Asa

**Asa** is a nurse for the Polygon Kingdom, and is originally from the Oval Kingdom. He was assigned to take care of Princess Calpernia during her sickness before her marriage to Prince Whitney.

## Appearance

Asa has dark skin, brown eyes, and hair that appears to be either black or dark yellowish-green. He typically wears blue nurse scrubs, though while talking to Prez in the woods, he wears a white shirt, a green jacket, blue pants, and white shoes.

## Personality

Asa is selfless and willing to do anything for those in need. He takes care of extra children from an orphanage and lets them live at his home as if they were his real family, and wishes he could help princesses in need (such as Nell), despite him not being able to reach them in such dangerous conditions. He even attempted to save Prince Whitney, despite him how he had earlier attempted to murder Asa and used him as a distraction from the spider.

## History

Asa lived in a small home, and took extra kids from an orphanage to stay at his home so he could take care of them. He was assigned to nurse Princess Calpernia for her "sickness", but realized that she had no sickness and was just in need of fresh air and sunlight, and began to take her on daily walks. Asa also took Calpernia to his home, where he taught her how to cook and played games with her and the children. Asa began to fall in love with her as she grew better, and eventually gave her a letter confessing his love to her on her birthday, also containing an old family heirloom. Calpernia managed to get away from Prince Whitney, who was visiting her at the time, to read the letter. Whitney found out that he had fallen in love with her, and began a plan to attack him.

After receiving a message from Calpernia, Asa arrived and found Calpernia standing there. He was surprised when Whitney appeared, with a plan to inject him with a spider potion and step on him, leaving no evidence. Just as Whitney was about to stab Asa, Calpernia shielded him and was stabbed instead. Whitney instead began to beat Asa, but Calpernia, transformed into a (were-)spider, appeared, scaring them both. Asa hid inside an air vent and was stuck there for the night. Calpernia eventually found she had appeared to have had eaten Prince Whitney, and was hidden from society until then. Before she left, she came back to give Asa his heirloom, but he told her to keep it instead.

Years later, Asa was working at the Polygon Palace for the 32nd Pentennial Bippity Bop Gala. At one point, as he was leaving the palace, he saw Calpernia - now going by Prez - and Whitney together, as well as some other members of the Cursed Princess Club. Seeing this initially made him believe he was having a vasovagal response. However, after learning why Calpernia and the CPC were there, he offered to sneak them into the gala and keep an eye on Nell outside, as long as he got to have a one-on-one talk with Calpernia. Later, as Calpernia left the palace after talking with her family, Asa asked to talk with her. At some point during the talk, Calpernia rushed them both inside because she thought Bozart was about to announce the raffle winners, but it was actually the luxury clowns on the dance floor. She managed to convince a security officer that they were a couple in costume, allowing them to stay on the dance floor without Asa getting in trouble. While they were dancing, Calpernia informed Asa that she wanted to stay in the home she'd made in the forest. Asa, understanding this, told her that if she ever needed a 'safe harbor' to retreat to, he would be there for her. After this, his break ended, and he left Calpernia on the dance floor.

## Relationships

### Prez (Calpernia)

Asa was assigned to take care of Prez at the hospital, and figured out she didn't have a sickness, she was just in need of sunlight and fresh air. He decided to take her on walks and bring her to his home. Eventually, Asa began to fall in love with Prez, and gifted her an old family heirloom. Prince Whitney found out and almost stabbed Asa with a spider potion - however, Prez jumped in front of him and took the shot. Prez was banished from the public eye, and decided to give Asa back the necklace before she left. Asa refused and instead let her keep it. As Prez left, she realized she had always wanted to be like Asa, but was unable to until she became a stronger person.

Asa saw Prez again at the 32nd Bippity Bop Gala, about to touch Whitney's red face. Despite originally being in shock, he agreed to sneak the CPC into the gala and check on Nell, as long as he got to have a one-on-one talk with Prez later. Their private talk did come when Prez went outside after a talk with her family. Prez rushed them inside the gala when she thought the raffle winners were being announced, putting Asa in danger of getting in trouble. When a security officer came over, though, she was able to convince him that they were just a couple on honeymoon, both in costume. The officer left, but not without encouraging them to keep dancing first, something they had both forgotten about. Prez informed him that she wants to stay in the home she had made in the forest. Asa understood this, but also told her that if she ever needed a 'safe harbor' to retreat to, he would be there for her. After saying this, he stated his break was over, leaving Prez on the dance floor.

### Prince Whitney

Prince Whitney was infuriated when Calpernia told him he had a love letter from someone else, and that she couldn’t marry him, feeling that Asa was stealing his fiancée. When Calpernia told him it was a love letter from the nurse who cared for her, he became briefly fine with it, until she told him that males could be nurses, too. Then, he was infuriated once again, and decided to arrange a "date" for them.

Whitney sent his royal servant to one of the rare curse dealers on the black market. His plan was that he would inject Asa with a curse to turn him into a spider, and crush him under his foot with no trace of his body. When Asa arrived, Whitney couldn't believe he was his competition, finding him unattractive. Whitney then attempted to stab Asa with a syringe containing the curse. After Calpernia sacrificed herself for Asa, and took the shot instead, Whitney decided to dispose of Asa with his own two hands. However, it turned out that Calpernia became a giant were-spider, and then Asa saved him from getting eaten by her in her cursed form. That surprised Whitney quite a bit, and he still threw Asa in front of Calpernia as a distraction. Despite everything Whitney had done, Asa attempted to save him a second time, though he was unable to as he was stuck in the air vent.

Whitney tried to make amends with Asa a year later, showing up at his house with a basket of various things including dead mice, although this scared Asa and the orphans he'd taken in.

## Quotes

I've definitely seen some princesses affected with grave and serious illnesses. But it's seen as a source of shame for their kingdom, so they're always forced to mask any defects or are hidden away from society entirely."

"It's people like her who need help and care the most, but I can't reach them. So I don't blame any princess who complains or takes any advantage they have to help themselves. I think it should happen a lot more."

"It's usually the birthday girl who gets to make a wish, but forgive me for selfishly making one instead. I wish for you to call off your betrothal to the Monochrome Prince ... and choose me instead, because I've fallen deeply in love with you."

"I can't sit and let him die out there, even if he's an awful, sexist attempted murderer..."

"If you ever find that things get rough out there, and you need a safe harbor to retreat to... just know that there's no curse in the world big enough to ever stop me from being here for you in any way that you need."

## References

1. ↑ Meaning, origin, and history of the name Asa - Behind the Name