Well no, I don't assume that Shoruke doesn't intend to get hired, I just don't... Get this approach personally?
Okay, imagine you're at a job interview for a position as an overnight security guard at a restaurant.
During the interview, the interviewer mentions that nobody lasts very long at that position. Since it's a security position,
some danger is implied, so you try to clarify whether he means that people get fired or injured / killed by asking what happens to them. The interviewer's expression hardens, and he tells you that if you want to get paid, you need to just knuckle under and deal with it. Sounds legit, right?
Now consider: have you ever beaten a Five Nights at Freddy's game on the first try without a guide?
Some assurance that my employer is trustworthy and I'm not being walked into a death trap with a carrot-and-stick routine, basically for the lols, would be nice.
Except the ad says nothing about that. It's literally just "come to this location and get employed to move my stuff if the magic ban gets reinstated". The jobs they perform once hired are confidential.
I feel like you're really trying to find something that's not there if you're going so far as to imply that Zephyr set the ambush up/is in on it. Especially since Seaiga is with this particular group. Also, once again, that ad said nothing about transporting anything to Sybil's mansion.
Except... that literally was the job application?
"Move my stuff if the magic ban gets implemented" would imply "move my stuff
in the area around my house when the magic ban gets implemented". The flavour text at the start of the chapter even mentioned that Sybil's ad was common knowledge and that there was increased bandit activity in the area for that exact reason. And then, holy cow dood, we actually found bandits. In an area known for bandits. After personally increasing local bandit activity. And by going out of our way to take the fast route, at the risk of more bandits. I mean, there's jobs with some inherent risk, and then there's going out of one's way to find unnecessary trouble, you know? Not heartening to see a potential employer do the latter.
I'm not trying to imply that the ambush was set up by Sybil's NPC team, just that y'all really should have seen it coming when you found bandits in bandit country. And maybe taken some precautions like sticking to the main road or detouring around bandit country? Or hiring enough guards ahead of time instead of relying on two separate groups of travelers to a) be nearby at the time, b) be badass enough to actually help, and c) actually decide to help for free instead of just leaving? "I mean yeah we're knowingly putting our people in unnecessary danger, but we're doing it out of carelessness rather than malice so it's okay right"? Tell it to the thick carpet of nearly-slain PCs.
And no, the job application actually did
not specify that Sybil herself would be attempting to murder us. Danger and fighting are implied, fighting
Sybil's golems was not implied. You'd expect a responsible employer to turn off the murderbots when they have a job application posted, or at the very least be explicit that a test of combat will be mandatory.
So, the employer waffles between "failing to not kill you" and "marching you blind into fights", and then gives you the "you don't get paid if you don't shut up and deal with it". Brady's likely heard smugglers give him this line. He's probably almost been arrested for it.
You combine this level of dishonesty with this level of disregard for safety, and... you see where Brady's coming from, wanting some assurance that this job isn't as rotten as it sounds?
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