Posted by David Fergusson in Main Sim - Habitat - Children Detour

Posted by Gamemaster CockRoach (Gamemaster) in Main Sim - Habitat - Children Detour
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‘’Are the children well behaved and when they are not how do you normally discipline them? How do you respond to pleasant and satisfactory behavior ? ‘’ at that point she glared at Joe but soon remembered she had her own closet full of skeletons.

The mother looked to where the children were by now trying to dog pile over the larger man though so far unsuccessfully. “..Children I am sure are like many children. Some behave others act out, others are wild and carefree.” she said then turned to look to Cross again. “..In general though if a child misbehaves it depends on what it is. If its something small like say throwing a tantrum and purposefully spilling some food or such then they are first made to clean it up, if their age and ability allows it then they are made to make another plate or something similar. They then are explained how their actions waste food and supplies on the habitat and taught how such selfish tantrums are not constructive to others around them.” She explained.

”..In more serious cases like say a child steals something, they are first made to return it obviously, then depending on their age either given a reeducation on the wrongness of such behavior as well as extended time doing in home chores, or if older say as a teen then they spend time doing community service appropriate to the value of what they stole..” she finished.

Joe was beginning to feel that feeling in the pit of his stomach that he used to get in his younger days when someone was coming up behind him with the intention of leaving a sizable dent in his head. For at no time in his life had two plus two ever equaled five! “Excuse me a moment, he said as he raised a finger. “I’ve never been good at politics, history and all that so I don’t think I’m following yours. You say you defeated the people on your planet that had enslaved you. But instead of staying on your own planet only a few ships were loaded up and escaped?” Joe looked around and then smiled at Sall as he finished saying, “Excuse me but it may be my species talking but it seems that the end result is that you’ve enslaved yourselves. I mean the habitat is impressive, but one could have been everywhere on it by the time one was an adult. And there are no wild places. Nothing to watch changing, or strange animals to see. “

Cross rolled her eyes ,just when she felt comfortable enough and was letting her guard down and feeling at ease ,the Cmdr decided to throw it out of the window..so to speak.

”..Well to clarify we did defeat those on our planet, but due to their civil war happening on the planet and elsewhere in their Empire, our planet was too ruined to remain, the fact we only defeated those units which held us as slaves around our planet was only enough to get free and steal their own ships to make an escape..” She said.

”..As for why our ancestors settled here as we did, we believe that to settle a planet will only cause our own society over such a large area to fall to barbarism as those who enslaved us. We believe that by remaining here in a continually expanded upon and controlled habitat we can best provide for ourselves and avoid mistakes of the past. Though I can I guess see how an outsider like yourselves may see this as a mistake..” She said.

‘’If I’m correct Dol had said that prisoners are send on the planet in mines to work and also those who rebel will have to be rehabilitated before being accepted back on the Habitat isn’t that so Sal?’’ Cross asked which for a moment felt a shiver running down her spine on remembering Earth’s history.

”..It is so true..” The woman said to Cross, “..our system for dealing with more serious crimes is as you say, those who break our laws and are without redeeming desires are still contributing to the habitat and society. Yet their own needs for a lively hood are still provided, it is not as we were given to slavery in our long past..” she said.

And then those darn hats, the doctor wanted to examine one for herself just to be sure it was not affecting these people line of thoughts.

Cara spoke up to try to calm the situation. “But don’t we also wear funny medals and strange hats sometimes on special occasions too? There are many races within the membership of the Federation of Planets that wear items that are symbols expressing, or indicating affinity to, religious or political or cultural affiliations. We have always been careful to be sensitive to their beliefs and customs, even when those symbols have tended to marginalize the wearer, or remove their dignity. On some planets we have found there was forced body mutilation, or even state sanctioned filicide and uxoricide, but it is really not our place to impose our own cultural beliefs upon different cultures and civilizations. We are not some kind of galactic cultural police force out to ostracize the transgressors of whatever ideology that we deem is civilized behavior. In the history of Earth, it would put us in the same boat as the Spanish Inquisition, the Taliban and Colonel Green! We can only listen to witnesses, try to understand the social context, and to educate without imposition. To do otherwise would make us just as bad as those we would hope to change! “

‘’I do agree with you but…’‘Cross stopped for a moment thinking how the Jews made certain that none would forget the Holocaust and their children would be taught about it from a very young age.

‘’Is it important to wear it all the time even when taking their kids out to play? Six hundred years is a lot of time to think back about when they were slaves ,Cara would you ask one of them to at least handle one tin foil hat and examine its inside and do it without raising any suspicion ?’’ .

“If the opportunity presents itself, then yes, I will,” replied Cara.

Then Cross turned back to the mothers and waited for an answer on how they discipline their children or reward them for good behavior.

-Cara Meow, Ship’s Anthropologist

A small girl walked up to cross “Hello are you and that man together because you keep looking at him with a slight blush and he keeps stealing glances at you” she said will a smiled and giggled away. At this time the kids have Doges piled on the cos but he was Abel to sit back up due to his upper core strength. He continues to play with the kids.

Lt. Lance Del Wolf (COS)

OOC; I’m a bit confused here,is it not the G.M who decide anything that is done and said about the habitat and its people?.
marthese,

OOC: Ideally yes, but if you’re ok with Wolf mentioning a child saying that then run with it if not let me know and ill void it…

GM CockRoach

OOC: Yes, James - you can only put words and actions into characters that you own yourself. If you want to have another minor character, I’m happy for you to create one. However, the inhabitants of the the Habitat are the property of the GM. In this instance he is happy with your post, but in future you should run it past him before posting.

Anyway, normal service resumed…

-Dave

Cross looked down at the child and did manage to put on a smile,she bend down to her level ‘’Hello there sweety are you having fun playing with him?’’ the doctor asked ‘’Yes we are together he’s my friend,now of you go and play ‘’ and as the child went bouncing away happily Cross remembered how happy and carefree she had been at that age.

It occurred to her how these children will never know how it feels to play in the sand, look for colorful sea shells, to swim and feel the warmth of the sun,to explore their surrounding .Had they ever heard the rain or the wind ?It was then that it hit her, these people were not slaves for others........ they now had become slaves of their own doing.

Cross CMO.