Student Art Show, Community Center, Saturday Evening

[not_a_moonie]

A meeting room at the community center had been nicely appointed for an evening show of students' work, with pieces hung on the walls and a small stage set aside for monologues and musical performances. The food wasn'tquite as abundant as it had been the day before, but there was still plenty of cheese, crackers, crudités and non-alcoholic beverages to go around -- plus some wine for anyone who was or could pass for 21.

And, of course, there was glitter on every horizontal surface. Some traditions were important.

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Re: Art! [10/03]

[spin_kick_snap]

"Sarah!" Kathy said, blushing. "You can't just stop and ogle people!"

...Not that she wasn't, mind. This guy was very--no, wait, not in front of her little sister, oh god. She grabbed for Sarah's arm and started trying to pull her away.

Re: Art! [10/03]

[antivanhotass.livejournal.com]

"Ladies, no need to rush off, appreciating art takes time." At the very least they deserved the chance to admire the tattoos that weren't on his face.

Re: Art! [10/03]

[the-family-li.livejournal.com]

"See?" Sarah said. "He wants us to stay and admire him! He's art, Kathy! Didn't you always say I need to get more culture?"

She turned a saucy look back onto Hottie McCosplay. "I'm feeling, like, super cultured right now."

Re: Art! [10/03]

[spin_kick_snap]

"He's very nice, yes," Kathy said, running her eyes over said tattoos. Wait. He had tattoos on his face? Kathy's attention was significantly further down--at least until she remembered that her little sister was right there and dragged them back up again.

She licked her lips and tried to pull her thoughts out of the gutter. "But there are other exhibits we should see."

Like...you know. Those other ones. That were almost certainly there.

Re: Art! [10/03]

[antivanhotass.livejournal.com]

"But none that are as fine as myself, or as interactive."

Zevran, no.

Re: Art! [10/03]

[the-family-li.livejournal.com]

"Did you hear that, Kathy? He's interactive!" Sarah loved this school. So much. So very much. "And fine. He's, like, totally fine."

Re: Art! [10/03]

[spin_kick_snap]

"And you're too young to be interacting with anything," Kathy told her. Sternly. "I don't care how hot he is."

"You're not!" Sarah protested. "And c'mon! He's super hot!"

She wasn't wrong.

Re: Art! [10/03]

[antivanhotass.livejournal.com]

"She's not wrong, I am in fact 'super hot' as she put it."

So modest, that Zevran.

Re: Art! [10/03]

[the-family-li.livejournal.com]

"He has an accent," Sarah pointed out in an undertone, as if Kathy couldn't hear that for herself. "You should totally flirt with him. Just so I can see what you consider flirting."

Re: Art! [10/03]

[spin_kick_snap]

"Sarah..." Kathy groaned, burying her face in her hands. "I don't flirt in front of an audience."

"I could go over there!" Sarah offered, pointing to the shadowy corners.

Re: Art! [10/03]

[antivanhotass.livejournal.com]

"Consider it an exercise in self-confidence." Stop helping, Zevran.

Re: Art! [10/03]

[the-family-li.livejournal.com]

"See, he's smart and dead sexy. And into nerd stuff like you are!" Because Sarah was firmly convinced he was still a hardcore cosplayer or something.

"Hey, look, I suddenly really need celery and cheese or whatever. Bye!" And then Sarah was skipping off to the buffet table. Helping!

Re: Art! [10/03]

[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy facepalmed, glaring after her sister for a moment, before turning back to the very pretty exhibit with an apologetic look.

"Sorry about that. She's fourteen and hasn't yet realized that not every hot guy needs to be flirted with."

Because Zevran had totally covered himself in body glitter and posed in his underwear to be ignored.

Re: Art! [10/03]

[antivanhotass.livejournal.com]

Now, now, Isabela had covered him in body glitter. Though the posing was all him.

Zevran grinned at her. "But what about every attractive young woman?"

Re: Art! [10/03]

[spin_kick_snap]

"Well, she's my little sister, so I'm pretty okay with not seeing her getting flirted with," Kathy confessed with a laugh. "Protective instincts and all that."

Re: Art! [10/03]

[antivanhotass.livejournal.com]

"Ah, but who said we were talking about your sister?" Zevran aske with a wink.

Later, Kathy was no doubt going to be completely shocked to hear who he ended up leaving this thing with.

Re: Art! [10/03]

[spin_kick_snap]

It would be hard for her to recover from a surprise of that magnitude, it was true.

"Oh, but you said--" Kathy stopped and blushed. "I see. Is that part of your performance piece, then?" she asked. "Or more of an enjoyable hobby?"

Re: Art! [10/03]

[antivanhotass.livejournal.com]

"I prefer to think of it as a passion."

Re: Art! [10/03]

[spin_kick_snap]

"And do you feel like you and your passions have a decent outlet on our little island?" Kathy asked, trying not to smirk. "I'd hate for a guest to feel unappreciated while he's here."

Re: Art! [10/03]

[antivanhotass.livejournal.com]

Smirk, Kathy, you know you wanted to.

"It's been my experience that one can never have too many outlets for one's passions, so sadly that is the case, much as my lovely hostess has been accommodating."

Re: Art! [10/03]

[spin_kick_snap]

Yeah, she really did.

"Hostess?" Kathy asked. "Isabela?"

It wasn't that hard to guess, considering the only elves Kathy knew of were from Thedas. She probably should have guessed Merrill, considering she was an elf, but no. From attitude alone, she was guessing Isabela.

Re: Art! [10/03]

[antivanhotass.livejournal.com]

It was probably for the best that Zevran hadn't run into Merrill, and not just for the reasons you might think.

"I see you are familiar with her, perhaps she has mentioned me before?"

Re: Art! [10/03]

[spin_kick_snap]

"Oh, no, we haven't talked much at all," Kathy said. "But of everyone from Thedas, she seemed to make the most sense. Anders would have mentioned you, Cassandra would probably be wrestling you away from here by now, and Merrill..." She paused. "Okay, Merrill might have been a possibility, but I thought of Isabela first."

Re: Art! [10/03]

[antivanhotass.livejournal.com]

"Isabela did mention we were in another world but I had no idea there were so many of my... countrymen is the wrong word, but you get my meaning, yes, around here."

Zevran bowed. "IN any case, allow me to introduce myself, Zevran Arainai of the Antivan Crows."

Re: Art! [10/03]

[spin_kick_snap]

Wow. Yeah, he made that bow look good, even just in his smalls and body glitter. "Kathy Li," she said, offering him her hand and a warm smile. "Of nothing in particular, sadly. Though I know I must ask, what are the Antivan Crows?"