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Glory of the Crème Republic: Day 3
(Screenshots from Royal Mike!)
Republic Sailor Cookie 1: ‘Twas a short sail! Back ashore, huh…? Republic Sailor Cookie 1: Oi, everything hunky-dory ova there? Republic Sailor Cookie 2: Affirmative! The passengers have all disembarked, and it seems no one’s left their belongings here this time! Republic Sailor Cookie 1: That’s that then! Time for our shore leave! Republic Sailor Cookie 1: Huh… What’s this now? Republic Sailor Cookie 1: A black feather, huh? Smells like an old dried fruit! Republic Sailor Cookie 2: Well… Could be a black seagull? Republic Sailor Cookie 1: D’ya ever hear yourself? Where d’ya see a black seagull? Republic Sailor Cookie 2: If you’ve never seen one, doesn’t mean they don’t exist! Even mermaids live on the sea floor! Republic Sailor Cookie 1: Thassa legend! Republic Sailor Cookie 2: Fine by me, as long as it’s not Cookie crumbs! It’s gonna make a great bookmark if you ask me. Now let’s go.
Madeleine Cookie’s First Auntie: YOOHOO!!! Is everyone awake? Come on down! Breakfast is ready! Madeleine Cookie’s Second Auntie: Come and sit! Get it while it’s hot! We have plenty of fruit, juice, and Jellies for everyone! Madeleine Cookie’s Third Auntie: Our kitchen cook is one of the best in the Republic. GingerBrave: WHOAH! So much yummy looking food! Madeleine Cookie’s First Auntie: How are you liking the city so far? Having fun? Enjoying the weather? OH, of course you are! GingerBrave: Erm… actually! We got ambushed by some strange Cookies! Madeleine Cookie’s Second Auntie: An ATTACK? Oh, you poor things! What happened? GingerBrave: Some Cookies in white masks tried to steal something important from us! We stopped them, but it was a close call! Madeleine Cookie’s Second Auntie: Oh, Divines! How could such a dreadful thing happen?! And you said you stopped them? How commendable! Here, eat some more! Eat up! Crunchy Chip Cookie: It was all thanks to my training in the Dark Cacao Kingdom! Madeleine Cookie’s First Auntie: Oh, you simply must tell us more about the Dark Cacao Kingdom! Is it a good spot for vacation? When is the climate the nicest? Crunchy Chip Cookie: It’s always freezing cold, and the snow never stops! If you aren’t as used to the cold like me, then you might end up as a frozen Cookie! Madeleine Cookie’s Second Auntie: Goodness! That sounds rather rough for my taste! Madeleine Cookie’s Third Auntie: And you, Wildberry Cookie? You said you were from the Hollyberry Kingdom?
Madeleine Cookie’s Third Auntie: I’ve read in books that the Hollyberry Kingdom’s palace is filled with music and hosts grand balls and festivals. Madeleine Cookie’s First Auntie: Oooh! Now THAT sounds like a nice vacation spot! How do Hollyberrians dance? You know, I’ve been receiving dancing lessons recently! Wildberry Cookie: I do not know much about such affairs. That is… not my area of expertise. Madeleine Cookie’s Second Auntie: That makes me even more curious! The Hollyberry Kingdom sounds like such a wonderful place! Madeleine Cookie’s First Auntie: Madeleine Cookie! Where do you think you’re going?! You’ve only had six plates! Come, have some more! Madeleine Cookie: Always looking out for my health! Thank you, aunties! HA HA! Madeleine Cookie’s Third Auntie: You know what they say. A well-fed stomach is a stomach well-suited for great deeds. Madeleine Cookie’s First Auntie: Don’t any of you go anywhere just yet! We’ve more food to come and plenty to go around! Wildberry Cookie: Today is the last day the Soul Jam can be researched. It feels unfitting to spend the morning with such leisure. Crunchy Chip Cookie: Ya got a good point there! We gotta stay focused! GingerBrave: Why don’t we head over to the Institute once we’re done eating? I wonder how Espresso Cookie is holding up!
Researcher Cookie 1: AMAZING! To have succeeded in transferring the energy of Soul Jam in just a single day…! This is remarkable progress! Researcher Cookie 2: All that’s left is harnessing that energy for use! If you think about it, we’re almost halfway done with our goal! GingerBrave: Did something good happen? Everyone seems excited! GingerBrave: Hi, Espresso Cookie! How’s your research going? GingerBrave: You, er… you look sorta tired! Espresso Cookie: Tired? I beg to differ. Espresso Cookie: I have been conducting experiments while sipping on a quadruple-shot espresso. GingerBrave: That’s usually what we’d call “tired”! GingerBrave: Are you alright?! Espresso Cookie: Yes, I can continue working with no difficulty. Espresso Cookie: I have succeeded in transferring a portion of Soul Jam Energy to a receptacle made of compressed sugar. The special ingredient we procured from Choco Mud Town has proven quite useful. GingerBrave: That’s great! Then does that mean your research is done? Espresso Cookie: Not entirely. Attempting to utilize the energy results in the receptacle shattering to pieces. Espresso Cookie: We’ve already experienced multiple explosions in these attempts. Espresso Cookie: Though, many here seem rather too excited in the face of these multiple failures. GingerBrave: So what now? Is there anything we can do to help? Espresso Cookie: No. These final steps will be completed quicker if I work alone. Espresso Cookie: Ah, wait. I take back my statement. May I ask you for a cup of coffee? Espresso Cookie: Every moment matters today and I must ward off sleep as efficiently as possible. Oh, and the coffee must be strong. Very strong. GingerBrave: Coffee! Got it! GingerBrave: I’ll get you the best coffee I can find!
GingerBrave: Here! I brought some coffee! Drink up while it’s hot! Espresso Cookie: This… is…?! Espresso Cookie: Ugh… GingerBrave: Why? What’s wrong? Espresso Cookie: No, no, it’s just… This is a latte. GingerBrave: Yup! It was the only coffee I could find! Espresso Cookie: It matters not. This… latte… will have to suffice. Espresso Cookie: But… whatever happens, please keep this a secret from Latte Cookie. GingerBrave: Huh?? OK, I guess…? Espresso Cookie: Regardless… I can feel the caffeine coursing through my doubt, revitalizing my senses. Espresso Cookie: Now, I shall continue with my experimentation.
Oyster Cookie: …This session of the Trade Board is adjourned. Thank you, Captain Caviar Cookie. Captain Caviar Cookie: That was one tough voyage indeed. Oyster Cookie: And your great efforts will be duly rewarded. We’ve always been good partners, haven’t we? Captain Caviar Cookie: Ha ha! Can’t say I like where this is going to… Oyster Cookie: …He he. Have you heard the rumors of eerie shadows haunting Choco Mud Town these days? Oyster Cookie: It has been a while for you and Choco Mud Town, hasn’t it? Oyster Cookie: Why don’t you pay a visit sometimes? I am sure it will be quite a refreshing experience….! Captain Caviar Cookie: …Fine! I’ll go check on that old mudhole! Captain Caviar Cookie: Next time, if you need something done, just say it straight. Oyster Cookie: My aide will go with you. They will let me know should there be any… complications. Captain Caviar Cookie: Oh, there’s no doubt in that…
Merchant Cookie 1: Awww no! Herring Jellies! I’m out of Herring Jellies! Merchant Cookie 1: And nobody will pass my stall with all that’s going on here these days…! Merchant Cookie 1: Guess I should just wrap it up and call it a day! But what if I meet a White Mask on my way home?! Merchant Cookie 1: Oh? That… is…! Cookie in a White Mask 1: … Merchant Cookie 1: Gaaaaah! A WHITE MASK! Oh no! Oh no no no! Don’t come near! I’ve got nothing to give you! I’m basically broke! Cookie in a White Mask 1: You’ve seen me. Now I cannot let you go… Cookie in a White Mask 1: Hyah!! Merchant Cookie 1: HELP! HAEEELP!
Wildberry Cookie: We have nothing to do. Wildberry Cookie: Are we to stay idle until the research is completed? Crunchy Chip Cookie: Hrmph! Sounds boring! Crunchy Chip Cookie: Waiting around in some city isn’t for me, as a proud guardian of the borders of the Dark Cacao Kingdom! Wildberry Cookie: What do you propose? Crunchy Chip Cookie: The Night Market! Let’s go back to the Night Market! Crunchy Chip Cookie: That place was fishy, I tell ya! Wildberry Cookie: The atmosphere was different, yes, but one skin to any market or bazaar in Earthbread. It resembled the Grandberry Market back home. Crunchy Chip Cookie: Nah, I tell you, there’s something weird about that place! If we go looking and sniffing around, I know we’re gonna find something! Wildberry Cookie: Very well. You did seem tempted by the sweets being sold there. Crunchy Chip Cookie: N-n-no! You take that back! A Dark Cacao warrior doesn’t need to live on sweets! Crunchy Chip Cookie: I’m JUST saying that if we go back there, we might find out more about the masked Cookies! That Night Market is our best bet. I know it! Crunchy Chip Cookie: And that squeaky puppy toy looked SUPER suspicious! Wildberry Cookie: Sure. Sure. Wildberry Cookie: Then let us depart and begin our investigation. Remaining idle is not my forte either.
GingerBrave: Espresso Cookie! How’s it going?! Espresso Cookie: Shall I give you a reassuring or an honest answer? GingerBrave: Honest answers all the way! Ha ha. Espresso Cookie: In this case… I really cannot tell! Espresso Cookie: We have all the ingredients, a solid theoretical framework, and promising experiment results. However… Every new research requires a pinch of luck. Espresso Cookie: For now, only by repeated trial and error can we achieve results. Espresso Cookie: If I’m allowed to be completely frank with you, at this rate I’m… almost… ready to employ… ahem… prayers. GingerBrave: Whoah, I see! Then I’ll go visit the Divine Sanctum! Ha ha ha! Espresso Cookie: Um. I’m not quite sure I understand. GingerBrave: You want to me* pray for you, right?
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Espresso Cookie: Eh, you do realize it was merely a… figure of speech?!
GingerBrave: O Divine Light! Please help Espresso Cookie! GingerBrave: He he! I hope my prayers get through! Mille-feuille Cookie: Oh, GingerBrave, is it? Have you come alone? GingerBrave: Yes! I was praying for my friend’s success! Mille-feuille Cookie: How heartwarming! The Celestials hear each and every one of our prayers. Mille-feuille Cookie: Your friend’s endeavor will be successful! GingerBrave: He he, thank you for your kind words! I really hope everything will be alright! Mille-feuille Cookie: Of course… GingerBrave, perhaps, you could help me? If you have time, that is. Mille-feuille Cookie: I need to visit Choco Mud Town. But I’m too worried with all those rumors about Cookies wearing white masks. Mille-feuille Cookie: Perhaps, you could accompany me? That would make me feel safe out there. GingerBrave: Whoah, of course! Leave it to me!
Wildberry Cookie: Bustling and busy as yesterday. The narrow streets do not make this easy… Crunchy Chip Cookie: Look around! There’s fishy stuff everywhere! Merchant Cookie 5: Perfect gifts for children, right here! Every child loves these toys! Especially this squeaky puppy, on sale now! Crunchy Chip Cookie: See! That squeaky puppy is still there! Suspicious! Crunchy Chip Cookie: How is it moving on its own? Is it some form of magic?! Crunchy Chip Cookie: WELL?! Answer me!!! Is it magic?! Merchant Cookie 5: Magic? No, no. There’s a winding key right here, hidden under its fur! Crunchy Chip Cookie: Suspicious… very suspicious! I need to take a closer look for myself! Crunchy Chip Cookie: HOW MUCH IS THIS?! Merchant Cookie 5: 15 Coins! A best bargain price! Crunchy Chip Cookie: 15 Coins?! That’s worth so many Dark Cacao rations! Hm… Fine! Deal! Gimme one!
Merchant Cookie 5: There you go! Enjoy! Wildberry Cookie: Ended up buying one? Crunchy Chip Cookie: HEY! This is how I learn about new places, alright? …And this puppy kinda looks like my Cream Wolf! Wildberry Cookie: Eyes up front. Watch where you’re going. Crunchy Chip Cookie: What’s that?! Is that… *sniff* Is this what they call a Herring Jelly Pie? Crunchy Chip Cookie: How could anyone think to make PIE out of Herring Jellies?! What are these Republic folk thinking? Wildberry Cookie: Here. Bought it for you. Crunchy Chip Cookie: You bought a pie?! Wildberry Cookie: Mm-hmm. Herring Jellies are sweeter than you’d think. Crunchy Chip Cookie: …Sweet?! Wildberry Cookie: Try one. Crunchy Chip Cookie: No… NO! Must… resist… temptation! Wildberry Cookie: As you wish. Crunchy Chip Cookie: …OK, maybe… just ONE… bite… Crunchy Chip Cookie: NO! NO NO! Gotta snap out of it! A warrior of the Dark Cacao must not be tempted by sweets! What if His Majesty finds out?! Wildberry Cookie: King Dark Cacao may be more understanding and trusting than you realize. If he was not, why would he send you here? Crunchy Chip Cookie: You… have a good point. Ok then… just one! Crunchy Chip Cookie: It’s… DELICIOUS?! The savoriness of the Herring Jelly and the nuttiness of the pastry! Wait… why am I talking like this?! Wildberry Cookie: Hm…?! Crunchy Chip Cookie: Hey! What gives? I’m just describing food! Wildberry Cookie: It’s them! Cookie in a White Mask 1: … Crunchy Chip Cookie: Huh? Hey! You’re right! Wildberry Cookie: They haven’t noticed us yet. Wildberry Cookie: Let us tail them.
GingerBrave: Besides, I’ve been to Choco Mud Town! Madeleine Cookie almost got drowned in mud… I got worried a bit, but it was fun! Mille-feuille Cookie: The back alleys of Choco Mud Town… Mille-feuille Cookie: The most unfortunate Cookies dwell here. GingerBrave: Oh! I remember! There was a Cookie telling everyone about the promised land or something… Back Street Cookie 1: Please… A Coin… Spare a Coin! Back Street Cookie 1: Huh? That Cookie again! Mille-feuille Cookie: Greetings! I’m glad to have found you in good health. How are your children? Back Street Cookie 1: They went to the beach… Do you have a Coin to spare? Mille-feuille Cookie: Coins can bring food to your table. But only for a short time. Mille-feuille Cookie: If you seek true salvation, come to the Divine Sanctum. Our doors are always open for everyone. Back Street Cookie 1: Yeah yeah, I’ve heard that already… I don’t wanna mess with that. Move along! Mille-feuille Cookie: May the Divine Light be with you… Mille-feuille Cookie: Let us go. The children are waiting. GingerBrave: S-sure!
Crunchy Chip Cookie: Where’re they going? Crunchy Chip Cookie: What…?! Where’d they go? They just disappeared right before our eyes! Wildberry Cookie: They really are quick on their feet. Keep your eyes peeled. Wildberry Cookie: There is a fork in the road ahead. They must have taken one of these paths. Crunchy Chip Cookie: You take the left! I’ll take the right! Wildberry Cookie: Agreed. And be careful.
Crunchy Chip Cookie: Hmph… no one’s here! Crunchy Chip Cookie: What do you think, friend? Cream Wolf: *Rrr…* Crunchy Chip Cookie: Yeah, I think so too. They’re not here. Crunchy Chip Cookie: Let’s hurry and find Wildberry Cookie! Crunchy Chip Cookie: Did you hear that?! Something’s happening over there! Crunchy Chip Cookie: Is Wildberry Cookie in trouble?!
Mille-feuille Cookie: This way, GingerBrave. GingerBrave: The kids must love you! Do you come here often? Mille-feuille Cookie: I come here not because of my faith but because it is my duty and mission to help those in need. Mille-feuille Cookie: And I will keep coming here until the day these children learn to see the Divines’ glorious light. GingerBrave: Whoah! You’re doing great work! Now let’s have some fun at the Night Market! Mille-feuille Cookie: Ha ha ha! It would be a pleasure! Alas, I’m not here for fun. GingerBrave: Huh? Then why? Mille-feuille Cookie: The Night Market is the perfect place to go unnoticed. Mille-feuille Cookie: The back alleys provide great cover as well. However, it will be unwise to use the same road twice. GingerBrave: Whoah! I had no idea! Mille-feuille Cookie: It is time for me to return. What about yourself? GingerBrave: Um… I think I’ll stay and look around a bit more! GingerBrave: Maybe I’ll even manage to find Espresso Cookie’s favorite drink!
Researcher Cookie 1: Where’s GingerBrave? Is everything alright? He should’ve returned by now. Espresso Cookie: GingerBrave is stronger than he seems. Do not worry. Stay focused on the research… Oh- Researcher Cookie 2: Waaaaah! CAREFUL! Espresso Cookie: …Gotcha. Please, maintain composure at all times. Yelling is not exactly helpful in our situation. Researcher Cookie 2: I just hope we don’t fail at this point because of some silly mistake. I’m this close to sit* and cry!
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Researcher Cookie 1: Yes! We’ve come a long way! Espresso Cookie: Colleagues, let us all have a short break. Espresso Cookie: We cannot continue in this condition. Everyone, replenish your energy and come back.
Wildberry Cookie: This place is… Ah. The mudflats, where we met Seaweed Cookie. Wildberry Cookie: Are they leading me towards a trap? We seem to be heading towards the darkest parts of the city… Cookie in a White Mask 1: Ha! Welcome, welcome! Your path here must have been difficult. Wildberry Cookie: You led me into a trap…! Cookie in a White Mask 1: No, not just a trap. A trap that will lead to your demise!
GingerBrave: Whoah! There’s so many tasty drinks to choose from! GingerBrave: Ink cream latte! Deep sea salt milk tea! Sea turtle soda! All so yummy! GingerBrave: I hope Espresso Cookie likes them all! GingerBrave: Oh wow! What’s that?! Sea berry skewers?! Wildberry Cookie’s gonna love these! Merchant Cookie 2: GAH! GingerBrave: Huh? What? What happened? Merchant Cookie 2: Thief! THIEF! Somebody help! Merchant Cookie 2: That thief took all my money! If I don’t get them back, I’ll have no money to buy food! Merchant Cookie 1: Huh? Have you really got no other savings…? Merchant Cookie 2: DID YOU NOT HEAR ME?! I’M GONNA STAAAARVE! GingerBrave: Don’t worry! I’ll help you out!
Cookie in a White Mask 1: Ooof! Urgh, he’s stronger than he looks. Wildberry Cookie: Identify yourself. Wildberry Cookie: Take off that mask. Cookie in a White Mask 1: To take off this mask is to commit heresy against providence… Cookie in a White Mask 1: I will never take off my mask. Wildberry Cookie: Then you leave me no choice. Our fight is… over! Cookie in a White Mask 1: …To me, comrades! Cookie in a White Mask 2: Get back! Cookie in a White Mask 3: Your ignorance will not get in our way! Wildberry Cookie: You’re…?! Wildberry Cookie: Appearing all at once again? Just like last time… It appears I may have underestimated you. Cookie in a White Mask 1: Disbelieving heretic. Your path to oblivion will end in crumbs, abandoned by all! Cookie in a White Mask 1: Say your prayers, heretic! ATTACK!
Madeleine Cookie: He he. Being the beautiful face of the Paladins is but another of my duties…! Madeleine Cookie: Another glorious day awaits! Madeleine Cookie: Hm? Wait a minute! What’s that reflection in the fountain?! Cookie in a Black Mask 2: …! How did he find me?! Madeleine Cookie: Ah, it’s my gorgeous appearance! Cookie in a Black Mask 2: Phew… I can’t compromise our mission. Time to find another place to hide. Madeleine Cookie: Ha ha! Going somewhere? Not so fast! Never lose your vigilance around in the Knight Commander’s presence! Cookie in a Black Mask 2: WHAT?! He… he fooled me! Cookie in a Black Mask 2: Good! I will not retreat! Madeleine Cookie: Ha ha! Brace yourselves!
Crunchy Chip Cookie: I can hear someone fighting, but where?! WHERE?! Crunchy Chip Cookie: Wait, this is…
Crunchy Chip Cookie: A piece of Wildberry Cookie’s cloak? Ripped off… And there! His gauntlet! Crunchy Chip Cookie: Did he get kidnapped?! Crunchy Chip Cookie: How can you be THAT big and tall and still get kidnapped?! Those masked Cookies must be better fighters than we thought! Crunchy Chip Cookie: I gotta go save him!
Crunchy Chip Cookie: Spoiled icing! THIS IS HEAVY! Crunchy Chip Cookie: I got no choice but to drag it along…! Crunchy Chip Cookie: Hey! This is… the mudflats? This is where Seaweed Cookie was working last time. Crunchy Chip Cookie: Eugh…! THIS MUD! I’m sinking with each step! Crunchy Chip Cookie: And… *shudder* Underneath are… *shuffer* Too creepy! I’m getting sugarbumps all over my dough! Crunchy Chip Cookie: Gotta… keep… going… C’mon! C’MON! Wildberry Cookie might be in danger without his gauntlet! Cream Wolf: Arf! Arf arf!! Crunchy Chip Cookie: Cream Wolf! Have you caught the scent of Wildberry Cookie? Crunchy Chip Cookie: WILDBERRY COOKIE! ARE YOU SAFE?!
Wildberry Cookie: GET OFF ME! Cookie in a White Mask 1: WAIT! Stop! We yield! Cookie in a White Mask 2: It hurts! Cookie in a White Mask 3: Why isn’t he sinking the mud?! Crunchy Chip Cookie: HEY… What? You can fight WITHOUT your gauntlet?! Wildberry Cookie: Crunchy Chip Cookie. You’ve arrived. Wildberry Cookie: This is nothing. My bare fists are enough. Crunchy Chip Cookie: HRMPH! Hurry up and take this! I had to lug that thing all the way here! Wildberry Cookie: Ah. Thank you. Wildberry Cookie: This is more like it. The gauntlet feels much more natural. Wildberry Cookie: Now. Where were we? Cookie in a White Mask 1: Change of plans! TARGET THE OTHER ONE! Cookie in a White Mask 1: GET THE SMALL ONE FIRST! Cream Wolf: Grr…!! Cookie in a White Mask 2: Outta my way, mongrel! Cream Wolf: *whimpers…* Crunchy Chip Cookie: Cream Wolf?! Did you just kick my best friend?! Crunchy Chip Cookie: DID YOU JUST KICK MY BEST FRIEND?! Bring it… BRING IT! Wildberry Cookie: Crunchy Chip Cookie. I stand by your side. Crunchy Chip Cookie: Let’s do THIS! We’ll show you what the Dark Cacao and Hollyberry Kingdoms are capable of!
GingerBrave: Espresso Cookie! I’m back! Espresso Cookie: Ah. Given the time required, praying is rather ineffi- I see you’ve been to the Night Market? GingerBrave: Whoah! How did you know? Espresso Cookie: I see jelly skewers sprinkled with salt, sugared water in a turtle-shaped glass… There is only one place you would find all these. GingerBrave: Huh? Sugared water? They told me it’s mixed with sea turtle tears! Espresso Cookie: There is no such thing. It seems you were… bamboozled. I shouldn’t have sent you alone. My mistake. GingerBrave: Welp! All these still taste good! He he… GingerBrave: And! That’s not all I’ve brought! Espresso Cookie: What do you mean by that? How many did you purchase?
Crunchy Chip Cookie: HRMPH… Those soft-buttered Republic Guards… Crunchy Chip Cookie: They just took those masked Cookies away…! We weren’t done with them! Wildberry Cookie: Crunchy Chip Cookie. We are the outsiders here. Wildberry Cookie: We have no jurisdiction here. We can only hope the criminals are properly detained and judged. Crunchy Chip Cookie: Something’s still fishy, I tell ya…! Crunchy Chip Cookie: Why is the Lower City just… just… ignored like this? Why isn’t anything being done properly here? Crunchy Chip Cookie: Don’t you see? Anything and everything that happens here just seems to get buried and forgotten. Wildberry Cookie: There are always two sides to a Coin. The Hollyberry Kingdom, as well as any other Kingdom on Earthbread, has its own hushed shadows. Wildberry Cookie: But the Crème Republic’s shadows are rather… disturbing. Crunchy Chip Cookie: That’s my point! When we first got here, everyone looked like they had perfect lives in their perfect streets with perfect smiles! Crunchy Chip Cookie: We had no idea the Lower City was like this until we saw it ourselves! Wildberry Cookie: Is the Convocation of Elders unaware of such conditions? Or… are they, in a manner of speaking, burying it in the mud? Crunchy Chip Cookie: And what about Clotted Cream Cookie? Do you think he was keeping the Lower City a secret from us? Wildberry Cookie: No, he is not concealing this place from us. Perhaps he is merely indifferent and apathetic to the Lower City’s misfortunes. Wildberry Cookie: Which, when you think about it, is even worse. Crunchy Chip Cookie: All Cookies should be equal! The Dark Cacao doesn’t care about mansions or Coins! We live together, we survive together, we fight TOGETHER! Wildberry Cookie: The Hollyberry Kingdom has its fair share of opulent households. But at least we share the same culture and values. Wildberry Cookie: But here… Only a select few seem to hold power and wealth. Crunchy Chip Cookie: Frost Ridge take me… The longer I spend here, the greater my respect for King Dark Cacao grows! Crunchy Chip Cookie: He’s always so calm, determined! And he always treats his subjects with respect and honor! Wildberry Cookie: I, too, am grateful to serve Her Majesty Hollyberry Cookie. Wildberry Cookie: She treats all with the same level of respect and adoration. No matter the flavor of dough, no matter the house or status. Crunchy Chip Cookie: HAA! You’d fit right into the Dark Cacao Kingdom, Wildberry Cookie. You should come visit one day! Crunchy Chip Cookie: There’s nothing like it…! Training in the cold, icy wind and looking upon the snowy peaks! Wildberry Cookie: The Hollyberrian Kingdom would suit you as well. You may quite enjoy Hollyberrian life. Wildberry Cookie: You’d find many a trustworthy colleague there and may wish to stay indefinitely. Crunchy Chip Cookie: Hmph…! He he! Hey. Wanna make a bet once we get back? Crunchy Chip Cookie: A bet on who wants to visit whose Kingdom more? Crunchy Chip Cookie: I’m warning ya though! You’re gonna LOVE the Dark Cacao Kingdom! I know it! Wildberry Cookie: I agree to this wager. Wildberry Cookie: I guarantee that you will learn to admire the Hollyberry Kingdom. I am certain.
Espresso Cookie: Phew… Excellent! Looks like the problem is not in transferring the energy of Soul Jam. Espresso Cookie: (The results of our experiments proved to be repeatable.) Espresso Cookie: (Then what IS the problem? Do we need a different catalyst? Or…) Researcher Cookie 1: If we fail this time… Naturally the receptacle will not be able to withstand it. Researcher Cookie 2: Maybe it’s better if we perform the procedure in another room? Researcher Cookie 1: That’s right! The experiment might cause a chain reaction in other samples…! Espresso Cookie: …Hardly efficient but… I do concur. Espresso Cookie: Let us move the sample and resume the experiments right away.
Missionary Cookie: My friends… Our time has come. Our path to paradise will be opened soon, provided by providence itself. Missionary Cookie: We will no longer trudge through the mud. We will no longer be caught in the dark, groveling to see the light of the sun. Back Street Cookie 1: What nonsense are you spouting this time?! Back Street Cookie 2: We don’t need paradise from some grand unknown power! We need work! We need jobs! Missionary Cookie: Open your eyes. Flush away the ignorance. Unravel your hearts… Missionary Cookie: Only then will providence pave the way to the sky… Shadow Sister Cookie: I see you are tirelessly delivering the words of truth to the crowds. Providence smiles upon you. Missionary Cookie: Thank you, good Prior… Shadow Sister Cookie: Have you a report on the Cabal of Secrets’ whereabouts? Missionary Cookie: Unfortunately, they have been apprehended by the City Guards. Shadow Sister Cookie: Fear not. I shall relay news of the cabal’s capture personally. Shadow Sister Cookie: But take caution. Our secret must not be unveiled… Providence will solve everything in time. Missionary Cookie: I understand, Prior. May its mercy be granted to all… Shadow Sister Cookie: I take my leave. Continue preaching the words of truth. Shadow Sister Cookie: For one day, on that fateful day, all residing here will meet providence… the hands of greatness, headdress of wisdom, and mountainous shadow will grace us all.
Captain Caviar Cookie: Hm… Ain’t no Cookie wearing a white mask around. Oyster Cookie's Envoy: I did manage to secure an eyewitness’s testimony that one of them has been taken in by the guards. Captain Caviar Cookie: The guards? Did I hear you right? You say guards came all the way down here? Oyster Cookie's Envoy: Precisely. Captain Caviar Cookie: That’s absurd! Captain Caviar Cookie: If the guards ever did their jobs well, I wouldn’t have become captain in the first place! Captain Caviar Cookie: Why would they care so much about security in this light-forgotten place all of the sudden? Huh… I don’t like the sound of that…
Researcher Cookie 1: Are you not clocking off? It’s already quite very late.*
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Researcher Cookie 2: You haven’t slept in days! Espresso Cookie: I will be fine. You may leave if you wish. Espresso Cookie: I shall continue with my research. Researcher Cookie 1: How does he do it? How does he stay awake without a wink of sleep for days on end? Researcher Cookie 2: I dunno! He’s either gonna discover something great, or cause a massive accident… Espresso Cookie: … Espresso Cookie: Once more, unto the breach, Espresso Cookie: Soul Jam Energy has been successfully transferred into the receptacle. Espresso Cookie: But each time physical contact is mad, the receptacle shatters before my eyes… Espresso Cookie: This time… I must succeed! Receptacle: Bzz… BZZZZ… Receptacle: *POOF…!!* Espresso Cookie: Another failure…! Why are you shattering? Espresso Cookie: Why, why, why…? The theory is foolproof! The formula is perfect! Espresso Cookie: Attempting to make physical contact emits a small shockwave, as if resisting my hand… Espresso Cookie: There is not enough time… The Soul Jam is to be returned in only a matter of hours! Espresso Cookie: I need more time… Espresso Cookie: No, I need more coffee. Espresso Cookie: … Espresso Cookie: Perhaps even coffee will not clear my mind at this time. And I must say, this is a first… Espresso Cookie: Whenever there were unknown variables, I could identify said variables! I found an answer, a solution! But why not this time? Espresso Cookie: I feel as if no amount of coffee will help me now. *Scoff* To think… that even coffee cannot help…!
Espresso Cookie: Oh… I seem to have spilled some coffee? When did…? Espresso Cookie: This new receptacle is contaminated… And I will not stand for contamination, I must clear away this tainted sample and…
Espresso Cookie: What’s this? I feel… a surge of energy? Espresso Cookie: Could it be…? Espresso Cookie: I… The… This one is not resisting physical contact?! Espresso Cookie: It’s as if my soul and this receptacle are… resonating with each other? Espresso Cookie: Was it the coffee stain? Could it be? What if I… yes… What if I deliberately pour more coffee onto… Espresso Cookie: THIS IS…! Espresso Cookie: The receptacle is a perfect sphere, exuding a grand aroma of the finest coffee I have ever encountered! Espresso Cookie: And… I can hold it in my hand! The energy… the power! Espresso Cookie: A new form of Soul Jam has been created, one that resonates with my very soul! Espresso Cookie: The experiment… is a SUCCESS!
