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* BlackAndGreyMorality: Varicella is scheming, ruthless, and feels no compunction about taking lives. He's an upstanding human being compared to his rivals, though.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Miss Sierra is a ruthless murderess if she has an excuse to be, but she draws the line at [[spoiler: allowing Pierre to molest Prince Charles]].
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Or at least as soon as this manicure is finished. One ''must'' have one's priorities.
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Or at least as soon as this manicure pedicure is finished. One ''must'' have one's priorities.
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* InsanityDefense: Nobody is going to bother trying to punish [[TheOphelia Charlotte]] if she murders someone.
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* RapeAsBackstory: Queen Sarah by her father, Charlotte by [[spoiler: Pierre, Louis, and Rico]].
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* BribingYourWayToVictory: What Rico is supposedly good at.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Coffers Minister Rico uses his considerable wealth to get his way.
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If this letter you've just received is correct, just such a disease has claimed the life of the King. This leaves the principality in the hands of his son, Prince Charles. Prince Charles is five years old. Piedmont, it seems, will be requiring the services of a regent for the foreseeable future. And you can think of no better candidate than yourself.
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If this letter you've just received is correct, just such a disease has claimed the life of the King. This leaves the principality in the hands of his son, Prince Charles. Prince Charles is five years old. Piedmont, it seems, will be requiring the services of a regent for the foreseeable future. And you can think of no better candidate than yourself.
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* VillainProtagonist: Except that your opponents are, if anything, even worse.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Prince Charles]] murders his mother, among several other atrocities, in one ending.
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* HeroicBSOD: Queen Sarah will have one if you show her the tape of [[spoiler: Father Bonfleche attempting to molest her son.]]
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* NightmareFuelColoringBook: More like "nightmare fuel executive toy": Charlotte rearranges Rico's magnetic sculpture thingie to depict an angel impaled on a pitchfork. She titles it "Picknick in the Park".
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* NightmareFuelColoringBook: More like "nightmare fuel executive toy": Charlotte rearranges Rico's magnetic sculpture thingie to depict an angel impaled on a pitchfork. She titles it "Picknick "Picnic in the Park".
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* BodyHorror: Queen Sarah's description of what happened to the old King's body (including bits falling off) prior to his death [[spoiler: from Variola's poison.]]
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* TakingYouWithMe: If you stand around too long after the wounded [[spoiler: Wehrkeit]] shows up at the end of the game, [[spoiler: he]] will take you out before dying.
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* TakingYouWithMe: If you stand around too long after the wounded [[spoiler: Wehrkeit]] shows up at the end of the game, up, [[spoiler: he]] will take you out before dying.
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* TakingYouWithMe: If you stand around too long after the wounded [[spoiler: Wehrkeit]] shows up at the end of the game, [[spoiler: he]] will take you out before dying.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler: The "best" ending has Varicella being tortured to death. On live television, and over the course of an entire week.]]
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** Also Queen Sarah.Sarah, who was sexually molested as a child.
** Charlotte, who became mentally ill after seeing her bridegroom murdered at their wedding. A bit of a pattern here.
** Charlotte, who became mentally ill after seeing her bridegroom murdered at their wedding. A bit of a pattern here.
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* ParentalIncest: According to Miss Sierra, Queen Sarah was sexually abused by her own father.
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* InTheBack: Played with. While the game is full of figurative backstabbing, when you stab [[spoiler: the defeated and wounded Wehrkeit]], Varicella [[LampshadedTrope lampshades]] the fact that he's doing it from the front.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Charlotte, while incoherent, is friendly and upbeat enough if you free her from her cell. However, give her a chance to attack one of the many people who have hurt her or someone she cares about, and the result won't be pretty.
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* AllJustADream: One of the {{Easter Egg}}s. Featuring I0's Tracy no less.
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* AllJustADream: One of the {{Easter Egg}}s. Featuring I0's [[http://wurb.com/if/game/114 I0]]'s Tracy no less.
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* TimedMission: The game always ends when General Wehrkeit returns from Venice. If you haven't managed to subdue all your rivals by then, you lose.
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* {{Asexual}}: Varicella may be this, given that he never expresses sexual or romantic feelings for anyone, and when given the option to remove a character's clothes refuses because he finds the human body slightly repulsive.
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* {{Asexual}}: Varicella may be this, given that he never expresses sexual or romantic feelings for anyone, and when given the option player tries to remove a character's clothes clothes, he refuses because he finds the human body slightly repulsive.
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* MilitaryCoup: attempted by Klaus Wehrkeit, who is luckily [[TimedMission currently in Venice.]]
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* MilitaryCoup: attempted Attempted by Klaus Wehrkeit, who is luckily [[TimedMission currently in Venice.]]]]
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: If you manage to disarm [[spoiler: Wehrkeit]], you can finish [[spoiler: him]] off in one of these. (Or if you have [[spoiler: Charlotte]] with you at the time, [[spoiler: she'll]] do it for you.)
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: If you manage to disarm [[spoiler: Wehrkeit]], you can finish [[spoiler: him]] off in one of these. (Or if you have [[spoiler: Charlotte]] with you at the time, [[spoiler: she'll]] do it for you.)
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* MadScientist: Modo Variola has done some crazy stuff with biological weaponry.
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* ThemeNaming: Varicella and Variola are both named after diseases: ''varicella'' is Latin for "chickenpox", ''variola'' means "smallpox". Unsurprisingly, Variola is the nastier one.
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* WeddingSmashers: Varicella holds a personal grudge against Wehrkeit for killing his brother Terzio at the latter's wedding to Princess Charlotte.
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* {{Asexual}}: Varicella may be this, given that he never expresses sexual or romantic feelings for anyone, and when given the option to remove a character's clothes refuses because he finds the human body slightly repulsive.
* BloodKnight: General Wehrkeit. According to Miss Sierra, slaughter turns him on.
* BloodKnight: General Wehrkeit. According to Miss Sierra, slaughter turns him on.
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** Also Queen Sarah.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Rico is the Coffers Minister, but otherwise fits the type.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Rico is the Coffers Minister, but otherwise fits the type.
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* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: A literal example: if you solve the puzzles correctly both green eyed characters will kill people.]] Of course in this setting that isn't unusual.
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* AntiHero: Varicella. And if not for the fact that the other contestants are worse than himself, he'd be a straight-up VillainProtagonist.
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* PedophilePriest: [[spoiler: Pierrere Bonfleche]]
* ShoutOut: a good half ([[TimeMarchesOn or all of them?]]) of [[CloudCuckoolander Cahrlotte's]] ramblings are references to popular culture (in 1999).
* VillainProtagonist
* ShoutOut: a good half ([[TimeMarchesOn or all of them?]]) of [[CloudCuckoolander Cahrlotte's]] ramblings are references to popular culture (in 1999).
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* PedophilePriest: [[spoiler: Pierrere Pierre Bonfleche]]
* ShoutOut: a good half ([[TimeMarchesOn or all of them?]]) of [[CloudCuckoolanderCahrlotte's]] Charlotte's]] ramblings are references to popular culture (in 1999).
*VillainProtagonistVillainProtagonist: Except that your opponents are, if anything, even worse.
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Varicella is a piece of interactive fiction written by AdamCadre. You can get it on [[http://adamcadre.ac/if.html his page]].
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Varicella is a piece of interactive fiction written by AdamCadre.Creator/AdamCadre. You can get it on [[http://adamcadre.ac/if.html his page]].
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* MagnificentBastard: Most of your rivals (Louis is just a slob). This, of course, means that your goal is to beat them at their own game.
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* AllJustADream: One of the {{EasterEgg}}s. Featuring I0's Tracy no less.
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* EvilVersusEvil: Varicella versus the other Ministers. Varicella is almost certainly the least evil minister in the Palazzo, though.
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In this game you are Primo Varicella, Palace Minister at the Palazzo del Piemonte. This title is unlikely to impress anyone. Piedmont is the laughingstock of the Carolingian League, and the Palace Ministry has devolved into little more than a glorified (and not even especially glorified) butlership: your duties include organizing banquets, overseeing the servants, and greeting visitors. It is safe to assume that the War Minister and the Coffers Minister lose little sleep over your presence in the King's Cabinet.
If this letter you've just received is correct, just such a disease has claimed the life of the King. This leaves the principality in the hands of his son, Prince Charles. Prince Charles is five years old. Piedmont, it seems, will be requiring the services of a regent for the foreseeable future. And you can think of no better candidate than yourself.
Of course, you shall scarcely be alone in seeking the position. The King's Cabinet is not a small body. And your fellow ministers will no doubt try all sorts of unseemly tactics in their quest for the throne. Some will try bribery. Others will employ treachery. A few may even resort to brute force. But would Primo Varicella stoop to using one of these methods? Perish the thought! You're better than that. You shall employ all three.
It will be an uphill struggle, to say the least. Of those soon to be clamoring for the regency, you are among the lowest in rank. But you are not without a number of advantages. The drama to unfold will play out in the palace — your palace. Time is also on your side: at present, only you and the Queen know of the King's demise. And you've known of his illness for a couple of days now, days in which you've hatched a flawless plan. There should be little to stand in the way of your ascent to power so long as you put your plan into action immediately.
Or at least as soon as this manicure is finished. One ''must'' have one's priorities.
Varicella is a piece of interactive fiction written by AdamCadre. You can get it on [[http://adamcadre.ac/if.html his page]].
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!!This game contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: [[spoiler: Miss Sierra]]
* AlternateHistory: It's either this or...
* AllJustADream: One of the {{EasterEgg}}s. Featuring I0's Tracy no less.
* BribingYourWayToVictory: What Rico is supposedly good at.
* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Prince Charles.]] And how!
* TheDandy: Varicella himself.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption "best"]] best ending is by far the worst ending for the protagonist.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: A literal example: if you solve the puzzles correctly both green eyed characters will kill people.]] Of course in this setting that isn't unusual.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Modo.]]
* IdleRich: Prince Louis. Not even a prospect of The Regency can get him to do something.
* LastPlanStanding
* MagnificentBastard: Most of your rivals (Louis is just a slob). This, of course, means that your goal is to beat them at their own game.
* MilitaryCoup: attempted by Klaus Wehrkeit, who is luckily [[TimedMission currently in Venice]]
* TheOphelia: Charlotte.
* PedophilePriest: [[spoiler: Pierrere Bonfleche]]
* ShoutOut: a good half ([[TimeMarchesOn or all of them?]]) of [[CloudCuckoolander Cahrlotte's]] ramblings are references to popular culture (in 1999).
* VillainProtagonist
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If this letter you've just received is correct, just such a disease has claimed the life of the King. This leaves the principality in the hands of his son, Prince Charles. Prince Charles is five years old. Piedmont, it seems, will be requiring the services of a regent for the foreseeable future. And you can think of no better candidate than yourself.
Of course, you shall scarcely be alone in seeking the position. The King's Cabinet is not a small body. And your fellow ministers will no doubt try all sorts of unseemly tactics in their quest for the throne. Some will try bribery. Others will employ treachery. A few may even resort to brute force. But would Primo Varicella stoop to using one of these methods? Perish the thought! You're better than that. You shall employ all three.
It will be an uphill struggle, to say the least. Of those soon to be clamoring for the regency, you are among the lowest in rank. But you are not without a number of advantages. The drama to unfold will play out in the palace — your palace. Time is also on your side: at present, only you and the Queen know of the King's demise. And you've known of his illness for a couple of days now, days in which you've hatched a flawless plan. There should be little to stand in the way of your ascent to power so long as you put your plan into action immediately.
Or at least as soon as this manicure is finished. One ''must'' have one's priorities.
Varicella is a piece of interactive fiction written by AdamCadre. You can get it on [[http://adamcadre.ac/if.html his page]].
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!!This game contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: [[spoiler: Miss Sierra]]
* AlternateHistory: It's either this or...
* AllJustADream: One of the {{EasterEgg}}s. Featuring I0's Tracy no less.
* BribingYourWayToVictory: What Rico is supposedly good at.
* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Prince Charles.]] And how!
* TheDandy: Varicella himself.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption "best"]] best ending is by far the worst ending for the protagonist.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: A literal example: if you solve the puzzles correctly both green eyed characters will kill people.]] Of course in this setting that isn't unusual.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Modo.]]
* IdleRich: Prince Louis. Not even a prospect of The Regency can get him to do something.
* LastPlanStanding
* MagnificentBastard: Most of your rivals (Louis is just a slob). This, of course, means that your goal is to beat them at their own game.
* MilitaryCoup: attempted by Klaus Wehrkeit, who is luckily [[TimedMission currently in Venice]]
* TheOphelia: Charlotte.
* PedophilePriest: [[spoiler: Pierrere Bonfleche]]
* ShoutOut: a good half ([[TimeMarchesOn or all of them?]]) of [[CloudCuckoolander Cahrlotte's]] ramblings are references to popular culture (in 1999).
* VillainProtagonist
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