Clarissa had gone to most of the well known sponsors only to be turned away at the door. Whether due to her lack of experience, intelligence or revealing attire. Discouraged but not defeated, the young would be gladiator found herself in the Pits, a rather rundown and shady part of Rhapsodia. Your mother always told you to avoid the Pits as a child. But this is the only place where you might find a sponsor.
As you walk down the alley, you can feel people leering at you. But you march on looking for a man named Bacchus. You hear about him from a rather handsy customer who said he was the man to meet if you needed money. Rounding one last corner you come to the place he mentioned. The building looked rather gaudy with purple cloth and gold trimmings. The front door was barricaded.
When you approach a eye opening appears and then closes. the door opens to reveal a portly man in expensive garb ( http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/2067305 ). "Ah what brings a lovely thing like you to my door?"