princess maker - 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 are there 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 bird, 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 10 stands, smiling at you. A bird with beautiful plumage rests on her shoulder.

This is your daughter. 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 you'll have to guide her hand, most certainly. Better she become a princess than go off to war, though; you could not stand to see your baby girl die on the battlefield. Whether she actually becomes a princess or not . . . well, that's up to fate, isn't it? All you can do is try your best. ]

Comments

ROUND 1 MORAL DILEMMA

[idolpro]

1

[idolpro]

You find yourself in a moral dilemma. . . your daughter and her classmate got into a fight in class today over a toy doll. The doll is rightly the other girl's, but your daughter is under the impression it is not fair that she has no doll and her classmate has a doll.

What do you do?

DECISION

[idolpro]

Re: DECISION

[dragonheartedgirl]

Joy? I want to talk with you about why you took your classmate's doll. Can you tell me what happened?

Re: DECISION

[idolpro]

Joy looks up to you, frowning like she knows she's done wrong.

". . . We made it together in class. She said I could have it, 'cause we're friends. But then she said that I was a thief, and then she said that I'm bad and I shouldn't get a doll 'cause I'm a liar. . ."

There's a pause; the girl tries to make herself smaller, it seems, with how her shoulders bunch up and her head lowers.

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlekeeper]

If she wants the other girl's doll, she should challenge her for it and obtain it fairly.

[ OBVIOUS. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ UHM ]

She has plenty of toys, and if not, we can give her one. There's no reason for her to be taking other children's toys through challenges or otherwise.

2

[idolpro]

You find yourself in a moral dilemma. . . the shopkeeper claims she caught your daughter stealing, and they've reported to you that it is a small object—just a metal ring, costing no more than five pieces of gold. Still, the shopkeeper emphasizes how important it is that stealing not happen—but your daughter claims she did not steal the ring at all.

What do you do?

DECISION

[idolpro]

Re: DECISION

[puzzlekeeper]

Joy... Can you tell us what happened in the shop?

Re: DECISION

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ OKAY SO after some discussion, the party is dividing and conquering to get the evidence they can.

MORI and ECLIPSE are going to go talk with the daughter/parents to find out what the deal is there, if the girl's lying, what's up.
HIRYUU is going to go speak with the Shopkeeper and find out what evidence, if any, they have that it was their daughter that did anything, and if the ring was found on Joy's person, or at all.
HURRICANE is going to talk to the crowds / people who were there at the time for neutral third party accounts to find out if the girl from Part 1 was present at the time this happened.
KITTEN is going to speak with Joy's friends who were present at the time to get what they saw--was the other girl there? Who took the ring?
ABI is staying with Joy to play with her and keep her cheered up. ]

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlekeeper]

We clearly need her side of the story first.

Re: DISCUSSION

[bluemoonlight]

[um why does our child keep getting accused of these things??]

Re: DISCUSSION

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

Why do people keep accusing her of being a thief!

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ after hearing this ]

So. It's THAT one again...

[ grudgeholding little.... ]

We can't let this continue. She's going to ruin Joy's reputation and mental health at this rate.

[ hi I've been reading books on THERAPY ]

3

[idolpro]

You find yourself in a moral dilemma. . . while your daughter has proven herself repeatedly to not be a thief, rumors keep growing - viciously and endlessly. She has friends, at least, but the rest of the class ostracizes her, regarding her as a criminal-to-be.

Your daughter doesn't seem terribly bothered by this, however.

What do you do?

DECISION

[idolpro]

Re: DECISION

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

[SPEED RUNNING THESE DILEMMAS we're going to make a start on Joy's HERO PRINCESS image. Mori sweeps her up into his arms all cheerful and encouraging and asks her if she wants to go help people in town today, they'll be doing volunteer work regularly and making a concerted effort to help the community, making sure she is seen and known by the townspeople she's lending a hand to, and also practicing her martial arts training more intensely.

They will tell her openly that they're going to make a start on defending the people, standing up to bullies and working on moving onto stopping CRIMES, but they're not there yet. Gonna do a few training sessions with her mom and dads first.

Hiryuu and King also go investigate some real crimes in disguise. GOING UNDERCOVER!]

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

Re: DISCUSSION

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

...We need to make a statement.

Re: DISCUSSION

[bluemoonlight]

[no, being ostracized is bad!!

Poppop objects]

Re: DISCUSSION

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ you know who's had just about enough? ]

Well. If it's a thief they want....

[ I HAVE BEEN A PIRATE AN A BANDIT. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[inspiteful]

[ Hold on Eclipse is like. Having this moment of realisation. ]

You mean theft isn't normal here?

[ It's probably not the best of times to be having this realisation. ]