Episode 14

## Chapter Link

Ep.14

**Episode 14**, titled "**Introductions**", is the 14th episode of Cursed Princess Club.

## Synopsis

*Some of the members of the Cursed Princess Club introduce themselves to Princess Gwendolyn by stating their name in curses, under the assumption Gwen is cursed. So who's gonna tell em...?*

## Characters

* Prez
* Princess Gwendolyn
* Monika
* Abbi
* **Unnamed wizard** (flashback)
* **Saffron**
* Jolie
* Thermidora
* Syrah
* Aurelia

## Music

CPC OST vol. 1

* Track 17 "Welcome to Our Little Forest"

## Location

Pastel Kingdom

* Haunted Forest
	+ Cursed Princess Club

## Story

After explaining what the Cursed Princess Club is to Princess Gwendolyn, its Prez suggests that the members introduce themselves and their curses. Prez asks a girl named Monika to go first, causing her to spit out her drink. She nervously introduces herself as Princess Monika of the Quilt Kingdom and explains that an evil wizard kidnapped her when she was young and turned her into his pet crow. The wizard was eventually defeated, and Monika was turned back into a human, but she turns back into a crow when she gets anxious. As she says the last word, she turns into a crow herself. While Monika-in-crow-form continues sipping her wine, Prez asks who wants to introduce themselves next.

A blue-haired princess volunteers, saying that she has to leave soon and do her homework anyway. Gwendolyn notices that (at least from behind) the girl looks like she might be her age. When she turns around to introduce herself as Princess Abbi of the Neon Kingdom, Gwen is shocked, because despite looking like a 15-year-old in every other aspect, she has the face of an old woman. Abbi explains that she was given a box, similar to Pandora's Box, which would apparently give her everlasting happiness if she didn't open it. She opened it. This action granted Abbi the face of an old lady, which her doctors said there was no cure for. Instead of being asked out to a dance by Bobby, the classmate she had a crush on, she gained permanent respect from him due to her curse and nothing else.

While Gwendolyn ponders how awful this curse is, Prez tells someone named **Saffron** to go next. They introduce themselves as Saffron from the Foliage Kingdom. When Gwen first sees Saffron, she is moved by their masculine appearance, thinking "these princesses all embrace their diverse looks wholeheartedly and confidently". Saffron apparently recognizes the "look of aspiration" in Gwen's eyes and yells at her that he's not a princess, he's a *man*. Prez notes that the CPC has some male members, but since she's already printed a lot of T-shirts with the name "Cursed *Princess* Club" on them, she won't change it. Saffron loudly complains about this, and Prez insists he just state his curse already. Saffron tells Gwen his "curse" is that he can't grow a full beard like the rest of his family, but the rest of the princesses disapprove, and he reluctantly explains his real curse: a goblin cursed him to have an evil left hand that's uncontrollable and terrorizes other people, so he needs to cover it with a glove all the time, but he insists it's "really not that bad".

After Saffron states his curse, Abbi asks Gwendolyn what her curse is. Gwen tries to explain she doesn't have one, to her knowledge, but Monika and Abbi start trying to guess what it is. Abbi asks if she switched bodies with a witch, and Saffron asks if she was originally a mop who was brought to life. Gwendolyn says no to both questions, and when Monika tries to ask something else, she interrupts her to say that this is how she's always looked and she came to the CPC accidentally, not meaning to join. Saffron, Abbi, and Monika-in-crow-form are embarrassed, and Prez reprimands them. She then apologizes, saying it was really her fault for being the first one to think Gwen had a curse, before checking the time and seeing it's 8 o'clock. Prez asks Gwendolyn if she wants to join them for morning affirmations. When she hears the time, Gwendolyn jumps out of her seat, remembering she has to get back to the Pastel Palace before her family realizes she was gone all night. Prez, Abbi, and Monika suggest that Gwendolyn should come back to the club sometime, and Gwen is surprised, since she doesn't actually have a curse. They decide that it's fine, but Gwen says she'll pass. Prez tells her that she'll send an invitation, but adds that she shouldn't tell anyone about the club and its location. Gwendolyn agrees and starts running back to the palace while the club starts their morning affirmations.

## Episode credits

* Art, writing, and music by LambCat
* Edited by Eunice Baik

## Trivia

* According to this episode:
	+ Prez refuses to change the Cursed Princess Club's name for Saffron because she'd already printed T-shirts with that name on them before he could protest.
	+ Prez carries around a stopwatch.
	+ Saffron has a friend who was originally a pair of barbecue tongs.