Just a short update to assure you I've not forgotten about this one :-) One or two more chapters to go depending on how things play out tomorrow :-)

Pt 6

An excited hush fell over the chattering school group as Polkan rounded the corner with his three naked models. Of course the children had seen many, many nude statues during their visit and had giggled at the privates of the first few but, after a while, the artistic nudity had started to seem normal. Three real naked people, however, none of them far off their own age, were quite another matter! None of the group, neither students nor teachers, were left without something pleasant to look at.

“Welcome!” Polkan beamed at the large group of youngsters as he stood before them, the Lomax siblings lined up against the wall of the barn behind him, hands behind their backs, happy for everything to be on show although the smiles on all but Evie’s face were a little forced. “I hope you’re enjoying you visit today? You are now standing outside my workshop. The place where all the magic happens! I’m afraid I won’t be able to take you inside today as I have to keep the details of my process on a strictly need-to-know basis! Other than my staff, it is really only my models and sometimes their families who get to see inside. Who knows?” He smiled, warmly, “Perhaps your visit here will inspire some of you to volunteer? Then, I can promise you, you will become intimately acquainted with my methods!” A pretty girl who was stood near the front, small for her age with long brown hair put up her hand. “Yes, my dear?” the artist smiled at her.

“I’d like to volunteer.” She told him a little nervously. “I think your statues are really beautiful and I’d like to become one. I do dance every weekend and gymnastics twice a week,” she gabbled, as if pleading her case, “so I think I have a good body. Do you think you could use me for one of your statues?”

“Well now…?” Polkan enquired.

“Katie.” The girl supplied with a shy smile.

“Well, Katie,” the artist’s warm smile put the young girl at her ease, “I’m sure there’s room in my collection for a girl as pretty as you!” Some of her friends looked at her with envy – either for the compliment or for her confidence in putting herself forward in the way that several of them wished they’d be brave enough to. “Take one of these cards,” he produced a small business card from the inside pocket of his jacket and handed it to her, “and have your parents call me. We’ll set up a meeting!” The cute little girl blushed a little as she tucked the card safely into the pocket of her white uniform shirt.

“Now I’m sure you will have noticed my three friends here?” Polkan addressed the whole group again, indicating the Lomax siblings with a wave of his hand. “Tomorrow, they will be helping me create possibly my finest work to date. We’re just on our way for a rehearsal to ensure that everything is perfect for tomorrow.” Evie gave the group staring at her naked body a happy little wave and even her big brother and sister managed to broaden their smiles a little. “So if you will excuse us,” the artist beamed at the young audience, “we must be getting on!”

The school children gave a polite round of applause and several craned their necks to see inside the workshop as Polkan opened the door just enough to guide his three subjects inside. For the rest of the afternoon, Katie was quite the celebrity among her classmates with everyone wanting to know if she was serious about becoming one of Bova Polkan’s naked statues and what sort of pose she thought he might preserve her in.