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[The new Fashion Club has been a success, and it feels more like a fashion club than the old one. Back home she and the girls were all talk, but here they're actually doing something to help those in need. This is the sort of thing Quinn always wished she could do without looking like a tryhard geek in front of the girls, or suggest without Sandi shouting her down.

She's at the store right now, looking at various makeup shades and hair colors. Considering a little change...not a complete dye job, but some highlights. Maybe a subtle copper or gold shade to bring out its natural beauty.

Plus, she needs some new mascara. Her old one's officially three months old and almost empty anyway.]

Now, should I buy my usual black or go for a more natural-looking brown? Or perhaps midnight blue...

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I know, but it's a question of how well they'd go with certain outfits, or the rest of my makeup. Brown mascara doesn't work so well with frostier shadows, and blue can be tricky and make your whole face look sickly if you're not careful.

[Ami, from behind neutral and understated makeup, doesn't exactly follow the idea of being into it quite that much, but she nods, willing to enter into the spirit a bit, at least.]

I never thought about things like that much.

Most people don't. Some of them think it's enough to pick a shade based on their skin tonw and that's it.

You know a lot about it. You could have been a model, I think. [Which, given the first part of that statement, is not only tribute to Quinn's looks.]

[Ah, yes, modeling...her only attempts at it ended less than well, with that first agency picking Kevin over her and that mother-daughter show...ugh, she doesn't even want to remember it.]

Sometimes that's still my dream, yeah...

Sometimes? [Ami asks the question gently.]

If you don't want to, you shouldn't have to! But I think, if it's your dream, you shouldn't give up on that. l

Well, sometimes I think it'd be the best life ever, but modeling agencies can be so picky. I don't plan to ever lose my looks, but if I get older they could just as easily trade me in for someone younger. And that rejection would hurt too much.

I think a lot of models work hard so there's something else they can do, too. Just in case.

[Not that she's saying Quinn will get old! Of course not. But she knows, for example, Minako doesn't count on her career lasting forever; some day, she'll fall back on an education that lets her find another job, too.]

Yeah, that's another thing. I'll need a job for when I get older, and I was thinking fashion designer for that. Which...actually sounds more promising than modeling at times.

You could study both. I think a model would gain good insight into the fashion industry to carry over to design. And you have good taste; you could develop something really new.

Oh...that actually makes a lot of sense! [She's sort of considered it before, but not a whole lot. Not very seriously anyway.]

I'd like to see what you'd design. If you try it, will you show me? [It's a little like having Minako around maybe. Minako wasn't really quite as outgoing as Quinn when she wasn't in the spotlight, but the fashion interest is similar.]

Oh, sure! I'd be happy to, if I ever come up with something spectacular enough.

I wondered, though, since you like fashion and clothes, do you maybe also like sewing?

Oh, I've tried to. I'm not very good at it, though.

Maybe... you'd just need a little practice, I think. You could become good at it if you're interested.

[Talent at anything, anything at all, takes practice, Quinn.]

Yeah, maybe...first I just need to learn to thread a needle and not prick my finger.

Just look carefully. And hold the needle very still. There are some types of needle that make it easier, too.

I'll have to look into them, then.

I can help you try to find some, if you want. I really like sewing myself, so I'm looking at the fabrics and things like that a lot.

Oh, that'd be a lot of help. Thanks!

I wonder if the shops in Luceti have that type...

I'll let you know if I find them. [Which is probably Ami's way of slipping out politely so she can get back to her work, and follow through on that promise.]

Thanks!

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