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Princess Jeanette was the second sovereign princess of Centralia, best known for her progressive views and dedication to social reforms.

PrincessJeanettePlaza in QueenCity was named in her honor.

Arrival on Earth and adoption

The Asterian who would come to be known as Jeanette was the second Asterian to arrive on Earth, a few hundred years after PrincessMeredith. Unlike Meredith, who arrived as an adult, Jeanette arrived on Earth with the physical form and mental state of a small child. Meredith's close friend and life partner, DameAdorabelle, convinced Meredith that the two should take Jeanette in and raise her together, effectively making her their adopted daughter. At Adorabelle's urging, Jeanette later attended DameAdorabellesAcademy to learn how to control her powers.

Because Jeanette spent her formative years on Earth, Jeanette had a much better understanding of human culture and customs than Princess Meredith. Jeanette often acted as Meredith's informal guide to life on Earth, especially during the time when Dame Adorabelle was away from the palace teaching at her boarding school. It was this relationship (and the crazy powerful magic that comes along with being an Asterian) that led Meredith to appoint Jeanette as her successor, after her first choice, Adorabelle herself, declined.

Reign

Following the Christmas Eve incident, in which Princess Meredith attacked SantaClaus because she incorrectly believed he was a pretender to the throne and planned to stage a coup, Meredith abdicated on December 31st. The next day, on January 1st, Princess Jeanette acceded to the throne, becoming the second sovereign princess of Centralia.

Reforms

As ruler of Centralia, Princess Jeanette was largely known for her progressive social reforms. Jeanette went to great lengths to implement a robust welfare state across Centralia, unifying the smaller social programs that had varied across the prefectures during Meredith's reign. It was also under Jeanette's rule that Centralia adopted the metric system, replacing the bizarre customary system introduced by Meredith, in which measurements were typically based on comparisons to an average porcupine, which Meredith called a "pointyboy". (For the curious, 1 Centralian pointyboy = 33 inches = 0.8382 meters.)

Other reforms enacted by Princess Jeanette include:

• Abolition fares for all public mass transit

• Consolidation and nationalization of all Centralian railways under CentRail

• Consolidation and nationalization of telecommunications providers under Centel

Relationship with Cherry Blossom

Jeanette's royal Unicorn during her reign was CherryBlossom. Although the two presented their relationship as strictly professional, Jeanette and Cherry Blossom were deeply in love with each other. Unbeknownst to others, Cherry Blossom possessed an ability unique among unicorns: shapeshifting. Cherry Blossom often assumed the form of a human to go on romantic outings with Jeanette. These outings quickly became a topic of gossip, not only among members of the public, but also among other members of the royal court, who speculated about the identity of Jeanette's "secret lover" but never managed to deduce that they were, in fact, Cherry Blossom the royal unicorn.

Abdication

Princess Jeanette shocked not only the Centralian populace but also other members of the royal household when she announced that she would be abdicating the throne. "It has been an honor to be your leader," she announced in an address to her subjects, "but the time has come to move on. There remains much I have yet to learn, and I want to be part of something bigger than myself." Jeanette made it clear that, unlike Princess Emeritus Meredith, she did not plan to remain in Centralia, though she did not reveal where she planned to go, giving only vague references to "a great adventure".

Planning immediately commenced for a transition of power, and Princess Jeanette selected Alice as her successor. Critics noted that Alice was rather immature and lacked a sense of responsibility, but Jeanette maintained that Alice's immense supernatural power was an asset to the Crown and that Alice would develop a sense of responsibility and emotional maturity over time. (She was probably wrong about that second part.) On October 10, Princess Jeanette formally abdicated the throne and Princess Alice was crowned the new ruler of Centralia. Princess Jeanette and Cherry Blossom the unicorn were never seen again.

Journey to the strange nonmagical world

Ever since Jeanette arrived on Earth as a small child, she had had a fascination with alternate universes. While she spent most of her time actively participating in governing Centralia--arguably much more time than either of the other princesses ever spent governing--her private time was largely occupied crafting theories on what other universes might exist, and possible methods for getting to them.

Jeanette often shared her theories about alternate universes with her secret lover, Cherry Blossom. Eventually, working together, the two of them developed a plan for how to transport themselves to an another universe. After years of thoughtful consideration, the two decided to enact their plan, with Princess Jeanette formally announcing her abdication. Jeanette felt it was best to keep the true reason for her abdication under wraps, choosing to simply refer to "a great adventure." On October 10th, after PrincessAlice had officially been crowned the new ruler of Centralia, Jeanette and Cherry Blossom performed the ritual to attempt to transport themselves to another universe.

Much to their surprise, the ritual worked on their first attempt. Jeanette and Cherry Blossom found themselves in a strange world seemingly devoid of magic or mythical creatures. They soon learned that they had arrived in a place called "Ohio", part of a larger place called the "United States", and that in this world, magic, unicorns, and aliens were considered mere fairy tales told to entertain children.

In her early days in the nonmagical world, Jeanette continued to wear her princess dress and crown, and continued to introduce herself as "Princess Jeanette". Adults who encountered her in public often mistook her for a costumed performer, and eventually many parents began hiring her as an entertainer to show up at their children's birthday parties. When Jeanette would wow the children with displays of her magical ability, the adults simply assumed she was using sleight-of-hand. "Why didn't you tell me you were also an illusionist?" impressed parents often asked.

Initially, Jeanette and Cherry Blossom, as ethereal creatures who never had to eat or sleep, did not see any urgency in finding a permanent home, instead simply choosing to stay out and about 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, Jeanette eventually decided to try to "assimilate" to the culture of the strange nonmagical world. She used the money she had saved from the children's birthday party performances to rent a small apartment in the suburbs of a big city, where she lived alongside Cherry Blossom. She began partaking in fiction as a way of "researching" the culture of this strange new world...though Cherry Blossom suspected this "research" was largely an excuse to sit and watch anime for hours at a time.

Soon, Jeanette stopped styling herself as "Princess" and enrolled herself in a community college. She attempted to dress in a style more suitable for an "everyday human student", though because her research had consisted mostly of watching anime, she began attending classes in a Japanese-style "sailor suit" school uniform, which still managed to stand out enough to draw attention to her. Cherry Blossom, meanwhile, found employment as a cashier at a fast food establishment near their apartment.

Despite going to great lengths to immerse herself in the culture of the nonmagical world, Jeanette made no attempt to hide her true nature as a divine magical entity from another universe, and continued to display her magical powers in front of others. Most inhabitants of this strange world, however, had long been conditioned to disbelieve in magic, and did not recognize Jeanette's powers as genuine, to Jeanette's frequent frustration, instead assuming she was merely an eccentric young woman very dedicated to roleplaying.

• Professor: Oh, you made my coffee cup "levitate"! How did you do that? I can't feel any strings or anything.

  Jeanette: I already told you. I am an omnipotent extraterrestrial princess from another universe!

  Professor: You sure do have a vivid imagination, Jeanette.

  Jeanette: (groans)

(Cherry Blossom often felt the need to clarify that Jeanette, despite her claims, was not quite omnipotent, though they acknowledged that compared to the humans in the nonmagical world, the distinction was largely academic. Also, nobody believed in Jeanette's powers anyway, so there was little point in arguing over what to call them.)

• Classmate: If you're really as powerful as you say you are, why haven't you done anything with it? Why don't you reshape the world in your image for something?

  Jeanette: In my own universe, I did that. But in your universe, I am strictly an observer. My objective is to learn about this world, not change it.

  Classmate: So it's like 3rd Rock from the Sun?

  Jeanette: I do not know what that means, and if previous conversations on this matter are any indication, I do not want to know.

  Classmate: I thought you said you wanted to learn about our world!

  Jeanette: Yes, but not from you.

Word of Jeanette and Cherry Blossom, the dedicated roleplayers who were "in character" 24/7, spread quickly around certain circles of the nonmagical world's Internet, and the two developed something of a cult following online. However, not all of the attention was positive: The US government quickly became aware of the phenomenon, and while most officials dismissed Jeanette and Cherry Blossom as harmless LARPers, a small number of very high-ranking personnel took the prospect of a nigh-omnipotent magical being invading the US very seriously.

Eventually, Jeanette and Cherry Blossom found themselves being constantly pursued by mysterious "men in black"...though this was ultimately of little consequence, because despite having access to advanced technology, the government goons still lacked magic, and thus were trivially easy for an Asterian and a unicorn to evade. Of course, Jeanette's ability to frequently elude the men in black simply angered the government officials more, and made them escalate their attempts at capturing her, but as Jeanette noted, "I am the roadrunner and they are the coyote: No matter how clever they think they are, they will never catch me!" (Apparently Chuck Jones cartoons were among the "research" she did on the nonmagical world.)

To date, the only "government agent" who has managed to successfully restrain Jeanette is DrBelleFontaine, a young scientist with a perverse obsession with the supernatural.

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