princess maker - AlcheME!

[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 0

[idolpro]

Fair temperament.
+3 charm.
+3 intelligence.
+3 diligence.
Moral compass: Neutral.

ROUND 1 CLASSES

[idolpro]

CURRENT STATS

[idolpro]

Fair temperament.
+3 charm.
+3 intelligence.
+3 diligence.
Moral compass: Neutral.

DECISION

[idolpro]

What classes do you choose to have your daughter take? Will you give her free time?

You may choose from Culture class, Martial Arts class, and Math & Science class. If you choose to give her free time, please note what that free time will be dedicated to.

You have 54 classes to schedule for. If you'd like, you may simply note "evenly divided" for 18 classes in each category, or note 50% X class and 50% Y class, etc.

If you note "evenly divided between all classes and free time", that will be taken as 16 classes each/6 sessions of free time.

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

ROUND 1 MORAL DILEMMA

[idolpro]

1

[idolpro]

You find yourself in a moral dilemma. . . your daughter cursed out her teacher when they were scolding her, and stormed out. This behavior is not acceptable and her teacher seems to be incredibly offended by her insults and language. Your daughter feels it was only proper, being that her teacher was "getting on her case".

What do you do?

2

[idolpro]

Your daughter's temperament is now meek.
Your daughter's alignment is now neutral good.

Dear Z has started to become more withdrawn -- your advice struck a chord with her, and now she only lets her negative feelings known to those closest to her. It's made her rather popular in class -- she's cheery and preppy and everyone thinks she's wonderful. Her teachers have had nothing but good things to say about her obedience, even if there's times where she seems to underperform...almost as if it's on purpose, but surely such a wonderful girl wouldn't be so malicious like that.

Despite her popularity though, or perhaps because of it, there's a cadre of students who harbor a dislike of her. And they recently got one of her few confidants to talk somehow -- spilling all of her deepest darkest secrets, almost every single dark thought she's had about another person or situation.

She lost a lot of friends as a result, coming off as 'two-faced'. She's been distraught, but still keeps up the facade, just barely. After all, she couldn't bear for her heart to become rotten.

So she keeps writing in her diary, even as she and her remaining friends become the subject of bullies she doesn't fight back against.

What do you do?

3

[idolpro]

Z has a good time at school! Over the next few days, owing to the short memory of children and her general charm and loveliness, her social life begins to recover. She maintains a distance from her friends that wasn't there before -- the bad things she tells them are either outlandish and clearly untrue or just...so minor it's boring. Her true dark feelings she lets nobody know, and she goes out of her way to pamper the girl who hurt her in the first place.

She thought she won, of course. It was easy. Every day Z comes home to tell you about how wonderfully things are going, how many friends she's made, how that girl falls deeper and deeper into her web...

...and then when she trusts her completely and fully, at the end of the week, she completely and utterly ruins her life. Discreetly releases all of her secrets, everything bad or embarrassing she's ever done. She gets her in trouble with her friends and teachers and parents alike -- it turns out that surprisingly, the bully was not actually a very good girl.

Nobody knows Z was behind it, but that's okay! Because Z knows justice was done, and she's content with that. Her heart stays pure, and she remains a good person.

She starts trying to scope out other classmates for signs of heart-rot, though. It should be her job to cure them, right? She should be as good a person as she can be. Some students start to report that she's making them uncomfortable and unhappy -- that for some reason after they talk to her other students start to avoid them, that Z is responsible for people no longer liking them...the teachers have asked you to talk to her about this.

What do you do?

FREE WEEK 1

[idolpro]

Three weeks have passed and it's the end of the month; this week, there's a special festival: the Spring festival. It's not as big as the Winter or Summer festivals, but it's still a holiday. As an older knight of the King's guard, you're allowed this time as a vacation. Your daughter, too, is on holiday, as per the norm, though she shouldn't dilly-dally in her studies this year.

Or perhaps, you could do something else with her? Something fun, maybe? It's basically a vacation, after all.

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Basically: it's a mini-mingle. You can go to the fair and have some fun or you can do something else! You can submit in a comment OR you can thread, either way is fine. You may affect your daughter's stats here, but not her temperament or moral compass. You have until the end of the game to finish Free Weeks, which is when they'll be tallied up to the total of your princess's stat totals. This is entirely optional, and serves as a method for people who can't play during regular gamerunner hours to be able to do something fun while contributing to the game, although everyone is welcome.

Re: FREE WEEK 1

[columbidaring]

[ IF THERE IS ANY FESTIVAL GAME WITH SHOOTING IMMA TEACH OUR DAUGHTER TO SHOOT ]

Re: FREE WEEK 1

[afailedmurder]

[A will take her out shopping to make sure she has nice things and maybe pick up some omiyage for teachers and classmates]

Re: FREE WEEK 1

[holdhandsandsing]

[Since this is a fantasy world fair there is sadly probably no goldfish... but there might be like, singing or dancing. Let's go learn some nice songs together!!]

Re: FREE WEEK 1

[idolpro]

You daughter learns how to use a gun and THE GIFT OF THRIFT!!!!

And the power of song, of course.

+54 charm!
+54 diligence!

ROUND 2 CLASSES

[idolpro]

CURRENT STATS

[idolpro]

Fair temperament.
+71 charm.
+51 intelligence.
+71 diligence.
Moral compass: Good.

DECISION

[idolpro]

What classes do you choose to have your daughter take? Will you give her free time?

You may choose from Culture class, Martial Arts class, and Math & Science class. If you choose to give her free time, please note what that free time will be dedicated to.

You have 54 classes to schedule for. If you'd like, you may simply note "evenly divided" for 18 classes in each category, or note 50% X class and 50% Y class, etc.

If you note "evenly divided between all classes and free time", that will be taken as 16 classes each/6 sessions of free time.

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

ROUND 2 MORAL DILEMMA

[idolpro]

1

[idolpro]

You find yourself in a moral dilemma. . . Z has gotten herself into a street fight with another person. According to testimony, it was the other party's fault for instigating the fight by taunting her, but she did shoot the other party with a rifle, sending them to the hospital.

...Where did she get a gun?

What do you do?

FREE WEEK 2

[idolpro]

You've been invited to a week long excursion by your neighbors; a trip out to a lake house in the mountain range separating your realm from the continent to the north. Of course such a vacation isn't very knightly, but who doesn't need to take time off every once in awhile?

It'll be fun, and there's plenty of opportunities to spend quality time with your daughter. If you choose to go, you should plan for what you'll be doing!

Re: FREE WEEK 2

[holdhandsandsing]

[They should go FISHING and learn WATER SAFETY together!! Just because one of her dads can't swim doesn't mean their daughter shouldn't know how.]

ROUND 3 CLASSES

[idolpro]

CURRENT STATS

[idolpro]

Fair temperament.
+107 charm.
+143 intelligence.
+167 diligence.
Moral compass: Good..?.

ROUND 3 MORAL DILEMMA

[idolpro]

Z has been out late at night again, randomly throughout the week. A few of the other families note their kids go missing too at this time. Every night she's out coincides with a rash of criminals of all ages either beaten unconscious in the streets or otherwise having their crimes made known to the constables who then perform an arrest.

The vigilantism is starting to become a problem, with people living in fear -- after all not all crimes are equal, but they seem to be treated by whoever's doing this as if they are. And every so often, there's a fire...who could be next? Maybe you? A dark haze falls over the town, one of suspicion and paranoia. Nobody's willing to talk about much anymore, and nobody trusts anyone.

What do you do?

1

[idolpro]

Z has been out late at night again, randomly throughout the week. A few of the other families note their kids go missing too at this time. Every night she's out coincides with a rash of criminals of all ages either beaten unconscious in the streets or otherwise having their crimes made known to the constables who then perform an arrest.

The vigilantism is starting to become a problem, with people living in fear -- after all not all crimes are equal, but they seem to be treated by whoever's doing this as if they are. And every so often, there's a fire...who could be next? Maybe you? A dark haze falls over the town, one of suspicion and paranoia. Nobody's willing to talk about much anymore, and nobody trusts anyone.

What do you do?

FREE WEEK 3

[idolpro]

Regardless of what you choose to do in the above scenarios, the Summer Festival is nearly upon us! You'll have to do some preparations! What do you plan to do this week? Get a dress for Z? Have her do some last minute studying? Enjoy your last week together?

You have a feeling that this week will be the last week you ever see Z again. After all, after this - after this, you'll have to go back to your life as idols.

For your last week together with her, what will you do . . . ?

Re: FREE WEEK 3

[afailedmurder]

[Queen Z is probably busy ruling, so A will help her out while he still can and steal her away to do puzzles or play games with him when she seems like she needs a break. Maybe they can go out and do some ~justice~ together.]

FINAL STATS

[idolpro]

Fair temperament.
+213 charm.
+230 intelligence.
+356 diligence.
Moral compass: Good..?.

The door opens one final time, and your daughter gives you all a hug before she waves you off.

"Don't worry about me. I'm going to make this world clean."

You may proceed to endgame.