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princess maker - ☆ZRAEL

[ When you insert the key and open the door, you'll find inside the room looks small, cramped, just one living space without any doors—you can hear noises of the bustling life outside, as well as other people beyond the thin walls. the space bends on the walls, and a basket sits on the table in the center of this studio room with a blanket folded into it.

Inside, a baby stirs restlessly - you hope she goes back to sleep soon, and you play your flute in hopes of lulling her back to sleep. Unfortunately, a sharp knock sounds from the ceiling - the tenants upstairs don't like what you're doing. You take a more drastic measure, singing softly to your baby as you rock the basket back and forth and hope the tenants don't complain again. ]

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[ Slowly, the scene changes, fading in and out with various silent scenes—the baby cries, and in turn, the upstairs tenants knock at your ceiling again; she finds her way to your flute, tooting happily though no noise comes out; a little toddler, she becomes attached to a stray cat; you decline her request, and she storms out to run away for a little while as you regret; she returns, covered in cat hair and ignores everything you say; then the wall becomes opaque. ]

[ In the corner of the room, a young girl the age of 10 crouches, looking away from you. she holds a cat in her arms, petting the creature constantly.

You wish you could have done better for your baby girl. But, this is what you love to do and maybe you'll get a gig that pays well enough that you two can move out of this shithole - hopefully. You tried your best to rear her, but with how infrequent you're in the house, working odd jobs in the day and performing at the pub at night, you're not sure anymore. 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, and she's horribly equipped for any of that. Then again, if anything your little tyke is tough, and if anyone could be a rags-to-riches princess, it would be her. Thankfully, you've emergency savings - for her schooling, of course. You have a lot of regrets, but maybe it's not too late. ]

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You find yourself in a moral dilemma. . . your daughter has learned that getting caught is wrong, so she shouldn't - and she has also learned that she can make other people do things for her. She's not a particularly charming person - but with all those martial arts classes she's been learning, she has learned to charm people with . . . let's say . . . different ways.

Charming people with duress.

Yes.

The problem however is that she isn't the strongest bully on the playground, and she punched a boy's eye out while also getting clocked herself, and now the parents demand recompense.

What will you do?

Dia is requesting a meeting with the boy's parents! To negotiate terms. Totally.

You step out of your little apartment and then go to the hospital, where the child is because apparently. . . that's how bad it got?

Wait, there's a bandage on his eye, so why is his arm in a cast too?

The parents are in the waiting room, looking absolutely furious. They make it clear that under no circumstances will they accept anything less than an admittance of guilt and a trial.

Trial. . . ? She's ten . . . !

Um -

[ this is a lot so let's just ]

I understand. If it were her, I think I'd be angry too - I know she can be a little bit troublesome, but I'm happy you're being patient with her...

Did someone else injure his arm?

What are you talking about? Your daughter did this!

Really? Did he break his arm on her face? Her nose is broken.

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Explain that she doesn't owe anyone anything, especially not if they're picking fights they can't win, and especially if they're screwing around with people she cares about. He got what he deserved - for hurting her, for hurting her friends, for trying to be as great as she is. All that really matters is that she feels better now.

Dia is also going to explain the situation to the parents. It's actually just her fault; Everyone else is unruly, but they'd never go for an eye, but she knows things about anatomy and knew it'd be a good place to hit him, so she told them to do everything. The kids aren't criminals, they were just doing what they were told.

Well. . . I mean . . .

You could go to jail instead. Sure. The family takes you to court, and Aradia is convicted of assault, which just means that she's going to jail for . . . oh . . .

A lifetime . . .

Your daughter is now (1)motherless. She feels this is completely unfair - she doesn't need you to protect her, but more than that, it's wrong that her mother has to suffer for it! This is wrong! It might be the law, but the law is stupid!

At least the boy's parents are satisfied.

Your daughter's temperament is rebellious.

Your daughter's morality is evil.

[this is an extremely relatable problem]

Fuck no, we're not giving anyone any recompense.

- If she's hurt someone enough for him to lose his eye, then she should apologize! Violence is never the answer.

He probably had it coming.

Then she should apologize!

Apologies are for chumps.

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Didn't ours get hurt, too?!

[why is only theirs getting in trouble?? ALSO IS SHE LIKE, OKAY, ☆ is immediately looking to check on their girl and her cat.]