“It’s so cold…” Susuko shivered as she rubbed her gloved hands together and watched the smoke from her breath disappear against the sky. The streets of Ishgard were bustling as usual during the midday, noble Elezen walking from one shop to the next, “I do say, little one, what is it you are selling?” A tall Elezen man with white hair had approached Susuko’s booth of “Eastern” made blankets, he looked down at her with a ‘higher than thou’ look and adjusted his monocle. Susuko rolled her eyes in her mind before putting on a smile, “I’m selling blankets, made in the Eastern regions of the world! Not only will it keep you warm, but it is also a good conversation starter when your noble friends notice the exotic-ness of it during the get togethers.” Susuko pats one of her blankets that had been folded so the design on the blanket itself could be seen a bit; the Elezen seemed to take interest in her wares, probably only cause of hearing the word exotic. “One of a kind, handmade and I know this for I have witnessed it being made myself.”
One of a kind was a lie, the blankets being from the East was also a lie, however them being handmade was not, so there was some truth in her words. Susuko smiled at the man, “I can guarantee this is high quality crafting. How can you pass up something like that? Surely a man of your tastes, caliber, and nobility would like to own an authentic blanket from the East?” This was the hook line, if Susuko couldn’t get someone who saw themselves superior to anyone else with that hook, then you might as well forget they even stopped by. “Ho ho ho, I say you do have a point little one. With me being a collector of such things, to own such an exclusive item from the East would defiantly add to my collection. How much is it?” The Elezen man rustled through his coat pocket bringing out a small leather pouch, “The blanket is two-hundred gil and you can pick the design you wish to have.” Susuko brought out three more blankets, each with a different color scheme and design, “My word…they all look pretty and elegant. Hmm.”
The Elezen man placed a finger to his chin as he looked at each blanket before Susuko spoke up again, “Tell ya what, you seem like a man that would like all of them. You buy the lot, I will cut the price in half, one hundred gil each.” The man gasped as his monocle nearly fell off his cheek, “Half you say?! Why I’ll take them all!” He threw the pouch down to Susuko. She caught it and looked inside there was a little more than four hundred gil in the the pouch, “Sir, you want this change?” She wiggled the pouch about as the Elezen man shook his head, “Dear no, keep it, you look as if you could use it.” Susuko looked displeased with that response, but she smiled and pocketed the pouch, “Enjoy your collection of Eastern blankets sir.” She said happily as she stacked them up and handed them to the Elezen, watching him walk away with a bounce in his step. “Sucker.” Susuko chuckled as she began to walk in the opposite direction back to the Ishgard inn room she was stationed to by her Free Company.