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. ]

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[idolpro]

So, it turns out that your daughter did in fact do exactly what you thought she would do.

She went to try to get an audience with the King and the Prince. She was turned away at the door, of course - but as she was trying, someone took her away.

Someone from the old guard.

They told her that they knew her parents - you - from the military. She believed them, trusted them - of course, why wouldn't she? Her faith is rewarded as such:

At dawn, you go to the north side of the Capital. There, you can see an exit and entrance - a transport route for food entering the Plague Bearer side of the city. It's not particularly heavily guarded; it doesn't have to be, after all.

A hooded figure who looks neither man nor woman leads three people out: Hiryuu, King, and. . . Joy. However, the hooded figure does not leave - there are cuffs on the person that you can see, electricity crackling between the matching cuffs. Heavy metal plating stands at the end of the tunnel, and the electricity through the cuffs crackle threateningly when the hooded figure comes near.

You don't have much time - not here, anyway. You'll have to escape from this area before they find you. Right now, there's no one guarding the loading bay specifically because the people who are working this part of the shift are your old war buddies, but they can't turn a blind eye for much longer.

How did Joy get here in the first place? Well . .. it turns out that the old guard had told her about the Quarantine - about how her parents weren't dispatched anywhere, insofar as they knew, because they haven't gotten any new Plague Bearer recruits, so . . . well, she did the math. She got herself captured so she could go bust her parents out.

She didn't actually manage to bust her parents out properly, but her heart is in the right place!

You were right. You didn't raise a princess. You raised a hero. This girl is a Heart Soldier Senshi.

..................... Anyway, time to have a reunion!!!

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ WE MADE IT FAM!!! also i don't care if she doesn't become the princess, our girl is the best damn daughter in the world, hands down. ]

[crossmyheartandhope]

Sis?

[Please hold, hug incoming!]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ HUGGING BACK!!! ]

It's me! Kitten's here too; we're all fine.

[inspiteful]

Hiryuu, are you alright?

[dragonheartedgirl]

Yeah--we both are. Joy, too.

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

Hiryuu-san!

[BURSTS INTO TEARS WHEN HE SEES HER, hugging her so tight, so relieved.]

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[dragonheartedgirl]

Mori!

[ GOODNESS!? But that is a tight hug, she needs like. Just a second to try to get her arms out from under this very tight squeeze.]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ okay there we go. Hugging mori back now. ]

It's okay, Mori. We're okay.

[bluemoonlight]

[HE'S SO RELIEVED

Hiryuu is getting a hug ok]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ ABI IS GETTING AN ESPECIALLY TIGHT HUG BECAUSE this is like. uh. how many times has she accidentally traumatized abi, it's been a lot now ]

I'm sorry. You must have been scared, too.

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[crossmyheartandhope]

[Aaaah, everyone is here! Everyone is in one piece!!]

[Pulling Joy in for a hug.]

Joy! Are you okay?!

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[idolpro]

Joy looks a little embarrassed, but she brightens up upon seeing Hurricane.

"Father!!"

She's immediately hugging him, bouncing on her heels.

"Yeah! Look, I found Mother and Papa!!"

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[crossmyheartandhope]

You did such a good job.

[Holding on so tight.]

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[inspiteful]

Joy!

[ You're okay! YOU'RE OKAY!! ]

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[idolpro]

"Daddy!!"

She gives a smile and goes to hug him, immediately.

"Look, I found Mother and Papa!!"

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[ferociousfuckingnerd]

[MORI IS SO RELIEVED AND CRYING SO MUCH, he turns to the hooded figure]

Thank you - thank you so much!

[And then he is going to hug his siblings and his daughter he's so proud and so relieved.]

Joy, you did it!

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[idolpro]

The hooded figure gives a wave of their hand, dismissive. "Family shouldn't be separated," they say.

Joy gives Mori a big hug, holding onto him tightly. "I did it!!"

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[puzzlekeeper]

[ THANK FUCK!! Coming out just behind Hiryuu. ]

Everyone...!

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[crossmyheartandhope]

King!

[Sorry, dude. You are also getting a hug!!]

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[inspiteful]

You're all right!

[ EVERYONE IS ALL RIGHT! ]

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[ferociousfuckingnerd]

King-sannnnn!

[TEARFUL REUNION HUG]

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[bluemoonlight]

[KING IS GETTING A DRAGON HUG TOO, hi King]

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[dragonheartedgirl]

So we're trying the following:

• Buying some nicer clothes / getting cleaned up into stuff as fancy as we can afford + some new cloaks for Hiryuu and King since they may or may not be wanted
  
• seeking an audience with the Prince/King, a second time, this time 1) using our political/military connections in an attempt to get someone to listen, and also relying heavily on the fact that we need to report to him evidence of serious crimes against the king/country/people
  
• reporting everything that we know about the human trafficking ring to the king and offering our services to put a stop to it and requesting that in order to do so, he be willing to spare us a few military officials, including a few of the kingdom's Plague Bearers
  
• offering to help him turn the tide of public opinion more in his/the Plague Bearer's opinion by going through the country to right wrongs in his name with the help of known PBs in an effort to turn public opinion
  
• also uh we're hoping to get a chance to meet the prince/ king to find out if this is even a family worth trying to marry into or if we need to kill the monarchy too (WE ARE NOT TELLING THEM THAT, THAT IS JUST AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE)

Also if nothing goes wrong we're going to spend plenty of time playing with our daughter and teaching her some FUN things. Like how to dance (with fans and swords) and card games and shit. idk what do kids in the middle ages like to do for fun, we'll do it, LET JOY HAVE SOME GD JOY IN HER LIFE OKAY she deserves everything

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[idolpro]

You get yourself nice clothes, but you can't really get an audience with the Prince or King - your connections are military, but none of them have any real authority to get you access to nobility, and it's made explicitly clear that if you want to see the Prince, you'll have to see him during the Summer Festival.

You do manage to have a lot of fun with your daughter, though; fortunately, it seems like the Capital isn't actually a horrible place to hang if you've got friends who are willing to let you crash at their place, which you do! Old guard friends, yayyyy.