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* BookEnds: The game opens with Varicella getting a manicure. If you defeat Wehrkeit, his last action before the ending starts is to check his fingernails to see whether the manicure has been damaged.
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* {{Asexual}}: Varicella may be this, given that he never expresses sexual or romantic feelings for anyone, and when the player tries to remove a character's clothes, he refuses because he finds the human body slightly repulsive.
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* VillainousAromanticAsexual: He is more [[AntiHero anti-heroic]], but Varicella may be this, given that he never expresses sexual or romantic feelings for anyone, and when the player tries to remove a character's clothes, he refuses because he finds the human body slightly repulsive.
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Varicella is a piece of interactive fiction written by Creator/AdamCadre. You can get it on [[http://adamcadre.ac/if.html his page]].
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* AristocratsAreEvil: [[spoiler:Prince Louis]], though he initially comes off as merely an UpperClassTwit, and [[spoiler:in the winning ending, [[EvilOverlord Charles the Terror]]]] On the other hand, most of the contestants for the regency show that you don't need blue blood to be a horrible person.
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* MarryForLove: Implied to have been the case with Princess Charlotte, the daughter of the king of Paris, and Terzio Varicella, a younger son of a noble house in a country widely regarded as a joke. Hence, Charlotte took it particularly hard when he was [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress murdered in front of her]].
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Nearly all of Varicella's rivals. [[Even Variola has a mechanism to drug Miss Sierra]].
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Nearly all of Varicella's rivals. [[Even [[spoiler:Even Variola has a mechanism to drug Miss Sierra]].
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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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* BodyHorror: 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.]]]]
** One of the ways of getting rid of Prince Louis is [[spoiler:tricking him into touching the green glop in the palace fountain, with similar results]].
** 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.
** One of the ways of getting rid of Prince Louis is [[spoiler:tricking him into touching the green glop in the palace fountain, with similar results]].
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Nearly all of Varicella's rivals. [[Even Variola has a mechanism to drug Miss Sierra]].
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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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* ThemeNaming: ThemeNaming:
** Varicella and Variola are both named after diseases: ''varicella'' is Latin for "chickenpox", ''variola'' means "smallpox". Unsurprisingly, Variola is the nastierone.one.
** Varicella's given name is Primo, or "first." His younger brother is Terzio, derived from "three."
** Varicella and Variola are both named after diseases: ''varicella'' is Latin for "chickenpox", ''variola'' means "smallpox". Unsurprisingly, Variola is the nastier
** Varicella's given name is Primo, or "first." His younger brother is Terzio, derived from "three."
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* TheDandy: Varicella himself.
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* TheDandy: Varicella himself. He begins the game in the process of getting a manicure.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: PlayedForLaughs when Varicella rats out [[spoiler:Wehrkeit]] to [[spoiler:the Venetians]].
-->'''Minister:''' And you just gave away the information for free? How do I know this isn't a trick?\\
'''Varicella:''' ''(suppressing laughter)'' Oh, it isn't free. I demand ten thousand francs for this information!\\
'''Minister:''' You fool! You've already told me the secret! You expect a bribe ''now?''
* DidntThinkThisThrough: PlayedForLaughs when Varicella rats out [[spoiler:Wehrkeit]] to [[spoiler:the Venetians]].
-->'''Minister:''' And you just gave away the information for free? How do I know this isn't a trick?\\
'''Varicella:''' ''(suppressing laughter)'' Oh, it isn't free. I demand ten thousand francs for this information!\\
'''Minister:''' You fool! You've already told me the secret! You expect a bribe ''now?''
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* PreMortemOneLiner:
-->'''[[spoiler:Miss Sierra]]:''' ''(to Bonfleche)'' I have some differences with your pedagogical practices.
-->'''[[spoiler:Miss Sierra]]:''' ''(to Bonfleche)'' I have some differences with your pedagogical practices.
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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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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Miss Sierra is a ruthless murderess if she given an excuse, and has an excuse to be, NoSympathy for Sarah and Charlotte, but she draws the line at [[spoiler: allowing [[spoiler:allowing Pierre to molest Prince Charles]].
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* IdleRich: Prince Louis. Not even a prospect of The Regency can get him to do something.
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* IdleRich: Prince Louis. Not even a prospect of The Regency can get him to do something. [[spoiler:If he does end up Regent, he promptly runs Piedmont into the ground]].
* InfantImmortality: JustifiedTrope; Varicella can't very well become the Regent if Prince Charles dies. [[spoiler:Wehrkeit probably kills Charles if his coup succeeds, but it doesn't happen onscreen]].
* InfantImmortality: JustifiedTrope; Varicella can't very well become the Regent if Prince Charles dies. [[spoiler:Wehrkeit probably kills Charles if his coup succeeds, but it doesn't happen onscreen]].
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* ParentalIncest: According to Miss Sierra, Queen Sarah was sexually abused by her own father.
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* ParentalIncest: According to Miss Sierra, Queen Sarah was sexually abused by her own father.adoptive father, the king of Paris.
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* RapeAsBackstory: Queen Sarah by her father, Charlotte by [[spoiler: Louis, and Rico]]. Also [[spoiler: Charles by Pierre]].
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* RapeAsBackstory: Queen Sarah by her father, stepfather, Charlotte by [[spoiler: Louis, Louis and Rico]]. Also [[spoiler: Charles by Pierre]].
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* MindScrew: [[spoiler:Typing "wake up" ends the game with TheReveal that it was actually AllJustADream of a female university student in what is presumably our own universe, caused by her musings on European history in the early Middle Ages. For extra mindscrew, the student is named Charlotte, implying that Princess Charlotte is her avatar and Varicella himself is just a side character in her dream.]]
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** Modo Variola is named after [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Latin word for smallpox]], a deadly and infectious disease, and specialises in biological weaponry.
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** Modo Variola is named after [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Latin word for smallpox]], a deadly and infectious disease, and specialises in biological weaponry.
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* MeaningfulName: Some of the characters:
** Wehrkeit is in charge of Piedmont's defence, and the "Wehr" in his name means "defence" in German (as in "Wehrmacht").
** Coffers Minister Argento Rico's name translates to "Money Rich".
** Modo Variola is named after [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Latin word for smallpox]], a deadly and infectious disease, and specialises in biological weaponry.
** Wehrkeit is in charge of Piedmont's defence, and the "Wehr" in his name means "defence" in German (as in "Wehrmacht").
** Coffers Minister Argento Rico's name translates to "Money Rich".
** Modo Variola is named after [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Latin word for smallpox]], a deadly and infectious disease, and specialises in biological weaponry.
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* BarefootLoon: Charlotte (at least the game promo art depicts her without footwear).
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* CatchPhrase: Varicella tends to comment "how unseemly" about just about anything in the palace that doesn't fit his demanding standards.
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* AnticlimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Variola]] is the last rival you will face in a winning game (apart from Wehrkeit), and is built up to be your most mysterious and terrifying foe. [[spoiler:But when you reach his lair, he's already dead.]]
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* AnticlimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Variola]] is the last rival you will face in a winning game (apart from Wehrkeit), and is built up to be your most mysterious and terrifying foe. [[spoiler:But when you reach his lair, he's already dead.]]
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* FamilyThemeNaming: Every King of Piedmont is named Charles.
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* UpperClassTwit: Prince Louis: spoiled, lazy and stupid. [[spoiler:Though he turns out to be a more horrible person than most examples.]]
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* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Not Varicella's rivals, but Prince Charles himself, who was sexually abused as a child and grows up to become a ruthless and sadistic conqueror.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:In the ending where Varicella finally gets to become Regent, Prince Charles grows up to become an EvilOverlord who conquers Europe. Of course, given that all the other endings have Varicella dying, we don't know whether he would have ended up the same way anyway.]]
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* AllJustADream: One of the {{Easter Egg}}s. Featuring [[http://wurb.com/if/game/114 I0]]'s Tracy no less.
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* AllJustADream: One of the {{Easter Egg}}s. Featuring [[http://wurb.com/if/game/114 [[http://www.ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=a3ym4ipix7sjsfrf I0]]'s Tracy no less.
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* EvilOverlord: [[spoiler:In the "best" ending, Prince Charles grows up to become one of these. And he's not content with just ruling Piedmont, either...]]
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** In another ending, he says that we haven't all had the chance to do things over and over until we get things right. Varicella, of course, has had exactly that opportunity.
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** In another ending, he says that we haven't all had the chance to do things over and over until we get things right. Varicella, The player, of course, has had exactly that opportunity.
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** In another ending, he says that we haven't all had the chance to do things over and over until we get things right. Varicella, of course, has had exactly that opportunity.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Both Varicella and Variola are named after diseases. See ThemeNaming below.
** Charles [[spoiler:the Terror]].
** Charles [[spoiler:the Terror]].
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* LampshadeHanging: In one of the endings where Wehrkeit kills you, he says that [[TakingYouWithMe the two of you are going to hell]], and that he expects to meet you there and keep doing this over and over again. That's a pretty accurate description of the game itself, which is meant to be played many times in order to learn from your previous failures.
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* RapeAsBackstory: Queen Sarah by her father, Charlotte by [[spoiler: Pierre, Louis, and Rico]].
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* RapeAsBackstory: Queen Sarah by her father, Charlotte by [[spoiler: Pierre, Louis, and Rico]].Rico]]. Also [[spoiler: Charles by Pierre]].
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* ItsPersonal: Wehrkeit isn't just Varicella's rival for the regency, he also had Varicella's brother Terzio murdered.
