Maid in Fantasy - Facts of the World III

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The Three Princesses’ Daily Schedule*

*The following schedule is subject to frequent changes and revisions due to the chaotic nature of the palace, Aphros’s whims, and Irene breaking things. Rather than being their ironclad day-to-day itinerary, this is more of an outline of what a typical day might look like, barring any unusual events, official functions, or crises (so basically never).

 

4:00 am-??:?? pm: If Lady Ze is in one of her “inspired” moods, she’ll drag Serena and Orion to an all-day training session, which can last anywhere from up to a few hours to a week.

5:45 am: Serena, Caenia and Orion wake up

6:00-6:45 am: Serena, Caenia, and Orion perform their morning rituals and eat breakfast as they mentally prepare to attend the Princesses.

7:00 am: The three Princesses are awakened by their attendants (except Irene, who either awakens an hour earlier or up to 7 hours later, depending on arbitrary factors).

7:15-7:45 am: The three Princesses are prepared for their day. Atlanta refuses to let anyone but Orion do her hair and makeup (she’d make him dress her too, but Aphros vetoed that). Serena is the only one who will put up with Irene long enough to get her dressed. Nobody knows the Second Princess’s preferences, and Caenia isn’t telling.

7:45 am: Atlanta goes out for her morning stroll.

8:00 am: Irene goes out for her “morning stroll.[1]”

8:15 am: On Marsdays and Jupitdays[2], Atlanta attends her morning math lesson, usually taught by Lady Herme and a revolving door of math tutors (who are usually comically and not-so-comically injured by Irene’s shenanigans and quit within in a week). Meanwhile, Irene attends her poetry lessons (when she can be wrangled), usually taught by Lady Aphros (who treats most of them as free time for herself).

9:00 am: On Celedays and Vensdays[3], the Princesses attend their etiquette lessons (except Irene, who is probably running full stop across the palace gardens).

9:00 am: On Mercidays[4], the Princesses attend their magic lessons. Irene is taught by Aphros, Atlanta is taught by Aré, and the Second Princess is taught by Herme (supposedly).

10:30 am: The Princesses’ morning lessons usually wrap up around this time, sometimes running longer or shorter depending on the subject. Atlanta uses this brief window of time to return to her room and straighten up. Irene uses this time to light things on fire.

11:00 am-1:00pm: The Princesses’ allotted leisure time on days without official functions. Atlanta usually strolls the garden, reads in the library, sits at one of the balconies, or takes out her frustrations at the shooting range. Irene is likely exploring some dangerously high location in the palace, with Serena hot on her tail.

11:30 am: Irene’s preferred lunchtime…but it’s Irene, so it’s really a matter of when Serena can catch her.

12:45 pm: Atlanta’s preferred lunchtime.

1:30 pm: On Marsdays and Jupitdays, Atlanta attends her afternoon history lesson, usually taught by Lady Herme or Lady Aré. On the other three weekdays, she attends either a logistics class (that covers everything from large-scale military management to trade routes) taught by Lady Aré or a self-defense and physical education class taught by Lady Ze (Irene also has similar lessons, but rarely attends for reasons that have been repeated ad nauseam. Honestly, at this point, Irene is probably parachuting off the tallest spires of the palace or something equally insane).

3:00 pm: On Celedays and Vensdays, Atlanta is taught by a revolving door of music tutors. She does not specialize in a single instrument but is (according to Lady Aphros) “developing a deeper appreciation for the finer points of the music arts.” As a result of these lessons, Atlanta has grown fond of the piano. At the same time, Irene is occasionally taught poetry by Lady Aphros, which has led to the young princess having a firm grasp on some very “colorful” language.

On other days of the week, Atlanta goes through a variety of lessons, which change with the years and seasons, including horseback (and Pegasus) riding, marksmanship, dancing, literature, painting, etc. Irene would also have these lessons, but she rarely attends them unless they can capture her fleeting interest.

4:30-5:45 pm: Atlanta’s evening leisure time, which she usually uses to bathe after a long day (especially on days with physical activity involved lessons) and get some light reading done before preparing to attend dinner. Irene is also bathing at this time, although usually because Serena has finally captured her and is trying to get her presentable in time for dinner.

6:00 pm: The allotted time for the royal dinner, the Queen and Princesses are all expected to attend. Lady Aphros, Aré, Herme, and Ze are also invited to participate unless they are busy. However, most often it’s just Aphros and Aré.

7:00 pm: The Princesses’ curfew begins. They’re handed off to the guards who stand at their bedroom door. At this point, the girls are expected to wind down for the night. The three attendants are given the chance to eat dinner and attend to other housekeeping matters for the next two hours and if nothing is left to do, they have some leisure time. Serena uses this time to eat, read old pulp novels or hair magazines, and watch Diamond Arena when no one else is around. Orion polishes his sword, reads textbooks or adventure novels, and plays darts. Caenia sharpens knives, practices cooking, and watches western movies.

9:00 pm: The Princesses prepare for bed. Their attendants come to their side one last time to take any final orders for the night or requests for the following morning, before bidding them goodnight. Atlanta asks for little to nothing from Orion, while Irene has Serena read her a bedtime story.

10:00 pm: Serena, Orion, and Caenia usually go to bed at this time. Orion is always in bed at 10:00 on the dot, while Serena and Caenia are a little more flexible (Serena often goes to sleep earlier while Caenia goes a little later).

 

*Caenia and the Second Princess’s schedule has been largely omitted as nobody really knows what they do.

 

Quick Character Factoids

Heights: (I know I normally use the metric system for measurements, but not this time because it's easier for me to visualize.)

Serena- 5 feet, 3 inches

Orion- 5 feet, 6 inches

Atlanta- 5 feet, 2 inches

“Second Princess”- 5 feet

Irene- 4~ feet

Jace- 5 feet, 8 inches

Medy- 5 feet, 1 inch

Penelo- 5 feet, 1 inch

Caenia- 5 feet, 11 inches

 

Aphros- 5 feet, 7 inches

Aré- 5 feet, 5 inches

Herme- 5 feet, 4 inches

Ze- 6 feet, 3 inches

Queen Celene- Always appear taller than whoever she is talking to

 

Penth- 5 feet, 7 inches

Orpheo- 5 feet, 9 inches

Dusa- 5 feet, 5 inches

 

Bellero- 5 feet, 9 inches

 

Birthdays (with rough modern equivalents for the reader’s convenience):

Serena- Heré/June 3^rd

Orion- Október/October 21^st

Atlanta- Heré/June 30^th

“Second Princess”- ???

Irene- Julia/July 28^th

Jace- Október/October 22^nd

Medy- Heré/May 23^rd

Penelo- Dékaber/December 5^th

Caenia- Ares/March 6^th

 

Aphros- Október/October 2^nd

Aré- Ares/March 31^st

Herme- Eptáber/September 4^th

Ze- Ennéaber/November 23^rd

Queen Celene- Heré/June 30^th

 

Favorite Food:

Serena- Hamburgers and fries

Orion- Rice and Seafood

Atlanta- Greek Salad

“Second Princess”- Pasta

Irene- Anything sweet, especially candy and ice cream

Jace- Crabs and Mussels

Medy- Anything with pork

Penelo- Pretzels, chips and other salty foods

Caenia- Peanut butter, beans, and anything with lots of protein

 

Aphros- Filet mignon

Aré- Cheeseburgers with extra onions and pickles

Herme- Light sandwiches with lettuce, cheese and roast beef

Ze- Omelets and Chicken

Queen Celene- Ice cream, French fries, and Ham

 

 

???

            “No, we haven’t found them all yet,” she shook her head. “We only have two for certain and maybe two more we’re confident in. As for the rest, it is far too soon to say for sure.”

            “After so many years, not even half have revealed themselves? I’d never imagined Hade’s prophecy to be so inaccurate.”

            “Well, it was always a little vague on the details, and we were never sure what scale of time it was meant to be judged by,” she admitted. “However, I’m starting to think they’re already here, hiding in plain sight, and we’ve yet to see them.”

            “Has someone caught your eye?”

            “A few people, they’re young now, but so was my sister when she…anyway, I have nothing but a hunch now, but I’ll watch their progress closely,” she replied.

            “You must have more than a hunch to be so invested in them already.”

            “Well, I thought about it for a while, and remember towards the middle? How’d it go again? ‘…Fifteen points of light stand opposite the thirteen pillars…?’ Or something like that?” She recalled. “I think those fifteen points are starting to gather on their own.”

            “It’s her, isn’t it?”

            “Am I really so obvious?” She chuckled. “But not just her, it’s a few of them. If I’m right, they just might…no, I shouldn’t get my hopes up. I’m pining my hopes on her because I wish for it all to mean something…”

            “We’ll see, but if you think it’s meant to be, then I’m confident it shall.”

            “One can only hope,” she nodded.

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[1] Read: Rampage

[2] Tuesdays and Thursdays

[3] Mondays and Fridays

[4] Wednesday

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I've been meaning to do another one of these for a while so here we are. My next goal should probably be to post an actual in-universe calendar since I place so much emphasis on dates.

Until next time, Read, Comment, Enjoy and Happy New Year!.

Maid in Fantasy - Facts of the World II

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The Architect of Nonsense:

            The Royal Palace is the primary setting of Maid in Fantasy and the home of most of the characters. It’s a massive structure the size of a small city that towers over the rest of New Celene and acts as the seat of government for the kingdom. Its layout makes no logical sense, but that’s by design.

            If one were to try and map out all the halls and passageways within its walls, you’d be there for quite a while, bordering on forever. As a magical place at the heart of a magical kingdom, on a hotbed of pure magic, the palace is far from ordinary and is not bound by conventional logic. It is best to think of the area inside its walls as a “flexible space” and that despite already being a massive structure, the interiors are, in fact, bigger on the inside.

            That’s how you can have an auditorium that descends so low it should intersect with the basement storehouses, yet it doesn’t. That’s what allows the basement to be a maze of endless halls that loop back in on themselves yet seem to go on forever. That’s how they can fit enough rooms for the royal family, the high nobles, the entire extended Diane family, and most of the Regas family, plus enough soldiers and guards to secure the place, in addition to all the infrastructure to accommodate that number of people (bathrooms, kitchens, dining halls, baths, and laundry, etc.) and still have room for a half dozen grand halls, auditoriums, a garden and tennis courts.

            Of course, the palace being as massive as it is, navigating it isn’t as easy as walking from point A to B. There are multiple hovercraft shuttles to move residents between all the major buildings. The workers, however, have the special privilege of accessing the “flexible space” between the walls of the palace (as seen in Chapter V). They’re basically a series of magical passages that act like an elevator, zipping the workers to where they need to be almost instantly. While a convenient tool, it’s only meant to shuttle a handful of people at a time, no more than your average elevator. Thus, they can’t use it to summon a large number of guards to wherever they need them to be.

            Besides the obvious residents like the royal family, the Diane family, and the Regas, most high nobles have permanent rooms in the palace. Lady Aphros and Lady Aré’s rooms have already been depicted in the story, but Lady Ze and Lady Herme also reside in the palace. Lady Aphros basically lives at the palace year-round. However, she has personal homes and summer cottages she retires to on occasion. Lady Aré is a more frequent traveler and lives in various homes worldwide, depending on her current duty, and only stays at the palace about half the year overall (but not consecutively). Thanks to her duties, Lady Ze is also in the palace year-round, barring the occasional matter that draws her away for a few weeks every year. Lady Herme spends the least time in the palace and finds herself all over the kingdom with an irregular schedule.

            There is more to say about the palace, namely its exact layout, history, and other facts, but that will be saved for another time.

 

Penelo’s Guide to the High Noble Bathrooms:

            A journal recovered from Ms. Penelo Gataki’s bedroom, detailing her experiences with the bathrooms of the high noble she passed through on her quest to clean every toilet in the palace.

 

Lady Herme: Very clean, orderly. Everything is in neat, organized piles and rows. The towels are organized by size and color. The bathroom is marble-themed, with an extra-large bathtub complete with a bookrack? (Looked like a bookrack, with all the books on it and stuff.)

The toilet was already clean, I kind of felt bad touching it, like I’d made it dirtier than it was before.

 

Lady Ze: Very simple, open-air eastern-style bathroom. Lots of wood in the design. I think the rugs were made of bamboo. The toilet was also made of bamboo. Had a built-in exercise room, complete with dumbbells (I think they’re broken, the sides said they were 100 kilograms each, but they didn’t feel that heavy…Oh, is that why they’re labeled light exercise?).

 

Lady Aphros: Really big and glitzy, covered in topaz jewels. Even the toilet was made of gold! Also, everything is seashell-themed: the bathtub is a giant seashell, and the toilet has a seashell cover, top, and handle (and the toilet paper is seashell printed). All the soap is really foamy, even the spare cleaner under the sink made things foam (the sink is also shaped like a seashell, with seashell knobs). The bathtub was more bubbles and foam than water, I think.

 

Lady Aré: I haven’t figured out how to get in there yet. Lady Aré always yells at me when I try to get in with silly stuff like “How did you get into my closet?” “Why are you coming in through my window?” and “You destroyed my ceiling!” It’s not my fault her front door keeps moving, and it’s easier to get into her room in other ways.

 

Queen Celene: The Queen says I’m not allowed to talk about her bathroom, no matter how fluffy it may be.

 

Princess Atlanta: Don’t know it very well, she kept throwing things at me while I was trying to clean it. It’s really pink, though.

 

Princess Irene: It’s like if pink and a pinker pink had a baby. Also, rabbit-themed everything. (I want to know where they got a rabbit head shaped bathtub, it looks fun!)

 

Princess ??? (what’s the Second Princess’s name again?): Actually, I haven’t found her room yet…does she have a room? She goes somewhere every night, right?

 

Lord something or other: Apparently, I wasn’t supposed to be in there because it’s a “crime scene” or something. He has really nice soap, though…

 

???: I don’t know whose bathroom this was, but it has more seashells than Aphros’s room, oh, and seahorses and dragon designs, too! Lots of mirrors, I think my reflection was looking at me funny.

 

???: It’s like being on a cloud!

 

General something or other: Will return, I can’t clean a toilet that’s on the ceiling...yet. 

Why is the room all upside down anyway?

 

???: Why does the bathroom have six clocks and three eerily real-looking skulls?

 

???: The toilet burned my hand. Why is there a model train in the bathroom?

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90% of the reason I wrote this was for the Penelo's journal section. The palace's architecture is important too, but I just had so much fun writing things from Penelo's perspective.

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