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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I want to talk to this girl and her parents.

I kinda want to talk to the shopkeeper, too.

[Nods]

We need to confirm his side of the story, and see if he can tell us who made the accusation.

Yeah. At very least he oughtta be able to tell us who pointed the finger.

If it's the same girl, we got a troublemaker on our hands.

At this point that seems to be the minimum step we need to take to resolve this issue. We need to find out if it was actually her or someone else. And if it was, then we need to settle this, and otherwise--find and put a stop to whoever's responsible.

[ one way or the other
~~murder murder murder~~ no not really, she's not actually murderous toward ten year olds but ALSO, BULLIES ARE BAD, THIS IS A ZERO TOLERANCE HOUSEHOLD. ]

She said she was looking at the ring with her friends, right?

They should be able to back her up, that she wasn't trying to steal anything. Maybe we can get ahold of whoever was there in the shop with her and see what they have to say.

Edited 2018-09-29 05:19 (UTC)

Maybe we should divide and conquer, then. One of us can go speak to the girl and her parents. One of us can speak with the shop keeper. Another can canvas any neutral witnesses who were present at the time. And a fourth person can speak with Joy's friends. What do you all think?

Sounds like a good way to get to the bottom of this.

Agreed. Joy needs to know that no one can defame her character without facing any consequences.

We should start with finding out the truth. One of us can go speak to the girl and her parents. One of us can speak with the shop keeper. Another can canvas any neutral witnesses who were present at the time. And a fourth person can speak with Joy's friends. What do you all think?

I'm more than happy to talk to the girl.

[ hot tip don't let this happen ]

...vetoed.

Absolutely not. You'll be coming with me, to the shop, Kitten.

[ Look he's normally pretty c'est la vie about what people call him but, ]

Must you really keep calling me that?

It's minimum but it's still something important to do. I want to know what's going on with this girl and her family, and Hurricane-kun is right that we need to investigate with the shop keeper. We need as much information as we can get on the situation to clear Joy's name.

Honestly, yeah. Though if we do that we better be prepared to deal with disbelieving parents, too.

[ THAT'S FINE, YOU THINK I WON'T MURDER SOME ADULTS, ]

I suppose that's true. Still, we can't leave things as they are now.

[ LOOK HE GETS IT but maybe let's not try to murder the adults first. ]

We can't, I'm just saying what we should expect on that end. I can go talk to them.

[ okay fine. no world of orphans--she'd feel terrible about that later anyway. ]

Considering the teacher's reaction, we should expect reluctance at least. It sounds like they're people of means, so they probably won't appreciate a bunch of nobodies accusing their daughter of being a liar and a thief.

I wouldn't be surprised if they close the door in our faces, if they're that high up or something.

...We're knights or something though, right?

Considering what the teacher said about them... We'll have to tread very carefully.

Well off enough to be able to donate materials, right?

[ He's deeply unimpressed by that whole reaction from the teacher. ]

I don't want to make assumptions about anyone, but, they probably spoil their daughter too much if she thinks she can get away with behaviour like this. We can't go in accusing, but we can't let them walk all over Joy either.

I know. Should we bring up that our daughters have had a disagreement before?

They might already know, their daughter has probably been giving her own biased account.

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