December Answer Post (non NSFW)

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If you decided to have your MC teach back at Gallatin, what are some  other subjects for them to teach? Do they take over for whoever is the  headmaster at the college if Lady Renaldt is gone, or, if she is still  there, and so are the others, how does their dynamic change going from  student to coworker? I can see someone trying to call Mr. Griffith  "Sinclair" and he isn't too happy.

Ooh, I could see a Gallatin-teaching MC having a variety of subjects to choose from. I think as with Archambault-teaching-MCs, they'd focus on the younger students - as younger teachers, they'd have more authority that way. I think it would depend on the MC's skills. Maybe someone with high Spirit, or who was on the lacrosse team, would go for Athletics (either replacing Mr Blanchard or teaching alongside him). Someone with high Wit might teach Philosophy in the same way, or might specialise in a different academic area; someone with high Poise might teach Etiquette.

Although Lady Renaldt is fairly rigid, she would likely match subjects with the MC's skills - Miss Dalca or Ms Vogel would create a syllabus around the teachers' skills if the MC was especially skilled in a particular area.

Miss Dalca would be pretty enthusiastic about being the MC's colleague, if they got on well during Creme de la Creme! She'd be a bit pointed towards them if they got her in trouble, but they only end up colleagues if the MC got rid of Lady Renaldt, so she'd respect them on that level, and if the MC ended up in the mines with her, she'd also be pretty amicable towards them. She'd tease a particularly formal MC a bit if they found it hard to call her by her first name!

Mr Blanchard would be polite but a bit awkward - there would probably be points where he was blatantly trying too hard to treat the MC like a friend/colleague ("call me Raphael, please") but once he settled down, he'd be a good ally to the MC. He's gone through the process of teaching at the school where he attended, so he'd likely share some insights.

Mr Griffith would be a bit sardonic and forbidding, and would probably try to scare the MC a bit if they call him Sinclair without asking! But the MC would come to realise that he puts on a very severe face for the students - he says that it's the only way you can stay sane teaching at a boarding school, so they don't follow him around and bother him - and actually he's quite witty and funny when he wants to be.

While we know the current MC is pretty much expected to marry Javi as a  royal alliance (I'm so trying to make this happen!), was Josiane also  expected the same thing? Or does being the current crown royal exempt  her for it? In the same thought, would it be expected of little Ollie to  wed a high ranking spouse, or is he free to choose?

Big spoilers here!

Josiane is romancing a Westerlind aristocrat called Lady Yael Forster who's very wealthy and from a long-lived, prestigious family (say about equivalent to Dominique or Beaumont in terms of fanciness). The Queen very much approves of this - Josiane's age doesn't quite match with Javi, as Javi's younger, and Rosario was snapped up by either the Creme MC or Prince/Princess/Heir Darian of Jezhan. The Queen really wants Josiane to get married quickly, but Josiane's ambivalent about whether she wants to get married sooner or later (or at all). This will be something that the Royal Affairs MC can interact with and nudge in different directions.

Expectations of Oliver will vary depending on the Royal Affairs MC's actions! If the RA MC gets together with Javi, and things are stable with Zaledo, that's good news for Westerlin and Oliver will have more freedom to choose. If the MC gets together with someone else (Asher, Hyacinthe, and Trevelyan are the most controversial choices in a variety of ways), Oliver will have more pressure on him to make a favourable alliance - perhaps internationally, or with a very fancy Westerlind person like Josiane.

Will there be anything akin to the romance of Miss Dalca and Mr  Blanchard among the staff at Archambault? MC casually strolling in to  say hello amidst one of their trysts in was a particular highlight haha  😄

Ahaa I did love writing that scene! I do have points currently where you can walk in on Teacher!CremeMC and Teacher!Hartmann/Groundskeeper!Karson. But I don't have anything as complicated or detailed as the Dalca/Blanchard/Griffith situation currently. I might do something like that for future projects!