thinking with their spears. "Atalanta kept calm, though, and she shot it with her bow, wounding it, and letting Meleager jump in and kill it with his knife."
So technically, he did kill it. Melanion coughed and said, "Yes, that's the same one." It did get difficult to shut up Gabrielle when she fell into a story she liked. "And she tried to go with Jason and the Argonauts, but she was too young." The young man sighed and added, "She also defeated Peleus, the great wrestler, at Jason's coronation."
Arching her eyebrow, Xena looked interested, "And you love her?" Honest brown eyes looked at Xena's blue, and Melanion said he fell in love when he saw her running, and that he went to watch her run every day. "Well you're dedicated," murmured Xena. Gabrielle asked why he didn't propose to her.
"You don't know the whole story." The youth was very patient. "Atalanta's father, General Schoenius, reconciled and she lives with him. She swore only to marry a man who can out run her in a race, and she's faster than Hermes." Nodding, Xena asked Melanion why this concerned her, "I can't out run her, but if you help me, maybe I can out think her. Have Aphrodite make her fall in love with me or something!" He was desperate.
Xena looked at Gabrielle and then nodded, "Tomorrow we'll go see this Schoenius, and talk to him. And I'd like to meet Atalanta." Smiling, Melanion thanked Xena, and asked when he should meet her. "Outside the temple of Aphrodite in Salamis, at midday." As the man walked back out, Xena turned to see Gabrielle just smiling at her. "Now what?" She returned the smile in her own, mild version.
The bard put her scrolls away and stood up. "Nothing, I was just thinking how nice it is that we can have an adventure with out you having to beat people up for a change." Both eyebrows arched up, and Xena noted the 'adventure' hadn't even begun. "Maybe... You know, that Melanion likes tough women, maybe if this doesn't work out we should send him to the Amazons," joked Gabrielle.
With a laugh Xena stood up, "I have other reasons, you know." Saying that Xena always did, Gabrielle asked what they were this time. "I've heard Schoenius practically rules Salamis, and with an iron hand." Gabrielle sighed and suggested maybe they should just take Melanion to the Amazons now.
Shaking her head, Xena pointed to the stairs, "Now is the time for good bards to go to bed, we have to get up early." The women looked at each other, Xena tilting her eyebrows slightly, and the bard needed no further encouragement. Gabrielle was up and into their room in a flash, Xena a heartbeat behind her. Bed, but no one said anything about sleep.
The gates to Schoenius' palace were impressive to say the least. "You sure he's not the king here, Gabrielle?" Xena's voice was dry and dour. From everything they'd seen, Salamis was a sad town, held under an almost marital law. Solid stone walls, with a spiked-gate entrance. And skulls. Lots of them, sitting atop each spike of the entrance and continuing a ways down the walls themselves. "Morbid, always a nice way to start the day."
At the gate itself stood four guards. "Halt, what do you want?" Looking at each guard, Xena put on her superior glare and stated she was here to see the General. "Have you arranged a meeting?" Arching her eyebrows, Xena said, simply, no. "Then you may not pass." With a sigh, Xena shot her left hand out, catching the lead guard off guard.
The webbing between her thumb and forefinger was perfect to wedge under his chin and hoist him to his tip-toes. With perfect control, Xena lead the guard out of her way and then, tensing her arm, pushed him aside. "I'm here to speak with Schoenius." Not in the mood for negotiations, the second guard charged her and Xena simply stepped aside.
With out missing a beat, Gabrielle swung her staff at knee level, knocking the man off his feet and out cold in one easy motion. After Xena asked if anyone else cared to try, the two guards left standing quickly backed away and let them pass. A tall, gaunt man, perhaps in his 50's, came charging out of the inner palace, "What's going on here?" He, Xena knew without asking, was Schoenius.
Calmly, Xena stepped up to him, "General, I'm to speak with you about your daughter." Nonplussed, the man demanded to know who Xena was and what she wanted. "My name is Xena, and I'm here to talk about Atalanta being married," she said blandly.
A scoff was heard from one side and Xena turned. If ever there was a misplaced Amazon, it was Atalanta. She was as out of place as Xena often felt. While not as tall as the warrior, Atalanta was not shrimp. Her hair was cropped at just past her shoulders, in the same 'no nonsense' style as the woman's face bore. True to Gabrielle's words, she was not gorgeous, a bit to handsome for a woman, but there was an aura of beauty around the self-possessed Atalanta. Again, the bard had been right, as the barefoot maiden wore a simple Greek tunic, like any young man of Athens, that ended mid-thigh.
And she had enough attitude to shut any normal woman down. "I hope you're not representing that shy fool who moons around the track when I run." Thankfully, Xena was not a normal woman. "Why he couldn't even come close to catching me." Showing no emotion, Xena inclined her head and simply said that she must be Atalanta. "And you're Xena."
A slight nod, "I am, and I'm here on the benefit of Melanion." The other woman sniffed again and waved a hand, saying that the rules were the rules, and walked off. Turning to Schoenius, Xena asked, "Where can we talk?"
The room had a view of the track where Atalanta was running. Completely nude. Extremely fast. Gabrielle watched her for a while, during which, Xena ate an apple. No one spoke. "Does she always... dress like that?" The curiosity of the bard was killing her. Schoenius glanced out the window and nodded.
Seeming more weary than perhaps he should have been, the general sat down, and Gabrielle turned her back to the show. "I haven't been able to talk her out of it." Looking out the window now, Xena asked what the rules were, exactly. "Anyone who wants to marry Atalanta must beat her in a foot race." That was simple. "If they lose, they die." Then again.
"Excuse me, you kill the man if he loses?" Gabrielle was a bit shocked, to say the least. Shaking his head, the General said when the man lost, he was killed. Of course, she was single. Xena was impressed, it stood out in the look on her face. "How did you agree to that," questioned the bard.
With a sigh, Schoenius sipped his wine. "It seemed like a good idea at the time. She was so wild, and attracted men like flies." He shook his head, "She didn't want to marry, and I was so glad to have her back...It seemed reasonable." Dropping his face to his hands, the General continued. "I was so sure someone would beat her, but no one did, and I had to build this castle to stop attracting men. I couldn't let any more die."
Sitting on the edge of the table, Xena looked thoughtful, "Have you tried talking her out of it?" He had, and to no avail. "What about the Gods?" They weren't listening anymore. Xena looked at Gabrielle and they nodded. "If I can get Melanion and Atalanta married, will you start acting more like a leader to these people, and stop letting your guards shove them around?" Even Gabrielle had an easy time pegging the problem. The man was spending all his time trying to get his daughter to conform, and let his second in commands rule the town.
Schoenius sat up and asked, "Can you do this? I- I'd do anything." Leaning forward, Gabrielle said that making sure all the villagers were well cared for was all she and Xena wanted. "If you can marry them, I'll make Hybernion as wondrous as Athens, and as peaceful."
That appeased Xena, and the warrior returned to watching the runner outside. "General Schoenius, who was Atalanta's mother?" It would help her story, when Gabrielle got around to writing it. The answer surprised her. "I know that name... Isn't she the grand-daughter of-" The general nodded. Atalanta was third-generation Amazon. That explained a lot.
Walking over to stand by Xena, Gabrielle looked out. "Maybe we should take both of them to the Amazons," quipped Xena, in her dry humor.
Gabrielle shook her head, as she could imagine Atalanta and Epoinin squaring it off. "That would be interesting, you have to admit." They shared a look and grinned. It would be extremely interesting.
"Come on, we've got to figure out how to get her married."
As they walked to the temple, Xena felt Gabrielle looking at her. "So what's the plan?" Shrugging, Xena said she didn't have one just yet. "Xena, we need a plan. I mean, how are we going to get the Gods in on this? And Aphrodite doesn't exactly like me." The bard looked at the temple.
Smiling, Xena remembered hearing about that. "When you spoiled her fun with Joxer? She's probably gotten over that." Or not, Aphrodite could always be entertaining when she chose. "Besides, all we have to do is tell her she'll she is the Goddess of love, who else should we talk to?" Gabrielle sighed and agreed.
The warrior smiled at the bard and rested a hand on her shoulder as Melanion came running up. "Well? What did he say?" Relating that the General was willing to accept anything that stuck to the rules and married off his daughter. Melanion was crestfallen, "But I can't hope to out race her. I'm fast but she...she's so beautiful, and fast and..." Sighing to herself, Xena wondered why men always forgot what they were doing when a woman showed up with out a top on.
"Don't worry, I have an idea." They walked into the temple and Xena looked around. "Aphrodite, I know you're listening in." Folding her arms across her chest, Xena waited. As she waited Xena listened to Gabrielle reassure Melanion. The poor boy just didn't have any faith.
With a tinkling of golden light, Aphrodite appeared, a pout set across her otherwise delightful features. "Like, I hope you have a good reason for this, Xena. I'm busy after that brat of yours made me look bad." Flipping her hair away from her face, the Goddess of love just glared at Gabrielle.
Smiling, Xena glanced back to reassure Gabrielle before replying to Aphrodite. "This will get you more than a few temples. Melanion here-" Interrupting, Aphrodite said she knew the boy was jonesing for Atalanta and wondered what the haps was about it. "You'd make the match of the decade, Aphrodite. Imagine, you get the woman who won't ever admit to love, to fall in love and marry."
As Xena said that, she saw a light go on in Gabrielle's head, mirrored by the one in Aphrodite's. "Wait a sec, you mean shutdown the wild day-child and get her and this skinny guy together? How?" The Goddess was wary, and Xena knew she had every right to be.
To Xena's surprise, Melanion spoke up, "If I can distract her, slow her down, then I know I can beat her." The three women looked at him, and then each other. Slow her down? With what, the woman spurned love?
It was Gabrielle's turn, "What about the Golden Apples of the Garden of Hesperides?" Xena smiled and nodded, gesturing for Gabrielle to elaborate. "Well legend says that they're so beautiful, no one can look at them and NOT want them."
Rolling her eyes, Aphrodite looked at the young bard. "Oh and you think I can just go and pick those off with out getting Hera upset? Like, hello! That crazy Queen hardly even likes herself, let alone me." Shaking her head, the Goddess folded her arms across her chest. "No way, no how" she stated.
Now Xena picked up the baton, "You're afraid of Hera? You probably deserve all the empty temples you'll get when this story gets out." Stamping her foot, Aphrodite said, simply, 'oooooohhhhhhhhh' and shook her fist at Xena before vanishing.
Melanion, again, panicked, "She left! What are we going to do?" Both Gabrielle and Xena said, in chorus, nothing. "But- but she left! We've got to find something to distract her! I don't think me running around naked is going to change much.." Pausing to eye the man critically, Xena said it couldn't help.
Reappearing with the grace only a Goddess could possess, Aphrodite looked at Melanion and tsked. "Not bad, I'd take 'em off, stud muffin. Show it off to the lady. Might do better than the apples." Aphrodite held out three apples to the young man. "I could only snag three before the old grumpy one started yelling at me." Shrugging, Aphrodite added, "I bought her off with some young kid from Troy who was just rarin' to go," she winked at Xena and then smiled, "Toodles, chicks ... Oh and Xena, like, you're wrong about the match of the decade."
Xena smiled and said, "Is that so? Who?"
The Goddess looked at Xena and then Gabrielle, and then back at Xena. "Guess." She started to shimmer, but then faded back into view. "By the way, there's one more part this the whole sh'bang, Xena."
Arching both eyebrows, Xena sighed, "What is it?" Simply, the Goddess asked what Xena wanted out of it. "All right, if this works, I want you to forgive Gabrielle" That was agreed, but what if it didn't. "Name your price, Aphrodite." With a wicked gleam in her eyes, the Goddess whispered to Xena, who nodded and agreed.
With a grin of delight, the Goddess clapped her hands.
The smile never left Aphrodite's face as the flirty daughter of Zeus vanished.
With a sigh, Xena turned to Melanion. "We've got one shot at this, and three apples, now here's the plan..."
The trio headed out, and Xena hoped this kid was smart enough to make this work. It had to.
She sat alone in her room and sighed. No matter what people thought, she wasn't happy. There was no challenge living here, there was nothing to do but run, exercise and hunt. And hunting was boring now, because all the men wanted to come with her, and then they'd want to race her, and her father would have to kill them.
Maybe, thought Atalanta, I should give in and marry one. But I can't marry just ANY man, he has to be smart and persistent. Handsome would be nice. Right, who's going to fit that idea. Sighing, woman walked to her window and looked out. One man came very close. That Melanion fellow, but it was more likely that Xena woman would win a race.
That thought wasn't all that unappealing to Atalanta. After all, no MAN could hold a candle to her, but maybe a woman could. Looking at the sunset, Atalanta shook her head. No, it was just an interesting thought, and she was sure Xena and that cute blonde were a pair. It was the only explanation why a woman like Xena would want a partner like that.
Atalanta stopped and stared at absolutely nothing. "A partner," she mused. "That's what I want. Someone who's not my equal, but someone who fills in my imperfections." The woman knew she was great, and that there was more to life than hunting and racing. But she didn't know how to learn those other things.
There was a knock at her door, and her father, walked in. "Melanion has asked to race you tomorrow, dear." Nodding, cooling, Atalanta said that was fine, and to prepare the headsman. "Of course, dear." The man walked out, and Atalanta wondered. She would win, and then what? No man had ever be so persistent, but she couldn't throw the race. Rules were rules.
The next morning, at dawn, Xena and Gabrielle sat with a crowd of villagers to watch the race. Already people were making bets that Melanion was going to lose, that seemed not to be the question. It was by how much. Gabrielle nudged Xena's side, interrupting the warrior's thoughts, "Do you really think this will work?"
Nodding, Xena lent forward to get a better view. "Of course I do." Of course Gabrielle trusted and believed her, but she wondered what Aphrodite said. "If it doesn't, we both fall in love with Joxer," the warrior said, absently, and when Gabrielle shrieked a 'what!', Xena had to force her reactions back down.
Gabrielle was not happy, to say the least. "We'll what! Xena are you insane!" Waving at the bard to be quiet, Xena pointed to where Melanion and Atalanta were. "You'd better be right, being in love with Joxer once was bad enough."
Chuckling, Xena refused to reply to that one.
Down at the start of the race, Melanion was watching Atalanta, who in turn was looking scornfully at the young man. Then, before the woman could say anything, Melanion began to strip. Grinning, Xena watched the interested look on Atalanta's face. But he only went down to the breech-clout most men liked to wear under a toga when it was cold.
Well he had to hide the apples somewhere, didn't he?
For her part, Atalanta removed all her clothing, showing a firm, lean body.
There was a silence, and then Schoenius walked up and called out. "The rules are as follows. When I call 'go' both Atalanta and Melanion will start to run. Should Melanion win, he will marry Atalanta. Should he lose, and his life will be forfeit. Those are the rules. Are you ready?" Both were, and crouched at the starting point. "Set..." Both runners tensed, "Go!"
Flying swift as an arrow, her hair streaming behind her, Atalanta took the lead. Her pale skin turned a light pink as they rounded the first bend, and Melanion rolled the first apple. The legend was true, and as Atalanta caught sight of it, she altered stride to scoop it up. "One," said Xena, Gabrielle squeezing her arm.
Now Melanion was abreast with Atalanta, and holding on. The second curve came, and he rolled the second apple. This time, Atalanta had to detour slightly to pick it up, and Melanion moved a bit ahead of her. "Two," hissed Gabrielle, anxious and hopeful.
No doubt upset, Atalanta threw in a burst of speed to catch up with Melanion as the end was in sight. Just as she did, he hurled the final apple off the race track, and it landed in the grass. Unable to resist the magical apple, Atalanta darted off to pick it up. "Three," said both Xena and Gabrielle.
By the time Atalanta snagged the third apple and took off for the end of the race, it was too late. Winded and panting, Melanion crossed the finish line three paces before the woman he loved, stumbled, and managed to catch himself. The moment he crossed the line, Atalanta stopped and stared at him.
Xena's sharp eyes noticed a different look in the woman's eyes. Respect, admiration, and a bit more interest. "I think, Gabrielle, our work is done?" Standing up, the warrior smiled at her bard and held a hand out. "Let's go."
"What happened then?" Called a man from a back table. "What happened to the village? And Atalanta and Melanion?" A chorus of 'yeah' rose from the customers, and Gabrielle smiled broadly. Another perfect sell.
Looking at each of the men for a moment, Gabrielle smiled. "They stayed to see start to change with the wedding of Atalanta and Melanion. He vowed to teach her how to care for other people, starting with the villagers. And they are parents now, as well, to a beautiful boy." Setting her gaze on Xena, Gabrielle concluded, "And that is the song of Atalanta, heroine who learned the meaning of love."
As she stepped down, Gabrielle's eyes flickered to the jar. It was almost full. The innkeeper looked over as well and said it was close enough, and that he trusted Gabrielle to count it out. "Not bad, my bard," Xena said as Gabrielle sat down. "But you left out something."
With a grin, Gabrielle started to count out the dinar's, "I forgot something? About that story?"
It was impossible, and yet Xena had a look in her eyes. "All right, what?" The warrior leant over and whispered that Gabrielle had forgotten how Aphrodite thanked them. The bard felt her cheeks flush, and knew that she was red to the roots of her hair. She recovered quickly, "Isn't that a story that's best told...one on one?" And Gabrielle grinned.
Xena nodded and helped count out the dinars, "Maybe I'll even tell you what the real deal with Aphrodite was," drawled Xena, and Gabrielle laughed. She already knew, and it was worth it.
Lazily lying in bed the next morning, Xena asked, "Why didn't you tell the real version?"
Gabrielle burrowed back down in the blankets. "Didn't like it as much. Besides, they'd all be thinking about it. Naked Xena."
"Fair enough."


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Sales Training Course using psychology of sales & communication
Instant training Ltd
Tuesday, September 10, 2013; ends at 4:00 PM (BST)
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San Francisco, California
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Event Details
This is a very special opportunity to learn new skills that will enable you get buyers to BUY from you rather than have to SELL to them, using the psychology of persuasion & influence and NLP (Neuro linguistic programming) communication skills
Over the last 20 years selling has changed significantly,the old techniques no longer work, buyers are more savvy, they've read the same books as us, watched the same dvd's, so what can we do different? the approach we look at here moves selling into the 21st century. TODAY it's all about PERSUASION & INFLUENCING
Who Will benefit from attending this course
anyone who feels they would like to improve their ability to persuade some one else to a different point of view, including, sales people, including, Field sales people, business to business sales people, sales people who need a refresher because they would like better results, new sales people, account managers, commercial managers.
Instant training is a leading UK provider of SALES training courses all our courses use psychology to improve and develop rapport, communication, influencing/persuasion skills, negotiating and selling techniques. twenty-first century tools such as psycholinguistics, Neuro linguistic Programming (NLP), psychology & hypnotic language are needed for 21st century challenges and instant training will ensure you will have fun in the process too. competitions, games, case studies, real life scenarios are all be part of the classroom experience
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By the the end of the course you will feel extremely confident in your ability to persuade ANYONE, your sales conversion rates will rocket to exciting levels and your targtes for 2013 will melt away
Having searched the internet for a modern and innovative method of Sales Training, I came across NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and Nigel Heald. After an initial introduction into NLP from Nigel, I decided to go ahead and try to teach an established Sales force in the NLP way of thinking. I can unreservedly say that all of the Sales force have benefitted from the training. Their approach to their job and their attitude along with the new business generated has proved that you can teach an old dog new tricks! I would recommend Nigel and NLP training to any company that is looking for a new motivational tool for their Staff.
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Nigel's sales training course has changed significantly the way our sales people approach their sales roles, they are far more confident now and are achieving far greater results from their efforts too. Everyone benefited from the course including some of our older more experienced people who I thought might have been more reticent to try new ideas, I have now thanks to Nigel a more successful, confident and motivated sales force, as a team they are now 175% UP on last years sales thanks to the techniques Nigel taught. We are all looking forward to the next course on advanced techniques. - DLL - Everyday Essentials, Lincoln
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