♞12th Cup ◊ Audio ; As I Was Going Up The Stair...

[10shlling6pence]

[pops to life--some doors are being closed and possibly locked--]

I haven't an inkling what today might all be about--but--Salutations to all, formally, I suppose..eh...

Only--one small, light and utterly humble request of our--current apparently temporary...residents--

...please--would you refrain from and restrain yourselves in taking my hats.

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[the_tristero]

Any letters to go out?

[10shlling6pence]

I beg your pardon..?

[the_tristero]

Letters.
We will carry them.

[10shlling6pence]

...Letters? To where and when?

[manofgnee]

It's the visitor curse....they're all visitors from other places, and some of them were even here before!!

Some of them...are a bit silly. They may have heard of you from somewhere, somehow...does explain why they want your hat.

[10shlling6pence]

Have they really? Above and below, this City--further discombobulation and confusions.

Wonders should cease about such things--it's very much mine and dear to me.

[manofgnee]

I know! I like this curse, though...it's bittersweet, yes, but I like it.

...Maybe you could make duplicates?

[alittlefellow]

They're stealing your hats? How dreadful!

[10shlling6pence]

Absotively, yes!

Something about souvenirs and--a Hightopp original or some other such nonsense.

[alittlefellow]

Gold, jewels, weapons, all worth risking everything to steal, and trust me I've a bit of experience there. What worth should anyone find in hats that don't belong to them? A hat is very dear to a person, they should know!

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[cawsandeffect]

[Tok tok.]

You've got some kind of a hat crime wave or something?

[take_theride]

What about a trade?