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poly_chromatic2012-06-24 05:52 pm
mrsnose) wrote in poly_chromatic2012-06-24 05:52 pm
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Well...uhm. I think the hats are very interesting?
But I'm not sure why so many men seem taken to wearing them. Is this a curse? Wearing a hat? It's better than sparkling, I supposed...
[ooc; She is curse free but that should not stop you! And for those cowboys and girls too shy to talk on the network, she will be doing chores of the buying groceries and fabric at the market variety, so you can action if you want.]
But I'm not sure why so many men seem taken to wearing them. Is this a curse? Wearing a hat? It's better than sparkling, I supposed...
[ooc; She is curse free but that should not stop you! And for those cowboys and girls too shy to talk on the network, she will be doing chores of the buying groceries and fabric at the market variety, so you can action if you want.]
Action;
Miss Sophie! Are you well?
[He sounds like he hasn't seen her in ages (when, in fact, they saw each other just yesterday, living in the same house and all).]
Action;
She takes the offered hand; Sophie has nothing against grime gathered from hard work.]
I'm doing fine, Pavel, thank you? What are you doing?
Action;
Good, good--I have missed you. [Evidently.] I am looking for new boots... gloves too, maybe. And you?
Action;
She shakes her head and focuses on what he's saying.] Oh, well - here you have me now. I'm only looking for food - maybe something to make a dress with, too.
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Yes, and I am glad to have you. Would you like help?
Action;
[She'll hassle.]
Action;
[Although a sensible person fresh from a twenty-hour ride with planned engagements for the evening would probably find something better to do than follow Sophie around like a puppy.]
You would do that? That would be good, thank you. I think that I am charged unfairly, sometimes, because the shopkeepers know I will not argue.
Action;
[Lesson time, it seems!] For example, hatters don't negotiate - hard work is put into every hat, and they are usually works of art, too, so every one has the price they deserve. Ideally, anyway. But when you're buying groceries at the market, for example, and you buy in large quantities, you could haggle for a small reduction in the final price. Round it up, you know? Same goes for fabric.
But what you need are, I imagine, quality boots and gloves, so if we find them - you pay what they're worth. They'll last you long, after all.
Action;
[He listens very intently, tucking this all away for later use.]
They will be priced what they are worth?
Action;
When I worked in my father's shop, we had this strategy, see - first two hats you brough out for a client were more expensive than what they could afford, and didn't fit them. Although they were good hats, and they were definitely worth their price, but the point was to make the client fall in love with the third one you showed them, basically. The point here is, if they use that strategy on you, it's normal - but if they're good looking boots that are overpriced, I'd start to suspect.
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Miss Sophie, I believe now that purchasing boots is beyond my capabilities. I was not told before today that buying is an art.
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