The Deck, Friday evening

[firebringerborn.livejournal.com]

Jan was exploring the deck area, picking his way delicately between the chairs and the tables to sniff at the gas barbecues. He flattened his ears, because they smelled wrong, shook his head, and headed out onto the grassy area.

When he spotted the horseshoes (not that he knew what they were), he trotted over, sniffed them, then carefully picked one up in his teeth.

After a few minutes, he was amusing himself by tossing them at the upright stick, trying to see if he could get them to land on it.

[ooc: So open, yes. Unicorn playing horseshoes. I couldn't resist.]

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[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

It was a Friday night, and somehow staying in her room just felt wrong, so Angela took her mug of coffee and her sketchpad down to the deck to enjoy the last of the light.

Even a few weeks here, and the knowledge that there was in fact, a unicorn at the school, didn't really mean she was expecting to see him. She stopped, and kind of stared for a minute there.

... Or watched. Yeah, watched sounds more polite.

[firebringerborn.livejournal.com]

Jan tossed another horseshoe at the stick, snorted when it missed (it was hard to aim when you couldn't see anything in front of your nose!), then turned to look at Angela, ears pricked. "Hello," he said politely. "My name is Jan."

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

"Hi!" Angela shot him a slightly bemused smile. "Angela," she told Jan in return. She decided 'Oh my God, you talk?' was potentially a little rude.

"I, uh, think I noticed you at the Welcome Picnic," she added with a quick nod. "Nice to finally, talk to you."

[firebringerborn.livejournal.com]

He arched his neck, looking pleased that she'd noticed him, and trotted over to stand with his front hooves on the deck. "And to you," he replied, eyeing her sketchpad with interest. "Are you new to this island as well?"

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan felt like getting out of the dorm.

She wasn't expecting to see a unicorn playing horseshoes though.

She stood off to the side and watched.

[firebringerborn.livejournal.com]

Jan's ears went forward and he dropped the horseshoe he'd been holding. "Hello," he said. "Would you like to try?"

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Uh... sure, why not," Joan said, stepping forward. "I'm Joan, by the way."

[firebringerborn.livejournal.com]

"My name is Jan," Jan replied, nodding his head in greeting. "I've been picking them up and throwing them at the stick." He swished his tail. "It's quite a challenge!"

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

"We go to school with a unicorn," Angela remarked to Joan quietly. "How cool is that?"

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"It is so cool," Joan said. "I just wish I could tell people at home without getting tossed in the funny farm."

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

"Oh, God yes. None of this is ever getting back to my friends," Angela agreed. "Or my Dad... Or, yeah, anyone who might try and herd me away in a straightjacket."

[grasshopper-mol.livejournal.com]

It was on Friday nights when she barely knew people that she missed Chicago most, she decided. There was no one to go see a movie or hang out with yet.

Of course, she realized as she spotted someone who was probably Jan, Fandom wasn't all bad. "No fair cheating," she called to him. "You have an advantage."

[firebringerborn.livejournal.com]

"Molly!" Jan frisked over to her. "I would never cheat," he protested, reaching out to nuzzle her shoulder, just as he would great another unicorn.

[grasshopper-mol.livejournal.com]

Awwww. Molly reached out to scratch his nose and between his ears. "I know you wouldn't. I was just teasing, because of the horseshoe thing."

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

Angela twitched her fingers in a little wave of greeting.

"I think we've just discovered the place for Friday nights in Fandom," she said with a grin. "Who needs a party when you've got a deck?"

[grasshopper-mol.livejournal.com]

Molly waved back. "It's a good place, and who says we can't do both?" She noticed the sketchpad. "You're an artist?"

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

Penelope was exploring. Every exploration was an adventure so she went somewhere she'd not yet been. Being that, seeing a unicorn stopped her in her heels, and she could only stand there and stare in wonderment.

[firebringerborn.livejournal.com]

Jan, who had been pawing at the grass to try and get a horseshoe to stand up so he could grab it, lifted his head and looked at her. And then looked again, confused by her covered face. "Hello," he called, ears curving forward. "Are you hale?"

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"Hello," she returned, allowing her eyes to settle on his horn. "Hale? I'm not, no. I'm Penelope."

[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

Liz was in the mood to be social and had found herself wandering out to the deck. When she spotted the unicorn playing with horseshoes, she stopped and watched even though this wasn't the weirdest thing that she had ever seen.

[firebringerborn.livejournal.com]

Jan threw another, missed again, and stamped the ground in frustration. The new arrival was a welcome distraction, and he turned to greet her. "Hello," he called. "My name is Jan."

[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

"Hello," Liz smiled, "I'm Liz," she said.

[athosborn.livejournal.com]

Teyla had to smile when she saw Jan playing, and rather than go straight up to her room, she approached him to try to see what he was doing. "Are you enjoying yourself?" she asked.

[firebringerborn.livejournal.com]

Jan dropped the horseshoe he was holding, and whickered a greeting. "Teyla! I am. Even if I'm not getting over them the stick."

[athosborn.livejournal.com]

"I am glad to hear that," she said, grinning. "How have you been? Have you been getting situated well?"