Conundrums (Open)

[Tamara George]

Tam strode purposely into the Gucci store, card glinting obnoxiously in her minds eye. She was leaving school and had come to the random decision last that she was in need of ' a few new things', i.e. another unnecessarily extension onto her already rather large wardrobe. Either way, she'd probably need something to wear to a job interview if she decided she wanted to work, at the moment she was actually contemplating working at Richmond, it was local and she loved the place anyway, nagging was as natural as breathing to her and short of becoming a nanny, she couldn't think of a better way to do it.

Things had slowed a bit, as they would do, what with the end of the school year, she was pretty sure the gods would be sticking around for a while but she'd still failed to have a proper conversation with her mother. In all honesty part of her didn't really want to. It was nothing personal but it'd make the imaginary figment of her imagination become a real person, a real person with their own personality and not the one she'd carefully constructed in her mind...she mentally rolled her eyes at herself before beginning to browse.

[Sasha Petrova]

It had taken all of her courage to get herself to leave her dorm and attempt to learn the many stores and establishments that decorated the city of Richmond. Although directionally challenged, somehow Sasha managed to find herself at the Richmond Mall. Or at least that's what she thought it was. It wasn't as extravagant as the ones back in New York City, but comparing Richmond to New York City was comparing herself to Angelina Jolie or someone just as equally extraordinary. She had to admit that she missed New York and looking at the pretty things in stores, though most of the pretty things she couldn't afford to buy. That's what happened when one was raised by a single mother and had to watch every penny. Maybe she could try to find a job while she was here at the mall today. Oooo! That was a good idea.

After grabbing some applications from the food court, Sasha began to make her way down to where the clothing stores were. Some of them that she passed made an uncomfortable feeling form in her stomach. Some of them were just too extravagant for someone of her social standing. One of them she passed, though, caught her eye - Gucci. Sasha had never been into a Gucci store. Heck, she had never even glanced into the window of one. Maybe now was her chance. Timidly, the young soon-to-be sophmore student walked into the store and couldn't help gazing in wonder at the utter amazingness of the store. It was so bright and shiny. Everything that she would have thought a designer store looking like was here in this very vicinity. "I wish someone would just pinch me. I must be dreaming."

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