Kana approaches the man. "You There!" She announces, "What do you think you are doing? Walking around in the sun without proper shading?"
The man, Halsey Hayes, seems lost. "Uh... standing, at the moment?" He stammers.
Appalled by the response, Kana retorts "The Sun! It's hazardous to you! You can trust me, I'm a doctor!" A somewhat mischievous smile broaches her face. A wiser eye may have determined her response was not entirely honest.
Halsey is caught off balance. "Shading?" he ponders as his hand strokes through his hair.
"Yes, yes! Fortunately for you, I happen to have the proper head-shading equipment for you!" Kana beams, holding the floppy hat forward with pride. "A hat, that some say even magically helps the wearer concentrate!"
"I have my a hat myself, ma'am," Halsey responds as he tries to search through his bag for his own head-wear.
"Nonsense! The one I have is FLOPPY! And floppy is IN this year! I bring you not only the most protective of equipment, but the most stylish!"
Halsey turns to the woman in red, Desrah, for support. "I don't think I've shown you my hat?"
Kana pushes the Hat into Halsey's hands. "See this hat and be AMAZED by its floppiness!"
"Fine, fine. Let us see the hat," Halsey says as he gives in to Kana's charms. Halsey places the floppy hat onto his head. Desrah suppresses a chuckle as a small smile creeps across her face at the sight of the oafish hat on Halsey's head.
"Ah! Magnificent!" Kana exclaims as the hat flops down covering Halsey's eyes. "The ladies will love you now, no?"
Despite Desrah's best attempts, the woman in red leather armor snorts out a laugh. "I'm fairly certain he has no.... difficulty in that... regard, miss." Desrah replies, pressing closer to Halsey.
Turning to Desrah, Kana asks "Miss, don't you find this man to be instantly incredibly attractive?"
Desrah looks to Halsey and grins, "I did before... but now, what a hat..."
Cutting off Desrah, Kana jumps in and finishes, "I Know! How can you resist him now?"
Halsey takes the hat off for a moment to appraise it. "Don't you think it's a little.... too floppy?"
"A little TOO floppy?!" Kana says, taken aback. "Can a flower be too beautiful? Or a puppy too cute?"
"I mean, in comparison to my own hat, this one seems too..." Halsey's voice trails off.
"Hodgepodge!" Kana Interjects. "That hat was made for you!"
"Hodgepodge?" Halsey stammers, confused.
"It compliments your eyes, yes?" Kana pleads.
"It hides his eyes!" Desrah retorts as the floppy hat droops down, impairing the unfortunate man's vision.
"As I said!" Kana replies. Quickly, before the man could catch the backhanded compliment, Kana adds "It hides his eyes with majesty!"
"He has rather handsome eyes..." Desrah insists, clearly growing tired of the unwanted merchant.
Halsey continues to search through his bag, lifting the drooping hat out of his vision. “Ah ha!” He exclaims as he pulls his bi-colored round cap out of his bag. “Here! For comparison.”
“Now that is a handsome hat!” Desrah lauds.
Halsey sets his bi-colored hat upon his head and turns to Desrah. “It's a very dorky hat, but I thought it could be charming in a smart fashion.”
“It's a good thing I am not overly concerned with fashion.” Desrah sighs with a patronizing smile.
Kana furrows her brow as she examines the hat on the man's head. “Hmmm.... that's not bad.... but it went out of style two weeks ago.”
“It did?” Halsey says, shocked.
“Yes, yes, of course!” Kana insists, “Fashion changes very quickly my friend!”
Halsey rubs his chin in thought. “Then why should I invest in your hat if it is doomed to go out of style itself?”
“Nonsense! Our children's grandchildren will speak in reverence about the revolution of floppy that happened this year!” Kana replied.
Halsey scratches the back of his neck, “You are quite the ah- convincing one, but- I will leave it to the lady's decision.”
Desrah, now rather annoyed, makes the decision. “I Like th' one he has on now.”
Kana, sensing imminent loss of a customer, stammers for a new pitch. “Ah, but what is the purpose of only having one hat? It would be like only seeing one star in the sky, or one flower peddle!”
Desrah injects before Halsey can respond, “Not having to lug a second around?”
Halsey pats his pack. “My satchel is quite full as is!”
“Ah, but this hat! It's floppiness is not just smart fashion but utility! It is very light and can be easily folded! See!” Kana rolls the floppy hat into a small roll. “Utility and style! What more could one ask for?”
Halsey, using his schooling in the ways of logic and persuasion makes an acute observation, “I'm not sure if I should be trusting hat advice from someone who doesn't wear a hat herself.”
“Ah this is true,” Kana concedes. “It takes someone of great stature to pull off this hat.”
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“If anything, Desrah here would be the expert!” Halsey says, pointing to the woman in the tricorn.
As Kana begins to accept her loss of a sale, a man dressed in gray walks up. His appearance is quite plain. His outfit is covered in dirt from the road. He has a scrawny beard unintentionally grown during his travels. Overall, the man looks quite forgettable... with exception to a magnificently floppy hat placed upon his head. The gray hat has a large brim that shades his face from the sun. The hat sprawls upward into a singular, drooping point. As she turns to walk away, she cannot believe her good fortune.
“Hello,” Thol, the man in the floppy hat, greets them.
“Ah ha!” Kana beams, “Here we have an expert!”
Halsey's jaw drops and slides to the side as he nudges Desrah for help.
“An expert? Me” Thol asks, “On silly looking hats, maybe?”
“Silly? Nonsense! Stylish!” Kana insists.
Halsey looks to Desrah, “Shall we- get moving?”
“Miss... forgive me for needing to do this,” Desrah says apologetically, although her words do not ring with sincerity. “But we truly are in a hurry.”
Diplomatically, Halsey adds “I may consider your hat another day, ma'am.”
Desrah pulls out a scroll from her pack and begins reading. Halsey begins to speak to add more, but is caught mid-sentence as the two are teleported off to a distant location.
Upon seeing the two disappear in a flash of light, Kana curses audibly. “Drats! Where am I supposed to find a chum foolish enough to buy a floppy hat!?” She screams, not realizing that poor Thol was right behind her. She throws the hat down into the dirt and stomps off.