idolpro | princess maker - Heart Soldier Senshi

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

[ OBVIOUS. ]

[ 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.

[ bold of you to imply life isn't just challenging people for shit constantly ]

There's no harm in a little schoolyard competition, provided the rules are fair and both parties consent.

There's no way that other little girl would have consented to having her toy taken away. If she wants something, she'd be better off earning it--through hard work, the same way that she's going to have to earn that crown.

I have no disagreements with that. The original theft was unacceptable regardless.

...No, she shouldn't take another girl's doll at all.

Exactly. That sort of temperament will only lead to tyranny later.

And it's kinda not cool now, either.

She has to respect other people's belongings at any age. Let's talk to her about why she took the doll in the first place.

Yeah. She's gotta know it's not okay to do it later.

Re: DISCUSSION

ferociousfuckingnerd - 2018-09-29 03:23 (UTC) - Expand

crossmyheartandhope - 2018-09-29 03:32 (UTC) - Expand

It's not just the other person's belongings. It's also the other person's feelings. That girl didn't want to share; she tried to ignore that.

Of course it's not cool now either. But I'm saying that right now what seems to be a small problem will become a bigger one. A princess needs to have the humility to accept that even though they'll be given many things in life, they can't have everything--and she can't resort to stealing from others to make up for what she lacks.

For sure. So maybe we better give her some ideas of what to do in a situation like this one later on, so it doesn't happen again.

dragonheartedgirl - 2018-09-29 03:23 (UTC) - Expand

Precisely. But if it were won fairly, it wouldn't be theft.

...Okay that's something to unpack but it's not the issue here, and it's not what we need to be teaching her right now. If she takes a doll from another girl that doesn't want it to be taken, it's bad. And what's more, we need to talk to her and find out why she took it in the first place.

Well, her reasoning seemed quite simple, if petty...

Yeah, but I'm kind of curious why she didn't decide to ask us for a doll first. We should at least talk to her about that?

puzzlekeeper - 2018-09-29 03:06 (UTC) - Expand

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puzzlekeeper - 2018-09-29 03:32 (UTC) - Expand

[ He was about to say something, but then he sees everyone else's reactions and.

Hm.

He thinks better of it and decides to try and switch gears. ]

...Yeah, let's talk to her.

Edited 2018-09-29 03:01 (UTC)

Who should be the one to speak with her? It might be better--easier--for her to converse with us if it was just one of us.

You wanna give it a go?

You got some experience with the whole growing up a princess thing.

[ OH BOY. ]

I can try. Have we decided for sure what we want to say?

Don't take some kid's doll. If you want a doll, you gotta let us know and we'll figure out a way to get one that won't break some other kid's heart?

inspiteful - 2018-09-29 03:31 (UTC) - Expand

dragonheartedgirl - 2018-09-29 03:31 (UTC) - Expand

She can't just take what she wants when she wants it, dude. That's not cool.

I'm certainly not condoning theft. Rather, she should reconsider her methods.

...

She could also just ask, I suppose.

Probly better if she just asks us next time.