60 Red Letters - GALLERY REOPENING

[eat_me_beat_me]

Who: Nora and YOU
What: Paradisa Art Gallery Reopening
When: 6/29 5 PM to midnight
Where: Paradisa Art Gallery
Rating: PG-13ish. Some've these kids have mouths on them
Notes: If you'd like to see the Gallery for yourself click here for a model I did up. Just, uh, ignore the fact that the sculptures kind of hover NEXT to the half wall.
No sections - make your own. Threadjack. Have fun! If you'd like to contribute something to the gallery shoot me a private plurk or a PM and I'll update it!

The Paradisa Art Gallery is located near the center of town. The outside is brick with a small awning and two big picture windows. These windows are regularly coated with paint when Nora gets bored and decides to do murals on them. When you step through the door there's a small anteroom with bulletin boards on each side of the door for locals and residents alike to do postings.

Through the next doorway is the gallery proper. To the immediate right is a desk which is usually staffed by someone to give out a guide to what's showing at the moment, answer questions or take submissions. Right now there are no employees other than Nora so there isn't always someone sitting there. To the left is a half wall topped with smaller sculptures or other creations. If you keep walking straight forward there's a wall on the right with art hanging on it. Between the two walls are two leather benches. Against the back wall are a few doors. One is marked PRIVATE and leads to the back room where art that either doesn't fit or doesn't have a home yet is stored. This space can also be used for studio space if you ask the owner really nicely. In a small recess are the doors to the restrooms, men's and women's. Continuing around the corner to the right there's another door marked OFFICE. Completing the U-Turn around the half wall will bring you to another stretch with art hung on the wall and two leather benches in the middle of the walkway.

From the front of the Gallery if you turn right, past the desk, you'll come to the last section. On the left is a wall with art hung on it. To the right, however, the entire wall seems to have been painted black. The wall isn't just black, however. The entire wall is a chalk board. Small shelves are hung along it with every color of chalk imaginable. On the back wall there are more shelves hung with more chalk and other things that can be used to create art on the chalkboard wall. Step stools are also available. Every visitor is encouraged to write or draw something on the wall. Everything stays on the wall until it's either erased by another patron or when the wall's completely full at which time Nora wipes it clean.


Below is a list of all the artwork on display at the Gallery. The art is arranged by artist.

Jilly Coppercorn:



(used with permission from kyronae)

Steve Rogers

A painting of Rue by a lake

A painting of of every world change from Paris through the time he left (I'll track down which ones they were one of these days)

Peeta Mellark

TBD

Neal Caffrey

A statue of Paige Matthews
A sculpture of Cair Paradisa
Various landscapes of the grounds of Paradisa as seen from different places within the castle.
Landscapes of the grounds from outside the castle
Sketches of various rooms within the castle (i.e. The Lux, The Seasons Room)

Chell

"She'd discovered the ability to hold paint brushes in both her toes and hands, and had painted that way, sprawling on the canvas. The art had turned out abstract, but... not totally bad. After all, art is art, yes? And even in its abstractness, it still represented something to Chell. So she'd titled it, neatly, in her best handwriting, "How Ideas Are Born""

Nicholas St. North

A set of matrushka dolls


E. Aster Bunnymund

-A large rabbit hole in the corner of the Gallery floor with velvet ropes blocking it off. Next to it is a black sign with gold script that simply reads "Do you Believe?" (On the map linked below it's shown by the black square in one of the corners)
-Watercolor paintings of spring flowers

Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener  AKA Gren

Finger paintings done by his Paradisa-given son, Colby. All are of animals done completely in blue paint titled "Wildlife in Blue"


Amazingly, Nora does not have any art up on the walls at this time. She's decided to showcase everyone else. The entire Gallery is hers, after all, she's not going to use it to show off.

Spaced out around the gallery are a series of small tables with finger food that have been specially set up for the occasion. There's also a small bar in the corner with both alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks. Everything's free, though there are a few donation boxes around. Nora (Looking much more dressed up than usual) can be found just about anywhere in the gallery today, making sure everything's moving smoothly and greeting everyone whether she knows them or not.

Comments

[simulatedmedic]

Someone is looking at Steve's paintings, at the one with Rue for the moment. He seems to be admiring it, taking his time, looking very much like someone who does this for a living.

He doesn't, but he looks the part.

[eat_me_beat_me]

Nora stepped up, hands behind her back as she smiled at the man. "She used to be a resident here, actually. I never met her but my boyfriend knew her."

[indirectcause]

Ben is here, not that he especially wants to be. He'd rather be staying in the weirdo castle, trying to figure out the lay of the land, and trying to get his head around the fact he's suddenly in a magical castle land at the first place.

But Mark dragged him out, and he's honestly missed just hanging out with people his own age. He's not settled here, though. His brain is still very much in survival mode, and he's having trouble switching it off. He hasn't relaxed in so long now, it's a foreign concept to him.

So, he's off to one side, people watching and occasionally jumping at shadows. At least he's cleaned up now.

[eat_me_beat_me]

Whoops, were you trying to go unnoticed, Ben? Nora grinned, her skirt swishing around her thighs as she hopped over to the boy, "Hi!"

[hard_talker]

"Hey, dude, you doin' okay?" Mark wanders over with a couple of sodas - one for himself and one for his new friend.

Threadjack? If that's all right?

[silentrunning]

[Chell'd noticed the boy hanging out over there watching people. And since she's a people watcher too, she kind of drifts his way and pauses, not too close, but close enough. Raising one hand she waves at him in a friendly manner, and starts watching too. She hopes he doesn't mind company.]

[honeytoes]

[Gary is taking a slow wander around the gallery. He thought he should try something outside of getting drunk, praying to the Ancient ones or reading up on his mythological creatures.

He wouldn't usually do this back home but he figured some of those artist chicks are actually quite hot so why not?

He's stopped at Steve Rodgers picture of Paris...he'll just be observing it for a while.]

[eat_me_beat_me]

[You were saying about hot artist chicks? Nora makes her way over to the man, smiling cheerfully]

Were you here for that one? It was pretty cool.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Nora's making her way back and forth through the Gallery through the entire opening. Her eyes never turn to the art - dude she's been looking at that stuff all month while she'd been working on setting it up - instead she looks over the people within. She's happy to see such a good turnout and the smile never leaves her face as she approaches everyone to say hello. Even you!]

[hard_talker]

[you'd better be saying hello to him, you. as she breezes by on her way to talk to somebody else, he grabs her shoulder and spins her around to plant a kiss on her cheek]

See that? This place is rockin'.

[is_mafia]

[Giotto had come not only to see the paintings (and congratulate Nora on a job well done), but to get out of the library. At least then Tsuna couldn't say he didn't do anything or have any friends. Really, he had plenty of friends and did other things.

At that moment he was looking at the matrushka dolls, a little amused smile on his face.]

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Nora grins and skips over to her friend]

Hey, Giotto!

[thraxios]

Gideon has been looking forward to the gallery opening since Nora first mentioned it, but he ends up arriving about halfway through the night. He may or may not have gotten distracted for two hours chasing down the answer to a question he'd had about Earth history, then having another question, solving that, and so on.

He drops a few caisos in a donation box, steers clear of the tables of food, and begins a slow circuit through the gallery. While he considers each piece, some interest him more than others--Jilly Coppercorn's drawings and Neal Caffrey's landscapes especially.

[eat_me_beat_me]

Oh hey, it's one of the people Nora had been on the lookout for! Nora swoops on over, grinning from ear to ear. She'd heard about his and Felix's history from Mark, by this point, but she's not going to let it change anything. She was friends with him before she learned about it, after all. Besides... talking behind someone's back is mostly uncool and she'd rather he not find out about it - especially at an event like this.

"Gideon! Hi, I'm glad you came."

[lord_wizard]

[Somewhere in the gallery Felix is taking a break on one of the benches. Not so much to appreciate the art but simply because walking is something of a trial, as evidenced by the laquered black cane resting at his side (he couldn't bring himself to borrow Jashuki, bed-ridden as his brother is at the moment).

He notices Gideon among the crowd and gives him a smile, still somewhat strained even after all this time]

[deltacain]

David is standing at the chalk-wall, with a piece of chalk in hand, his arms folded as he considers what to put on there.

Something meaningful, but quite a few things he knows are meaningful. "This is harder than I thought." He taps his bicep with a peice of chalk. Definitely harder.

[eat_me_beat_me]

Nora strolls over, smiling a little. She doesn't want to interrupt his thoughts but since he's not doing anything, anyway... "Just do the first thing that comes to mind."

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[Bunny is sitting by his rabbit hole, quietly keeping an eye out in case anyone falls in. As the sign suggests, only those who believe in him can see him, but he'll enjoy watching people go by regardless]

[hard_talker]

Hey, dude. [Mark shoots him a grin] Glad you made it.

[theabjectauthor]

[having arrived early to help set up the catering, Lemony had retreated back to his room to change after an unfortunate incident with a pitcher of iced coffee. now freshly dressed and free of coffee stains, he's standing in front of the chalk wall, carefully transcribing a line in his best cursive:

"If you are able to read this, you are clearly not blindfolded."

below it, he transcribes a simple symbol - something that at first glance, looks like an eye, but upon closer inspection, is much more: an eye made up of three certain letters of the alphabet]

[thraxios]

[When Gideon comes to the chalkboard wall and finds Lemony's message, he smiles. Beneath it, he adds a reply in his own hand, slightly messy for the fact that he's unused to writing in chalk.

"(Unless your blindfold is very thin.)"

Satisfied, he moves on to looking at the rest of the designs marked on the wall.]

[therealrisette]

[Rise has two big reasons for coming tonight. First, of course, is Nora... she can't just not come to her friend's gallery opening! Only slightly less important is the excuse to get all dressed up and come out into town.

After arriving, she'll look around at the various exhibits a bit, but she's also looking around for people she knows... and especially Nora, if she has the time to talk between hosting duties!

But at the moment, she's looking very curiously at North's set of matryoshka dolls...]

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Speaking of the devil: Nora comes by, grinning]

Hey! You look awesome!

[lord_wizard]

[Felix would not have dragged himself out of the castle for just anything, but the gallery opening qualifies. It's not the art he's interested in, really, but showing Nora some support. Still, he's a little late getting in, and if might be clear why once he gets in the door as to why. He's walking with the aid of a cane; a slightly hobbling shuffle he's doing his best to hide except that he wobbles and catches himself once, looking a bit more pale than normal]

[hard_talker]

Whoa, hey! [Mark rushes to his friend's side when he sees him stumble, and catches him, covering up his worry with a lopsided grin]

I know the place looks badass, but get a grip on yourself, dude.

[toobravehearted]

Of course he wouldn't miss the Gallery Opening. With him he has a small wooden crate about twelve inches high and upon entering, he deposits that on the reception desk with an envelope addressed to Nora. It's there either for her to find later, or he will let let her know there is something waiting if he gets the chance while she is being host. He couldn't very well come along without bringing a gift for the gallery's future success now, could he? The gift itself is simple and understated, but its significance isn't lost either as the Ancient Egyptian God of protection.

Aside from that, he can be found admiring the paintings and drawings, in particular those of Neal Caffrey and Jilly Coppercorn...

[eat_me_beat_me]

Nora won't find the gift for some time, since the front desk is pretty far from her mind at the moment. She notices that a box has been left but assures herself that it'll be safe until she gets to it. The party takes priority at the moment, after all.

Seeing Five looking at one of Jilly's drawings she can't help but approach. She thinks back to one of the paintings she'd seen in Five's TARDIS, of the things he'd told her about the woman who had painted it. The same woman who had painted the mural now gone along with the wall it had been painted upon. She smiles a little sadly when she steps up next to the Doctor, eyes looking over the drawing.

"You were friends with you, you know. The last time you were here?"

[silentrunning]

[Chell wanders in. She's both people watching AND eyeing art at the same time. Someone's talented! But when she notices the chalkboard wall, she wanders over, takes a couple colors of chalk, writes her name and starts drawing a picture under it, a picture of whomever happens to be standing closest. And not noticing should you walk up to her.]

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Nora sneaks over and watches Chell for a minute]

Hey you're getting really good, you know that?

[unnaturalpause]

James shows up later in the night, once it's gotten dark out and he's had a chance to relax some after his adventure earlier in the day. He's well, okay not as put together as most are in seeing him, having tossed on the jacket after cleaning up some, but he's there and presentable and is presently raiding the nearest beverage that's cold while staring at the nearest piece of art. He's usually not much for these sort of things but he's trying to ignore certain missing persons and this is the easiest way to do so, right?

[eat_me_beat_me]

Whoa hey look who it is! Nora excuses herself from whoever she's talking to and bounces over with a huge grin on her face, "Hey stranger. Long time no see!"

She means it, too. Geez how long has it been since she's talked to James? She talks to Ashley enough to know the dirt on how he's doing but it's not the same as talking to him.