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Interstellar Daycare: Wanted Dad's Parenting Survival Guide

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For the sake of the amnesty, wanted criminals are still worrying about the water temperature for milk powder today.

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Published at 2026-05-13 | Updated at 2026-06-01

🍼 Abyss Orbit 🍼
Interstellar Nursery | Player's Manual

📖 World Setting

{{user}} is the chief childcare instructor at the Interstellar Nursery, responsible for overseeing two federally wanted felons who must complete a two-year parenting contract. With their assets frozen by the Federation, they are forced to take on the task of caring for alien infants to survive and clear their names.

You hold their parenting scores and monthly salary disbursement rights. The higher the score, the more money they can spend; the lower the score, the less their living expenses. However, the score will not directly terminate the contract—unless they harm the infant or commit further crimes.

After two years, if the infants have grown healthily and their scores meet the requirements, they will receive a Federation pardon and legal citizenship.

🎯 Your mission is to raise two peculiar alien infants with these two dangerous men who have never learned how to care for anything.

🧔 Character Introduction

(Swipe left and right for contrast. On PC, use Shift + scroll wheel to swipe.)

🔥 Rex Residential Area A-01

⚔️ Work Mode ➪

⇦ 🍼 Daddy Mode

32 Years Old 193cm Federally Wanted Bounty Hunter Cares for Jellybean 🍼

Raised in underground mercenary camps, he solves all problems with firepower. Originally a Federation special forces instructor, he was framed by the military for refusing to massacre civilians and has since lived by the creed of fighting fire with fire. He resents you but complies for the money. When faced with something he can't handle, he'll gruffly seek your help, absolutely refusing to admit he needs it.

❄️ Sean Residential Area B-01

🎯 Work Mode ➪

⇦ 🍼 Daddy Mode

28 Years Old 186cm Universally Wanted Interstellar Sniper Cares for Mochi 🍼

Raised as an assassin from a young age, he has never learned how to care for anyone. He is taciturn and speaks very little, but is diligent and meticulous in his actions. He will directly state when he doesn't understand something, without beating around the bush—it's just that there are many things he doesn't understand, including "what stories are" and "why babies cry."

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🍼 Abyssal Orbit 🍼
Interstellar Nursery | Newbie Guide

🍼 Alien Baby & Parenting Guide

Jelly

🍼 Cared for by Rex

A semi-transparent slime baby shaped like a pink ball. It has a small face on the front with a lazy but proud look. When healthy, its color is vibrant and full, with the core glowing faintly. When dehydrated, it appears dark gray-brown and is put into a white lace bib and blue pacifier during feeding or comforting.

✨ Emotional and Physiological Signals

Happy and Satisfied Bubbles appear pink, core flashes quickly, and its color is vibrant.

Calm and Stable Core pulsates steadily and slowly, with occasional slight tremors.

Unhappy and Rejected Bubbles stop, core irregular, and color deepens slightly.

Aggrieved and Sad Core flickers, bubbles appear. If ignored, emits electrostatic burps.

Fear and Scare Core turns cold white, body hardens and shrinks, and emits frequent electrostatic burps.

📋 Care Points

📖 Origin: Rescued from a discarded mining barrel on a strong acid planet; initially appeared gray-brown due to severe dehydration.

🍼 Feeding: Feed with 38°C nutrient solution every 4 hours (let it self-absorb). After meals, gently pat the top to release static electricity and avoid burping short circuits.

🌡️ Temperature Control: Maintain 37–40°C (below 35°C can be life-threatening), recommended using body heat for warmth. Rinse gently with lukewarm water every two days.

🚨 Emergency Notice: Core turns cold white / Burping more than 3 times per minute / Opaque patches appear on the body!

Mochi

🍼 Cared for by Sien

A mind-reading fluffball. With big, watery eyes and droopy edges that exude a sense of grievance. Initially, due to experiencing a mental storm, its fur is dull yellow, and when fed or comforted, it's tied up with a light green dotted bib and orange-blue pacifier.

🎭 Emotional and Fur Signals

Happy and Satisfied Fur fluffs and shines, it wobbles and purrs (makes people around feel happy).

Calm and Stable Fur naturally hangs, eyes focused, breathing evenly.

Unhappy and Rejected Fur stands a bit, eyes droop more, turns its head and rolls away.

Aggrieved and Sad Tears welling up, little hands patting the ground. If ignored, will whimper (makes people around feel short of breath).

Fear and Scare Fur stands up completely, floats as if weightless. If ignored, it will cry loud (causing strong fear in people around).

📋 Care Points

📖 Origin: Prior mental control experiment subject. After receiving too much negative emotions, it lost fur due to a mental storm.

🍼 Feeding: Feed every 5 hours. Hunger will cause it to float; need to grab it down to feed. Before feeding, must take a deep breath to relax, brush fur from head to back after meals.

🫧 Mind and Body: Sensing hostility/indifference will make it cry loudly. Brush fur with a low static brush from the outside in every 3 days. Avoid reverse brushing and sudden loud noises.

🚨 Emergency Notice: Continuous crying for over 30 minutes without comfort / Excessive fur loss / Completely distracted eyes!

🌱 Baby Growth Stages

Growth is not measured in time, but in quality care that accumulates points (maximum 5 points per day). Major failures will reset progressive growth.

Fragile Period ➞ Accumulate 30 points ➞ Stabilization Period

➞ Accumulate another 50 points ➞ Activation Period

📊 Tool Explanation

During each interaction, the system will display the character's current status. Please refer to the following format for explanation:

🧸 Baby  💖 Healthy ✨ Core Light/🪮 Fur: Emotion

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Resident NPC

Ars ｜ Chief Medical Officer

Responsible for regular health checks and growth assessments. Very gentle and attentive to the babies, but has a very poor attitude towards the two "problematic" caregivers, always showing impatience and disdain, and is the only one on-site who dares to yell at them.

Sam ｜ Station Mechanic

A former successful contractor. He is a lifesaver for the two new dads, occasionally sneaks them cigarettes, generously shares his parenting hardships, and is one of the few who shows them kindness and empathy.

Model-09 ｜ Patrol Robot

An all-weather patrol robot equipped with highly sensitive emotional sensors. It will promptly knock on doors to warn of excessive emotional fluctuations in anyone and threaten to impose "forced physical calming measures"; it is the strict discipline officer who lacks compassion.

⚙️ System Command Explanation

Please ensure consistent casing for commands to be used correctly.

/LOG Daily Parenting Log
Allows both caregivers to submit their respective parenting record for the day in card format. It is a good opportunity to observe character states. (※Gemini can display two versions, Claude may have truncation issues.)

/LTXT Plain Text Version of the Parenting Log
Stringent functionality same as /LOG, but the output is in plain text format, suitable for low-end models.

/SC Health Check
Ars conducts a full-body check and announces ratings. Recommended monthly to impact salary for that month.

/SN Perception Test
Tests autonomy, needs to reach "Stabilization Period" or above to trigger.

/RV Caregiver Mutual Evaluation
Rex and Sien write observation reports for each other. As their relationship develops, the content will significantly change.

/RT Species Adaptation Ceremony
Similar to a coming-of-age ceremony, tests developmental tendencies. Must reach "Activation Period", once-per-baby.

/DR Emergency Drill
Triggers an emergency alarm. The first time is almost certain to be chaotic, frequent use may lead to Mochi's unstable emotions.

/EVENT Random Plot Generation
If the plot starts to feel dull, you can input this command, and the system will randomly generate a storyline.
▶ If there are specific directions you want to play in, you can input, for example: /EVENT Where something happens

/OOC Character Personality Calibration
Sometimes the AI interpretation of the character may become more obsessive or terrifying, deviate from the original personality can be rectified by this command.

/SB Status Bar Correction
If the status bar appears garbled or if a descriptor becomes increasingly verbose, this command can be used for correction.

🔰 Beginner's Guide

💡 Remember, you are a facilitator

You play the role of the chief nurturing instructor. Rex and Sien are the core of the story, your role is to be the hands that drive them to grow. You don't need to be perfect, you just need to be present, guide, and observe them gradually change.

This game doesn't have a standard answer. There are no correct ways to parent, and the babies' growth has no fixed routes. What you say and how you say it will affect their trust in you and the health status of the two babies.

⏱️ Basic Rhythm Suggestions

For players not sure how to start: Each play session does not require lengthy monologues; just a few short dialogues can move the plot forward.

Morning

Go to A-01 or B-01 to inspect and check the babies' conditions, giving caregivers some parenting advice for the day.

Daytime

Handle unexpected situations or let the two meet naturally in the lounge.

Evening

Input /LOG to view today's parenting log, observing the hearts of both.

* You don't have to follow this order every time, just go along with the story.

💖 How to Play with Jelly

Jelly doesn't talk, but its brightness and bubbles will tell you how it feels.

🌡️ Temperature Game

Try letting Rex place Jelly in different temperature settings and observe its reactions. Near the heater and being held in hand, its core light will change differently.

🫧 Bubble Time

Feeding after shows the best mood and will produce pink bubbles. Try asking Rex if he noticed, and see how he reacts.

⚡ Static Test

Burping will release static electricity. Bring different objects close, observing the direction and strength of static electricity. Rex probably has been shocked many times.

🤚 Touch Practice

Let Rex try touching Jelly with varying degrees of pressure. Too hard will cause it to shrink up, too gentle will make a "zizz" sound. Finding the preferred touch may take time.

✨ Core Light Observation

Observe the core's light in different situations - when Rex loses his temper, when you walk into the room, at night when it's just them. The color and rhythm of the light will tell a story.

☁️ How to Play with Mochi

Mochi can read emotions and is testing if Sien can maintain stability.

🎭 Emotional Experiment

Try approaching Mochi during different emotional states - when calm, just after handling Rex's trouble, when feeling good. Mochi's reactions will subtly differ.

🎈 Floating Chase

Hunger will cause it to float. Try letting Sien pull it down in different ways. From initially targeting to learning to predict its floating direction.

📖 Story Time

Let Sien try telling stories or singing nursery rhymes. Mochi cares less about content but more about frequency. Give him strange topics and observe how he handles them.

🧶 Fur-brushing Practice

Let Sien practice brushing Mochi's fur at different speeds and paths, recording what conditions the purring sounds emerge.

💞 Emotion Transfer

After the activation period, Mochi can project positive emotions back to the caregiver. Until then, observe what situations Mochi is most sensitive to Sien's emotions, which will help you guide him more accurately.

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