Well, she was fired! She got even more angry, and the entire world is just unfair!
The Fogdale family is a rather poor household. In fact, according to my kinda rigid system, their social status is too low for their lot value, which is of course a bad thing. The house is a small farm, the house is not huge but the only 2 storied house in the Dump. The only way to match, would be to reduce the worth of their home, ie by selling off enough belongings. It's not a huge gap, so I'm allowing them to stay a little longer, but on one condition - they can't afford to buy a single item! :no:
Misty's old mom Tusha (Gruston) Fogdale is 88, her dad Eremias Fogdale is only 83. They are both factory workers, but in a short while they will both be retired!
Ever since she grew up, Misty had a dream of working with science at the Wooming Soil Facility. That's where the toxics of the Dump is investigated. Misty might not have the perfect references for such a job, but maybe she would qualify for a job as a test subject?
She ran over to Wooming Soil Facility, it's just a quick walk from the Dump, over the field next to the poisoned waters next to the Fogdale's home, then climbing up the steep hill, following Gal River a bit till the sunken bridge, and there it is!
But Mr. Wooming turned Misty down, he blamed that the toxic project had received less funds from the Council and they had to move on to other projects. Besides he had heard about Misty's failures at Love Café...
Yes, Misty was kinda depressed now. Couldn't they just have offered her some other job? Testing fatal medicines? Testing safety in crashing cars? Just anything? She needed a way to earn money!
She explored the facility area, there were numerous worn out furniture there. She knew locals would drive up here to get rid of their bigger garbage, and a few times Misty had actually picked up something they could use at home. But this time it required an Inventor's skill to make good use of the items, and Misty didn't know how a factory worker would deal with this kind of scrap.
Misty had always refused to work in the filthy factories in the Dump. Yesterday she heard there was an available job at the boat ticket office down at the harbour. Everyday someone traveled by boat, and each of them had to buy a valid ticket. She knew she could handle such a simple job, and it wouldn't even require smiling or other stupid services.
But no luck... The elderly woman serving the ticket office told Misty that the job was already taken. Somehow Misty didn't trust her, but what could she do about it except frown?
Misty walked back to the Dump. It still rained, but the weather was much lighter. Oh, what a day - the best thing that had happened to her was that it rained a little less! She really needed someone to talk to. All her friends had grown up, and some even started a family, meaning they didn't have much time for the single Misty Fogdale.
Shellith (Gnomes) Gruston did marry to Didrik Gruston, and they already expect their first child. They both were affected by the toxics, or whatever caused the skin miscolour long ago. Didrik was out gardening, but Shellith had time for a quick chat. Not that she could help, not getting a job because of bad looks was nothing new in Galucca. Being turned down twice in one day was tough, though.
Then Misty left the Gruston house, but she didn't get very far...
Nobody knows what happened over the next few hours, not even Misty herself.
The following night, a little after 3 AM there was some kind of activity up on Moon Mountain. That's the mountain that leads all the way from Moon District to the volcano, and even farther.
There exists some ancient stones, and in the very center...
... a person looking like Misty Fogdale was laying on the ground. No wait, there's one more person, it looks like... could it be the young adult Emma Hydront!?
Now, what on earth are they doing up there?
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