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.

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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."

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"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."

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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?"

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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.

[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]

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

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"Not as new as you," Angela replied, shifting her sketchbook from under her arm to put in down. "I arrived a few weeks ago, and decided to stay on for the school year."

She cocked her head, looking at Jan. "You did just arrive, and I wasn't being extremely unobservant before, right?"

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"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.

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

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

[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."

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Jan whickered a laugh. "I am very new, so you weren't being unobservant. I arrived only on the morning of the picnic," he explained. "It was a shock, but I am finding I like it here a great deal. I can understand why you decided to stay."

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

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"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!"

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His ears shot forward. "That is what they are?" he asked. "Dor told me of horseshoes, but they would certainly not fit my feet." He held out a cloven hoof. "They're the wrong shape."

[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?"

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"I'm pretty sure that's the point of the game," Joan said. "I've seen my dad play with his cop buddies. You're supposed to hook the horseshoe around the stick thing."

[grasshopper-mol.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh," she nodded, "You're not a horse, though, right? I'd expect unicorn shoes to fit."

[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.

[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]

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

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"You have an overprotective dad, too?" Joan asked sympathetically.

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"Those are horseshoes?" Jan asked in surprise, even as he was pleased that he'd been playing it properly. "They're very heavy, I can't imagine why anyone would want those on their feet."

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"Its quirky," Angela said with a grin. "Which actually suits me pretty well."

"How, well, does a unicorn get sent to a high school?" she asked curiously.