♞ 4th Cup ◊ Log, Open

[10shlling6pence]

[It has been a strange month.

Of course, Tarrant is quite used to strange--and he didn't think it was quite strange himself, more everyday happenstance. This particular kind of strange is nearly too strange for a man who's known strange most of his natural life.

That is quite strange.

And so, on a surprisingly quiet day, the Hatter is headed

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[knaveswitness]

[Break was the curious sort- you didn't get as far as he did, discover as many things as he did, move where he did, and talk to whom he did, without being curious. It was a great trait, curiosity. Quite sadly unfostered in some people, but that wasn't his responsibility.

So of course when he saw the new installation, he'd had to poke about, ask about- and imagine the pique in curiosity when the man who'd gone in was described as an "odd looking fellow with a weird hat". Isn't that what they used to call him, back in Lebroux? Odd.

Naturally, he'd need pursue this further.

A knock on the door, curious, would do for a start.]

[ooc; Mad Hatter meet... a Mad Hatter. I JUST HAD TO.]

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[having been in the midst of dragging a few unneeded shelves in one section to another section where they were very much needed--he looks up at the knock]

I'm just coming!

[he leans the heavy things against a wall, brushes off his coat, and snatches up his hat on his way to the door. With a smile he swings it open with a nod]

Salutations and greetings! May I be of service?

[knaveswitness]

[Why, he lived up to expectations! ... Expectations based off a single passerby's description, but that would do just fine. Break straightened up only to dip back down in to a doff of his own hat, modest though it was.]

Hello, hello, good sir! Passing by, you see, and I meant to inquire.

[Hat placed back on his head with a smile, and a gesture to the shop.]

About the upcoming nature of the upcoming shop, I mean. Curious, I was!

[It would take a skillful person to note the fact that the rather odd sounding voice coming from the doll on his shoulder was Break's own- his mouth didn't move.]

He was bored, he means!

[10shlling6pence]

[Tarrant bobbed once at the bow, dipping his head lightly]

Oh, yes, yes--! [he takes a look inside his shop with pride, and returns his attention to the rather impeccably dressed stranger before him--as well as the rather forward friend on his shoulder]

Quite the good companion, curiosity--though often confused with boredom--it is my hope that I will soon be opening a Hat shop! I'm a Hatter, you see, by life and trade. That is quite an impressive one you have there, sir, very impressive indeed.

[knaveswitness]

Hahaha Emily-

[Break shot the doll a withering glare, a small flick of his fingers and it fell silent, giving an apologetic laugh in Tarrant's direction with a shrug of his shoulder.]

She's so rude sometimes, do excuse her-

[But he perked back up at the word "hat", reaching up to pat the top of his own, a dark blue with purple ribbon and a gold buckle- one of his nicer affairs.]

Oh? You flatter it, truly- How lucky I was to stumble across a shop such as this one... and allow me to say, your own has a flair all its own as well.

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Not at all, not at all--she reminds me of someone very close to myself. [a bit of a melancholy flash--he did so often miss Mally and Thackery]

Oh, thank you--[he reaches to gently touch his own] Sturdy, trusty thing it is. Hightoppery at it's finest.

Oh--do forgive me--Tarrant, Tarrant Hightopp, your servant, of course!

[knaveswitness]

No, no, forgive me! And Emily, too, of course-

[Another small doff of the hat]

Xerxes Break, servant of the Rainsworth household, and also at your service. It is indeed a pleasure.

[10shlling6pence]

[a doff of his own, and smiles, jovial--pleasantries, pleasantries, it wasn't often he could display them all at once]

The pleasure is mine, Mr. Break, entirely--it's good to meet someone who appreciates a well-made hat!

snewlkfn sorry this got lost in the notif fail ;;

[knaveswitness]

It's such a shame not many people do, a true shame, at that!

[lowering his voice conspiratorially, Break half covered his mouth with his sleeve]

Do you know- some of the people here come from worlds where it's outright odd to wear one?