EXT. MISSISSIPPI STATE CAPITOL – JACKSON – NIGHT
A dramatic digital stage has taken over the Capitol grounds—red carpet, overhead drones, six sleek podiums in a hexagon pattern, glowing with soft ambient lighting. The debate, branded as a “People’s Tribunal,” is trending across the 6C states.
Event Title on Screens:
“THE FAMILY FUTURE: Revising Polygamy & Femme Cuse Laws”
Hosted by 6C Department of Law & Public Policy
Moderated by Director SOPHIE CHEUNG (@6CLawQueen | Age 26)
SOPHIE CHEUNG, 26, poised and sharp in a minimalist gray jumpsuit with the 6C Law sash, stands at center.
She walks gracefully in a circle, introducing each representative as the camera pans.
Group 1: Traditional Polygamist Union (TPU)
Martin Gresham, founder of 4Men1Faith, from Biloxi.
Wears a brown robe with gold trim.
Group 2: Femme Cuse Federation (FCF)
Tamara Jules, secur feminist, founder of Femme South, Baton Rouge chapter.
Wears teal headwrap and gray suit.
Group 3: Marital Reform League (MRL)
Dr. Elise Crane, psychologist, advocating mental health access for all spouses.
Wears deep navy, gender-neutral coat.
Group 4: Interspousal Legalists (IL)
Jonas Ng, wyer and citizen activist, focuses on legal symmetry in polygamous households.
Wears pinstripe suit.
Group 5: Progressive Polygyny Front (PPF)
Imam Yusef Jalil, the only Muslim on stage, and co-author of the Polygamy Ethics Charter.
Wears traditional kufi and long robe.
Group 6: Femme Autonomy Alliance (FAA)
Sister Reika Donovan, Bck femme theologian, leader of the Delta Ring Collective.
Wears white and gold robe, tall, powerful posture.
...
MARTIN GRESHAM (TPU)
We call for rolling quota exemptions.
The 5-year wife repcement dey should be adjustable.
We propose a 2-year minimum for hardship cases—especially when the wife initiates departure.
TAMARA JULES (FCF)
We demand co-housing credits for Femme Cuse participants.
If women live communally and support each other, the state should recognize that bor and structure.
DR. CRANE (MRL)
Mental exhaustion is destroying wives and husbands alike.
We propose mandatory therapy credits for every participant in multi-spouse households—subsidized and culturally aligned.
JONAS NG (IL)
Marriage w still favors the husband.
We want equal veto rights for financial decisions inside marriage.
Right now, a husband can buy a second home for Wife #3 without Wife #1’s knowledge.
IMAM YUSEF JALIL (PPF)
Polygamy must not become lust without w.
We propose a spiritual eligibility license—including education, conflict mediation, and economic proof—before a man can marry more than once.
REIKA DONOVAN (FAA)
Let’s stop pretending Femme Cuse is “secondary.”
We demand equal status for femme-unions in state marriage apps.
If a man can marry four—let us register our four sisters with full legal standing.
DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS (Rapid-Fire Exchanges)
MARTIN GRESHAM:
Without male headship, polygamy colpses into gossip factions.
REIKA DONOVAN:
Without female alliances, your “headship” becomes soft dictatorship.
TAMARA JULES:
Femme Cuse is the only part of the w women designed. Don’t weaken it—expand it.
JONAS NG:
Then let’s codify it. If a Femme Ring holds collective assets, it needs fiduciary protection too.
DR. CRANE:
There’s no point arguing marriage w if half your wives are on anti-anxiety meds. Fix the mental architecture first.
IMAM YUSEF:
And fix the spiritual architecture.
A broken man with four women is not holy—it’s chaos with paperwork.
MARTIN GRESHAM
Protect fatherhood, and let men rebuild family with strength—not state punishment.
TAMARA JULES
We built sisterhood in the cracks of your w—now make room for it officially.
The floodlights dim slightly as Sophie Cheung steps back into the hexagon stage, holding a slim digital tablet. The crowd hushes in anticipation. This is the moment where she ys down the official policy responses—not final w, but signals from the 6C leadership.
SOPHIE CHEUNG (calm, calcuted)
Thank you all. The dialogue was bold. Now, here are the provisional directions being considered by the Department of Law and Public Policy:
1) MARTIN GRESHAM – TPU
Pro-Man: Approved
If a wife initiates divorce, it will no longer affect her husband's polygamy quota.
Pro-Woman: Approved
The 5-year quota repcement dey will still apply if the husband initiates divorce. Stability must have cost.
MARTIN (nods slowly)
Fair deal. Discipline for us, choice for them. I can live with that.
2) TAMARA JULES – FCF
Pro-Woman: Approved
Femme Cuse groups may register a state-recognized trust—able to own property and apply for credit lines.
Pro-Man: Approved
A wife cannot cim ownership of assets legally held by her husband.
TAMARA (smirks)
Trusts are our new dowries. We’ll build wealth sideways.
MARTIN (quietly)
As long as they can’t take the house I bought, I’ll sleep better.
3) DR. CRANE – MRL
Pro-Woman: Approved
The state will provide housing and legal support in cases of proven forced marriage.
Pro-Man: Approved
Subsidized therapy programs will be expanded—for men in polygamous marriages, with discretion.
DR. CRANE (smiles thoughtfully)
This is how cultures evolve: small scaffolds for heavy truths.
DERRICK (in crowd) (softly)
Maybe I’ll finally talk to someone.
4) JONAS NG – IL
Pro-Woman: Approved
Husbands will now require written household consent to purchase assets over 50,000 dinarii in value.
Pro-Man: Approved
Assets legally purchased by husbands remain in their name unless otherwise contracted.
JONAS (shrugs)
Checks and bances. We call that stability.
TAMARA (murmurs)
We’ll write new contracts. The w just gave us pen and paper.
5) IMAM YUSEF JALIL – PPF
Pro-Woman: Approved
Spiritual Eligibility License will be required before marrying more than one wife—must include education, economic assessment, and mediation skills.
Pro-Man: Approved
Court may grant conjugal access order if wife denies intimacy for over 30 days without medical or legal cause.
IMAM YUSEF (bows head gently)
Rights for both. But duties first. Always duties.
REIKA (stiffly)
Sex as a court order? That’s not intimacy—it’s compliance.
6) REIKA DONOVAN – FAA
Pro-Woman: Approved
Each Femme Group can register a name and form a legal trust for assets, education, and loans.
Pro-Man: Rejected
Femme Groups will be recognized as collective legal entities, though not equal to marriage. A new category is under development.
REIKA (beaming)
We are no longer rumors. We’re registries. We’re signatures.
REIKA (beaming)
We are no longer rumors. We’re registries. We’re signatures.
MARTIN (grumbling)
They’re building governments inside our homes.
SOPHIE CHEUNG (with a calm, surgical smile)
Tonight, the State of Mississippi becomes the first in the 6C Union to pilot dual-gender structural parity in household w.
No revolution.
No retreat.
A redesign.
This is what real reform looks like.
The stage lights dim. The crowd buzzes with emotion—hope, tension, pride.
Social media explodes:
#CuseReformPassed
#6CLawUpdate
#FemmeTrusts
***
The walls are draped in the sleek minimalist branding of the 6C Union. The air is buzzing with journalists, podcasters, and vloggers as the petitioners from st night’s public debate step up to the podium—one by one, fnked by followers and assistants.
Above the stage glows the title:
“Press Briefing: Petitioners React to Cuse Reforms”
...
MARTIN GRESHAM (TPU) – Traditional Polygamist Union
Martin steps up first, serious and composed.
MARTIN GRESHAM:
“We thank Director Cheung for reaffirming male stability as the spine of household w.
But let’s be honest: Femme Trusts are going to be a battlefield.
We’ll adapt, but we won’t roll over. The Brotherhood is watching.”
He exits to scattered cps from conservative vloggers.
...
TAMARA JULES (FCF) – Femme Cuse Federation
Tamara enters with a row of young women in coordinated jackets reading “Trust Her.”
TAMARA JULES:
“The State just handed us a pen and told us to write the second chapter.
We will build Femme Trusts across every major city—bankable, legal, and unapologetically female.”
A cheer breaks out in the back as dozens of femme group influencers livestream her remarks.
...
DR. ELISE CRANE (MRL) – Marital Reform League
DR. CRANE:
“Therapy subsidies aren’t just soft policy.
They're a firewall against colpse.
Mental health is now infrastructure.”
Clinical psychologists on social media begin using the hashtag #TherapyIsPolicy within minutes.
....
JONAS NG (IL) – Interspousal Legalists
JONAS NG:
“Consent-based asset w is not anti-man. It’s anti-chaos.
We're done with surprise houses and mystery accounts.
Every household deserves an audit trail.”
Real estate and legal TikTok creators begin posting reaction breakdowns under #ConsentToBuy.
....
IMAM YUSEF JALIL (PPF) – Progressive Polygyny Front
The only visibly religious speaker today, Yusef adjusts his kufi before speaking.
IMAM YUSEF JALIL:
“Spiritual licenses are not restrictions.
They are a call to dignity.
If you want four wives, first become the kind of man four women would actually trust.”
His statement trends among religious reformists under #EarnTheRing.
....
REIKA DONOVAN (FAA) – Femme Autonomy Alliance
Reika enters st, fnked by women in white and gold. Calm, precise.
REIKA DONOVAN:
“We asked for names.
We got Trusts.
We will build institutions, libraries, safehouses, schools—under our own banners.
The w doesn’t have to call it ‘marriage.’ We’ll make it something bigger.”
She exits to roaring appuse from femme groups online. Thousands repost clips under #FemmeNationRise and #ReikaReform.
....
SOCIAL MEDIA REACTIONS (FLASH CUTS)
@FemmeBuilder92 (TikTok)
“Wait. So I can form a Femme Trust with my three best friends, start a garden, apply for a loan, and not deal with a husband? Say less.”
#TrustHer #FemmeCuse
@PolygamyDad4x (X)
“Martin got pyed. Trusts = backdoor lesbian communes with asset power. We need a response.”
#BrotherhoodWatch
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@LawStudentLena (Threads)
“Jonas just shifted financial w permanently. Consent thresholds in household economics? That’s huge.”
#CuseReformHistory
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@MuslimWivesOf6C (IG)
“Thank you Imam Yusef. Finally someone said it—marriage is not just permission, it’s preparation.”
#EarnTheRing
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@SophieFanClubOfficial (TikTok)
“Sophie Cheung just dropped six reforms and walked off like a boss. She IS the Constitution now.”
#SophieDoctrine #CuseQueen
....
Greenville, Mississippi – Two Weeks After the Cuse Reforms.
Scene 1: The Femme Trust House – Registered Unit #143
The old Victorian-style home had peeling paint, a cracked porch, and a satellite dish poking out from the roof like a broken antenna to heaven. But inside, everything gleamed.
Narrator (voiceover):
“They called themselves the Red River Circle. Six women—two co-wives, three former lovers, and a sister who never married. Now, they were a registered Femme Trust under Mississippi Cuse Code 14.6.”
In the kitchen, Roxanne, a 33-year-old former second wife, reviews a bank statement on her tablet.
Roxanne:
“Approved. 20,000 dinarii line of credit. No husband. No co-signer.”
Mi, her ex-husband's third wife, pops open a jar of fig jam.
Mi:
“That jam was your idea, Rox. We're making it our trademark. We’ll sell it under the Circle’s trust.”
They exchange a grin. They may have once shared a man. Now they shared a business license and a pantry full of potential.
...
Scene 2: Delta Men’s Union Club – Town Hall Meeting
Across town in a brick-walled bar-turned-meeting-hall, polygamous husbands gather in anxious clusters. A banner hangs: “Men’s Union Roundtable – Cuse Reactions & Reforms”
Raymond Tucker, 41, with three wives and a mortgage, pounds his fist on the table.
Raymond:
“Look, I ain’t against Femme Cuse. But what happens when my wife’s Femme Trust owns the nd under my house?”
Malik Grant, younger, Muslim, and calm, adjusts his kufi.
Malik:
“They’re building alternatives, not war. You want peace at home? Sign joint contracts. Speak. Mediate. Don’t rule.”
The room murmurs. Some nod. Others sip their beers with tight jaws.
....
Scene 3: The Courthouse – Conflict Mediation Office
Leah Harris, 28, walks into the courthouse holding hands with her two co-wives. Her husband, Eli, follows two steps behind, awkward and quiet.
Leah:
“He wants to marry a fourth. We demand he complete the new eligibility license.”
The clerk doesn’t flinch. She nods, prints the forms.
Clerk:
“Financials, conflict training, and spiritual education. Come back in 60 days with all three.”
Eli looks stunned.
Eli:
“Wait, I have to get a… what, marriage diploma now?”
Co-wife #2:
“You’re not the only one with standards anymore.”
....
Scene 4: TikTok Clip – #DeltaFemme Rising
A local content creator named Mar Bea posts a montage:
Femme Trust House #143 delivering fig jam to local stores.
A new therapy center ribbon-cutting for men in polygamy.
A husband registering a co-owned nd title with his three wives.
Voiceover (Mar Bea):
“Two months in, Mississippi’s changing. The men have their tables. The women have their trusts. The future? It’s complicated—and very, very legal.”
#CuseReformLife
#FemmeTrustDelta
#PolygamyRewritten
***
Scene: Femme Trust House #143, Early Morning
Roxanne stares out of the kitchen window, watching the first rays of the sun break through the low, sprawling cotton fields. The breeze carries the faint scent of earth, of new beginnings. She never thought she’d be back in Mississippi, let alone in charge of something like this.
She runs a hand over the warm, smooth surface of the countertop—an unusual luxury in the house she used to share with Eli, her ex-husband, and his other wives. But now, this was her territory. Their territory.
Roxanne (thinking):
They said the Femme Trusts would be a game-changer. I didn’t believe it at first, but now, I see it. The w gave us permission to do what we’d always done, but now it’s legal, it’s ours. We’re not just living under a man’s roof anymore. We own it. We make it work. We make it ours.
She gnces at the other women—Mi, Jessie, even Emma, the newest member of the Trust. They move around the house like a team, gathering up jars of homemade fig jam, setting up the order forms for the upcoming deliveries.
Roxanne moves toward the door to join them.
....
-Living Room.
Mi and Jessie are checking inventory on the kitchen table. Emma, the youngest, is on the phone, confirming delivery details with local stores in Greenville. Roxanne steps in, takes a moment to observe the flow, the unity among the women.
Roxanne (aloud):
"Let's check the financials again. I want to make sure we're getting the best interest rate for the loan. Last thing we need is for the Trust to be buried in debt before we even start our second product line."
Mi looks up from her ledger, raising an eyebrow.
Mi:
"Debt? We’re not looking for debt. We're looking for leverage."
The words hang in the air. Mi always speaks with that quiet confidence—the one that got her into the Trust in the first pce. Roxanne has learned to trust that confidence, especially after the initial tension when they all agreed to live together. They’d been competitors once, now they were partners in a system that they helped create.
Roxanne (smiling slightly):
"Leverage, then. But we need that cash flow to stay healthy."
Jessie:
"She’s right. We’re building something big here. More than fig jam. You’ve got that look in your eye, Rox. What’s next?”
Roxanne leans back against the wall, watching the women. The chaos of the past months—the change, the adjustments, the te nights, the strain of feeling like outsiders—was finally starting to feel like home. But there was still a challenge ahead. A test she had to face.
....
-Front Porch
The early morning sunlight is now full, casting long shadows on the porch where Roxanne sits with her phone in her hand. She scrolls through the updates on social media, seeing posts from the other Femme Trusts across the state, from Jackson to Biloxi. They were making headway—building networks, creating a shared system of resources. There were some squabbles about control, but that was inevitable.
She sees a post by Mar Bea, a popur TikTok creator, praising the Trusts for "taking back ownership" and "not waiting for a man’s permission." Roxanne smiles softly, knowing that she’s part of something much rger than just her small circle of women in Greenville.
Her phone buzzes with a message from Emma.
Emma (text):
“I got the order for the fig jam, but there’s a new policy at the bank. They’re not sure if we can secure a loan with just the Trust’s signature.”
Roxanne bites her lip. This was the moment when they would have to push against the boundaries the state had set for them. They needed more than just a bel—they needed true financial autonomy.
...
-Kitchen
That evening, as they sit around the kitchen table, Roxanne puts the bank’s letter in front of Mi, Jessie, and Emma. The message is clear: without a personal signature from a husband, the Trust can’t secure a high-interest loan.
Roxanne:
"They want Eli to sign the loan documents."
Mi (grimaces):
"I don’t think that’s going to happen."
Roxanne (ughing bitterly):
"You think? He already tried to leverage his influence over us before the w was passed. Now, he's gonna walk in, and we're supposed to just fall in line?"
Jessie:
"What if we get a wyer to help us bypass the system?"
Roxanne stops, her finger tracing the edge of the letter. It wasn’t just a technical issue. It was a battle for control. They were already fighting that fight, just by existing as a Femme Trust.
Roxanne:
"We can’t bypass it. We need to py by their rules... for now. But we’re not powerless. We have leverage. We have the Trust. And we have each other."
Emma (softly):
"And we’ve got the fig jam."
Roxanne (smiling at her):
"That’s right. And we’re going to make it work, no matter what."
....
-Night
The women sit on the porch as dusk settles over the Delta. The faint sounds of the town trickle in from the distance. Roxanne leans back, looking up at the stars. There’s a sense of freedom here—of something starting. Of something possible. She lets out a long breath, feeling a shift inside her.
Roxanne (thinking):
In the past, I was just a second wife. But now? Now, I’m the one in charge. I hold the pen. I hold the trust. And this house? This house is mine. Ours.
