(05-23-2016, 05:57 AM)Valence Wrote: What bugs me a bit is that you say she got fired cause she was minor... But here is the thing... Is there even a minor/major distinction in Eorzea?
The only bit of lore pertaining to this that I remember is to do with Sharlayan, not greater Eorzea:
Tales from the Calamity: In Louisoix’s Wake Wrote:Recent graduates of the Studium, the twins were now sixteen summers old─old enough to be considered of age in Sharlayan society. And so, although he opposed his children’s planned journey, [their father] had not sought to bar their way.
I can only remember one NPC (a Coerthan woman) even making mention of [one of] the twins being "but a child", and it's in the context of asking you to go easy on them emotionally - not an attempt at preventing them from doing any of the horrifically dangerous, difficult, stressful, and politically charged things that they do that in the modern world they definitely would not have been allowed to do, let alone be considered responsible for to the same degree as an adult.
[speculation time] I can imagine it mattering more if the person in question is a noble, or, more specifically, stands to inherit something - then there's obviously a desire to see the person safely and soundly to adulthood so they can retain their inheritance and manage their estate. Folks probably wouldn't want to be seen to be aiding noble runaways, as that business can get very expensive and/or lethal quite quickly. A refugee child though, or a bastard, or a disgraced/disowned person, likely would not be subject to any of the same hesitations...
Alternative ideas for how she could be fired: maybe she was caught stealing to implement her income (this is a running theme across a few quests - no legal minimum wage in Eorzea)? Maybe someone took offence to her presence as an Au Ra refugee, and complained to her boss about something she hadn't done? Maybe she was rumoured to be an evil spirit of some kind (smallfolk in this setting tend to be very superstitious) and was driven out on the belief she was bad luck? Maybe she "acted out" (i.e. had traumatic memories triggered and behaved in ways those around her couldn't understand) and was fired due to her "conduct"?
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