[Maeve] Profession - The Wandering Tigress

[Ella]

Empty. That was how Maeve would describe her bag of belongings. Of course, it was not totally empty. There were a few things left in there. The problem was, she had somehow let her supply of necessities such as holy water and garlic run low. Not to mention, a few healing potions and maybe a pair of nice spiked brass knuckles or gauntlets would be nice to have on hand. To make matters worse, she had allowed herself to spend too much time lazing about the guild (waiting to finally meet the catfolk siblings or following Vladimyar and other hot men around) or simply exploring the town rather than taking on money-making missions.

After asking some of her guildmates what they did to earn extra money outside of missions, the tigress was not sure what she should do. Most of them we proficient enough in some sort of craft or performing arts to be able to do things on the side as they pleased. Those who did not craft or perform seemed to have actual jobs within the guild or for people who owned shops in the town. Other than fighting, there were not many things Maeve could say she was talented at that people might pay her for. In the past, she used her ability to shape shift into her tiger form to make money in the circus. Heck, she even did a few acrobatic acts either form during that time. But this city was not the circus and turning into a tiger in the middle of town would either end up getting her hunted or make everyone too afraid to go near her to give her money for her tricks. Not unless she could find someone to act as her "handler", and there was no way she was doing that again!

She could look for work as a bodyguard or something of the sort. She was pretty confident in her skills to both protect whatever she was hired to protect and intimidate any would-be thieves or attackers. The problem with that idea that made her hesitate was that she did not want a permanent job that would tie her down to the town and the temporary jobs that were not some boring "protect the lady" jobs were hard to come by.

After spending several days mulling over ideas, wandering the streets of Ternadan for job opportunities, and rejecting everything she thought of or saw, she finally found her answer.

"People pay to see these?!" She excitedly asked herself. Before her, on one of many random sign boards in town, there was a sign advertising the "Brawlers of Ternadan". From what she read, it seemed to be some sort of group that hosted fairly regular "shows" in which they pit one brawler against another in front of an audience, often times in a tournament fashion. Her curiosity piqued, Maeve decided to check it out. It was right up her alley, and if they paid people to participate, then it was definitely she would do!

It seemed shows only happened on certain evenings, but the building was still open on a daily basis. Maeve guessed it was so brawlers who participated could practice in their off time. There was only one person in the front room, a scrawny teen who looked like he was there only to do paperwork. Maeve saw doubt in his eyes, probably from her being a woman, but he still explained how things worked. If she wanted to participate, she would have to be tested first to make sure she could last at least a minute in the ring. If she was accepted, she could participate in regular events. They would keep tallies of her wins and losses. Her wins and losses from previous brawls would determine who she might be pit against. About once every three moons they did actual tournament style shows, which was an opportunity newbies often attempted to "climb the ranks" quicker. Unfortunately for her, they had just done a tournament a couple nights before.

As far as money went, she would only make money if she won. Although they had a flat rate, the actual amount was often determined by the amount of bets that were made on their brawl. Apparently, brawlers usually made enough off of bets that the flat rate was just enough to pay whatever healer's fees you might have afterwards, buy enough food to last until the next show, and a little extra to pay for a cheap room if you did not have a place to stay. In the off-chance that she became famous enough to bring in larger crowds just by participating, they might even pay her to just show up, whether she won or not, depending on how large of a crowd her brawls could bring in. All that sounded fine to her, there was no way she would lose!

"Sign me up! When does the testing start?"

[spoiler]"Bawlers of Ternadan" has been renamed to "Ternadan's Brawler Federation" or TBF in the groups & organizations page and will be referenced as such in newer posts, as it is a reference to WWE (which used to be WWF, but the World Wildlife Fund didn't like them having the same abbreviation).[/spoiler]