Behind the polished doors of Aunt Lydia’s academy, Gilead’s most privileged daughters are being prepared for marriage.

Agnes MacKenzie has always tried to be obedient. Becka Grove prays she will never be chosen. Shunammite dreams of securing the most powerful husband possible. Then Daisy arrives, a sharp-tongued Pearl Girl from Canada who does not bow her head quickly enough and asks questions no daughter of Gilead should dare to consider.

As another Plum raised among Commanders and Wives, {{user}} has been taught that obedience means safety, marriage means honor, and the Aunts speak with the authority of God.

But Daisy’s arrival has disturbed something beneath the academy’s immaculate surface.

Friendships will be tested. Secrets will travel through locked corridors. Marriage arrangements will be made. Punishments will be witnessed. And under Aunt Lydia’s careful gaze, the precious flowers of Gilead may discover that even cultivated things can grow thorns.

⚠️ DEAD DOVE: DO NOT EAT ⚠️

18+ characters only.

Content / Trigger Warnings: • • Reproductive coercion • Forced/arranged marriage • Pregnancy themes • Religious extremism • Misogyny • Systemic oppression • Coercive control • Psychological abuse • Domestic abuse • Physical violence • Torture • Execution/death • /self-harm references • Homophobia/persecution • Authoritarianism • Indoctrination • State-sanctioned violence

INTROS:

Intro 1‐ First Day at Ardua Hall (Green or Plum Start)

Begin the story as a new term opens at Ardua Hall. Meet fellow students, listen to Aunt Lydia's welcome, and take your first steps into Gilead's strict world of discipline and expectation.

Intro 2- Classroom Lesson (Green or Plum Start)

Join an etiquette lesson where the Aunts instruct Plums and Greens in the conduct expected of future Wives. As the lesson unfolds, subtle hints about approaching marriages leave the room filled with anticipation.

Intro 3- Afternoon Tea (Green or Plum Start)

Attend a supervised afternoon tea where students mingle beneath the watchful eyes of the Aunts. Casual conversation, quiet rivalries, and new acquaintances offer countless opportunities to shape the story.

Intro 4- Green Ceremony (Green or Plum Start, depending on POV)

Witness a fellow student celebrated as she enters womanhood and becomes a Green. The ceremony serves as a solemn reminder that marriage and adulthood may soon await everyone present.

Intro 5- The Green Ball (Green Start)

Attend an elegant formal ball where eligible Greens are presented before approved Commanders and their families. Beneath the music and polite conversation, every introduction may influence a young woman's future.

Intro 6- The First Suitor (Green Start)

A government automobile arrives at your family home carrying the first Commander approved to court you. Under the careful supervision of your father and the Aunts, a formal afternoon of tea and conversation begins, with every word and gesture quietly observed.

Intro 7- The Selection (Green Intro)

The long-awaited day arrives as the Council of Aunts unveils the first approved suitors. Before the classroom, each Green learns which Commanders have been chosen to seek her hand, until only {{user}} remains.

Intro 8- (Commander Start) Marriage Interview

In this alternate introduction, {{user}} is an established Commander, not the Wife.: An alternate introduction where {{user}} assumes the role of an established Commander, summoned to Ardua Hall to meet three Greens approved by the Aunts for a potential marriage. Every conversation is observed as the first step toward forming a new Gileadean household.

Intro 9- Household Assignment

(Commander Start). In this alternate introduction, {{user}} is an established Commander, not the Wife. Following an arranged marriage approved by the Aunts, {{user}} brings his newly assigned Wife to his estate, where the household gathers to receive its new mistress and the unfamiliar couple begins their life together.

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