~Everybody's living in a material world~

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DATE: Day 64, early afternoon
CHARACTER(S): Cher Horowitz, Carmen Sandiego, Cheshire Cat
STATUS: Open / Ongoing
SUMMARY: Cher cheers herself up with some retail therapy, and runs into Cheshire as he shops for party attire (errr...runs into Carmen first! :D).
LOCATION: Level two shops

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[vileandvogue]

Carmen herself was finally going out and about since she realized this was no dream, nor was she able to leave at all. So, she resigned to her situation. She also realized she had no spare clothes. So, it was for that reason she found herself walking along the shops. Loathe to give up her style though she was, she paused in front of one of the store windows, tilting her head at the long red coat in the window display.

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Cher noticed the older woman at the front of the store, with an expression that Cher decided was of utter longing. She understood that feeling when it came to clothes; sometimes things just spoke to you and you had to go try them on! Eager for a distraction from her troublesome thoughts, she approached the stranger.

"You like red?" she called out cheerfully as she approached the woman.

[vileandvogue]

Eyes flickered over to the young woman, a small smile coming across her features. "I do tend to favor it," Carmen replied, "I'm still pretty new here, and it occurred to me that I lack anything but the clothes on my back."

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Cher raised her eyebrows at that. It had occurred to her the second she'd arrived that she was suddenly wardrobe-less, but maybe this chick had just showed up like... yesterday? It was a shocking thing to go through -- maybe some people just didn't consider their clothes when faced with the loss of life as they know it. "Yeah, bummer. But at least it's a good excuse to go shopping, right? Oh -- I'm Cher, by the way." Cher extended her hand to the other woman.

[were_allmadhere]

Cheshire watched Cher, trying not to smile as his eyes followed the girl around the store. He slipped silently away from the rack he had been at, following Cher. "I think that purple jacket would look great on you," he said softly into her ear as he leaned over her shoulder.

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Cher nearly jumped out of her skin when Cheshire leaned over her shoulder like that. Soft voice or no! She gasped and jumped sideways a step. "Ugh, do you have to sneak up on people like that?!" she whined.

She did like that purple jacket, though.

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"Mmm, sorry, but it's what I do," he said, giving her a charming smile. "And the jacket would look good on you...but I have a feeling, so would most anythig."

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Cher blushed, clearly not accustomed to such open flattery. And this guy's cat costume was really convincing. Creepy. "Um, thanks," she mumbled, turning her attention back to the jacket. "It's a little longer than I'd like, but the cropped ones aren't in style here, I guess."