Applicants sought for positions of utility, curiosity, and questionable glamour. Hopeful hearts welcome; faint ones will be given tea.
1. Candlewick Counter (Year-End Inventory)
Count remaining wicks from the Festival surplus and report discrepancies. No chewing permitted.
Apply: Guild of Waxwrights, Market Row, Booth #7.
2. River Debris Collector
As the thaw begins, gather items swept downstream—barrels, branches, and the occasional scandal.
Apply: Harbor Office, West Dock, before the tide changes.
3. Roof Leak Notifier
Patrol civic buildings for drips and damp patches. Must distinguish between water and supernatural weeping.
Apply: Office of Structural Honesty, Third Floor, Room 6A.
4. Herald of the Thaw
Announce to citizens that the frost has receded and mud season begun. Cheerfulness nonnegotiable.
Apply: Bureau of Weather Communications, Parade Square Kiosk.
5. Apprentice Gardener of Premature Optimism
Begin turning soil for early spring beds. Must accept inevitable frostbite as character-building.
Apply: Palace Gardens Office, Hedge 3 Entrance.
6. Rain Gauge Calibrator
Adjust civic rain gauges warped by frost. Accuracy rewarded with dry socks.
Apply: Bureau of Meteorological Integrity, High Street Tower.
7. Window Washer (First Brightness Contract)
Remove soot, streaks, and icicles from civic and merchant windows. Must not make faces at patrons.
Apply: Guild of Domestic Reflectivity, East Alley Workshop.
8. Library Page (Spring Cleaning Edition)
Assist in dusting the stacks, reshelving neglected works, and banishing any overwintering spiders.
Apply: Samuels Hall of Reading, Door B (knock politely and twice).
9. Bridge Painter’s Apprentice
Scrape and repaint the East Span before rust develops a personality.
Apply: Office of Public Works, Paint Room, bring brush and optimism.
10. Town Crier (Weather Announcements)
Proclaim each sunrise and sunset with enthusiasm appropriate to the occasion.
Apply: Office of Public Pronouncements, Square Office, midmorning.
11. Market Stall Repairer
Mend broken beams and patch roofs torn by winter storms. Hammer proficiency mandatory.
Apply: Market Maintenance Shed, Stall 00.
12. Poultry Encourager
Encourage hens to resume laying after the cold months. Gentle singing or storytelling permitted.
Apply: Agricultural Hall, Henhouse Annex.
13. Shoe Mud Scraper
Positioned at tavern entrances to remove excessive mud from patrons’ footwear. Conversation discouraged.
Apply: Civic Cleanliness Bureau, Alley of Modest Trades.
14. Apprentice to the Bureau of New Smells
Identify, classify, and report new spring odors as they emerge from the thawing ground.
Apply: Ministry of Environmental Curiosities, Sub-basement, Room “Olfactory.”
15. Keeper of the Town Fountain (Thaw Duty)
Remove leaves, frogs, and lost gloves from the fountain basin as the ice melts.
Apply: Department of Public Waters, Fountain Square, bell eight.