Princess Maker 1.5: Heart Soldier Senshi

[idolpro]

[ When you insert the key and open the door, you'll find yourself in a humble cottage, in what seems to be the living room specifically. There are several doors, but a specific one catches your eye: simple in its decoration, the door has a cute little wooden plaque with flowers carved into it. Though the door is closed, you can see through it—as if it's somewhat transparent.

A wooden cradle sits in the room beyond, which is otherwise plain. Inside, a baby sleeps peacefully. When she stirs, calling for her parent, you, her nursemaid, are there instead, to cradle her back to sleep. ]

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[ Slowly, the scene changes, fading in and out with various silent scenes—the baby coos pleasantly, giggling jovially when you (presumably) make faces at her; she tries to pick herself up and falls over, but she does not cry; a disagreement between you and her lead to a thoughtful discussion; the young girl carries a large laundry basket to do chores; she buys a pet dog, looking so proud for having earned the money all by herself; then the wall becomes opaque. ]

[ In the middle of the open doorway, a young girl the age of 11 stands, smiling at you. A stern-looking shepherd dog sits obediently next to her.

This is your little girl. You tried your best to rear her, and she's been good to you. You know she is capable of anything if she puts her mind to it—even becoming a princess. But you also know it's not easy to become a princess—she'll have to work hard, and she's capable of it but she'll need a guiding hand, you know. Better she become a princess than go off to war, though—better that she bear the burden of aristocracy than living a life of loneliness wrapped up in duty like her mother, or losing that life on the battlefield like her father. Whether she actually becomes a princess or not . . . well, that's up to fate, isn't it? 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 can do it: Joyous Dark Firestorm Starling, one of the Queens of your Kingdom, hand-selected your employer's 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—in other words, it's your patriotic duty to make sure your charge gets that inheritance. ]

Comments

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

Re: DISCUSSION

[crossmyheartandhope]

Looks like there's a bunch of messed up class BS going on again.

Think we better see what's up before we make any calls.

Re: DISCUSSION

[polarislight]

Perhaps we should ask both the girl and the accused attacker what happened.

Re: DISCUSSION

[crossmyheartandhope]

Yeah. And everyone who saw it - see if we can get the whole story.

Re: DISCUSSION

[adorabilities]

If it doesn't add up, we have to investigate, right? I-- this feels like it's just... scapegoating?

Re: DISCUSSION

[420blazeit]

Something's definitely up with this. I wonder why they would all be so adamant about a crime occurring.

Re: DISCUSSION

[adorabilities]

I don't know. You'd want to get to the bottom of it, right? Just to make sure the right thing's happening?

[she doesn't understand class]

Re: DISCUSSION

[420blazeit]

Of course. I'm thinking they just want this guy erased, honestly. But we can definitely look into it, especially if it's causing our little girl this much distress. Even she can see something's wrong, but all of these people just don't care.

Re: DISCUSSION

[crossmyheartandhope]

Yeah. And even if it for real's a crime, like... sounds like the girl ain't having a good time. If she's just hungry, we can't let em kill her for it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[adorabilities]

Yeah.

... We should give her food anyway.

Re: DISCUSSION

[crossmyheartandhope]

Yeah, for real.

We better find out where they're keeping her.

Re: DISCUSSION

[crossmyheartandhope]

[So we sure did investigate]

...we can't let em kill him. He didn't do nothing wrong.

He's just got, like, epilepsy or something.

Re: DISCUSSION

[mapsio]

Agreed, killing him would be wrong.

Re: DISCUSSION

[420blazeit]

...maybe if we get him out we can give him and his daughter a little care package and tell them to GTFO of here.

Re: DISCUSSION

[mapsio]

We can make sure they get to safety, right? Clearly talking these people down won’t help.

Re: DISCUSSION

[crossmyheartandhope]

Ain't a bad call. Get em free and clear, keep it on the downlow, set em up with a head start somewhere that sucks less.

Re: DISCUSSION

[polarislight]

[...rubs the back of her head.]

Is there anything we can do for his illness?

I want to help this man and his family. But. Even if we do free him. If he's still ill...

Eventually, somebody is going to kill him for it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[adorabilities]

Po...ssession?

[she pauses]

That means someone else is making him do it.

[a logical jump]

Right...?

Re: DISCUSSION

[polarislight]

He's likely suffering from a mental illness they've been unable to diagnose, so they think it's possession.

Because. Diagnosing mental illness doesn't exist, I assume.

Re: DISCUSSION

[adorabilities]

[what is.

mental illness. she just looks at her blankly]

Is... that what it is?

Re: DISCUSSION

[crossmyheartandhope]

Possession's how they explained whatever the doctors didn't know what to do about, back in the day.

Hallucinations? Devil. Convulsions? Devil. Sneezed during church? Probly the devil, too.

Re: DISCUSSION

[adorabilities]

But Shadow Weaver could do something like that.

Re: DISCUSSION

[polarislight]

I suppose giving these people a lecture about proper mental health treatment probably isn't going to get us anywhere, is it. [Sigh.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[crossmyheartandhope]

Not a chance.

Re: DISCUSSION

[420blazeit]

I don't think they know what being reasonable and rational is, honestly.