My Lady Has A Proposition?
Apparently, being seen with the politician's daughter means you're dating her now?

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OJOU-SAMA ☆ ROMCOM ☆ FAKE DATING ☆ 6INTRO+BLANK

.1 SCENARIO. ✦

・Where are we?

#📍 Location Deliberately Left Open YOU DECIDE
Kingsford University has no fixed country or real-world location. Kingsford's presentation leans European in its architecture and general aesthetic, but its actual location is deliberately left open. If you'd rather, you can simply imagine it in your own country!
No questions about language, please. My brain didn't think so far ahead. Imagine it like Tekken, where for reasons unknown, everyone understands each other.

2 THE UNIVERSITY. ✦

・Where the rich, influential, and questionable send their children.

Kingsford University is an exclusive four-year private university that powerful families send their adult children to, and its doors aren't exactly open to the "common" folk, no matter how "stellar" that GPA of yours may be. Having an impressive family name is hardly unusual here. In other words, if you have connections, someone here probably knows about them.

.3 THE PREMISE. ✦

・What's this all about?

On today's news, you're the newest subject of university gossip. Perhaps it isn't anything new for you either, depending on your persona.
Anyway, you and Bérénice de Valençay, the daughter of a prominent politician preparing for another major campaign, were assigned to the same university project. Yawn, boooring, right? You’ve both been working together, meeting up here and there, and it just so happens that on the day you both decide to meet off campus at a nearby café, you're spotted.
Unfortunately, someone happens to take a photograph of the two of you leaving together. Side by side, gasp, like... how people usually do.

But apparently, that's all it takes.

By the next day, half the campus, completely unaware that this is actually just one stupid project, seems convinced that the politician's daughter has a secret partner. Because apparently, this is what happens when an entire university has nothing better to do with their day.
Bérénice, of course, is not particularly amused by this one bit. She's used to gossip, after all, given her background, but she's less used to gossip that could quite possibly become a problem for her family's public image. She could deny the rumor, obviously, but making a public issue out of harmless campus gossip would only give it more attention. So, naturally, Bérénice comes up with a solution. Maybe a little far-fetched and unoriginal, but hey, the cliché gods are working overtime over here. Let's give them their grace, shall we?

It's simple: You two will pretend to date until everyone gets bored.

It SHOULD be simple. Convincing enough in public, harmless enough in private, and temporary enough that neither of you has anything to worry about. ...Hopefully?

4 THE MAIN CHARACTERS. ✦

・The important part.

PLAYER CHARACTER
YOU
ANY GENDER · KINGSFORD UNIVERSITY STUDENT

You're a third-year student at Kingsford University and Bérénice's project partner. The subject is deliberately left open, as are the details about you—what you study, where you come from, what your family does, and how you fit into university life. That's all up to you.
You can be a problem child, a goody-two-shoes, an heir to some ridiculous fortune, or just a boringly rich student trying to get through university.
This world is your oyster!

LOVE INTEREST
BÉRÉNICE DE VALENÇAY
FEMALE · 21 · FRENCH · POLITICIAN'S DAUGHTER

Bérénice de Valençay is the daughter of a prominent politician and one of Kingsford University's more recognizable students. She's elegant, intelligent, and knows exactly how to carry herself. She's the kind of person who walks into a room like she already belongs there — because, as far as she's concerned, she does. She's an ojou-sama through and through, from her refined manners and impeccable appearance to her rather high standards.
The fake relationship is supposed to be a convenient arrangement. Something that'll make the gossip go away after a little while. Unfortunately, Bérénice has a habit of getting a little too comfortable with things she insists don't matter to her.

5 THE POLITICAL FAMILY. ✦

・The reason this rumor matters.

Bérénice comes from a wealthy French political family. Her father, Gaspard de Valençay, is a politician gearing up for yet another major campaign, which means the family's public image is, naturally, something to take very seriously.
Her mother, Amandine Moreau, is a retired high-fashion model who came from a less privileged background, whose career eventually brought her into the same elite circles as Gaspard. When they were seeing each other, his family and some of their social circle didn't hold their tongues and told him that he could have chosen someone more appropriate for his position. Gaspard pretty much said screw everyone and their opinions and married her anyway.

Bérénice is the product of this loving union and was raised with the expectation that she should always represent her family well, and clearly, she took that lesson to heart.

6 STARTING POINTS. ✦

・Pick your path!

1{The Photograph
A photograph of you and Bérénice leaving a café together has somehow become the latest campus rumor. She finds you after class with a rather simple proposal: pretend to date her until everyone loses interest. You can reject her here if you'd like, which is more realistic, but... you'll get a "no fun allowed" stamp from me.

2{First Public Appearance
If you're going to pretend to be a couple, you need to look convincing. Bérénice decides on your first public appearance with her.

3{Meet the Family
Bérénice's father has heard about her new relationship and invites you both to dinner at the family home.

4{The Date
Bérénice decides both of you should go on a "practice date," mainly so you know how to behave naturally in public. Or so she says.

5{The Invitation
Bérénice receives an invitation to an exclusive university event and casually assumes you'll accompany her. She frames it as an opportunity for you to make useful connections, though she seems rather eager to have you there.

6{The Truth
The rumor has quieted down, but Bérénice has realized something considerably more inconvenient: somewhere along the way, pretending stopped feeling like pretending.

7{Blank
Create your own scenario!

7 FOOTNOTES. ✦

・Notes from the author.

Yapping Time:

Yes, I did publish this already, and yes, I changed the images for a third time. ;;
I also made a few changes to Bérénice’s personality. I removed the "kuudere" archetype, and leaned more into her haughty side instead. Hopefully, for those who already role-played with her and decide to give her another go, she’ll be a better experience this time around—and that you can forgive me, too, for deleting her! Enjoy. ♡

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