fandomtownies | The York Gallery; Wednesday [ 09/17 ] -- Exhibit Opening! 8pm onward.

The past few weeks of work were finally coming to a head, and Charlotte was both nervous and excited and getting herself worked up into a frenzy with making sure everything was perfect. She couldn't help feeling an overwhelming sense of satisfaction with the exhibit, though. The turnout wasn't huge, but nicely manageable and thankfully not small by any measure. Some of the work was a bit amateurish, but she had to admit to being pretty blown away by a few of the others.

By the time eight o'clock rolled around and the doors were open, the gallery was set up in a display of the pieces by artist, and the usual spread of treats and drinks were available in another area of the room. Charlotte, dressed in a vibrant red, milled around the gallery to make sure everything was in order and all the guests were enjoying the exhibit. She was also keeping an eye out for the artists of certain pieces, since she was very eager to potentially meet them.

The Community Showcase Exhibit was open!

[[ ~~or will be, once I get the very extensive OCD up!~~ It's up! Enjoy! ]]

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"Jan, yes," he said, other ear curving forward, and he looked at her out of bright eyes, grateful that she was treating him as if he were normal, and not some bizarre oddity. "Now it is my turn to ask forgiveness for not introducing myself."

"I would be just as guilty of that crime as you," Charlotte pointed out with a small, apologetic look and only the faintest hint of a blush in realization that she may have been rude to a unicorn. "My name's Charlotte. Charlotte York. It's very nice to meet you."

"And to meet you." Jan stretched out his nose, intending to touch her hand, because he had been rude, and because he liked her. "Before coming here, I had never heard of art. It is amazing to me that there is a whole building filled with it."

"Oh!" Charlotte was a little surprised at the stretching of Jan's nose out for her hand, because here she was trying very hard not to indistinctly offer her hand, all things considered, but she smiled and it a tentative stroke. The action only made her smile even more, bringing up far too many memories of being a little girl with her own horse. Even though Jan was clearly more than just a horse. "Oh, well...really? Where are you from?"

Jan snorted softly, never happier than when someone was patting him. "From a far away land, where there are no humans, but the waves are green and the sand is gold."

"If a description like that is any indication," Charlotte mused with a little grin, her petting getting a little more confident and familiar. Just a bit more like she would do with Taddy, "then I can see how you wouldn't even have a need for art. No humans, though? You seem so...well, personable for having never really been around humans before!"

Then again, should she really be so surprised to find that a unicorn would be such an amazing creature?

He snorted again, canting his ears sideways. "You're kind are not even dreamt of," he explained. "I would have thought you a legend had anyone told me of you." He gently nudged her hand. "But we are not so different, and all the humans I have met have shown me only the greatest kindness."

"Well, considering the legends that most of us probably grew up with about unicorns," Charlotte mused, "I'd hardly imagine anyone wanting to act otherwise."

Jan's ears drifted sideways. "They are only kind to me because of the legends of their childhood?" he asked, and his head drooped.

"Oh!" Charlotte's face instantly flooded pink; she certainly hadn't meant it to sound that way. "No, of course not! I mean, you're very kind yourself, and so I'm sure that has a lot to do with it, but, on the same measure, unicorns tend to have a pretty good reputation around here, and that, I'm sure, only helps in everyone being so outgoing..."

Jan sighed in relief, and one ear pricked forward. "Are you all right? You have changed colour."

Which only made Charlotte's color change again to something of a deeper red. "Oh, yes, I'm fine. Humans'll do that on, on occasion..."

"It's a nice colour," Jan told her, worried he'd offended. "My people have coats of that colour."

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