Imeeji Idol Productions ([personal profile] idolpro) wrote2020-09-26 03:19 am

Princess Maker 1.5: AlcheME!

[ 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, and you're not the only one that thinks your charge could bring about great change to the world.

You've been a follower of The Great Z's doctrine for some time now; she will come to liberate this country, and she is well on her way, but she recognizes that her reach could be farther. If her words could take root in the Lost Continent—wouldn't that be grand? And your charge could be the first hook.

You may have subtly or not-so-subtly implied as such to your local revolutionary leaders, and soon enough, you heard back: The Great Z entrusts the task of guiding that child to you. Just a little after that, a mysterious benefactor sent word to your employers, declaring that your charge would be sent to the Lost Continent with them as her sponsor.

The Great Z must be smiling, somewhere. She's surely blessed you . . . and you won't let this blessing go to waste. ]
fleurescence: (Coulda been worse)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] fleurescence 2020-09-26 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, she's not a brat, she just doesn't know any better. It's our job as... Parents? Caretakers? Er, it's our job to fix that.
irregular: (call me cute again and i will break you.)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] irregular 2020-09-26 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Eleven's plenty old enough to know bullying ain't right.
fleurescence: (423 - BfGEO9P)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] fleurescence 2020-09-26 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
But we're the ones who are supposed to be teaching her right from wrong.
irregular: (back away slowly)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] irregular 2020-09-26 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, yeah.. but we only just got here.
fleurescence: (498 - rLSjqAK)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] fleurescence 2020-09-26 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly! How is she supposed to know if the people responsible for teaching her right and wrong have been absent? Come on K, she's just a child who's been left all alone, so she hasn't had any good influences. We've just got to catch up on all that guiding we've missed.
irregular: (slightly looming)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] irregular 2020-09-26 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess?

Look, I ain't saying come down on her like a ton of bricks or whatever. But if she's been bullying the other kids 'cause she thinks she's better than them or whatnot, maybe she should be in a bit of trouble.
fleurescence: (I broke the coffee machine)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] fleurescence 2020-09-26 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't want to go straight to punishment before we've even tried talking to her.
irregular: (can't talk. thinking)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] irregular 2020-09-26 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure, we can talk to her. But... ain't it at least a bit likely that she's acting like this because nobody has told her to check herself?
fleurescence: (615 - 9PumrPk)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] fleurescence 2020-09-26 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what I've been saying! We can check her without punishing her, I don't want to be a mother who just... just decides she knows best and never listens to her child's side of things. I want to know what Venus thinks, and try to challenge that thinking, and make her understand.
irregular: (abort retry fail?)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] irregular 2020-09-26 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah but what's the consequence? Like... even sports puts you in timeout if you fucked up and broke the rules.
fleurescence: (520 - gxnLWLi)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] fleurescence 2020-09-26 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Time out......]

Well, Eclipse suggested more chores.
irregular: (that's nice... i guess?)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] irregular 2020-09-26 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
That'd work? Like, she ain't too good to do that. The kid she's picking on probably has to help out.
fleurescence: (637 - rZ2g05m)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] fleurescence 2020-09-26 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Uncomfortable............]

Yes, probably, and it would be good to give her more experience. If we're going to do something like this, we have to explain why, we have to talk to her and to listen. Kids respond when they feel like their voice is being heard.
irregular: (a serious case of seriousness)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] irregular 2020-09-26 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I weren't suggesting we didn't do that. It's just... I don't wanna cut her so much slack she thinks this ain't no big deal and carries on like before. You know?
fleurescence: (pic#14223351)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] fleurescence 2020-09-26 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
No, we'll make sure she understands.
irregular: (just another boy)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] irregular 2020-09-26 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
You gonna talk to her?
fleurescence: (495 - Z0JQuAn)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] fleurescence 2020-09-26 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course.
irregular: (just another boy)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] irregular 2020-09-26 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
You're probably gonna be better than I would. I don't - I like kids? But I ain't like. Gentle.