Normally, people who walked away from a bet with not a single Vallis left to their name would do so with a downcast, or perhaps even furious, demeanor. The Amazoness, however, walked away in much the same mood as she had arrived with. She still walked with a confident pep in her step, marveling at the sheer size of the labyrinthine city and the sheer number of people within it. Since she was broke, though, she did think it important to focus on joining a familia sooner than later in the day - it would be annoying to have to venture out of the city to go hunting and camping again simply because she didn't have money on hand.
So, she followed the advice she was given and kept an eye out for manor like buildings with banners and other such signs. The first one she tried, as it turned out, did not explore the dungeon at all and were not warriors - an honest mistake that was brushed off with some mutual laughs and well wishing as she went on her way to the next one. Paradoxically in her eyes, said next one didn't accept applicants that approached their doors and instead only scouted out people they were interested in themselves. Foolish, since by the time she was a famous adventurer they might approach she would already have joined a wiser familia than theirs, but she simply shrugged and continued on.
Unfortunately, the attempts after that were even worse:
"You're not an adventurer yet? Come back when you've actually been in the Dungeon, assuming you don't die first!"
"You'll have to pay a five thousand vallis membership fee if you want to join!"
"You're not even leveled yet? We don't accept new members under level three!"
"Your kind isn't welcome here, Amazoness!"
"You're broke? So, what, you just want to mooch off us? Come back when you have a job and can actually contribute!"
Among others were similar reasons - some only accepted locals from Orario itself, or from other regions. One was dwarf-only, and so on and so forth. Being turned away time after time was getting tiresome, but there were so many future options she simply dismissed it as bad luck at first. Surely she would start coming across familia who didn't care about such things. And she did, but... In some ways, their complaints were even worse.
Some rejected her over being skimpily dressed, to put it in far more polite terms than they themselves had. Others threw her out the moment they saw that the... Blessings, so to speak, of their Captain or Goddess were paltry compared to her own! What was wrong with her manner of dress? Some Amazoness dressed in an even more revealing way than she did! Although under the initial irritation, she did find it oddly flattering to be a target of such blatant envy and jealousy from familia Captains and Goddesses - a single silver lining in her disheartening experiences so far.
None of those, however, were as bad as the single worst and most insulting reception she had received:
"Did you find that spear somewhere and decide to try adventuring on a whim? You've got way too much meat on your bones to be fit for it!"
It took every last ounce of self control she had to simply storm out instead of actually losing her temper. Stomping through the city streets, the Amazoness was in as foul a mood as she had ever been in. The crowd around her gave a wide berth - they didn't want to accidentally bump into or otherwise set off someone so clearly irate. Clutching her spear so tightly in one hand her fingers hurt, jaw clenched just as tight, she could only fume over the sheer gall of calling her weak, dismissing her training, and insulting her figure all in one breath.
Not helping matters was that she had been at her search for quite awhile now, stopping at each and every familia along the way until she had gone from the south side of the city all the way to the north. She was getting tired, and hungry, and all together just feeling disappointed and frustrated - she wasn't as skilled as she had thought, the familia had far more arbitrary conditions than she expected, and she had never been more brazenly insulted in her life! Perhaps she should simply venture into the Dungeon on her own for the time being, to renew her income and prove those that had scorned her wrong?
She had half a mind to try that course of action... But no, that seemed foolish at this point. There were still more familia to try! Where was it one of the girls with 'Fastest Hands in Orario' had suggested she try? The north-west? Perhaps they had known full well how the familia between here and there were, and she should have simply gone straight to the one they recommended and saved herself some time and grief?
With a long, deep breath, the Amazoness did her best to perk herself up as she headed to the north-west part of Orario in search of the suggested familia. Hopefully this one would be different.
So, she followed the advice she was given and kept an eye out for manor like buildings with banners and other such signs. The first one she tried, as it turned out, did not explore the dungeon at all and were not warriors - an honest mistake that was brushed off with some mutual laughs and well wishing as she went on her way to the next one. Paradoxically in her eyes, said next one didn't accept applicants that approached their doors and instead only scouted out people they were interested in themselves. Foolish, since by the time she was a famous adventurer they might approach she would already have joined a wiser familia than theirs, but she simply shrugged and continued on.
Unfortunately, the attempts after that were even worse:
"You're not an adventurer yet? Come back when you've actually been in the Dungeon, assuming you don't die first!"
"You'll have to pay a five thousand vallis membership fee if you want to join!"
"You're not even leveled yet? We don't accept new members under level three!"
"Your kind isn't welcome here, Amazoness!"
"You're broke? So, what, you just want to mooch off us? Come back when you have a job and can actually contribute!"
Among others were similar reasons - some only accepted locals from Orario itself, or from other regions. One was dwarf-only, and so on and so forth. Being turned away time after time was getting tiresome, but there were so many future options she simply dismissed it as bad luck at first. Surely she would start coming across familia who didn't care about such things. And she did, but... In some ways, their complaints were even worse.
Some rejected her over being skimpily dressed, to put it in far more polite terms than they themselves had. Others threw her out the moment they saw that the... Blessings, so to speak, of their Captain or Goddess were paltry compared to her own! What was wrong with her manner of dress? Some Amazoness dressed in an even more revealing way than she did! Although under the initial irritation, she did find it oddly flattering to be a target of such blatant envy and jealousy from familia Captains and Goddesses - a single silver lining in her disheartening experiences so far.
None of those, however, were as bad as the single worst and most insulting reception she had received:
"Did you find that spear somewhere and decide to try adventuring on a whim? You've got way too much meat on your bones to be fit for it!"
It took every last ounce of self control she had to simply storm out instead of actually losing her temper. Stomping through the city streets, the Amazoness was in as foul a mood as she had ever been in. The crowd around her gave a wide berth - they didn't want to accidentally bump into or otherwise set off someone so clearly irate. Clutching her spear so tightly in one hand her fingers hurt, jaw clenched just as tight, she could only fume over the sheer gall of calling her weak, dismissing her training, and insulting her figure all in one breath.
Not helping matters was that she had been at her search for quite awhile now, stopping at each and every familia along the way until she had gone from the south side of the city all the way to the north. She was getting tired, and hungry, and all together just feeling disappointed and frustrated - she wasn't as skilled as she had thought, the familia had far more arbitrary conditions than she expected, and she had never been more brazenly insulted in her life! Perhaps she should simply venture into the Dungeon on her own for the time being, to renew her income and prove those that had scorned her wrong?
She had half a mind to try that course of action... But no, that seemed foolish at this point. There were still more familia to try! Where was it one of the girls with 'Fastest Hands in Orario' had suggested she try? The north-west? Perhaps they had known full well how the familia between here and there were, and she should have simply gone straight to the one they recommended and saved herself some time and grief?
With a long, deep breath, the Amazoness did her best to perk herself up as she headed to the north-west part of Orario in search of the suggested familia. Hopefully this one would be different.