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| ||||<tablestyle="float:right;"> '''Princess Alice's Palace'''|| |||| ''Location'' || || Address || 1 Palace Square<<BR>>QueenCity|| || Residents || PrincessAlice<<BR>>PrinceAnonus<<BR>>TheHandler<<BR>>''(see below'')|| '''PrincessAlice''' resides in a palace in downtown QueenCity, and the official formal residence of the PrincessOfCentralia. |
||||<tablestyle="float:right;">'''The Palace of Serenity'''|| ||||''official residence''|| ||||<style="font-size:48px;line-height:100%">🏰|| ||location||SerenityCircle<<BR>>QueenCity, [[Centralia]]|| ||owner||PrincessAlice<<BR>>~-(in right of the Crown)-~|| ||commissioned by||PrincessMeredith|| '''The Palace of Serenity''' is the official residence of the PrincessOfCentralia, and thus the home of PrincessAlice, when she's not off studying at [[DameAdorabellesAcademy|the boarding school]] in [[Havensborough]]. It is a large, elaborate palace located at the central point of downtown QueenCity, where it is the namesake landmark of the SerenityCircle. |
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| == Overview == The Palace was built for PrincessMeredith many centuries ago when she established Queen City as the capital of Centralia. It has served as the official residence of Centralia's reigning monarch ever since. |
== Location == The Palace of Serenity is the central landmark of its namesake SerenityCircle, a roughly circular commercial district at the central point of QueenCity, Centralia's capital city. |
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| As Princess Meredith can fly, the palace was originally built with large trapdoors in the floors to allow Meredith to float between stories without the need for stairs. Many of these were removed when PrincessJeanette had modern elevators installed in the palace, though a few remain in place today, kept closed and covered by rugs or carpeting. | Many who have visited the palace have remarked that the palace grounds seem much larger from inside the gates than they appear from the city outside. Some have described the palace and its grounds as feeling like a small city in its own right. |
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| The technology of the palace, like much technology in Centralia, is a mix of modern and vintage technology. Nearly all telephones in the palace are rotary dial phones resembling [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_500_telephone|the Western Electric model 500]]. Princess Alice uses a vintage 1950s clock radio in her bedroom. Most televisions in the palace use CRT displays. | == History == The Palace of Serenity was built for PrincessMeredith many centuries ago when she established Queen City as the capital of Centralia. It has served as the official residence of Centralia's reigning monarch ever since. |
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| The upper portion of the palace, where the princess resides, is enchanted with a special form of empathetic magic, which allows the building's rooms and layout to reconfigure based on the princess's mood. As Princess Alice is known for her mood swings, this part of the palace changes quite often, and servants and other staff avoid the area as much as possible. | As Princess Meredith has a propensity for flying, the palace was originally built with large trapdoors in the floors to allow Meredith to float between stories without using stairs. Other members of Meredith's household learned very quickly to pay attention to where they were walking, as Meredith had a habit of leaving the trapdoors open. Many of the trapdoors were removed when PrincessJeanette had modern elevators installed in the palace, though a few remain in place today, kept closed and covered by rugs or carpeting. |
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| == Known Rooms == | == Amenities == === Stellar Nursery === The wing of the palace where Princess Alice primarily resides is known as the '''Stellar Nursery'''. The Stellar Nursery is enchanged with a unique form of empathetic magic, rearranging and reconfiguring itself based on the princess's mood. As the princess is notorious for her frequent and extreme mood swings, the layout of the Stellar Nursery is in a near-constant state of flux. |
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| '''Princess Alice's primary bedroom.''' Located on an upper floor. Features a two-story ceiling with full height windows, a large four-poster bed, a vanity with a large mirror, a sofa, and a small nightstand with a telephone. Connected directly to Princess Alice's primary bathroom. | One of the most notable features of the Stellar Nursery is Princess Alice's '''comfy room''', which is full of pillows and blankets and plushies, where the young princess often goes to relax and destress after a long day of "work". |
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| '''Princess Alice's primary bathroom.''' A small bathroom with no windows, connected directly to Alice's primary bedroom. Features a clawfoot bathtub with a shower and a sink with a vanity. Did not originally contain a toilet, as Asterians do not need them, but a toilet was installed for use by PrinceAnonus when he stays in Princess Alice's bedroom. | === Gardens === A large, elaborate '''garden''' surrounds the Stellar Nursery wing of the palace. You've never seen so many ''pink'' flowers all in one place. |
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| '''Princess Meredith's bathroom.''' Similar to Princess Alice's bathroom, but contains Meredith's "special" shower, which requires turning a complex system of six knobs to get water running. | The princess's personal bodyguard, RobinRavenswood, grows strawberries in the palace gardens. Her strawberries can be quite round. |
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| '''Princess Alice's alternate bedroom.''' Located on the ground floor, away from the enchanted portion of the palace. Has a large glass door that opens directly onto the private palace garden. A bathroom is attached, this one containing a tub and sink but no toilet. | === Dungeon === ''Main article: [[Dungeon]]'' |
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| '''The RoyalSysadmin's office.''' Located on the third floor. Looks more like something you'd find in an office building than a palace, fluorescent lighting and all. Filled with 1990s-vintage computer equipment, most produced by AlicornSystems. Alice has offered the Sysadmin a larger office, but he prefers working in the confined space. | Princess Alice often likes to "imprison" people in the palace's '''dungeon''', which she believes is a torturous holding area for her enemies. In reality, the dungeon is just a room that's kind of boring. The door doesn't even, like, lock. |
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| == Known Residents == * PrincessAlice * PrinceAnonus / PrincessLexi * TheHandler * LeePayne |
=== Boring Stuff Annex === Easily the least magical and whimsical part of the palace, the '''Boring Stuff Annex''' houses the offices of TzeTze, Centralia's Minister of Information Systems. The Annex is very much ''not'' palatial in appearance, instead looking like a run-down commercial space from an unremarkable suburban office park, complete with drop ceiling and unsettlingly-tinged fluorescent lighting. Princess Alice has offered to renovate the Annex, but !TzeTze declined, citing the mayhem caused the last time the young princess took it upon herself to "renovate" a government facility. (The postmistress of Havensborough is ''still'' trying to remove those jawbreakers that keep jamming the mail-sorting equipment.) |
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| === Former Residents === * PrincessMeredith * PrincessJeanette * RalphPayne |
=== The Handler's Quarters === '''TheHandler''' resides in a large birdcage-shaped penthouse precariously perched atop the palace. Princess Alice doesn't know what it's like on the inside, on account of she's not allowed in there. |
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| == Security == Security and public safety operations within the palace and its grounds are the responsibility of the CentraliaHonorGuard, a division of the CentraliaGuardForces. The Centralia Honor Guard operates the '''Palace of Serenity Fire Brigade''', the palace's dedicated fire service. Despite having the smallest service area of any fire brigade in Centralia, the palace's fire brigade is one of the busiest. Firefighters usually serve only a few years at the palace before moving on to other departments, as cleaning up after the Princess's latest "experiments" can tire out even the most resilient of first responders. |
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The Palace of Serenity is the official residence of the PrincessOfCentralia, and thus the home of PrincessAlice, when she's not off studying at the boarding school in Havensborough. It is a large, elaborate palace located at the central point of downtown QueenCity, where it is the namesake landmark of the SerenityCircle.
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Location
The Palace of Serenity is the central landmark of its namesake SerenityCircle, a roughly circular commercial district at the central point of QueenCity, Centralia's capital city.
Many who have visited the palace have remarked that the palace grounds seem much larger from inside the gates than they appear from the city outside. Some have described the palace and its grounds as feeling like a small city in its own right.
History
The Palace of Serenity was built for PrincessMeredith many centuries ago when she established Queen City as the capital of Centralia. It has served as the official residence of Centralia's reigning monarch ever since.
As Princess Meredith has a propensity for flying, the palace was originally built with large trapdoors in the floors to allow Meredith to float between stories without using stairs. Other members of Meredith's household learned very quickly to pay attention to where they were walking, as Meredith had a habit of leaving the trapdoors open. Many of the trapdoors were removed when PrincessJeanette had modern elevators installed in the palace, though a few remain in place today, kept closed and covered by rugs or carpeting.
Amenities
Stellar Nursery
The wing of the palace where Princess Alice primarily resides is known as the Stellar Nursery. The Stellar Nursery is enchanged with a unique form of empathetic magic, rearranging and reconfiguring itself based on the princess's mood. As the princess is notorious for her frequent and extreme mood swings, the layout of the Stellar Nursery is in a near-constant state of flux.
One of the most notable features of the Stellar Nursery is Princess Alice's comfy room, which is full of pillows and blankets and plushies, where the young princess often goes to relax and destress after a long day of "work".
Gardens
A large, elaborate garden surrounds the Stellar Nursery wing of the palace. You've never seen so many pink flowers all in one place.
The princess's personal bodyguard, RobinRavenswood, grows strawberries in the palace gardens. Her strawberries can be quite round.
Dungeon
Main article: Dungeon
Princess Alice often likes to "imprison" people in the palace's dungeon, which she believes is a torturous holding area for her enemies. In reality, the dungeon is just a room that's kind of boring. The door doesn't even, like, lock.
Boring Stuff Annex
Easily the least magical and whimsical part of the palace, the Boring Stuff Annex houses the offices of TzeTze, Centralia's Minister of Information Systems. The Annex is very much not palatial in appearance, instead looking like a run-down commercial space from an unremarkable suburban office park, complete with drop ceiling and unsettlingly-tinged fluorescent lighting. Princess Alice has offered to renovate the Annex, but TzeTze declined, citing the mayhem caused the last time the young princess took it upon herself to "renovate" a government facility. (The postmistress of Havensborough is still trying to remove those jawbreakers that keep jamming the mail-sorting equipment.)
The Handler's Quarters
TheHandler resides in a large birdcage-shaped penthouse precariously perched atop the palace. Princess Alice doesn't know what it's like on the inside, on account of she's not allowed in there.
Security
Security and public safety operations within the palace and its grounds are the responsibility of the CentraliaHonorGuard, a division of the CentraliaGuardForces.
The Centralia Honor Guard operates the Palace of Serenity Fire Brigade, the palace's dedicated fire service. Despite having the smallest service area of any fire brigade in Centralia, the palace's fire brigade is one of the busiest. Firefighters usually serve only a few years at the palace before moving on to other departments, as cleaning up after the Princess's latest "experiments" can tire out even the most resilient of first responders.