So there I was, standing in the midst of the slums of a C warriors town. I stuck there for a good minute. Then I decided to wander. Even though this was considered the slums , it was a plenty of people wandering around and doing various activities. Even though I was young I knew that to get food and survive, work must be done. This was the core value my parents taught me in which I plan to live by. So I went shop to shop , looking to see if anyone need an extra hand. They all seem to not notice me entering, which I found vaguely strange but quickly tossed it to the back of my list of problems. It all followed the same prompt:
" hello madam or sir , are you looking for help? If so I'm available to work."
Yet the response I got was all the same.
"Get loss runt."
Not even willing to hear my story they all turned me away. I started to become down cast. Not only was no one willing to hire a 5 year old boy , every single shop owner looked down on him for being small and unnoticeable. Little did they know , not being noticed in an apocalyptic setting is the biggest advantage one can have.
I eventually end up at an adventures guild. I had big dreams and goals achieve and becoming stronger was the only way to achieve them.
I entered the guild. It's pretty loud with men and women shouting about. No one even looks my way. Am I invisible? I question my existence as I approach the desk. I see a fair skin lady no older than 30 at the desk looking bored staring straight ahead. She has a sick looking scar running across both her arms. But it seem she's proud of it . I wonder what happened?
I walk into her field of vision. Hoping she'd notice me. Nope. It was like she was looking through me. I even waved my hand in front her face . Not one reaction. I stared at hands in wonderment. Am I ghost? Do I exist? Strange thought started wondering through my 5 year old head. And then I did what a 5 year old would do. I pinched myself.
"Ouch"
I don't know why but my yelp of pain sent a ripple through the guild as everything got silent to the point where you could hear a pin drop. The front desk lady had a look of bewilderment while everyone else looked at us astonishingly. I glanced around the room and back to the lady at the desk with my head tilted.
" did I do something wrong?" I questioned innocently.
"Not at all little one, but how long were you standing there" she asked with a serious expression.
" four maybe five minutes. I waved my hands in front your face and everything. I thought I was a ghost or something. Do you have any work I can do? No one else wants to hire me."
I don't know why but she started sweating. I happened to look around and noticed everyone else was sweating too. I think to my self. [its not hot in here , why is everyone sweating] I toss my thoughts away and look at the desk lady waiting to hear her response.
"Little one where are your parents " she asked
"Zombies ate them " I replied dispirited
" any family in this town?" She inquired
"None, I'm on my own that's why I'm looking for work" - Darius
" ok here's our application form, if you can't read or write let me know. Big sis will help" she says with a heartwarming smile on her face.
" I can do it my mother taught me both" - Darius
I go off to an empty table and begin to fill out the application. It had 5 simple questions name age height class and super powers. I only answered the first three. I don't know what a class is . It seems like something for a school ? But I heard through gossip that only the important people's district has that for kids. I put down no school just in case. Special powers confused me greatly. I never heard of anyone having a special power. I wonder if skipping a stone 20 times counts? I'll put it down anyway.