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"Ooh, is that a new shipment of Moleskine books?" Charli asked, leaning close in at the elbow of the pretty girl with cherry red eyes and jet black hair. She'd come to the art store to find herself some new blank books to work on toy ideas in, and Moleskine books were a bit of a luxury choice of item for her. "Aren't they the best? Have you tried one yet? They're just the best, I think. I could just take one of each home just to have them."

They almost felt too nice to draw in, but that was sort of silly.

"My old one is full, and they were out the last time I came in. Do you draw? I kinda draw, but mostly I do fiber craft and stuff. My name is Charli, nice to meet you."

It was an impressive and lengthy spiel, especially given that Charli didn't know the other girl from Eve, and was barely giving her a chance to get a word in edgewise until she beamed from ear to ear and held out a hand in an offer to shake.

She liked touching people, but hugging generally needed to wait until at least the person knew your name. Names were the doorway to hugs. That or Free Hug signs. Free Hug signs forever.

"Oh hon." Charli's bright, wide grin turned just a bit prankish, and her lids half lowered until her expression was one part sultry, and one part... something else. Like the opportunity to steal a cookie before dinner with a friend. Sweet and misbehaved. "I'm as forward as people will let me be." She laughed after she said it, making it harder to tell if she were joking or flirting and then, gave the offered hand a firm shake.
"I'm Charli. How about you? Sorry to scare you, it really wasn't what I was going for."

"Nah, you aren't blocking anything, I always take a little while trying to decide which one is the one I'm looking for." Charli offered, brightly. "I know it's silly but it feels like they kind of...wait for the right person. And I like imagine who they might go to. Like..." She paused, and picked up a lined book.

"This one could be someones secret diary... or maybe it's where someone will write the most ama-zing book! They have so much potential, just like people."

In confined quarters, she couldn't sweep her arm in as encompassing a gesture as she would have liked, but never the less made a graceful wave of her hand, gesturing around them at other people in the store.

"I'm glad I didn't make you spill coffee on yourself, that would hurt and be a waste of a tasty cup of joe."

"I love the ones with spiral binding for detailed work, but yeah.... I like these for being on the go, the book style binding doesn't bug me when I'm doing quick notes and sketches." Charli admitted. "Like anything else it's got it's pros and cons, and I like both so..." She grinned hugely and held out a hand to take the bound sided book. "I think this one would actually be perfect to doodle some new stuffies in. Besides I can say I picked it out meeting fascinating new people."

Never mind that Charli had the habit of informing everyone that they were fascinating.