= Princess Alice =
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||<:-2> ''[[Princess of Centralia|Sovereign Princess of Centralia]]'' ||
||<:-2>{{/Princess_Alice_Shaded.png||width=300}}<<BR>>~-portrait: [[https://twitter.com/paintbrushDjinn/|@paintbrushDjinn]]-~<<BR>>~-character design:[[https://twitter.com/CC_Reisz|@CC_Reisz]]-~||
|| race || [[Asterian]] ||
|| birthday || August 10 ||
|| age || `NaN` ~-(self-declared)-~<<BR>>~11-13 ~-(apparent)-~||
|| pronouns || she/her/hers ||
|| title || Her Royal Highness ||
|| residence || [[Dame Adorabelle's Academy]]<<BR>>[[Havensborough]], [[Centralia]]<<BR>>~-(part-time)-~<<BR>>[[Palace of Serenity]]<<BR>>[[Queen City]], Centralia<<BR>>~-(official residence)-~||
|| preceded by || [[Princess Jeanette]] ||
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'''Princess Alice''' is the third and current [[PrincessOfCentralia|sovereign princess]] of [[Centralia]].
== Alice the Everchild ==
Despite being an ethereal magical construct from the distant planet Asteria, Princess Alice always appears on Earth as a young human girl, which she considers the objectively perfect body. The Princess's eternal youth and immaturity is her defining feature: she never shows any signs of growing up, and indeed seems to find the very idea of growing up confusing and alien on a conceptual level. In the Princess's mind, a "child" is not a stage of development, but just a kind of person you can be, no different from being red-haired or left-handed.
Although the Princess typically has the appearance and demeanor of a 13-year-old, she sometimes acts and appears even younger. It seems that her apparent age shifts with her ever-changing mood. While some believe this age-sliding is a willful act on the part of the Princess, the broad consensus is that it is innate to her nature as the the personification of childhood.
== Princess of Centralia ==
It was Alice's status as youth incarnate, along with a questionable "prophecy" from [[Princess Meredith]] regarding an eternal childlike ruler, that led [[Princess Jeanette]] to appoint Alice as her successor as ruler of Centralia. As the sovereign princess of Centralia, Princess Alice is ostensibly the nation's absolute ruler, though in practice she delegates almost all of the day-to-day operations of the principality to her adult subordinates, finding it all to be "a bunch of boring busywork". She is, however, very fond of the aesthetic trappings of royalty, wearing her large, elaborate crown even in situations where it is obviously impractical. When she is unable to wear her crown--when attending classes in her school's prescribed uniform, for example--she insists on wearing something with a crown shape or crown emblem somewhere on her person.
As sovereign, Princess Alice is the commander-in-chief of the [[Centralia Guard Forces]], though she has little practical involvement in their operations. She has been known to occasionally wear a military uniform, especially when she wants to "remind" adult authority figures that she "outranks" them. She was once sent to detention for wearing her military uniform to class instead of her approved school uniform. (Her argument that [[The Headmistress]] never specified ''which'' "uniform" she needed to wear to class was rejected.) The Princess's military uniform is adorned with what appear to be various medals and decorations, but, when pressed on the fact that she's never been in combat--and, in fact, Centralia has never been at war--she will reluctantly admit that she made them all up to make herself look cool. Her only "real" medal commemorates the time she stepped on [[Supreme Leader Malice]]'s foot at a conference and pretended it was accidental--to date, the only casualty in the cold war between Centralia and [[Discordantia]].
Princess Alice's role as sovereign of Centralia entitles her to know where the [[Fairies]] originate--knowledge held by very few other than the fairies themselves--but she is sworn to absolute secrecy. The Princess often brags to her schoolmates that she knows where fairies come from, but when they ask her to tell them, she reluctantly responds that she ''just can't tell anyone.'' Naturally, the other children dismiss her claim, assuming she's simply making it up for attention.
== Personality ==
The Princess seems to take deep pride in her immaturity, which she views as a positive trait. When she's told she's acting "childish" or "juvenile", she takes it as a compliment, blissfully unaware that it was intended as an insult. Conversely, when she is complimented on her maturity in handling a difficult situation, she takes offense, though this doesn't stop her from eagerly taking credit for whatever resolution she's just accomplished.
The Princess is almost always desperate for attention, going to great lengths to try to impress her subjects and gain their admiration. While most of her schoolmates travel to and from Dame Adorabelle's Academy by train, the Princess insists on traveling with a full royal motorcade, parading through the streets of [[Havensborough]] in her pink convertible, escorted by the [[Royal Highway Patrol]] and the [[Centralia Honor Guard]]. This particular attempt at ostentatiousness tends to backfire: because the other children, having arrived by rail, are congregating at [[Havensborough Union Station]], the only people present to watch the motorcade arrive at the school gates are a handful of unimpressed grown-ups.
Somewhat ironically, given her position as an autocratic ruler, the Princess seems to have a strong anti-authoritarian streak. She displays a casual disregard for rules and restrictions, much to the consternation of [[The Handler]]. When asked why she thinks the rules don't apply to her, she simply replies that "rules don't apply to ''anyone''." She frequently advocates for children to be left without adult supervision, arguing that "fun" should be the only guiding principle in one's behavior.
Of course, the Princess's attitude towards rules shifts dramatically when ''she'' is the one making them. She insists that her status as monarch of Centralia makes her the supreme authority in all circumstances and that her will is supreme. Unsurprisingly, few in her day-to-day life share this view, and she often does not get her way, much to her chagrin. Her conflicting attitudes towards authority can interact in peculiar ways. For example, when The Headmistress forbid the Princess to host a party on school grounds, the Princess simply directed her royal guards to block off a portion of the adjacent street so she could hold the party there instead. [[Constable Payne]], the police officer patrolling the area, was initially quite displeased, though her attitude changed when she was invited to participate in karaoke.
== Powers ==
The Princess, being a construct of pure magic, has demonstrated a broad array of powers, seemingly having the ability to manipulate reality itself through the sheer force of will. She frequently claims to literally be ''omnipotent'', though the veracity of this claim is questionable, as she often ends up in situations where she's clearly displeased not to get her way, which seems unlikely for a truly omnipotent being. If confronted about this seeming contradiction, she will often insist that she simply doesn't like to interfere with other sentient beings' free will.
Despite her supposed omnipotence, the Princess is very much ''not'' omniscient. While she is thousands of years old, she has an extremely limited memory, seemingly unable to recall events beyond her apparent age. When she looks and acts 13 years old, for example, she cannot remember events that occurred more than 13 years ago, and the earliest of those memories are vague, just as a human child's early memories would be. If reminded of events "older" than she is, she can often recall them to some degree, though the memories are often incomplete, and she has a tendency to "fill in the gaps" by just making things up.
While the Princess, as a construct of pure magic, has no physiological need to eat or sleep, she was introduced to food and sleep by her Earth friends and quickly became addicted. Adults working in the Palace of Serenity have nicknamed her the "Sleepy Princess" for her tendency to nap at inopportune times.
The Princess's clothing, like her body, is a magical construct she can alter at will--except her usual school uniform, which is an ordinary material object and requires laundering just like any other mundane article of clothing.
== Divinity ==
Princess Alice frequently claims to be a deity, though by her own admission, nobody actually worships her. On one occasion she did manage to amass a small group of followers who venerated her as their supreme goddess and obeyed her every whim, but she quickly distanced herself from them, finding the whole situation "just a ''little'' bit too creepy".
== Relationships ==
=== Princess Lexi <<Anchor(lexi)>> ===
Princess Alice was introduced to [[Princess Lexi]] of the [[Mile High Kingdom]] as a fellow student at [[Dame Adorabelle's Academy]]. Realizing how much they have in common, the two princesses quickly became close friends, and today they are virtually inseparable. Princess Lexi is the only student Princess Alice has been willing to room with in the dormitories, and Princess Lexi has since moved in with Princess Alice at the [[Palace of Serenity]] in Queen City, where they share a bedroom and spend almost all their free time together. While she would never admit it to anyone else, Princess Alice has confided in Princess Lexi that she is the one person she truly views as her equal.
=== The Handler ===
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=== Guardswoman Ravenswood <<Anchor(robin)>> ===
Princess Alice selected [[Centralia Honor Guard]] trooper [[Robin Ravenswood]] as her personal bodyguard during a public appearance in [[Sunset Valley]]. She quickly took a liking to Ravenswood, referring to her as "my new favorite plaything." Ravenswood seems to have a unique relationship with the Princess, who seems to be the only person who can easily understand Ravenswood's strange manner of speaking.
=== Supreme Leader Malice <<Anchor(rivalry)>> ===
Princess Alice first encountered [[Supreme Leader Malice]] on an online forum for anime discussion. Malice responded poorly to Princess Alice's opinion that she prefers the second season of ''[[Magical Guardian Himeko!!]]'' to the first, instigating an argument that ended with both heads of state being banned from the forum for a week. The following day, the Princess hosted Malice as part of a diplomatic visit at the Palace of Serenity. Malice's first remark to Princess Alice was to ask for her wifi password, but she quickly recognized the Princess as the girl she had been arguing with online, and immediately declared Princess Alice her sworn enemy, pledging to bring about the downfall of Centralia "for the glory of [[Discordantia]]".
Princess Alice does not regard their "rivalry" particularly seriously, especially because Supreme Leader Malice has never meaningfully acted on it beyond various attempts to embarrass her on social media. She does freely admit that Malice "really gets on her nerves" when they're forced to be together in person, though.
== Miscellaneous ==
Princess Alice's primary mode of transportation is a sentient pink Cadillac convertible named [[Livery]], rumored to be a transforming robot. Grown-ups are often initially hesitant to allow the Princess, who is a child both in body and in mind, to operate a motor vehicle, but they usually withdraw their objections upon witnessing her disciplined driving skills, rivaling those of many experienced adults.
Princess Alice once attempted to scam the [[Fairies|Tooth Fairy]] by repeatedly assuming the form of a 6-year-old so she could lose the same baby teeth multiple times. The Tooth Fairy, who apparently keeps detailed records of every child's teeth, caught onto the Princess's ruse and blacklisted her from further transactions.
Princess Alice is ''probably not'' associated with the [[Eternal Schoolgirl of the Midway]], a long-standing urban legend about an ageless tween girl who appears at carnivals and festivals in countries bordering Centralia. I'm not even really sure why you brought that up.
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