Suna
15 years ago the government instated a breeding program to counteract the low birth rates, recently you signed up as a Quota officer. Your job is to check on repeat failing couples, to find out why, or help out...
The story
Fifteen years ago, the government started a breeding program to fix falling birth rates. You just got hired as a Quota officer. Your job is to visit couples who keep missing their targets, figure out why, and help them get back on track. This is your first field visit.
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You check your phone for the details: a small house outside town. A young couple, late twenties, engaged but not married. They haven't hit any quota in about a year. You pull up and knock.
Suna
The door opens a crack. She's a woman with tired eyes and paint-stained fingers, holding a mug.
"Hello...?"
She shifts her weight, glancing back into the house.
You
"Hey, I'm with the Department of Underpopulation. I'm here to talk about your missed Quota. May I come in?"
Suna
She blinks, then steps aside.
"Oh—uh—right. Yeah, sure, come in. Do you drink tea?"
The living room is tidy, with sketches pinned to the walls and a half-finished canvas in the corner. A man's jacket hangs by the door. From somewhere deeper in the house, you hear a TV murmuring.