[A portal opens outside the Gingergang’s cabin, a familiar figure stepping out. It’s Toffee Apple, of course! She has a basket in her hands, a checker print cloth covering its contents.]
[She looks around for a bit before knocking on the door. This visit was a surprise, of course. She wonders how they’re doing!]
[…who are those other voices, though…?]
— @theseekeroftruth-rp
Strawberry was the first to notice her presence, she opened the door and her face lit up,
“Toffee Apple Cookie!”
Aw, her voice is getting better, that means she’s talking more! Gingerbrave came up behind,
“Heyyy, so you missed another adventure, but it’s fine.”
He chuckled sheepishly, glancing down at the sleeping little boy in his arms. He had a runny nose and wore star print pajamas- they even had cute star buttons!
"“And oh, what secrets it held!” Blueberry Milk’s voice softened, almost reverent. “For you see, the book was written by an Archivist. The Virtue of Knowledge herself~!”
Five silhouettes rose before the book.
Unlike the mannequins or the paper dolls, these cookies where made of cardboard. They had no faces, no real bodies, nothing but dark shapes, yet each carried a symbol that struck the mind harder than likeness could have. The first stood front and center, wings adorning the sides of their head. Their body was covered by layers of flowing fabric, obscuring anything concrete, but on their chest was a purple clover turned upside down, framed by the almond shape of an eyecing. On one side rose a figure with a large hat and a gun in hand, aiming outward, a triangle-shaped gem serving as belt buckle. On the other, a Cookie with great delicate wings flowing behind them like a cape and an upside down heart hovering adorning their head.
Behind them two more figures appeared. A figure with a blue gem set into their head, the same shaped and color as the gemstone on the book, and ribbon-like shapes flowing around them, frozen in beautiful arcs. The last was the smallest. They were almost shapeless, with a three-pronged flower flipped around on their chest.
White Lily’s hands curled helplessly in their bindings.
The Virtues. These were what the figures from Elder Faerie's story looked like?
The silhouettes trembled in the stage light, ancient and simplified, myth reduced to prop and yet still too powerful to look at directly. Their symbols glowed in their dark bodies, drawing all the attention there."
After months of vague posting and dodging your questions, they're finally here! The Swapped Beasts of the HBAN AU!
Now that the Silver Kingdom arc is coming to an end and we prepared for the Beasts arcs, I thought I'd go ahead and reveal who exactly they are!
Your Beasts! Black Raisin Cookie (Despair), Rye Cookie (Judgement), Blueberry Pie Cookie (Futility), Gingerbright (Doubt), and Gingerdozer (Silence)!
There were so many great guesses, some of you got Black Raisin and Blueberry Pie pretty quickly, just based on their absences in HBAN!
I won't reveal much about them and their stories since I want you all to experience it live was the story goes on, but let it be know that I am SO EXCITED to talk about them with you guys!
also a quick thank you to @summerdoddles for helping me figure out Dozer's design!
