58th of Fall
Talorin woke up with a goal today. This was the day he would finally leave his room on his own. His mother dead these last 10 days, father dead almost six months away Talorin was now an orphan, and it was time he started to take care of himself. Getting up and relieving himself and taking care to look his best he left his room in search of the employment office. Following directions given to him by his elderly next door neighbor he walked nervously and full of apprehension down the busy streets of the city. Everywhere he looked he saw people moving in one direction or another doing only the gods know what. Talorin gripped his small dagger, tucked in his belt, so tightly and so long that eventually he had to let go due to cramps. Wringing the pain in his palm out, Talorin began to think to himself;
"What if I can't get a job"
"What if I get blamed for my brother's crimes"
"Will they even employ a poor orphan boy with no family"
"I'm too small to be a knight, I hope they don't decide to kick me out of the city."
Passing by the food stands in the market place Talorin is tempted to spend one or two of his precious coins on some delicious smelling pastry, but with a mental slap, he regains his composure and turns the corner on the street the employment office sits. Talorin walks up to the door, then in a moment of indecision he turns and sits on a bench across the street. Looking at the building he notices that there are people coming in and out quite frequently. After almost a full hour of sitting there he finally gains the nerve to go inside and face his future. Getting up he gets across the street and grabs the door handle, just when he is fixing to open the door it opens of its own accord and a man steps out almost tripping over the small boy. Talorin runs around the building in an alleyway fearing punishment.
"Talorin, You have to do this. Mother is not here anymore to take care of you, there is almost no money left. Father is dead and Torin is only the gods know. You need to man up and take some responsibility for yourself and get over there and get a job. Just walk up to the door and go in." Talorin admonished himself.
Peaking around the corner of the building to make sure the coast was clear, Talorin ran across the street and opened the door a little to fast. He actually flung it open causing it to bang loudly on the door jam. Everyone in the waiting room turned to see what was the commotion.
"sorry" Talorin meekly said while closing the door with a scarlet red face.
Walking up to the clerk he builds up all his nerves and with one deep breath literally spews his entire life story out to the clerk.
"Hi, My name is Talorin, and I'm here looking for employment, but since I'm the smallest in my family I was not allowed to help farm in the fields with my dad and Torin, he's my brother who's on the run from the knights for stealing grain and my father blocked their paths causing himself to be sent to the mines, where he died a few months later which caused my mother to be very sad and upset that just ten days ago she died also leaving me alone to fend for myself which isn't hard since she taught me how to preserve our food, and to cook it so it tastes delicious, but now I'm low on money and thought it would be beneficial to come and get a job and work to earn money, and maybe do better for myself and move into a large
home, and own a business, and maybe even own a castle one day, so what do you think, can you help me find some work?"
Talorin draws another breath before adding,
"Ma'am"