Syrah

### Curse

Pinocchio's nose (her nose grows longer depending how severe the lie is; it shrinks into its normal size whenever she's honest)

**Princess Syrah of the Metallic Kingdom** is a member of the Cursed Princess Club.

## Appearance

Syrah has a tan complexion, plum-colored eyes, and light brown hair. She ties her hair up in a high ponytail, and it seems to be naturally wavy. Due to her curse, her nose grows in length (and also seems to become pointier) every time she tells a lie - but the amount it grows depends on the kind of lie she tells: the worse her lie is, the longer her nose grows.

Typically, Syrah wears a floor-length olive-green dress with one strap on her right shoulder and a slit on her left leg, lined with white frills and tied with a gold sash around her waist. She also wears gold flats, a gold headband decorated with small gold petal-shaped (like laurel leaves) embellishments, earrings made of three gold petals, and a thick gold necklace. When trying out for the Dinner Party, she wears a sparkly black ruffle dress and a pink bow with her headband; her hair also seeming slightly more frizzy. Her accessories for this particular outfit include hoop earrings, bangles, and a few necklaces.

Syrah's nightgown is colored metallic brown; it has black straps and white laces. At Gwendolyn's Dinner Party, she wears the CPC uniform along with the others. The uniform itself is white and yellow, decorated with the CPC's insignia on its chest. At the Bippity Bop Gala, her outfit is a modern retelling of a female Pinocchio: a skin tight pink dress and wooden bars and threads to resemble a puppet's, along with blue sunglasses.

## Personality

Outgoing, self-assured, and charming; Syrah may be an avid liar, but she's very truthful when it comes to certain things about her life. Maybe even shameless. Syrah's curse was the consequence of her own lies; to prevent her nose from growing, she sometimes ends up being brutally honest. Syrah is noted to be the local relationship expert, helping out club members with her advice. She's often winking and teasing her friends, when she's not trying to help set them up. She has stated herself that she "likes to have fun with gentlemen suitors", as she had in fact received her curse because she was cheating on her then-boyfriend. Compared to some of the other members of her club, Syrah isn't as bothered about her curse. She's very upfront about it, describing herself as a "lying scumbag", and saying she's been "bringing shame to this family long before this curse". Despite all that, she cares and looks out for the club at the end of the day. Aside from Prez, she's the most likely to talk to new members because of her sociable personality.

## History

A few years before joining the Cursed Princess Club, Syrah had an envious boyfriend who suspected she had been cheating on him. To confirm his suspicions, he gifted her chocolates infused with Pinocchio's Curse. It then turned out that she was, indeed, cheating on him. With this curse, her nose grows every time she tells a lie but eventually returns to its normal size.

At some point, she was invited to join the CPC. Apparently, she barely passed the last CPC test.

## Relationships

#### Prez

Syrah is close friends with Prez, being one of the people who Prez doesn't feel like she has to be the perfect role model for 24/7-- Syrah keeps Prez company during drinking, looks out for her when it's the time of month for her curse (Prez to Syrah, Episode 95 - "My cycle's really regular. You know this.") , and always gives her input when she thinks Prez might be taking things too far, or making a bad call. Whenever that happens, she starts sweating and tries to do something about it, such as the moment where she tells Prez that Gwen's breakdown at her shattered reflection isn't the time for a boring lecture, or taking over when Prez loses her composure when Frederick accidentally intrudes the club. Syrah's the one who notices when Prez seems downcast, asking her what's wrong and giving her reassurance.

   As well as being good friends who poke fun at each other, both do admire each other's abilities. Prez trusts Syrah and calls on her for help whenever she needs her: at Gwendolyn's Dinner Party, she requests Syrah's help for a drinking game, and specifically asks her and Saffron for help during the Princels arc. Their mutual admiration shines through often, like Syrah stating she'd always been impressed by Prez's mission and "Princess Charming" get-up, and Prez admitting to herself that she wished Gwen would be talking to Syrah when it came to relationships.
Syrah's most likely attracted to Prez- calling the Club her harem and blushing at her when she beats up the guy that was about to hurt her during their outing to town. Though the attraction isn't returned, this doesn't make them any less of closer friends.

#### Saffron

Saffron and Syrah are two of Prez's biggest supporters, and both often bicker among themselves. They're naturally very competitive and silly around each other, but do care about each other all in all. Saffron's often willing to jump in to protect Syrah, her being one of the reasons for his outburst at the Princels (aside from the Princels generally being jerks and insulting him as well). He reached out to her when a hostile stranger in town was about to punch her too, although Prez saved her just in time. When Syrah gets up during the Barbeque to get more drinks, Saffron accompanies her out of worry.

In Episode 148, it's revealed that Syrah was extremely attracted to Saffron when he joined the club. However, Prez threatened to remove her from the club if she hit on him like she did with Curtis; so, she told herself to not do it if she wanted to stay. When Saffron greeted her, she immediately yelled "I'VE SEEN NICER MEAT!!", and as Jolie notes, she's kept her word to Prez to this day. During the Invasion, Saffron looks at Syrah when regrets are mentioned. It is currently unknown what Syrah's thoughts on their relationship is.

#### Curtis

Syrah is constantly hitting on Curtis, so much so Aurelia introduced herself by slapping Syrah for doing so. Curtis is not afraid to reprimand her for this, which Syrah has been shown to be mildly shameful of. This does not stop her from still hitting on Curtis in the future, though.

#### Gwendolyn

Syrah is very kind to Gwendolyn and seems to care for her a lot. At the slumber party, she comforted Gwendolyn after she broke down crying, and reacted the most calmly and rationally out of the club members. She gave Gwendolyn advice on how to approach Frederick, even demonstrating exactly what to say. She trusts and respects Gwendolyn's feelings, particularly when learning the true nature of Gwendolyn and Frederick's relationship. While she was one of the members to previously despise Frederick for calling Gwendolyn "ugly", she was the first to change her attitude towards him after seeing that the two had grown closer. Syrah became very supportive of their relationship and began nudging Gwendolyn to gradually acknowledge and understand her feelings for Frederick, acting like a big sister to her.

#### Frederick

Syrah initially antagonizes Frederick due to the impact his words had on Gwen. However, when she sees how the situation between them really is, she's quick to play the wingwoman for Gwen and Frederick; teasing them and offering advice. Her words indirectly play into the eventual confession of feelings.

Frederick and Syrah meet again at Gwendolyn's Dinner Party. She pats his shoulder to thank him for saving the CPC earlier by claiming Whitney as a friend he brought as a guest. When the club takes Gwen up to her room after the dinner party, Syrah theorizes that what Gwen's feeling might be repressed romantic feelings towards Frederick. When Frederick and Gwen meet at Jamie's Art Show, Syrah at the CPC comments that she hopes the note that Abbi sent over meant he would kiss Gwen soon. At the Bippity Bop Gala, Syrah assist in dealing with Frederick's bullies. At the end, she scares Frederick and Gwen, which causes Gwen to jump into Frederick's arms. Based on all that, she's definitely rooting for them to get together.

At the Barbeque, Syrah reassures Frederick that his brothers really do care about him, referring to the incident with his bullies. This causes Frederick to panic more, and Syrah dismisses Frederick's warnings of the Plaid Army. She mistakenly thinks he was grounded because of his relationship with Gwen, and reminiscences on her own first post-walk-of-shame reprimanding.

#### Aurelia

Aurelia and Syrah's rivalry is somewhat of a running gag: sniping at each other is simply how they interact most of the time. Syrah has said herself that half the time Aurelia is around she's slapping her for hitting on Curtis. When Syrah asked if Aurelia had made out with the locks, it vexed her so much she indirectly admitted what she had done to Gwendolyn. Syrah brought up the topic again on the card to Aurelia, irking her once again. Aurelia would continue to be weirded out by Syrah's actions towards King Jack at Gwendolyn's Dinner Party, and even had to drag her away when things went too far. Additionally, while the CPC members were attempting to search for the storage room, Syrah mentioned she wanted to investigate why she was the only one who found the King "hot", but Aurelia replied she wasn't interested. When they were breaking into the storage room, Syrah tricked Aurelia into opening it by seeming to support Aurelia in her decision not to break in, but then provoked her by mentioning "making out with the locks", prompting her to demonstrate how she broke in.

Truly, it all comes full circle when Aurelia arrives at the Invasion, where there's a big metal gate in need of melting, and Syrah just happens to be there.

#### Jack

Syrah is strongly attracted to King Jack, and acts peculiarly towards him, as shown at Gwendolyn's Dinner Party. When the CPC saw the picture of the Pastel Family from Lance’s Birthday Party, while the others thought Gwen's sisters (or Laverne) were pretty, she said Gwen's dad was hot. While training to pretend to be a normal princess for the dinner party, she motivated herself to run by telling herself it was to meet "Gwen's hot dad". As she's a part of the CPCPCP, though, Syrah has to gather information about him to find out more about Gwendolyn, and see if she has a curse or not; and, if she does have a curse, what that curse is. At one point when asking Gwen how her dad was doing for the CPCPCP, she inadvertently said he sounded "hunky" instead of "healthy".

## Quotes

[on the CPC being "a bunch of rejected, virgin princesses"] *"*Pffft, speak for yourself, sister."

[after seeing Gwendolyn's sisters] "Wow... I thought **I** was pretty...."

"Sheesh, read the room, Jack..."

"I don't really care what you want me to do as long as I get to wear this cute little outfit."

"There's no need to lie when it comes to Gwen... She's compassionate, thoughtful,... patient and kind,..."

"Well you backed me into a corner!!! How's a girl supposed to respond to that??"

"You got it, boss! So ladies.. what do you think of the letters 'C.P.C.P.C.P....?'

"Well ZOOM AND ENHANCE, NELL!!"

[doing stretches with Abbi and Saffron] "And bend and stretch!"

"Hey gurl. It's okay. I'm a lying scumbag and you make out with locks. Let's all hug it out."

"Must keep running... to meet Gwen's hot dad..."

"Let it all out, Prez!... I think this should be a new club ritual."

"Gwen killed it with that toast!! Our baby's come a long way...!"

"You sure you can do that this time, Gingerbread McStabby?"

"Daaaaang girl...."

[in a drinking contest] "It \**burp*\* helps if your parents name you after it... I'm a little slow today. Usually I can get more air through my nose..."

"I guess that's where Gwen's siblings get their looks from. Especially her brother, Jamie... Is **that** why I've been so attracted to him?! ...Or is it 'cause I have a thing for dads...?"

[on if the supposed "Period Pause" has a chance at working for Prez] "Uh, more of a chance than your parents' wacky plan of having a bajillion half-spider, half-nurse babies in a row or whatever!"

"Prez, I mean this sincerely... No one thinks your lectures are good."

"Yeah! I'd get to drink your dad's fancy wine **and** lie?! Those are my two favorite pastimes! Of course I want in!!"

"But whatever. There's no point dwelling on any of that anymore now, and we couldn't be happier for you, Prez. Congratulations. You deserve to be free."

"WELL THEN PUSH UP SOME DAISIES, FLOWER BOY!! YOU'RE BEING A JERK!!"

"I'd marry hot dogs if I could..."

"Um, on that note, how's your dad doing, Gwen? He sounds hunky-- I mean healthy!!"

[mentally] "Maybe Gwen's curse is just the curse that all kids have ... of being unable to give a crap about what their parents do at their job..."

"Huh? Why?? Well that's easy... Because he loves her. "

## Notes & Trivia

* Syrah is a self-proclaimed wine expert. She's able to finish a bottle of wine in seconds (less than a minute), and claims that it helps if you've been named after a wine.
	+ Though her wine preferences have not been revealed, she seems to prefer white wine while Thermidora prefers red.
* According to Prez, she barely passed the last CPC test, due to her flirting with an uncomfortable Curtis.
* Syrah was the first character in the series to speak.
* Syrah often quotes old adages, usually starting with "*they say*".
* Syrah was confirmed to be bisexual by LambCat on Patreon!
	+ This is evident by her general attraction to many in the series, including Prez, as implied when she casually asks Abbi who *doesn't* have a crush on Prez.
* Syrah has some extent of medical knowledge, as she can perform first aid.
* Being illustrated heart-eyed seems exclusive to Syrah (and Maria). Few examples of these reactions are due to...
	+ Finding out that Gwen has a "Prince Charming".
	+ Being saved by Prez.
	+ Having a makeover.
	+ A new guy joining the club.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 56
2. ↑ Episode 67