may we hear more about your crk au
Of course! The au has never had a name and it’s still a work in progress so a lot of this is subject to change. It’ll also be little vague in certain areas since I’m in the slow process of rewriting it but here’s what I have right now!
The au runs revolves around this old headcanon I saw floating around where Dark Enchantress/White Lily cookie were related.
In this au, Gingerbrave and Dozer were the results of White Lily’s attempt to make the perfect cookie. She took care of them with the help of the other ancients but ended up leaving the two with Pure Vanilla while she went to explore beast yeast. Of course, we know how that journey went for her. Gingerbrave and Dozer were kept safe though, as best as they could be during the Dark Flour War. When the attack on the Vanilla Castle happened, Pure Vanilla encased the two and found a spell that could send them to where he thought would be the safest place to go, the witch’s castle.
Gingerbrave and Dozer’s encasements would slowly begin to melt away before being completely gone at the start of the game. Their lores stay relatively the same from there, Dozer is found by the witch and is eaten in front of Gingerbrave, who manages to escape and ends up severely repressing his memory from that day and his life prior.
Life seemed to have been going well for a few years. Up until the months leading up to his birthday. Memories from the day he escaped the castle and even further back from that began to resurface and his normal happy-go-lucky attitude begins to drop. Eventually causing him to abandon the cookie kingdom and join the CoD. With the DE’s forces growing, and the addition of Gingerbrave who knows so much of the plans to stop the CoD, the ancients begin to fear for the worse and take each of the exploration cookies (Strawberry, Wizard, Custard iii, and Chili Pepper) to train them and have them be heirs to their soul jams in a worse case scenario.
Strawberry Cookie basically takes on Gingerbrave’s leadership role here but since losing her best friend, she’s never truly been the same. The two are at a constant battle everytime they meet, with Strawberry urging Gingerbrave to come back and Gingerbrave telling her to embrace the truth she knows about.
Adding on to this and pinning this post to serve as a sort of introduction to this au until I can make a proper post about it
Before joining the Cookies of Darkness, Gingerbrave stayed with Espresso and Strawberry Crepe cookie in the cookie kingdom. Crepe and Gingerbrave had a sibling dynamic and Espresso was their tired father
The Exploration Cookies leave the cookie kingdom to go train in their respective ancient’s kingdom. Strawberry -> Hollyberry, Wizard -> Dark Cacao, Chili Pepper -> Golden Cheese, Custard iii -> Pure Vanilla
Gingerbrave doesn’t hate his friends. He doesn’t wish anything horrible on them but he’s become so bitter that he will do whatever he needs to do to push their plans back
Dark Enchantress may not think Gingerbrave or Dozer are the “perfect cookie” but she still cares about them and is devastated when she learns about Dozer’s fate
The truth about the witches and why Gingerbrave left is kept a secret from Custard iii
Espresso is an ex-member of the CoD, along with Crepe
Notes:
Until I can think of a proper name, the au will be referred to as InksAU. Any posts marked with this name will be changed whenever that time comes
I am just one person, in the middle of trying to wrap up their senior year, working on this au. Please bare with me in slow updates and posts
Any questions or asks about this au are welcome!
