Network + Action= Open | This is definitely not a book review

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Network

[ There's a blonde on the screen. She's got her long, curly hair pulled over one shoulder and she's leaning in a little on her elbows. She waves at the screen. ] So, this is definitely not a book review. In fact, I'm sort of wondering what I'm going to do my vlogs over if it's not books. Maybe I'll just talk about them in a general sense. Books are good. Portable magic. Yadda yadda. it's not the same, is it? [ She sighs dramatically. ] Aslan and I are at the book store, in our proper bodies. Come see us at Subtext and have an iced coffee. Gracie out.

Action

For those that take Gracie up on her offer of books and iced coffee, they'll find her curled up in a big, squishy armchair near the front of the shop. She's reading a book and has an iced coffee at hand. There's a grey and white Scottish Fold cat dozing in the front window. She'd had a fun few days in Dani's body, zipping around, running into things and generally making a pest of herself, but she's grateful to be in her own body again.

When the bell over the door rings out, Gracie looks up with a smile on her face. "Hey, have a look around and if I can help you with anything, let me know."

Unless, of course, she knows you, then she'll be out of her chair, coffee abandoned on an end table to dole out hugs.

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Gracie grins broadly at that. It's so awesome to be with someone that understands the whole book thing. Her best friend, Gem, back home had been her book soulmate. She's not going to put that sort of pressure on Dawn, but she hadn't realized how much she missed that aspect of Gem's friendship until now. "Effie Trinket is amazing. I'd do tea with her." Definitely didn't make it weird.

It's super fantastic and it had been quite a surprise to Gracie at first. That doesn't mean that it's become old hat to her by now, but it doesn't surprise her so much anymore. Yeah, Gracie is never sure how 'okay' it is to tell someone they're fictional in her world. She's learned by now that fictional is definitely something that varies from world to world (and that there are other worlds).

She's beyond grateful that her own squealing and fangirling doesn't scare Dawn away. There' s a part of her that hadn't been sure Dawn would be there when she returned from her mini melt down. There's a book and a TV show.

"You're amazing in the books," Gracie tells her with total confidence. "I mean, you were a little whiny in the TV show, but you were fourteen so..."

Maybe she shouldn't have said that, but honesty, right?