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âYou thought you could see through my words, but you got careless. You thought you could drink this powerful potion you knew so well.â - ă«ăłăżăŹă© Cantarella (song by Kuruosa-P)
Trois Deux Un is an animatic project created by Maerichii in October 2022. The story features monochromatic baroque aesthetics, and it is set in late 18th-century France.
Jacques and Francois, share the qualities needed to become the next head of their house, but only one of them can succeed. Set into an advantageous marriage arrangement, they compete for the love of a beautiful maiden named Charlotte, who has captured both of their hearts. In the end, which one of them will win the maidenâs heart first?
Genre: Romance, Tragedy
Date Created: October 2022
WIKI Status: Completed
The Duchess of House Jacinthe has fallen ill and cannot assist the family any longer. Her two identical sons, Jacques and Francois, who share the qualities needed to become the next duke, develop a rivalry after learning that only one of them gets to inherit the house. Jacinthe arranges an advantageous marriage contract with the daughter of Lord Jonquille, Charlotte, and sets the twins into a competition in which whoever wins Charlotte's love inherits the house. At a ball, the twins meet Charlotte, and Francois discovers that she is the woman whom Jacques has been madly in love with since childhood, so he plans to manipulate Charlotte and win her heart before his brother does. Francois invites Charlotte over to the Jacinthe Mansion the next day to seduce her, but learns that she also has feelings for Jacques. Overwhelmed and frustrated, Francois forces himself on Charlotte and threatens her that he will ruin Jacques and her older sister, Margaritaâs, lives if she rejects him.
The next day, Jacques ends up learning that Charlotte had chosen to marry Francois and eventually discovers his brotherâs deed. Jacques murders Francois and steals his identity, claiming to be Francois to hide his crime. Duchess Jacinthe then passes away on the day of Francoisâ funeral in grief, and Jacques ends up becoming the duke of the house. Charlotte, who ends up distraught by the false death of Jacques, blames herself and gets into a mental breakdown, so she isolates herself in her new residence at the Jacinthe Manor. She then finds Jacquesâ secret room where all the portraits of her are stored and discovers Jacquesâs obsession with her, eventually realizing his crime. Charlotte attempts to escape but gets caught and is drugged unconscious by Jacques. She then has a nightmare about Jacquesâ crime, causing her to become terrified of him. Charlotte attempts to commit suicide by poisoning herself until she is stopped by Jacques, who tells her that he will kill himself in her place, admitting his sins. Jacques commits suicide after setting the Jacinthe Mansion on fire, and Charlotte prays for the family's eternal rest in Margaritaâs arms.
PROLOGUE: Jacinthe laments the concept of people having names and being separated from Francois to live life as two different people, all while struggling to maintain his love for his brother. He also reminisces about the day he met Charlotte as children.
CHAPTER ONE: Charlotte and her older sister Margarita attend a masquerade ball, so Charlotte meets her mysterious fiancĂ©. Since they arrived late, Charlotte ends up joining the waltz in hopes of encountering him there. She meets Jacques, the younger twin of her fiancĂ© Francois, who is masked and wonders if he's her fiancĂ© or not, since she doesn't know her fiancĂ©âs real name. After the dance, Jacques leaves and laments whether he should've talked more to her.
CHAPTER TWO: The next day, Charlotte is invited to have tea at the Jacinthe Manor, where her fiancé is waiting for her. She meets Francois for the first time and is surprised how similar he looks to the masked Jacques she danced with. She doesn't feel any sort of romantic feelings toward him until she meets Jacques and discovers that he's Francois' twin. The trio start hanging out until Francois feels uneasy now that Charlotte has become attached to Jacques.
CHAPTER THREE: Francois figures out that Charlotte is the woman that Jacques has been in love with, so he confronts him to not ruin his marriage arrangement with her. Jacques protests, and Francois drugs him unconscious and locks him in his bedroom. Francois pretends to be Jacques and sleeps with Charlotte. During the night, Francois releases Jacques, who has discovered what he did to Charlotte and murdered Francois on the spot out of sheer rage.
EPILOGUE: Jacques begins to pretend to be Francois for long just so he can get married to Charlotte, who becomes distraught by Jacques' sudden disappearance. Weeks after their wedding, Charlotte discovers it all and gets into a mental breakdown and mentally breaking down about how much she wants to kill herself for causing the brothers' feud. Jacques reveals everything and swears that he will set her 'free', assuring her of no fault. He sets the Jacinthe Manor on fire to erase all his and his brother's existence as Charlotte watches outside.
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