dark is the new black

[imperious]

ooc; okay, so I figured the easiest way for me to do this was to set up the post and then set up two different threads: one for canon-alignment shifted Peony, one for AUDark!Peony, so...yes. :|b

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[imperiator.livejournal.com]

[Peony just laughs]

You take things so seriously. You need to relax.

[clinical]

You do more than enough relaxing for the both of us.

[imperiator.livejournal.com]

Maybe we should switch it up. You can relax, and I'll go talk to Sesseman myself.

[clinical]

As intelligence as Your Majesty claims to be, I don't think you're quite able to stand in for me.

[imperiator.livejournal.com]

Then I'll stand with you. I should be more involved with these things.

[clinical]

If that's what Your Majesty wishes. [Weirdest whims.]

[imperiator.livejournal.com]

[Peony pats Jade's head]

That's what I like to hear. So what's this meeting about today?

[clinical]

[Moving the hand away because :|] We were discussing the situation of the replicas we've taken in as they've begun to settle. I asked to look over the reports myself.

[imperiator.livejournal.com]

And what is the situation?

[clinical]

The problem is mainly infrastructural, so that's the area we need to focus on. It's akin to taking in thousands of new children without any parents. But replicas, unfortunately, aren't quite as endearing to all the foster parents who might take orphans in.

[imperiator.livejournal.com]

Can't we do something with them here? Take them in, teach them some skills, give them work. We can train them for military service, civil service, whatever.

[clinical]

That's certainly a possibility. The replica research I did proved that replicas are particularly easy to program for basic manual labour. But they'll need more than that to have the chance to be their own human beings.

[imperiator.livejournal.com]

We can educate them, too, I'm sure.

[a pause] Gailardia might be a good resource for this. He has experience with this kind of thing.

[clinical]

You mean with raising Luke? Perhaps. But we don't have the sort of resources that would let each replica get the treatment of a Duke's only son.

[imperiator.livejournal.com]

We can set up centers though. It might not be the one on one care, but it would give them safety, security, and at least one caretaker for every dozen or two dozen replicas.

[clinical]

You'll want to offer similar aid to ordinary human children. Special treatment for replica will breed public resentment.

[imperiator.livejournal.com]

Man, people always find something to get resentful over. Maybe if they spent less time resenting things and more time actually trying to fix things, we wouldn't have half the problems we do.

[clinical]

Then they wouldn't be humans, Your Majesty.

[imperiator.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to think Vandesdelca had the right idea.

[clinical]

[AHAH that is the funniest joke because you CANNOT be serious]

Please, Your Majesty. Don't make me regret the effort I spent in saving the world.

[imperiator.livejournal.com]

Of course. I would never want to make you regret something as important as that.

[clinical]

[He looks at him a moment. It is fine. Isn't it?] If you really want to discuss these matters, I can cancel with Sesemann and take the reports back to my office for later.

[imperiator.livejournal.com]

I would, yeah. I still want to sit in with you and Sesemann, but I'd like to discuss with you some more, too.