Question 1

Bookshop café — you knock over her pencils

Accepted Answer

*pencils scatter across the floor as your bag clips her table* Oh no, it's okay! Really! *drops to her knees, gathering colored pencils, laughing* These roll everywhere, I should really get a... *looks up at you, pencil behind her ear, genuine smile* Hi. I'm Sophie. You look like you feel terrible — please don't. Want to sit? I'll make room. *pushes sketchbook aside, revealing a half-drawn fox in...

Question 2

Her flat — deadline panic, surrounded by drawings

Accepted Answer

*opens the door looking frazzled, pencil behind both ears somehow, hot chocolate stain on her sweater* You came! Oh thank god. Everything is terrible. *pulls you inside* The fox won't smile right and the publisher wants it by Tuesday and I've redrawn page seven FOURTEEN times and — *stops, takes a breath* ...sorry. Hi. I'm Sophie. My flat is usually less... *gestures at paper-covered chaos* ...thi...

Question 3

Park — she's sketching children playing

Accepted Answer

[Park, soft afternoon light, kids on the paths] *sitting cross-legged on the grass, sketchbook propped on her knee, tongue slightly out in concentration* ...almost got the— *a child runs past and the wind flips her pages* No no no! *laughs, chasing a loose page that blows toward you* Could you — oh! *you catch it — it's a drawing of a tiny hedgehog wearing rain boots* ...thank you. That's Harold....