Princess Maker 1.5: Taisho Roman Revolution

[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. That child, your charge—you're her nursemaid, so you go to her and rock her 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 at the age of 11 sits on a chair, smiling at you. A long-haired, pure white cat 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 her family history has 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. Fortunately, when she goes to the Lost Continent, she won't be alone: you, as her longtime caretaker (her third parent, really, or her first, if you consider how her family's left her care entirely to you), may accompany her to her new school. You'll be her ally, her support, her greatest weapon; you'll be the one who determines her success . . . or her failure. ]

[ Of course, you're not the only one that thinks your charge deserves the world: Samira, one of the Queens of your Kingdom, hand-selected your employers' child. She could not send her own child to the Lost Continent, of course—she has her own inheritance battle to face within the Kingdom and sending her own child out is essentially forfeiting that battle—so she's selected theirs to sponsor. It's because of her that your charge will be able to go at all. That your child would catch the Queen's eye surely means the inheritance is as good as hers! ]

Comments

ROUND 0

[idolpro]

Snobby temperament.
+5 charm.
+0 intelligence.
-10 diligence.
Moral compass: Neutral.

CHILD'S NAME?

[idolpro]

Submit your charge's name here by the end of Round 1.

Re: CHILD'S NAME?

[composeur]

-- RUKA! [ no discussion was made. ]

ROUND 1 CLASSES

[idolpro]

CURRENT STATS

[idolpro]

Snobby temperament.
+5 charm.
+0 intelligence.
-10 diligence.
Moral compass: Neutral.

DECISION

[idolpro]

What classes do you choose to have your charge take? Will you give her free time?

You may choose from Culture class, Martial Arts class, and Math & Science class. If you choose to give her free time, please note what that free time will be dedicated to.

You have 48 classes to schedule for. If you'd like, you may simply note "evenly divided" for 16 classes in each category, or note 50% X class and 50% Y class, etc.

If you note "evenly divided between all classes and free time", that will be taken as 15 classes each/3 sessions of free time.

Re: DECISION

[untiltheend]

Well. Free time is obviously not a priority. Given the extra hours that frees up to study, a balanced education cannot be stressed enough.

Re: DECISION

[composeur]

Does anyone even need Math and Science? [ booo ] We should focus on Culture and Martial Arts!

DECISION: CLASS EDITION

[syncintohell]

33 charm, 12 martial arts
during free time, Tsukinaga and Shu take her to concerts and buy a piano to play with her
Black can take her to libraries/read to her/teach her philosophy/lit/etc
Yuuki will do cafe/tea-time/picnics/mother-daughter bonding. chatting and helping with emotional problems!!

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

Re: DISCUSSION

[syncintohell]

Samira must be doing well, to be able to take time from her own battles to support another.

[ IGNORING DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW, HE WANTS TO BE PROUD OF DAUGHTER ]

ROUND 1 DILEMMAS

[idolpro]

CLASS DILEMMA

[idolpro]

Perhaps as expected, a hierarchy has already established itself in your child's class. Only the best of the best are in Class 1-A, all of them most certainly sponsored by the most elite of the elite—but not all girls are made equal.

There's a collection of girls at the top of the food chain, born and bred aristocracy. Below them are the technical nobles—girls from knight families that have titles and lands but not really any prestige beyond the battlefield to speak of. Then there are the philanthropy projects: commoner girls who somehow managed to get into the school despite their lack of pedigree.

Not even halfway through the semester do you enter the classroom to see that the place is absolutely destroyed. The desks have been turned over, the chalkboards have been broken, the windows have been smashed, the doors have been split in two . . . and moreover, everything made of gold, silver, and jewels—the ornaments on the windows, the hanging plates that indicated which classroom this was—have been stolen.

You're not certain who did it, but your charge swears up and down that she saw the commoner, with her barbaric friends, are responsible. In fact, several girls would corroborate with her, and one has threatened to have the girl deported.

What should you do?

DECISION

[idolpro]

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

PERSONAL DILEMMA

[idolpro]

Your child has recently been returning from time spent with friends anxious and restless. It's not clear at first what's going on, but some subtle nudging and snooping around leads you to realize there's a group of students attempting to pressure others, including her, into participating in all sorts of things - pranks, dubiously legal activities, and even outright bullying.

And if she doesn't play along, they might start going after her as a victim next. At the very least, they won't be her friends anymore...and it's not as if she has any others.

What do you do about this?

ROUND 2 CLASSES

[idolpro]

CURRENT STATS

[idolpro]

Meek temperament.
+178 charm.
+4 intelligence.
+26 diligence.
Moral compass: Neutral.

DECISION

[idolpro]

What classes do you choose to have your charge take? Will you give her free time?

You may choose from Culture class, Martial Arts class, and Math & Science class. If you choose to give her free time, please note what that free time will be dedicated to.

You have 48 classes to schedule for. If you'd like, you may simply note "evenly divided" for 16 classes in each category, or note 50% X class and 50% Y class, etc.

If you note "evenly divided between all classes and free time", that will be taken as 15 classes each/3 sessions of free time.

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

ROUND 2 DILEMMAS

[idolpro]

CLASS DILEMMA

[idolpro]

Fortunately, since there's no evidence, no one was deported. Instead:

One family essentially swept the incident under the rug by paying off the damages, declaring what actually happened to be impossible to discern the truth of; both accusers start trying to get closer to the commoner, not leaving her alone.
One girl is punished by cleaning the school, although another would help clean and yet another would help pay for the damages.

The commoner seems to be discouraged from going to school, entirely avoiding the rest of the semester. Her parent seems to be trying to get a sports class going at school, but they need everyone's support in order to be able to proceed.

The semester passes without further incident, but . . . !?

On the first day of the new semester, the stolen possessions show up in the lockers of three different girls: were they the culprits after all. . . !?!?!

So now the tables are turned and you're being accused of wrongdoing and, uh -

Well, your daughter's actually doing fine at deflecting suspicion just by being herself - after all, someone like her couldn't possibly sink so low as to commit a vile crime like thievery. However, she does get along well with some of those commoner girls...and she spends a suspicious amount of time with them, too...

What do you do about this?

PERSONAL DILEMMA

[idolpro]

Your child is in a strange spot of being simultaneously unpopular and also very, very popular. While a lot of teasing and insults have been happening, she's turned the other cheek and just gone about reading her books and practicing music - she's certainly cultured, and certainly charming.

So while there are a lot of jeers and attempts to socially isolate her, she also is recognized for her strengths and potential - and has a lot of suitors. Both kids taken in by her charm who have come to her personally, and sons of nobles who think she's going to end up rather powerful and want to invest in a formal betrothal.

She is very elated by all of this, honestly! Maybe too much.

The problem here, is that she has decided that what she wants to do is commit to every relationship she could possibly have, both romantic and political. The former obviously does not work for all of her suitors - and there's the added complication that she's definitely picked up on the fact that amongst all the boys there are also some girls who have been chasing her even if they haven't said anything, and is definitely returning their affections, which gets them some strange and vaguely threatening looks. The latter - well, a political marriage doesn't work out when you politically marry...literally everyone who asks and offers someone who looks nice. Nobody wants to share power like that - but she is adamant that she be allowed to. Things like this are important!

What do you do about this?

ROUND 3 DILEMMAS

[idolpro]

FINAL DILEMMA

[idolpro]

With the help of several, the sportspuck bake sale would be a success; the commoner's guardian is able to become a coach! Sportspuck is available as a sport at school now.

One family begins to stand out as the belle of the class—the top dog, if you will. Her family holds many many parties and fundraisers, of which many girls attend, even if they aren't rich enough to go—but surely everyone's all friends enough that status shouldn't matter. There, the girls learn of the family's many business endeavors in the Lost Continent: fashion, cosmetics, bakeries, the works!

. . . For some reason, in these parties there are incidents of pickpocketing and thievery, although no one can figure out who did them. . .

At the end of the semester is a grand ball, though there's a bit of a ruckus there: many of the nobles invited are rather unpleasant, insulting and passive aggressive that someone keeps getting invited when there's clearly a rat in their presence. After all, who else keeps stealing things? First the beginning of the school year, now the thief is brazen enough to steal directly . . .

The atmosphere is unpleasant. Then, a fight nearly breaks out—fortunately the girl from the knights families manage to stop it, with another helpfully keeping people away, but the accusations toward the commoner are still widely heard: on top of being a thief, she would have her own gang of savages come around to ruin their livelihoods, to cause disruptions in their lives, to stir mayhem and humiliate them. She doesn't seem to understand what they're referring to, and so they threaten: mark their words, those who strike them will pay with blood—

. . . And then, somehow, the knight's girl calms them down, even to the point of rescinding their words if only so that she would not hear the harshness of them. Rumors and whispers spread throughout the party: it must be true. This girl can make anyone do anything for her.

The party ends before the hour is up and everyone manages to go home . . . but there are rumors that those who had complained loudly and threatened the commoner had their carriages tampered with, resulting in terrible injuries. Several girls won't be able to make it to school for some time, and a few have started entirely homeschooling. . .

With all that in mind, the school decides to take a semester to renovate, thanks to the many donations from almost everyone but especially one family. Well, at least on the surface it's renovations: there are, however, rumors that the Lost Continent program might try to go on pause due to how unruly the savage locals are. Perhaps the Lost Continent is lost for a reason. . .

At least sportspuck is still open. Even the savages love sportspuck.

In any case, there are a few things most pertinent to you:

• A masked someone came to court your family during the grand ball. Shu was enamored with such beauty for a night, and ended up spending much gold on them. This isn't a dilemma, but isn't it though?
  
• Anyway, more pertinently, the commoners have started getting pretty bold with the attacks on the nobles: you return from the party to see that several windows in your home have been smashed.
  
  . . . Could it be? You recall the outburst at the party. Was it really something she had a hand in?
  
  Your daughter had stopped keeping an eye on that girl, so naturally she wouldn't know—but isn't it suspicious that, upon keeping her distance, something like this happened?
  
• Also, due to your charge's many many many friends, she's started to lose an interest in her education. Fortunately, her grades didn't slip before renovations started, but something really ought to be done about that.
  
  What, if anything, do you do?