Maid to Love You - A Clockwork Romance

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    • Maid to Love You
    A Clockwork Romance

    Miss Jane Eleanor Polestar
    The player character. An 18 (nearly 19!) year old woman, next in line to the County of Polaris, wandering the galaxy in search of love aboard MSY Mercury. You vote on her actions, but her perspective here is limited.

    Mark Butler
    Miss Polestar's robotic butler, and head of the servant staff. He is tasked primarily with management, but also acts as valet to any male visitors.

    Marie Lady's Maid
    The viewpoint character. A newly activated robotic servant who acts as Miss Polestar's lady's maid. Though witty and sharp, some quirk of her construction has intensified both her physical and emotional sensitivity. Is inexplicably French.

    Pierre Chef
    Miss Polestar's robotic cook, responsible for the kitchen and larder. He is noted to have loose association with many lovers in many ports.

    Tom Mechanic
    Miss Polestar's robotic handyman, who also helps to maintain the other machines.

    Tessa Mechanic
    Miss Polestar's robotic handywoman, who is hired later in the story. She has greatly modified her own body, and has a complicated history.

    Hans Messenger
    Miss Polestar's robotic messenger, who manages the mail, prints newspapers, delivers messages, and manages the property of guests. Is inexplicably German.

    Amber Housemaid
    Miss Polestar's robotic housemaid, who keeps MSY Mercury clean and tidy. Noted to have two large, orange headlamp eyes. Is inexplicably American.

    Polly Kitchen Maid
    Miss Polestar's robotic kitchen maid, who assists Pierre in making food. Also the head of the serving staff's union, a position she does not take very seriously.

    Content Warning
    This quest is an erotic romance. There will be sexual content, and it will not be separated from the main text or spoiler tagged. You have been warned.​
     
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    I like the other one, but it sounds a bit too much like a pub for my tastes. So I thought I'd sneak in the reference to Marie owning part of it (Page's) along with a flower reference (with the implication of opening, for just a hint of vice) and making it clear it is a bookstore.
     
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    A Book For Every Occasion

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    Exploration

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    Science Fiction, Science Fantasy

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    Okay I actually really like @Glau's suggestion, so I'm changing my vote.

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    JoesAlot said:
    I must've missed something throughout the story; why is she called Ms. Page again?
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    All the robots have Occupational surnames.

    So, the soldiers are Theo/Dora Fussilier, the first robots were Adam Wright and Eve Weaver, and Marie's last name is Page.

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    Page (servant) - Wikipedia

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    (Presumably the male variant of the model was named first, and the female variant then had to share the last name).

    Of course, this insistence on sharing both first and last names (all the Fussiliers are some kind of Theo and Dora, all the Page's are some kind of Mark or Marie) means that a robot can only have about 5 friends of their own model without running out names.
     
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    10ebbor10 said:
    All the robots have Occupational surnames.

    So, the soldiers are Theo/Dora Fussilier, the first robots were Adam Wright and Eve Weaver, and Marie's last name is Page.

    en.wikipedia.org

    Page (servant) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

    (Presumably the male variant of the model was named first, and the female variant then had to share the last name).

    Of course, this insistence on sharing both first and last names (all the Fussiliers are some kind of Theo and Dora, all the Page's are some kind of Mark or Marie) means that a robot can only have about 5 friends of their own model without running out names.
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    Ahhhhh I see. I knew the surname part, but didn't realize that's what Page meant.
     
    10ebbor10 said:
    All the robots have Occupational surnames.

    So, the soldiers are Theo/Dora Fussilier, the first robots were Adam Wright and Eve Weaver, and Marie's last name is Page.

    en.wikipedia.org

    Page (servant) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

    (Presumably the male variant of the model was named first, and the female variant then had to share the last name).

    Of course, this insistence on sharing both first and last names (all the Fussiliers are some kind of Theo and Dora, all the Page's are some kind of Mark or Marie) means that a robot can only have about 5 friends of their own model without running out names.
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    Clearly the solution is epithets, which give you a whole extra dimension of names.

    Old Theo, Eve the First, Dora the Dense

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    Somehow forgot to read the most recent update until now. All I have to say is: gay gay homosexual gay.

    10ebbor10 said:
    All the robots have Occupational surnames.

    So, the soldiers are Theo/Dora Fussilier, the first robots were Adam Wright and Eve Weaver, and Marie's last name is Page.

    en.wikipedia.org

    Page (servant) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

    (Presumably the male variant of the model was named first, and the female variant then had to share the last name).

    Of course, this insistence on sharing both first and last names (all the Fussiliers are some kind of Theo and Dora, all the Page's are some kind of Mark or Marie) means that a robot can only have about 5 friends of their own model without running out names.
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    Isn't Marie's last name "Lady's Maid", as it is in the info panel at the top of the thread? Or did she change it when she stopped being Jane's maid and became her live-in gal pal?

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    Krall said:
    Somehow forgot to read the most recent update until now. All I have to say is: gay gay homosexual gay.



    Isn't Marie's last name "Lady's Maid", as it is in the info panel at the top of the thread? Or did she change it when she stopped being Jane's maid and became her live-in gal pal?

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    Early instalment weirdness. The setting is being refined as we go!
     
    If I remember rightly the point of divergence is the early 1800s. The estimated world population was right around a billion at that point. Popultion really started into the exponential growth we've seen the last two centuries just after that, as you say doubling by the end of the century. Most countries with a high standard of living have negative population growth, so after 200 some years of the highest standard of living conceivable it doesn't seem unexpected that it would shrink by about half?
     
    Eater said:
    If I remember rightly the point of divergence is the early 1800s. The estimated world population was right around a billion at that point. Popultion really started into the exponential growth we've seen the last two centuries just after that, as you say doubling by the end of the century. Most countries with a high standard of living have negative population growth, so after 200 some years of the highest standard of living conceivable it doesn't seem unexpected that it would shrink by about half?
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    Fair point, though I think IRL that has a lot to do with the cost of living since most people want to wait until they have enough money or steady long term work before having kids or starting a family, that this leads to most women being nearly post menopause before family and their genetic legacy becomes a factor in their lives is the main factor in negative population growth.

    So a society that has no need to worry about money or where their next meal will come from should have either low growth or a stable population number.
     
    shade argost said:
    This is less than a third of the estimated human population of 1900, this is a f*cking tiny population.

    I'd have thought that a rich people with more time on their hands and longer lifespans would have more children, especially if their period of fertility was also longer.
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    Eater said:
    If I remember rightly the point of divergence is the early 1800s. The estimated world population was right around a billion at that point. Popultion really started into the exponential growth we've seen the last two centuries just after that, as you say doubling by the end of the century. Most countries with a high standard of living have negative population growth, so after 200 some years of the highest standard of living conceivable it doesn't seem unexpected that it would shrink by about half?
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    shade argost said:
    Fair point, though I think IRL that has a lot to do with the cost of living since most people want to wait until they have enough money or steady long term work before having kids or starting a family, that this leads to most women being nearly post menopause before family and their genetic legacy becomes a factor in their lives is the main factor in negative population growth.

    So a society that has no need to worry about money or where their next meal will come from should have either low growth or a stable population number.
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    The current theory I am playing around with (it might come up in Fusie soon) is that the early Concert went through a period of Malthusian panic through the late 19th and 20th centuries which resulted in a slump in the population numbers its still not exactly recovered from.
     
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