Maybe you shouldn't have spoken so quickly about the universe liking you.
Upon a closer examination of the poster, it turns out it wasn't for a job at all. "2-for-1 carpet cleaning from Dusty Dan's Carpet Cleaning Centorium!" the post said in large, bright letters.
Frustrated, you crumple up the poster and, like a good Samaritan, toss it away into a nearby garbage can.
You quickly exit the area before you're hit with hunger pains from smelling the tasty odors coming from all of the local diners. With no place to go in particular, you wander around town seeing if anywhere is hiring. There are quite a few businesses hanging help wantes flyers, but unfortunately they are all for jobs you probably don't have the skills for. Mechanic, tax accountant, guitar tutor. Nothing worth even applying for. You begin to worry that the only thing you'll be able to do manual labor, hard work for little pay. And since you came into the city with nothing, not even a shirt on your back, you're going to need a lot more money to get yourself set up here.
After an hour of mindless wandering, you find yourself...
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