"Eh?" A confused Dahlia sputtered as she leapt from being startled. She'd been ganked from behind by a mid- pallum. One that looked incredibly busy, judging by the large bag she carried on each hip. She had given directions to main street, but main street wasn't exactly where Dahlia wanted to be. It was much too dirty, what with all of the foot traffic there. Punctuating her directions with calling Dahlia pretty and implying something bad might happen to her here was lost on Dahlia's mind. Really, it just went straight over her head. Instead, Dahlia began to sputter in her own confusion as the pallum walked away.

No, she couldn't let it end here. She needed to bite her tongue until it bled! Wait, that was an allegory for something else. She had to join a familia, so she would start here! She bore the crest of the familia outside. Perhaps this was meant to be her entry in!

"Wa-wait!" She called out to the pallum. "I'd like to, er, apply to your familia." She paused for a brief moment, staring down the pallum as she realized that she missed out on a crucial step. As though a literal candle had been lit over her head, she pulled out her book before turning to the very first page. Inside, a single loose piece of paper that had been filled with writing.

"Here's my application," she said, "may I ask that you bring it to your god?"