PRINCESS MAKER 1.5: ☆ZRAEL

[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: in the dark of the night, you received an ill omen. A vision of nightmare, if you will. You saw the flames dancing high, blood spreading through the rivers and streams - if the wrong person were to rebuild the Lost Continent, one not properly blessed by the shadows, then the calamity of dragonfire and hatred that had consumed this land centuries ago would once again visit it.

And you know this, because you saw it. Because you were told. Because you know. In this vision, you saw her - the girl impaled, the monster sent to her death for the crime of simply being too monstrous to be allowed to live free: ☆☆☆oth.

And as if that were not proof enough, the next day, you received a letter in the mail.

Your daughter would be sent to the Lost Continent, and you knew that she must be the one to rebuild it - even if she had to become a monster to do so. ]

Comments

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

Re: DISCUSSION

[selfpreservationist]

[oh I was not prepared to be hit with parenthood feelings so early in the morning]

... she doesn't even have a name of her own...

Re: DISCUSSION

[regale]

[ ................ ]

Yes. It's unacceptable.

Re: DISCUSSION

[selfpreservationist]

[staring at her for a long moment...]

... let's not waste any more time and give her one.

Re: DISCUSSION

[regale]

Glory's idea is quite good, I think.

Since I don't think we have a family name as a unit...

Re: DISCUSSION

[avestan]

...Got any ideas on what to call her?

Re: DISCUSSION

[selfpreservationist]

[he's quiet for a moment, before reciting]

"It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me."

Re: DISCUSSION

[avestan]

Annabel, huh? That's not bad.

Re: DISCUSSION

[constellationprize]

I think - ... before we do anything else, we should give her one, shouldn't we ...?

Re: DISCUSSION

[selfpreservationist]

Yes. We'll be looking after her from now on.

Re: DISCUSSION

[constellationprize]

Mm. I think Annabel is a good name ...

[ but she mulls over another, if they want to give her a Long Zrael Name (tm) ]

. . . Maria...?

Re: DISCUSSION

[rollplayinghouse]

...Should we all give her one? So it's a full ☆ZRAEL name.

Re: DISCUSSION

[selfpreservationist]

... now there's an idea. A proper name, with first, middle, and last names, and plenty of stars throughout.

Re: DISCUSSION

[rollplayinghouse]

Yeah, exactly.

Re: DISCUSSION

[regale]

[ oh no even with his brain problems this is danger. ]

Oh, parenting...

[ Also, he is approaching the girl almost immediately. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

She looks up to you with a smile.

"Awa! ☆"

Is that you? That seems to be you.

Re: DISCUSSION

[regale]

[ It is me. ]

It is I, your Awa! ☆

Re: DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

She lifts up her hands.

Pick her up, Awa. ☆

Re: DISCUSSION

[avestan]

[HEY

THAT VISION IS NOT OKAY]

Re: DISCUSSION

[rollplayinghouse]

...Did ☆ZRAEL have the visions of death and stuff for this one last time...?

Re: DISCUSSION

[avestan]

...Not exactly.

Re: DISCUSSION

[constellationprize]

[ very quietly reaching to give his hand a squeeze ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[avestan]

[handsqueeze :(]

We should try to raise this one so she'll be okay.

Re: DISCUSSION

[constellationprize]

[ that vision's a lot ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[rollplayinghouse]

...This is a little bit different than last time...