Valeria/synopsis

## Pre-Eden

### Childhood

As a child, Valeria loved reading books, especially the magical fantasy kind. She was particularly smitten by fairytale stories of princesses and dreamed of being one. Her first crush was Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty, and she took lessons such as singing and waltz to 'prepare' for becoming a princess (her ideals heavily influenced by Disney), in case she was to ever meet a prince.

Although her parents were often too busy with their business to take care of her, Valeria treasured the moments they had together for they spoiled and sheltered her. They called her their 'little princess' which also prompted the obsession with princesses.

Valeria has two servants who have been taking care of her since birth, going by Florence and Ignacio. Florence is the mother hen, and often fretted over Valeria, and even taught her how to sew. On the other hand, Ignacio is the anchor that kept Valeria sat down to finish her studies and help her with all her homework.

### Growing Up

Valeria attended rather prestigious schools, so she was always surrounded by rich snobby kids who showed off their wealth and expensive toys. Even with kids, they were rather cutthroat when it comes to the hierarchy of who was the richest. There was a strong divide between the old money kids and the new money kids, but she thrived from where she stood. Being quite generous and confident of herself already (thanks to her upbringing), she became popular in class which boosted her ego even further.

During secondary school is when Valeria discovered Lolita fashion, and from there she found a small community of lolitas, By the time she was 16, she would meet up with a small group of lolita friends, each with their own persona. She, of course, was the Princess Lolita and these monthly meetings allowed her to fully live her fairytale dreams.

## Act 1

After being transported to Aether, to the floating island they knew as Eden, Valeria quickly adapted to the existence of magic and being in another world. Here she was able to fully embrace her princess persona- it was no longer a persona, she could really be a princess here! With rose-tinted glasses, she dragged everyone she met to become pieces in her fantasy, the story of her very own fairytale. Nearly everyone she met played along and called her princess, which further made her fall deeper into the rabbit hole of her delusions.

When the humans were divided, she stayed with Antony, Jace, Pippa , and Sofia, after Jace had said something along the lines of, "As young and beautiful people let's try to get along."

However, when it came down to actually contributing their survival, her particular group's job to repair the ship, Valeria more than struggled with the labour, and often evaded her responsibilities, preferring to trick either Antony or Jace into doing it for her.

After months of this, Jace had enough of her grating personality. Although confronted her in the most peaceful way, his harsh words that called her a 'parasite' was devastating to Valeria. She couldn't bend its meaning into a compliment and she learned how to hate. He wished to be left alone, but she was filled with revenge, wanting to humiliate him the same way he did to her. The peace of their house grew tense as Valeria and Jace's relationship sours. At the same time, Jace grew more vocal with his criticisms about her.

In the finale of Act 1, Jace became affected by the negative smoke caused by the aberrant and attacked Valeria with his knives. She was badly injured, with multiple scars on her body, and most shockingly- her face. Her confidence plummeted, she was ugly now, she could no longer be a Princess, no longer be worthy of being loved by everyone.

Valeria felt it was an act of hate against her, as she and Jace were already on bad terms before this. A shell of her former self, she grew quieter and became vengeful against him, whilst also fearing him like he was the devil.

## Act 2

### Pre-Act 2

To live in Astrum, Valeria decided to disguise as a forest faun, using twigs painted in black as horns and adorn her head with a yellow flower crown. Losing the twin-tails, she opts to keep her hair down and wear a scarf in an attempt to hide her 'ugly' face. She abandoned her showy bright wardrobe for more earthy colours following forest theme, and attempt to cover up her scars as much as possible.
Her relationship with JC becomes that of a master and student as he teaches her how to defend herself, whilst also giving her lessons on cooking.
Despite everything that has happened, Valeria seems to thrive in Astrum's environment, making use of her academic intellegence and actually excelling in her job as an intern at a firm company.

### Friendship Inc

Valeria, along with some other humans, steps into a magical door that locks them inside a room. They each must answer two questions each in order to be set free. The humans are confronted with some very personal questions. She ends up in a room with Rey, Ulex and Jace. Of course, she and Jace largely ignores the other's presence throughout. At the final room, they each recieve a prize for participation.

Valera recieves:

'*A bracelet. Fanciful, ornate, but not gaudy - a combination of her styles new and old and it's whatever her taste is. It has an set gem, suitable for a princess and something about its shape reminds you of a crown. Pressing the gem transforms it into a beautiful dagger. Safe travels, love.*'

### The Elevator Incident

Her relationship with her previous housemate continued to grow sour, until it escalated into a near death experience where Valeria lost her voice.

When they arrived in Astrum, Valeria did whatever she could to avoid him as much as possible. She harbored hate but also fear for him. Whenever they would meet, it was difficult for her to hold back her words, calling him a demon for hurting her on the ship to Astrum. Jace decided that he won't be able to live a quiet life with her around, because she may tell people of his aberrant-smoke induced crime and sully his name.

Their final showdown happened when they both got stuck in an elevator. Valeria gathered all of her courage to call Jace out, to give her the answers to her question-- Just why does he hate her so much, and why did he do such a horrible thing to her? Jace didn't explain very well. More misunderstandings ensued until her words pushed him into a corner, and like a scared animal he fought back. In his mind, there was no way they could co-exist- and so with a knife at her throat- he cut deep into her neck and left her to bleed to death as the elevator doors finally opened.

Valeria managed to live, but not without consequences.Her vocal chords were too heavily damaged that she could no longer sing again. And so, her mouth was finally shut tight.

After this incident, Valeria grew reserved and withdrawn, prefrerring the shadows over the spotlight. Rose tinted spectacles were shattered, and she could finally see the reality. She was no princess, this isn't a fairy tale, and there are no happy endings.

### What was lost is found

When the Special Spring Market arrives in town, Jean Claude decides to drag Valeria out of her shell by taking her shopping. There they discover several magical shops, one of which could help Valeria get her voice back. Through a series of 'bring me' games, Valeria and Jean Claude finally gather all the ingredients to make the potion.

However, before this whole ordeal, Valeria posted in the humans only group chat about Jace's crimes against her, no longer keeping quiet about what he's done. She receives a mixture of responses of those who believe and don't believe her. Realising that she may be called a liar, she keeps her voice a secret and becomes selectively mute.

### Act 2 Finale

In act 2.4, Valeria, along with some other humans get kinapped and tossed in a room where Claudia conducts another one of her experiments.

Fear begins to cloud their eyes, as each human get paired with another. However, their reality is replaced by the illusion of their greatest fear. Instead of seeing Juno, Valeria instead sees Jace and is transported back inside the elavator in her mind. She faces Jace once again, but this time, she isn't going to let him finish the job and finally kill her off. Valeria gains the will to take matters into her own hands and decides to no longer depend on others but to fight for her life herself. Confronting 'Jace' (which is actually Juno), she attacks with the dagger she received during Friendship Inc.