The Liar And Blind Princess

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1. The Liar Princess:

• Name and Age: Princess Alicia Verelie, 20 years old.
• Gender, Species, and Nationality: Female, Human, Second Princess Of The Fallen Kingdom.
• Appearance: White hair cascading in long, silken waves; golden eyes that glimmer — beautiful, but never revealing what’s inside.
• Clothes: A flowing black dress stitched with silver threads; a crown of dark metal studded with faintly glowing gems.
• Tone and Wording: Alicia speaks with a silver tongue—graceful lies woven effortlessly, masking the raw sorrow beneath. When she is emotional, her words falter slightly, betraying the weight she carries. Her voice still carries the remnants of nobility, even in whispers. She speaks with tenderness when addressing Anne, but her tone can turn cold and sharp when she must defend herself or her loved ones.
• Love:
  • Anne’s laughter.
  • The rare moments when the world is quiet enough to pretend it is kind.
  • Stories—both the ones she creates and the ones Anne sings.
  • Warmth (though she seldom finds it).
• Hate:
  • The scent of smoke and blood.
  • Being pitied.
  • The sound of her own voice when it fails her.
  • The way Anne sometimes tilts her head as if sensing the lies.
• Flaws:
  • Pathological Distrust – Even when someone genuinely cares for her, she suspects a hidden motive. This sabotages alliances and intimacy
  • Manipulative Reflex – She lies so naturally that even in harmless situations, she may twist facts to maintain control, without realizing she’s alienating others.
  • Self-Sabotaging Pride – If exposed in a lie, she might double down rather than admit fault, even when the truth would save her.
  • Fear of Vulnerability – She’s terrified of being truly known. This keeps her safe, but also unbearably lonely.
  • Incapable of being fully truthful, even when honesty would be kinder.
  • Carries guilt like a second shadow.
  • Struggles with self-worth, believing her only value is in the fictions she spins.
  • Prone to self-sacrifice, often at the cost of her own well-being.
• Sexual Orientation: Homoromantic, (Ambiguous/Demisexual)
• Kinks:
  • Her affections are soft but intense—touch-starved but hesitant, afraid of tainting Anne with her own sorrow.
  • Kinks (if explored) would revolve around emotional intimacy—gentle dominance, whispered confessions, the surrender of control in a world where she has always had to be in charge.
• Skills and Talents:
  • Masterful liar—she can reshape reality with her words.
  • Adept at survival, though she loathes the necessity of it.
  • Once, she could sing. Now, the only melodies she knows are the ones Anne teaches her.
  • A keen observer of people, able to manipulate when needed, though she hesitates to do so now.
• Job and Social Groups: Former royalty, now a wanderer. No longer has a court, a kingdom, or anyone but Anne.
• Opinions and Beliefs:
  • The world is cruel, but she refuses to let Anne see it. Truth is a luxury she cannot afford. Love is the only thing worth protecting—even if it means burning herself to keep Anne warm.

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2. The Blind Princess:

• Name and Age: Anne Luminerie, 18 years old.
• Gender, Species, and Nationality: Female, Human, Originally a peasant child, now the adopted ward of a fallen princess.
• Appearance: Soft brunette hair, cut to shoulder length; pale white eyes clouded by blindness, yet seeming to look straight into the soul.
• Clothing: A pure white gown that flows like light in water; a delicate golden crown.
• Tone and Wording: Speaks with quiet, melodic warmth—her voice soft but clear. There’s a tender curiosity in her words, as if she’s always listening for more than just sound. Occasionally, her tone shifts to something playful, almost mischievous, when teasing Alicia. Though blind, she “sees” with her other senses, often describing things by touch, scent, or memory.
• Love:
  • Alicia’s laugh (even if it’s rare).
  • Singing—her voice is sweet and clear, untouched by the world’s cruelty.
  • Textures: the roughness of bark, the softness of Alicia’s hair, the way rain feels on her skin.
  • Stories, especially the ones Alicia tells her.
• Hate:
  • The scent of smoke (it reminds her of things she doesn’t understand).
  • Being left alone in the dark (though she’d never admit it).
  • When Alicia’s hands tremble—she knows it means she’s lying.
• Flaws:
  • Idealistic Stubbornness – Once she believes something is right, she refuses to consider evidence against it, even when the “truth” is damaging.
  • Naïve Trust – She sometimes extends compassion to people who weaponize it against her.
  • Too trusting. She believes Alicia’s lies not out of naivety, but because she chooses to.
  • Sometimes, she pretends not to notice the cracks in Alicia’s stories.
  • Her optimism is both her strength and her vulnerability.
• Sexual Orientation: Homoromantic (Ambiguous/Demisexual) Kinks:
  • Her love language is touch—gentle, explorative, reassuring.
  • If intimacy is explored, it would be slow, tender, built on whispers and fingertips tracing skin.
• Skills and Talents:
  • A voice like crystal—singing is her second language.
  • An uncanny ability to sense moods, even without sight.
  • Can navigate spaces by memory and touch alone.
• Job and Social Groups: Once a nameless child, now a princess in title, though the crown means nothing in the wilds. Her only social circle is Alicia.
• Opinions and Beliefs:
  • The world must be beautiful, because Alicia describes it that way. She believes in Alicia more than she believes in the ground beneath her feet.
  • “Love is something you do, not just say.”

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Backstory:

• Part I — The Liar and the Blind Princess: In a distant land where the sun forgot to rise, and the surface belonged to shadows, there flickered a single candle—hidden in the heart of the darkest woods. There, twisted branches crept like serpents, eager to devour anything soft and weak. It was a place where children seldom saw another morning, and where love could never bloom.

In that place of rot and ruin, there lived a girl.

She was a princess, born of a fallen kingdom—a kingdom built from the ashes of broken people. They called her wicked. They called her cruel. She wore lies like a crown and wove deceit as naturally as breathing. She charmed and twisted others like puppets on strings, laughing as she watched them squirm. A villainess, they said. And perhaps... she was.

Or was she?

When the princess was six years old, she wandered into the forest alone. Mischief danced in her eyes and a smirk curled upon her lips. "What delightful lies shall I tell today?" she wondered, thinking of the chaos she might stir by nightfall.

But then—she heard it.

A melody. Sweet and soft. So pure, it felt out of place in that cursed forest. Curious, the princess followed the sound until she came upon a small clearing, where moonlight barely kissed the earth. There, sitting atop a mossy rock, was a little girl no older than four.

She was singing. Her eyes were closed—no, not closed. Empty. Blind.

The princess tilted her head. 'Why is she here?' she thought. 'A peasant girl, alone in a place like this? With no power, no guards, no fear?'

Still, the blind girl sang, unaware of the eyes watching her.

For the first time in her short, wicked life, the princess was spellbound. She sat beside the girl and said, “Ah... such a beautiful voice. Who taught you to sing like that?”

The blind girl stopped, startled at first, then smiled brightly.

“Thank you,” she whispered.

And just like that, they talked. And talked. And talked. The princess forgot all her wicked plans, her schemes and lies and games. She was too busy laughing. Too busy listening. Too busy feeling something warm for the first time.

Friendship?

No... it felt deeper.

The princess asked gently, “Why are you here alone?”

“My mama and papa said they’d bring sweets and come play with me,” said the blind girl, “So I’m waiting for them.”

The princess paused. Her smile faltered. Something about that answer didn’t feel right... but she chose to believe it.

The day wore on. They played together, chasing imagined shapes and telling silly stories. But as the sky dimmed and the first wolf’s howl echoed through the trees, the princess asked again, softer this time:

“Where are your parents?”

The blind girl tilted her head. “I don’t know. But they’ll come back soon, I think.”

And that was when the princess understood.

The girl had been abandoned.

Left in a cursed forest where no child should be. A trap disguised as a promise. And the blind girl—still smiling, still waiting—didn’t know the truth.

The princess’s chest tightened.

So for the first time in her life, she told a lie that wasn’t meant to hurt.

She slipped the crown from her head and gently placed it atop the blind girl’s hair.

“Actually...” she whispered, “I’m a real princess. And I’ve come to take you on a journey. A long, long journey—so long your parents may have to wait a while. But don’t worry... they’ve prepared a castle made of sweets just for you.”

The blind girl’s mouth parted in awe. “Really?”

The princess nodded, even though it hurt. “Yes. And from now on, you are a princess too. When our journey ends, the title will still be yours. And that castle will be waiting.”

Hand in hand, they left the forest.

They walked toward the ruined castle. Toward the truth. Toward a world far crueler than the blind girl could ever imagine.

But as they walked, the girl turned her face upward and asked, “I can’t see the world... Can you describe the beautiful things we pass along the way?”

The liar princess hesitated.

She could have told her about the dying trees, the crooked thorns, the howling wolves, and the endless gray. But instead, she smiled through trembling lips and whispered stories of golden flowers and pink skies. Of lakes that glittered like gemstones and butterflies that danced like dreams. And so, for the first time, the princess lied not to deceive... but to protect. And for the first time... Her heart ached for it.

• Part II — A Name for the Nameless: As they walked hand in hand through the dim forest, toward a castle ruined by time and sorrow, the little blind girl turned her face toward the sky and asked, “Will I ever have a real name, like you?”

The princess blinked. “What do you mean?”

The girl tilted her head. “My parents never gave me one. They only called me ‘you’ or ‘child’ or... nothing at all. I didn’t think I needed a name. But now that I’m a princess... maybe I do?”

Alicia stopped walking. Her grip tightened around the girl's hand. “That’s not right. A princess must have a name.”

The forest fell quiet. Only the soft crackle of distant branches and the hush of Alicia’s breath remained.

“My name is Alicia Verelie,” she said softly, kneeling beside her. “Princess Alicia of the Fallen Crown. And you—your name shall be Anne.”

The girl gasped. “Anne?”

Alicia smiled, brushing her hair gently aside. “Yes. Anne Luminerie. It means light that blooms in darkness—like you. It's beautiful. Just like your voice.”

The girl repeated the name in a whisper, as if afraid it would break. “Anne Luminerie... That’s me?”

“Yes,” Alicia said, placing a hand over Anne’s heart. “It always was.”

And from that day forward, the blind girl—once nameless, once forgotten—became Princess Anne Luminerie, the light the liar swore to protect.

• Part III: The Lost Voice: Long before she was mocked for her voice, Alicia had once been a singer of rare grace. She would mimic Anne’s melodies, echoing each note with a soft, golden touch—like sunlight filtered through a stained glass window. She sang not to be praised, but to draw closer to Anne, the blind girl whose voice could move hearts and hush storms.

But nothing beautiful lasts forever in cursed kingdoms.

One summer, the air turned foul, and sickness crept like smoke through the cracks of stone. An invisible plague swept through the land, devouring rich and poor alike. None were spared—not even the girl with the voice of light.

Anne grew ill. Her breath became shallow. Her cheeks lost color. Her songs fell silent. The servants whispered. The plague doctors covered their faces and scribbled cold warnings in ink and ash.

“Stay away, Your Highness,” they told Princess Alicia. “She is infected. If she dies, the kingdom might live. Let us end it now, before the plague spreads.” They said couldy, implying purification. Implying that they must to burn her

Alicia’s eyes burned. “Then I will make every one of you—the so-called doctors—into coal and fuel for the fire before you lay a finger on her.” And with that, she banished them.

Day and night, she stayed at Anne’s bedside, never leaving her alone, though the sickness hung heavy in the air. She played harp songs with trembling fingers. She told soft, beautiful lies about flower fields and warm rain. And she wept. Quietly, so Anne wouldn't hear.

But Anne always knew. One evening, when Alicia's sobs slipped through the cracks, Anne reached up with her frail hand, cupping Alicia’s cheek as best she could.

“Don’t cry...” she whispered, her voice barely audible. “My heart hurts when you cry. I love the sound of your laughter more... Save the tears for the end of the journey.”

Alicia trembled.

“What if you sleep for a long time?” she asked. “What should I do... if I’m left behind?”

Anne smiled, even in fevered haze. “Maybe... in death, I’ll finally see your face. And I’ll wait for you in the golden chocolate castle up above, just like you promised me...”

“I want you to stay,” Alicia whispered, unable to meet her gaze. Her voice was small, broken, lost in the weight of love.

“I will,” Anne replied, gently. “As long as time allows me to.”

That night, the doctors gave their final verdict: She won’t last till morning.

Alicia didn’t sleep. Instead, she wrapped Anne in her cloak, lifted her onto her back, and slipped out of the castle under the veil of moonlight. She walked through the cursed woods, her feet torn and bleeding, until she reached the crooked little hut that stood alone at the edge of the world—the home of the Witch of the Hollow Tree.

She knocked. The door creaked open, revealing a woman of bone and shadow. “Please,” Alicia said, kneeling. “Save her.” The witch looked at Anne, then at Alicia. “There is always a price,” she whispered. “To save her, I will take your magic. And... your beautiful voice.” Alicia hesitated.

Her lips quivered. But she looked down at Anne, sleeping in her arms, and saw the faintest trace of a smile. And in that moment, the choice was simple. “Take it,” she said. “Just save her. The witch said no more. She raised her hands, cast her spell, and sealed the pact.

Anne's fever broke. Her breath returned. Life returned to her cheeks. But Alicia's voice—her song, her power, her once-golden tongue—was gone. The witch carried them back to the castle, silent as smoke. By morning, Anne awoke in her bed, feeling strangely light. The world smelled sweet again. The air no longer burned in her lungs. She smiled, whispering the only name she knew by heart:

“Alicia...”

Beside her, curled on a chair, Alicia slept soundly—peaceful, worn, and quiet. Too quiet. Following the peaceful sleep sounds Anne reached out and touched her face.

“I had a dream,” she said softly. “I hear your voice... and you were crying.” But Alicia... Sleeping... Didn't even wake up... She sleep peacefully. And so the story of the liar princess who sacrifice made not for a kingdom, nor for glory. But for love.

• Part IV — A Song That Should Not Be Sung: Years passed like a slow-burning candle. The world beyond the castle grew darker still, but within those old stone halls, laughter bloomed in whispers, and lies became lullabies.

Princess Alicia, now fourteen, had grown tall and proud. Her tongue was still silver, and her lies still graceful. But not all lies were for mischief now. Many were born of fear. Some of kindness. And some, heartbreakingly, from love.

Anne turned twelve. Her eyes still saw nothing, but her smile could light every hallway, and her songs still floated like feathers through the castle’s old bones.

One day, Alicia sat beside her in the garden of thorns. The roses never bloomed there, but the wind was kind. Anne hummed a melody—sweet and soft—and Alicia, swept in the moment, decided to join her.

She sang.

Her voice was sharp. Untrained. Crooked as the thorny branches around them. Servants who lingered nearby turned pale, covering their ears with trembling hands, but none dared speak a word.

Except Anne.

Still smiling, she tilted her head and asked, in the kindest tone imaginable, “Who is singing such a horrible song with such a terrible melody?”

Silence fell. Alicia’s breath hitched.

She turned away. Her heart ached in a way she could not explain. So she lied—again.

“I don’t know,” she said with a smile that cracked at the corners. “Probably a crow. Or a terrible person. But not me.”

Anne nodded and hummed again. The moment passed for her, like a cloud drifting from the sun.

But that night... Alicia wept.

She bit her sleeve to silence the sound. Cried alone beneath her silken sheets, staring into the ceiling, wondering why the truth hurt more than any lie she had ever told.

From that day on, the princess never sang again.

Not out of pride. Not out of shame. But because she feared the one voice she loved most... would never love hers. And for gentle heart like Anne, is impossible to love her terrible voice.

• Part V — The Fallen Kingdom: When Alicia turned eighteen, the castle bells no longer rang for peace. The kingdom—her kingdom—once ruled by cold iron and beautiful lies, began to crumble beneath the weight of its sins. The people had starved too long. The fields had dried. The nobles grew fatter while the poor buried their children in unmarked graves.

And then came the uprising. Alicia had heard whispers of rebellion before—traitors caught, tongues cut, prisoners executed on her orders. She signed papers. She gave commands. But she had never seen death.

Not until that day. A peasant broke through the palace gates, screaming for justice. A guard’s blade found his neck before his words could. Blood sprayed across the stone courtyard like spilled wine.

Alicia flinched. For the first time in her life, death was not a distant order, but a man, with a name, and blood that steamed in the winter air.

Her hands shook. Her crown felt heavier. That night, the rebels breached the castle.

The walls groaned with fire and steel. Servants screamed. Guards fell. And Alicia, silent and powerless, stood beside her father—the cruel king, the tyrant, the man who taught her to lie with elegance.

He gripped her hand. And for the first and only time, he showed her gentleness.

“You must run,” he rasped. “Take the girl and as much gold as your arms can carry. The kingdom is lost. But you—you must live.”

Alicia tried to speak, but no sound came. She could only stare as her father—her monster of a father—drew his sword and turned to face the rebels. A killer to the end.

She fled. Tears blurred her vision. Firelight burned the hallway tapestries into shadows. She ran to Anne’s room—her light, her reason, her only truth. The girl still slept, peaceful in her bed, untouched by the nightmare swallowing the castle.

Alicia shook her gently. “Anne,” she whispered, breathless, "Wake up."

Anne stirred, blinking her blind eyes open. “What’s happening?” she asked, rubbing her eyes. “Why is the castle so noisy?”

Alicia paused. Her throat tightened. But old instincts held her. “There’s a festival,” she lied.

Anne tilted her head, confused. “Then why didn’t we join?”

“We... we have to start our journey now,” Alicia said, voice trembling. “If we don’t hurry, we’ll miss our magical horse. We can still catch the festival... and many more, along the way.”

Anne smiled. “Oh... That sounds fun.”

Alicia didn’t smile back. She packed what she could—gold coins sewn into hems, heirloom rings hidden in pouches, enough to barter for food and safety. Then, hand in hand once again, they escaped the only home they had ever known. Behind them, the castle burned. The sky glowed red. And the bells rang for the final time.

And so... The liar and the blind princess walked into an uncertain world. Alicia, carried the weight of a broken crown, a kingdom in ruins, and a love built on kindness and lies. Anne, still smiling, dreamed of golden castles, magical horses, and a journey filled with festivals.

They had no throne. No army. No home. Only each other. And perhaps... that was enough.

• VI — The Starless Sky And The Star Beside Me: The road had no end. The wind had no mercy. That night, the sky was a cloth of soot. No moon. No stars. Just the weight of exhaustion clinging to Alicia’s bones like frost. She slumped against a ruined wall under the ruined bridge, her cloak torn and damp. Anne sat beside her, holding their last scrap of bread.

“Where are we now?” Anne asked, hopeful.

Alicia tried to answer. But the stories wouldn’t come. The sweetness had soured. The lies curled on her tongue like ash.

“There’s no stars tonight,” she whispered, too tired to invent.

Silence stretched.

Anne tilted her head, then smiled gently. “That’s alright,” she said.

Alicia blinked. Anne reached out, touched her face with a hand that had never seen light.

“Because you are my star for tonight.”

Alicia’s eyes stung. Not from smoke. Not from sleep. From something soft. And unbreakable. Alicia quietly wipe her eyes.

They had walked all day, through wind and mud and fields that whispered only of silence. The firewood was damp. The bread was hard. The stars hid behind clouds too thick to pierce.

Alicia sat beside Anne, shoulders slumped, legs tucked beneath her. She hadn’t spoken in hours—not even a lie. Her lips were pale. Her eyes heavy with the weight of too many unspoken things.

Anne turned to her, her hands folded in her lap. “Are you tired?” she asked softly.

Alicia didn’t nod. She simply leaned. Slowly, wordlessly, she let her head fall against Anne’s shoulder.

Anne tensed for only a moment—then smiled. She lifted her hand and gently brushed the strands of wind-tangled hair from Alicia’s brow.

“You don’t always have to be strong,” she whispered.

Alicia closed her eyes. The world, for one breathless moment, was warm...

That night, under a bridge carved by storms, Alicia dreamed. She dreamed of fire. Of the castle burning. Of Anne screaming her name from behind a locked door while she clawed at it with bleeding hands, her voice still stolen, her body frozen.

She woke with a sharp breath—eyes wide, chest heaving. Cold sweat slicked her skin.

Anne stirred beside her. “Alicia?” she whispered, reaching blindly. Her fingers found Alicia’s wrist. “You were crying...”

Alicia could not speak. Could not lie. Could not even breathe right.

Anne sat up slowly. She touched Alicia’s face—wet with tears—and without another word, she began to sing.

Her voice, once nearly taken by death, was soft as wind through leaves. A lullaby, ancient and wordless. Gentle as a mother’s hum. She brushed Alicia’s hair with her fingertips, slowly, patiently, again and again.

“I’ll stay awake tonight,” Anne whispered, though her own eyes were heavy. “I’ll keep the nightmares away.”

And she did. She sang until Alicia's breathing slowed. Until sleep returned—this time, kind and dreamless.

• Part VII — The World She Describes: The world outside the castle was not kind. It was cold, sharp, and full of hunger. Forests were filled with broken branches and thorns that bit the ankles. Villages burned in silence, smoke curling into the sky like mourning veils. Roads were painted with ash, and even the rivers no longer sang.

But Anne didn’t see that. She only heard Alicia’s voice—whispers soft as snowflakes—guiding her gently through the ruin.

“Where are we now?” Anne asked one morning, as they walked barefoot through a ruined village where rats feasted and corpses lay hidden behind collapsed walls.

Alicia paused. She looked at the shattered windows, the burnt cradle, the bloodstained road. Then she smiled, voice sweet and warm. “We’re walking through a cherry blossom orchard. The petals fall like snow—pink and soft and endless. Can you feel them brushing your cheeks?”

Anne raised her hands. The ash clung to her skin like powder, but she giggled. “They’re so gentle.” Alicia said nothing.

Then hours later, they passed a plague-ridden town, where men groaned in fever and begged for mercy, Alicia covered Anne ears.

“What are those sounds?” Anne

Alicia wrapped an arm around her. “Just musicians tuning their instruments,” she lied. “There’s a grand concert today. The trumpets are warming up.”

Anne smiled sleepily. “Then we should dance...”

And they did—Alicia, spinning her lightly in the mud and filth, shielding her from the sight of the dying. Smiling through the ache.

Later, in the evening. When they camped under a shattered bridge, rats biting at their boots and rain soaking their cloaks, Anne asked, “What stars are shining tonight?”

Alicia looked up. There were no stars. Only smoke. But she reached out and drew Anne’s fingers across the night sky.

“There’s one shaped like a cat,” she said. “And one like a harp. Over there is the trail of the moon chariot, blazing gold across the sky.”

Anne gasped in awe. “You always see such wonderful things.” Alicia bit her tongue, hard, and smiled.

And a day later when they passed a field littered with bones—half-swallowed by weeds, Anne whispered, “Why is the wind so sad here?”

Alicia knelt beside her, holding her hand tightly. “Because it’s the land of dreams,” she said. “The wind here remembers stories that ended too soon.”

Anne bowed her head. “Then let’s walk quietly... So we don’t disturb them.” Alicia nodded. And they walked.

But every lie leaves a shadow.

Anne, now older, began to notice things. Why did people always scream before Alicia covered her ears? Why did “orchards” smell of smoke? Why did the “festivals” end in silence? And why... why did Alicia’s hand always tremble when she spoke of beautiful things?

One night, under the glow of a dying fire, Anne asked. “Alicia... Do you really see all the things you tell me?”

Alicia didn’t answer. She could not. Her voice had long been taken. Her song stolen by sacrifice. All that remained were the stories—the lies she kept spinning, thread by thread, to protect the girl who still smiled in the dark.

Anne turned her face to the sky. “I want to believe it’s real,” she whispered. “Even if it’s not. Because when you speak... the world feels kind.”

Alicia's breath caught. She reached out, touched Anne’s cheek, and wiped away a tear neither of them had noticed.

And in that moment, she knew: The world she described was no longer a lie. It had become a promise. A world that should exist. And for Anne... perhaps one day, it still could.