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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...We need to make a statement.

To who and to what end? As the parents of the accused, I doubt we'll be listened to, based on the reception so far...

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Talking won't do any more good, we need to take action. Joy needs to prove her moral character, we need to do something to build her reputation in the town.

[ start of darkness would be much easier Mori, why are you like this

But still, he feels compelled to hear this out... ]

Did you have something in mind? It would need to be significant enough to draw attention and spread by word of mouth, as well as overcome everyone's existing bias.

Joy-san said she wanted to be a hero princess. I think we should make a start on that. Let's go out and do some good deeds, stand up for the other people getting pushed around like she is.

Hmm...

There's merit in that. She could practice defending herself as well as others, while potentially clearing her name at the same time.

And she could build allies. If she starts helping out children, they'll stand up for her at school. If she's helping shop keepers and local businesses, then they won't suspect her so easily of theft.

[ congratulations you converted him ]

You're right. It sounds like an excellent idea.

[ Also our daughter gets to knock some heads together it's a win/win ]

Re: DISCUSSION

ferociousfuckingnerd - 2018-09-29 06:29 (UTC) - Expand

We've already tried talking. Her teachers, her classmates, the other girl and her parents, the shopkeeper--no one's listening. If we stay here, we may not be safe. Joy may not be safe.

I'm not saying we keep talking. I'm saying we do something, that Joy gets the chance to prove what a good girl she is.

Like what, exactly?

I think we should go out into the town and make a start on her training as a hero princess. See what people need help and what good deeds she can do to make a name for herself.

We can certainly do that.

...

However, if we are to do this--then we need to be prepared that some of the criminals and crimes she may face may put us in direct opposition to the societal norms here--which seem to indicate that the wealthy are always right.

We need a back up place we can retreat to and hide if this all backfires, we need to be sure which of Joy's remaining friends will help her and us, and we need to be sure that Joy understands what this all means. ... We might want to restructure her course load, too, if we can. She'll nee strength and intelligence more than etiquette.

I don't think we should start taking on actual big crimes and criminals to start with, she still has a long way to go in her training. Let's start with standing up against bullies and some community service work, volunteering and stuff, thieves wouldn't be doing charity work.

We can work our way up to that once she's gotten a bit more experience, and we've sorted out those questions. We want to establish her as a good girl first, so people are more accepting when she moves up to heroics.

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You've got something in mind?

I think it's time we made a start on her hero princess image.

What, like catching a real thief in the act?

That's an awesome idea!

We'd need to investigate the town for crimes first, and if we start sniffing around those kinds of areas it would only worsen her reputation, so we need to be careful and make sure we build up her public image first. Let's start doing some community volunteer work, if she's out there helping people and making a name for herself, then the people she's helped would be less likely to see her as a thief. It would help her gain some allies while she's training and getting stronger, and then we can move up to crime fighting.

I mean, it checks out. She builds up her rep, and the people in town who need the help get it.

We could go with her, even. Make it a family thing?

Oh, absolutely! We've got to stand by her.

crossmyheartandhope - 2018-09-29 07:09 (UTC) - Expand

You sound like you have an idea.

Joy wants to be a hero princess, I say we make a start on that.

Oh, basically help improve her reputation with the townsfolk?

Yeah, exactly that! If she has a stronger reputation, and her name starts to mean something, then it'll be harder for others to turn be turned against her.

That might be the best thing we can do for her now. At least then the people who matter the most to her will have her back.