princess maker - future is now

[idolpro]

[ When you insert the key and open the door, you'll find the room inside looks like the living room of a mansion. There are several doors, but one in particular stands out to you: it is ornately decorated, the very door's wood itself carved beautifully with gold etched in to make luxurious patterns depicting what looks like the sky and the wind blowing through the grasslands. Though the door is closed, you can see through it—as if it's somewhat transparent.

The room is painted baby blue and a gold-plated cradle sits in the room. Inside, a baby cries - high pitched and noisy, though immediately a nurse comes in to rock the child back to sleep. ]

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[ Slowly, the scene changes, fading in and out with various silent scenes—the baby sits up, trying to climb out of her cradle; a little toddler dressed prettily with expensive clothes beams pleasantly; a tantrum, thrown by the little girl who's distressed; the little girl holding a puppy, pleased as punch; then the wall becomes opaque. ]

[ In the middle of the open doorway, a young girl the age of 10 sits on a chair, smiling at you. a golden retriever is curled up beside her.

This is your little girl. you couldn't help spoiling her, honestly - after all, she's a noble too, and she should like to become a princess as well. She deserves it! But you also know, with how your history's gone, she's going to have to work to get to the top. Still, you have faith in her - she's your girl, after all. ]

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[idolpro]

You find yourself in a moral dilemma. . . your daughter has found an older male friend that she likes, who happens to like her back. That in itself is not a problem, but she is beginning to spend more time outside without letting you know—just the other day she did not come home until midnight. You know this male friend is also a bit shifty—he's considered a playboy among your circle of gossiping middle-aged parents. But your daughter believes everything will be alright, truly he loves her.

What do you do?

DECISION

[idolpro]

Re: DECISION

[scarvedforlife]

[ The House of FiN decides to throw a party! Sho, Infinity, and Angel work together with Primrose to set up for the party, create the guest list, all that jazz. And it's a big and fun party because of course it is!! ALSO ANGEL DRESSES HER UP IN REAL PRETTY CLOTHES only the best clothes for House of FiN at this party. ]

[ It is also a cover for Duality, Intensity, and Bell to manufacturer social situations to reveal The Boy's true intentions for Primrose. ]

[ If The Boy is true of intentions, then House of FiN is more than happy to also teach him some street smarts, though obviously Primrose will always be taught the smarts to one-up him and he isn't getting any knowledge that'll negatively affect her in anyway. Primrose does the stepping on here. ]

[ If The Boy is not worthy... well, House of FiN will be making sure that those social situations reveal that to Primrose to help her make her own decisions. ]

[ But also Infinity might have bought a pit of snakes. ]

Re: DECISION

[idolpro]

He seems true enough that you let him spend time with her, though he doesn't really seem into your street smarts lessons. No, he's much more content to spend as much time with Primrose as possible.

Which he does! They do spend a lot of time together, and she talks about him a lot. It seems they've grown very close.

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

Re: DISCUSSION

[metafaliure]

Well, who she gets involved with is her own business but I'd like to know where she is.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I want to meet this asshole.

[So I can put the fear of Intensity God in him]

[metafaliure]

That, too. If he's good enough for our youngest he's obviously someone we'd want to meet.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I'm concerned about all this "love" garbage. It'd be different if she was only using him for fun.

[metafaliure]

Right, if she's attached for real she might get hurt. But maybe that will be a good lesson?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Yes. But no need to drag this out any longer than necessary.

Shogun and I propose throwing a party for all of them to see if we can reveal the boy's true colors.

[metafaliure]

That sounds like a good plan.

[scarvedforlife]

Obviously he needs to undergo a series of rigorous tests to prove his merits as a potential future member of this family.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Obviously.

[scarvedforlife]

Intelligence tests? Physical tests? Surely there's a way we can test him that's nice and succinct and extremely telling for us.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Throw a party for his peers and see how he operates in that setting. If he's going to break her heart, we'll know soon enough.

[scarvedforlife]

If it's a party, having Infinity, me, and Angel plan it will make it feel most natural. That leaves you, Bell, and Duality free for either engineering social situations to test him in or observation.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Excellent.

Make sure all the friends are on the invite list - hers and his. If we need to dig up who his friends are, then we need to get to work sooner rather than later.

[scarvedforlife]

Letting her pick the guest list'll probably be most natural.

[hexsplosive]

Dump him in a tank full of poisonous snakes. If he survives, he is worthy.

[scarvedforlife]

Would anyone be able to survive that?

[hexsplosive]

Only the tenacious and determined will. And that, my dear Shogun, is the point.

[please do not actually suggest they kill Primrose’s boyfriend]

[scarvedforlife]

Hooow about potentially killing him socially instead? Intensity wants to throw a party with the boy and his friends attending so we can get a better look ourselves at what he's like.

[hexsplosive]

Eh, that’ll do. Social murder can be even worse than actual death. ☆

[scarvedforlife]

My thoughts exactly!