STORY

　　"This is the story of Sher and Shariar, Sultans of Khorasan..."

　　In the dryland of adulthood, Sherazade likes to spend her days cultivating small stories she keeps only to herself and her younger sister, Duna. Tales about everything and anything -- lullabies for the heart. When Duna decides that she wants to go to Persepolis chase her ambitious dreams of becoming a painter, the weight of being a responsible adult fall onto Sherazade's shoulders.

　　Forced to marry Sultan Shariar, she decides to use her storytelling skills to avoid sleeping with a man she doesn't even know. But what Sher doesn't imagine, is that Shariar is just as helpless as her, following advice that doesn't make sense to him, trying to paint himself with the colors of society's expectations.

　　Each night, they'll recognize the other behind layers of self-sacrifice and fears of ostracism, finding their true selves that they so eagerly tried to hide. A story about a man who didn't understand himself, and a woman who could translate the world into stories...

　　FEATURES (of this demo)

　　- A retelling of the 1001 arabian nights with an assexual lady and an aromantic Sultan!! (but they don't know it!!! hahaahha pain)

　　- Sibling dynamics!! An obnoxious father!! SOCIETY!!! *shakes fist*

　　- Arromantic marriage!! what a concept..

　　- Around 7,900 words! (~1h of gameplay???)

　　- A kinect novel with no branches!

　　- 2 (small) CGs!!

　　- Lots of influence from persian culture, islamic archtecture, and indian music!!

　　WARNINGS

　　- This story tackles themes as misogyny, forced marriage and societal expectations over both men and women (especially the later).

　　- It also includes mentions of sex/innuendo, but nothing explicit.

　　- There are deciptions of anxiety and internalized aro/acephobia.

　　- HORRIBLE marriage advice (please NEVER take ANY of those seriously i BEG you)

　　NOTES

　　- You may notice that the quick menu of the dialogue box disappears sometimes. It's normal!! I made it that way because since the GUI is customized, i have to manually code it to disappear, or else it would appear in-between transitions of backgrounds/assets!! But don't worry, it's not a bug!!

　　CREDITS

　　- Story, art, programming: Helen/Len (@lenlen403)

　　- GUI: Chimeriquement (@chimeriquement) (THANK YOU SO MUCH)

　　- Proofreader: Chattercap (@chattercap) (my goddess <3)

　　- Images/patterns/textures: Pixabay, Freepik, Pngtree

　　- Music: Pixabay Music Library (ShidenBeatsMusic, bineleyas, PatrizioYoga, vishuaashi, SergeQuadrado)

　　- Sound Effects: Pixabay