DAWON & TIAMAT

[soulping]

[when you insert the key and open the door, you'll find inside the room looks like the living room of a mansion - the space bends on the walls, but there is a single door that leads to another room; though the door is closed, you can see through it—as if it's somewhat transparent. the room is painted baby blue and a gold-plated cradle sits in the room.

inside, a baby cries - high pitched and noisy, though immediately a nurse comes in to rock the child back to sleep.]

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[slowly, the scene changes, fading in and out with various silent scenes—the baby sits up, trying to climb out of her cradle; a little toddler dressed prettily with expensive clothes beams pleasantly; a tantrum, thrown by the little girl who's distressed; the little girl holding a puppy, pleased as punch; then the wall becomes opaque.]

[in the middle of the open doorway, a young girl the age of 10 sits on a chair, smiling at you. a golden retriever is curled up beside her.]


[this is your little girl. you couldn't help spoiling her, honestly - after all, she's a noble too, and she should like to become a princess as well. she deserves it. but you also know, with how your history's gone, she's going to have to work to get to the top. but you have faith in her - she's your girl, after all.]

Comments

ROUND 5

[soulping]

Fair temperament.
+70 charm.
+78 intelligence.
+89 diligence.
Moral compass: neutral-good.

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[showyouthesight]

Maybe we should've done a better job of explaining how that guy could be a problem.

Re: DISCUSSION

[deadrising]

Neutral good is still good. At least she accepted our curfew rule.

Re: DISCUSSION

[showyouthesight]

That's true. I think we should try increasing her charm some and keeping that diligence high.

Re: DISCUSSION

[onebullet]

She has to be allowed to make her own mistakes. All we can really do is be there for her when things fall through. I think we did good.

Re: DISCUSSION

[deadrising]

How dare anyone say she can't be a princess when she is in love with another girl.

[ ACTUALLY GRUMPY ON HER BEHALF ]

She is kind and good. Princesses may marry other princesses should they choose.

Re: DISCUSSION

[onebullet]

[ Don't worry, undead elf mom, Garnet's ass is chapped about this too! ]

If she wants to be a butt-kicking princess with another princess as her partner, then she should go ahead and do that. Set an example to the whole ignorant Kingdom!

Re: DISCUSSION

[deadrising]

Exactly. We should remind her that princesses may marry whoever they choose; after all, it's not about that, but about how well she can rule, and how much she loves her kingdom. She can love whoever she wants.

Re: DISCUSSION

[onebullet]

She could be the trigger that changes attitudes about this sort of thing. Get people talking, encourage discussion... change minds.

Re: DISCUSSION

[deadrising]

Yes. And surely there is a princess out there who feels the way she does. We can reassure her that any naysayers will deal with us four.

Re: DISCUSSION

[bloodbiter]

We should be realistic and warn her that people may look down on her, but also tell her that the opinion of these few people does not matter, and she should be true to herself regardless. Encourage her to be self confident despite their intolerance.

Re: DISCUSSION

[onebullet]

So we'll sit her down, let her know that we fully support her choices and encourage her to keep climbing to become a Princess so that she can influence people to change their way of thinking?

Re: DISCUSSION

[showyouthesight]

They're definitely going to fall through with that guy.

Re: DISCUSSION

[onebullet]

I've not got any experience of being around young kids, but maybe she'll get bored of him. Young love can supposedly be fickle, right?

Re: DISCUSSION

[showyouthesight]

[ Still should've murdered him. ]

Yeah, I guess.

Re: DISCUSSION

[onebullet]

[ She suggested hunting him down as a 'joke'.

Spoilers: she wasn't joking. ]

So, her classes... Keep up her diligence?

Re: DISCUSSION

[showyouthesight]

Yeah and probably work on her charm too to get that closer to intelligence.

Re: DISCUSSION

[onebullet]

So... Shall we split it six diligence, five charm, four intelligence, three free time?

CLASSES

[soulping]

Re: CLASSES

[bloodbiter]

Six martial arts, five charm, four maths and sciences and three free time. Free time is spent practicing her archery while on horseback (with ample supervision to be safe), swordplay with light armor to get her accustomed to the feeling of fighting with added weight, and hunting lessons.

Re: CLASSES

[soulping]

Your daughter gains +18 diligence.
Your daughter gains +15 charm.
Your daughter gains +12 intelligence.

She is doing well to keep up with her extracurricular lessons, and in her first hunt, she manages to shoot down a bird for dinner. Wow!

Your daughter gains +12 diligence.

MORAL DILEMMA

[soulping]

[Your daughter seems to have forgotten about that cool male friend of hers. . . . but that doesn't mean her love problems are over.

(It seems she had a problem with her male friend—he would laugh at inappropriate jokes, and make equally inappropriate comments. He would look down on her, and she did not take kindly to that, and ended their relationship when she was disillusioned by his ~coolness~.)

The problem now is that she is not sure of how she feels. . . she really doesn't think she would like to marry the prince.

It's not because of her experience with her male friend—no. It's . . . that she doesn't feel incredibly attracted to her male friend anymore, and she doesn't feel very attracted to the prince in the first place.

Maybe not being a princess would be okay. . . ?

But is it okay that she would like to do all the things that are reserved for couples—kissing, holding hands, going on dates—with her best friend?

Your daughter confides this all to you one night, and she feels awkward keeping these feelings down—but she doesn't see that sort of thing in this community often, nor has she heard very good things in the ambiance of the gossipsphere; does she really want to do this. . . . ?

What do you do?]

Re: MORAL DILEMMA

[bloodbiter]

First, they emphasize that there is nothing wrong with the way she's feeling in the slightest, and the fact that there are few relationships like that in the community does not make it wrong. They tell her she does not have to marry the prince by any means. She does not even have to become a princess if she does not want to, but they remind her that if she finds another princess to wed and becomes royalty herself, it might set a powerful precedent for the rest of the community, who may become more tolerant of this kind of relationship. They remind her that some might look down on her because of it, but these people are ignorant and hateful, and she should pay them no mind. They will fully support her choices no matter what.

As for her feelings about her friend, they'll encourage her to be honest about it to an extent - however, asking the other girl what she thinks of boys and romance might be a better first step than confessing her feelings to her automatically.

Re: MORAL DILEMMA

[soulping]

Your daughter listens quietly, and the trouble in her heart settles. She does not want to marry the prince, but perhaps she would like to become a knight. Marry a princess, perhaps—even though she thinks it might be impossible, in this society, but if it were. . . .how wonderful that would be! She wonders if there are other girls like her, and if so, perhaps if a princess were to marry a woman, those girls too could be able to live without feeling unfit for society.

Your daughter is happy to have confided in you, but she is afraid of telling her friend. . . still, she was never raised to be a coward. She's decided to ask her friend about it, and depending on how things go, openly and honestly confess her feelings to her next week.

Your daughter's moral compass is good.