It's puurtty!

[Candice Sykes]

Candice was sitting in the middle of the street drawing. Her sketchook page was filled with the faces people made when they saw her, dressed as she was, on the floor. There was alot of disgust, a few laughter and one of shock as they tripped over her.

Candice just drew until something or someone would stop her, occasionally someone would come and see her but,, more likely, it would be a security person coming to mover her along.

 

[Gabriel Blume]

Gabriel had finished work, at last. He stretched, bright t-shirt pulling up and exposing a strip of his stomach for a second. He was really tired, and his back ached from leaning over for an hour, drawing hello kitty on a girl's back. Some people were so stupid. Still, it was what he was paid to do, and he was gonna do it. He turned a corner, and spotted a girl sitting on the ground in a tutu. At last, something interesting! He smiled, walking over to her, and sat down too. "Your skirt matches my top." He commented, smiling.

 

[Candice Sykes]

Candice looked up at a male voice, there was one of the most interesting people she had seen all day in front of her. She turned a new page and began to draw him, not responding to his comment. After a second, managing to draw the base for his face and begining on the ees, she remembered he had said something. "Oh! Hi, yeah, it's pink." She grinned and went back to her drawing, cursing inside her head everytime he moved slightly.

 

[Gabriel Blume]

Gabriel smiled, simply going along with the odd behaviour and keeping as still as he could. "I like pink. Not the manliest of colours, but it totally suits me." He grinned, sneaking a look at the girl's drawing.

 

[Candice Sykes]

Candice gasped loudly and completly over the top. "You cannot see the work of art until it is finished." She hugged the sketchbook to her tightly for a moment before continuing with her drawing. "IT is quite a girly colour. Are you a girly man?"

 

[Gabriel Blume]

Gabriel echoed her gasp. "I apologise profusely! I am truly shamed to have broken such a sacred rule." He smiled, resuming his pose so she could finish drawing. "I am a very manly man. I'm just manly in a girly way." Gabriel grinned, stealing Sarah's description of him. He figured it summed him up pretty well, and decided to claim it as his own.

 

[Candice Sykes]

Candice giggled as he copied her over the top manner. "Well now you know, I expect you to remember that." She gave the drawing a charming grin while giggling again at his description of himself. She was a very giggly girl.

 

[Gabriel Blume]

"I will hold the knowledge dear to me until the day I die." He smiled, flicking his fringe quickly out of his face. It definitely needed trimming. "My final thoughts will be devoted to not looking at people's drawings of me."

 

[Candice Sykes]

Candice giggled, pausing her drawing so she wouldn't ruin it. "I wouldn't expect anything less from an honest man as yourself." She smile before resuming her drawing.

 

[Gabriel Blume]

"Naturally." He smiled. "I am, first and foremost, a gentleman. Escorting ladies and tipping my hat to gentlemen. I am indeed the fanciest man around." Gabriel said, grinning. Sad thing was; it was true. He seemed to spend a lot of time walking around, linking arms old fashionedly with people, or tipping his hat at people. He wasn't sure if it made him happy or depressed.

 

[Candice Sykes]

Candice giggled. "Well then, I am honered to be in the prescence of such a gentleman." She smiled kindly at him brfore finishing her shading. Unlike most of her drawings, this one actually looked like him. She showed her vision of the person through her art, but she saw him as he looked, a first for anyone.

 

[Gabriel Blume]

Gabriel smiled. "The fanciest man around is honoured to spend his time with such a unique and delightful maiden." He tipped his imaginary hat, smiling charmingly.

 

[Candice Sykes]

Candice giggled. "Why thank you." She looked over at him, suddenly realising she didn't know the mans' name. "Who are you exactly?" She frowned at him. She looked over all the ink he had, that had been included into her drawing with great accuracy, she loved drrawing tattoos. Especially her own.

 

[Gabriel Blume]

"Gabriel Blume, at your service." He said, removing his imaginary hat and bowing at the waist as deeply as you could while sitting. "Might I enquire as to the name of the maiden of the pencil and firey locks?"

 

[Candice Sykes]

Candice smiled, this man seemed funny, and nice, and funny. "It's marvelous to meet you Gabriel. I'm Candie." She grinned, she never introduced herself with her full name if she could help it. I was either Candie or Torrie, depending on if she saw the person as a future friend.

 

[Gabriel Blume]

"Delightful!" Gabriel beamed, though at the sound of Candie's name, his mind automatically flashed back to that day with Kandee. "Now we have names. Which are often good things to have."

 

[Candice Sykes]

Candice looked at him curiously. "How many tattoo's do you have?" She had to know, he seemed cool, but to actually be cool he had to have some piercings and at least one tattoo. Well, that was if he was going to be a long term friend.

 

[Gabriel Blume]

"Lost track a long time ago. I'm a professional tattoo artist, so I pretty much get inked whenever I'm bored." He smiled, snakebites tilting. Gabriel's arms were covered from fingertip to shoulder, and most of his chest and back was tattooed as well, all in bright, happy colours, and designs he had drawn himself. His main thing was stars though; he had well over a hundred stars covering his body, and planned for many more. "What about you?"

 

[Candice Sykes]

Candice grinned, wide open eyes. "Duuude! I, totally, love your job!" She laughed at her own reaction. "I got three, thinking of another one but can't think where to put it." She had already gotten her back done, her hip and her shoulder. Candice had been considering her upper arm for a while, or her foot.

 

[Gabriel Blume]

Gabriel laughed. "I totally love my job too! Way too much fun." He grinned. "What're you wanting to get? If you know what design you want, placement should come pretty naturally." He smiled, trying not to automatically slip into professional, boring mode.

 

[Candice Sykes]

Candice shrugged. "Just a small one, a decorated C." She opened her sketchbook to an earlier page, reight near the begining, and showed him a page covered in the letter 'c' decorated in many different ways. "I haven't chosen which one yet."

 

[Gabriel Blume]

He nodded, looking at the designs. "Could look good on the back of your shoulder? Just here." He touched a spot just slightly to the back of Candie's shoulder. "That way it's not too obtrusive, but it's there." He smiled. "And if you want to continue it with decorations or more letters later on it's got plenty of space, but it's not in the way of anything else."

 

[Candice Sykes]

Candie Shook her head. "I can't have it there." She pulled down the strap of her top slightly to reveal a tattoo already there. It was a flower design creeping down, ending just above her second tatto, which couldn't be seen from his point of veiw.

 

[Gabriel Blume]

Gabriel nodded. "Fair enough. What about front of the shoulder? It could work centered, but it's more fun putting things in interesting places." He smiled. "My first tatt was on my ankle."

 

[Candice Sykes]

Candice thought about it for a second, it could work. "Can I see your ankle then?" She would never have thought of putting a tattoo on her ankle, or the front of her shoulder. She had pondered a leaf vine curling around her thigh but she had decided against it.