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@blacksapphiire Walking along the Hollyberry kingdom a certain creature made of deciet was disguised as a regular citizen walking along the path.He was in the crowd making coversations with another while keeping eye on a certain scholar.

He'd been out and about on his own. It was a vacation that was much needed. A getaway from the bureaucracy of the Vanilla Kingdom with the consul, their machinations and the whims of the Creme Republic.

Sure some.. things had happened since their arrival a few days ago. But Hollyberry, her family, and the people of the kingdom had been strangely welcoming.

It was early in the morning, however. And he had not wanted to wake Pure Vanilla from his slumber yet. Blueberry Yogurt knew they got cranky if woken before they wanted to get up. Thankfully, their creations.. the sheep wolves were happy to fill the space while the scholar decided to entertain himself at the early morning markets. Even pick up a few things for a surprise when Pure Vanilla woke up.

But something... something was off.

He felt something familiar.

That can't be right, not at all. He was certain they had accounted for all of the Spires' creatures when they sealed it, and those that hadn't.. they were with him and Pure Vanilla now. Contained, for the most part.

While he kept his main set of eyes occupied on his current task.. the others were looking around him. All before locking onto the source of the feeling.

Sure, to most, it looked like a normal cookie. An average Holliberrian.. But that feeling was unmistakable.

Blueberry Yogurt swallowed before slowly turning, making eye contact.

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"Fine! GO! You have no where to run to, Black Sapphire Cookie.. you- ACK!" The Jester winced, hands flying up to.. basically cover his mouth and force him to shut up. The scholar was fighting back, and fighting hard to take back control.

"You.. No! I will teach this insolent child his pla-AHHCK!" He panted, the one gold eye returning as once more the Scholar took control.

"Black Sapphire!" He called out, his form wavering, returning slowly to that of the more benevolent sage.

"I'm sorry.. Really.. I am! I treated both you and Candy Apple poorly.. But the 'Master' you knew hid his true feelings.. he.. he lied to himself and to you about how he.. how WE saw you." He frowned as they started walking away.

His heart hurt. Deep.. deep down he deeply cared about his creations. But it was like being forced to choose between the other half of your very soul.. or ones you created in a fit of madness.

He moved after them, a few steps at a time.

"I'm not asking for you to change. I never was. I know what you were made to do.. I just.. I want.." How could he even word it to even make sense.

"I'm not simply your 'master'. And deep down.. you knew that.. and I knew that. Even if I never acknowledged it." He could feel the Jester's rage. But the scholar was putting his foot down this time.

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Why yes yes I was.Yes we were.We listen and obey our masters commands.You tell us to crumble ourselves and we do so with no hesitation.And yet that's not enough was it?》

He refused to back down.Let the witches damn him for barking back at his creator.He grit teeth feeling his stomach tie in knots hating this burning feeling.He was sealed with the other,he had no idea what the other went through they refused to speak about it when it was brought up.But to throw that in his face bah!

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《No I don't but you think he does?We waited for your return and you hung up the towel before the game began.You can't just toss us away like nothing.No no no!I've dedicated my entire dough just to be replaced by a second rate healer who bearly knew of your existence until the seal broke now who is really the fool.》

He spat the venom feeling his eyecing water.What was this feeling?Despair?Hatred?Longing?...This wasn't his master...not anymore.He growled turning his back to hide his shameful expression.Gripping his mic while he walked away.

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《You...are no master of mine.》

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What the.. Was.. Was Black Sapphire talking back.. to him!?

"You- Oh.. so NOW you choose to be insolent!" He floated a touch higher over the other. He expected an outburst like that from Candy Apple, sure. But NOT Black Sapphire. The most loyal minion he had!

Had he though? Had.. he lost the plot?

No, nonsense. He.. he gave in. The connection he and Pure Vanilla held was too strong. The longing he felt since his days as the Fount of Knowledge was only just finally quenched. He finally.. FINALLY had a cookie that truly understood him.

Made him whole.

"I CREATED YOU! You were created to SERVE ME!" His voice rose. That was their purpose after all! It always had been!

... right?

But, Black Sapphire's words seem to cause him to flinch. They couldn't understand him. Not like the healer could. It was something beyond them, greater than them.

'You don't even care do you?'

His eye twitched, and a deep ache formed in his dough. But it wasn't.. 'Him'.. it was the other part of him. Blueberry...

"You clearly did not." His tone was almost a growl.

"Do you.. have ANY IDEA.. what it was like in that seal. The crushing betrayal, the loneliness, the PAIN of being sealed away from everything because NO ONE was there to stop you from crumbling!?" He was livid.

'Shadow Milk! Stop!' He sneered at the voice in the back of his head.

"SILENCE BLUEBERRY!" He snapped aloud at himself.

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Not against your will?..Why..》

The other chose to submit.They were fully aware of what they were doing and still did it.Some petty drama?Some Vacation?...With their other half of all things...Why does it revolve around the Priest yet again? He was taken back by this.His smile dropped feeling that ache yet again.Cut the cameras this was not fun anymore.

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《I've lost the plot?I'VE LOST THE PLOT?That is rich coming from you.You threw everything aside for him.Why?Because he understood you?I'VE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD YOU.We were there from the start.You made us,who else to understand you then that?I've tried every possible thing to curb your boredom and yet you let some shepherd soften your dough....You don't even care do you?》

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The Jester stared at Black Sapphire Cookie. As if he was looking right through them, dough and all. He'd been peacefully sleeping, snuggly wrapped in the arms of his beloved Truthless. Warm, cozy, not a care in the world.

Only to feel himself being ripped from it as anger started coursing through his dough. He can only imagine that his other-half immediately notice his disappearance as a result. And they were no where near as... 'controlled' as he was if woken too early.

"Bring me.. back to you!? Are you.. KIDDING ME!? You act as if I'm gone! As if I'm here against my will!" He scoffed bitterly, one hand resting on his waist as he floated ever so slightly off the ground. Just enough to be above Black Sapphire.

"You woke me up.. for this!? For some.. petty drama!?" He grumbled out.

"Don't think I'm blind either. I CAN see everything happening still. While I DO commend your antics at the council, it was a bit stiff... I am certainly not appreciative of meddling in MY vacation with MY other-half!" He glared at the other.

He thought that him and Candy Apple were still locked in the Spire. Well.. that was a problem.

"Look, kiddo.. bud.. I appreciate you spreading deceit and rumors. Good on ya', doin' what you were made to do.." He rolled his eyes.

"But I think you lost the plot. You're supposed to be doing it to OTHER cookies! Not ME!"

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Master Shadow Milk Cookie...》

He replied giving a bow.Oh the air chilled his sugar bones from the other's presence.It took some bend and break but it worked.He got them in control.And yet...the other was just as angry at him as the scholar was.Why?...Why did it ache his core at that?He's seen the other angry before yes but never at him.Candy Apple?Plenty of times but he's always kept the other on their good side. Dutifully following their orders to the tee.Always read the room and knew what they wanted..or atleast thats how it used to be...

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《....Whats the matter?...I admit my antics were abit rough but it was only to bring you back to us...why are you so angry?....We can turn tide on this show of ours.......》

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"You.. don't understand me like he does..." He hissed through his teeth. Pure Vanilla knew him better than all others. Their souls had merged, they were ONE... One mind, one soul... Just not one body.

They could be, but not when apart like this. And right now, he was certain the healer was still fast asleep in the room at the Palace right now. A brief trip to the markets, to just get something before heading back..

Was proving to be a poor choice. He should have stayed in bed.

"No.. no he hasn't." His hand stayed over his soul jam. It pulsed. Blueberry Yogurt could feel his control slipping. Because someone else.. was not very pleased in this moment.

"Black.. Sapphire..." A growl in his tone.

It was like watching water reform, but the Jester's face was not kind. Not pleased to see the other.

"Just what do you think you're doing..."

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Oooo strike a nerve there Blue?What's the matter?The viewers would want to know this hot scoop after all.Who are we to leave them in the dark about this?》

Yes his wonderful little gembats captured it all.Marvelous little creatures that have little to no presence.Easily making them able to blend in invisible to the naked eye.They recorded everything from the council meeting to the attack on the palace with the mask of lies.Not to mention the behind the scene back at the spire where the once noble hero turned their back on earthbread accepting deceit over their truth.

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Pure Vanilla has tainted you just as you tried to taint them.It's time to return to us,really do you think this fantasy of yours will last?Wake up.》

The other was so close to breaking.He saw the cracks forming and was just over the moon over it.Of course wearing your heart on your sleeve only leads one to ruin.

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"I'm not..." He inhaled sharply, trying and failing to keep himself composed.

His body was tense, the more and more Black Sapphire spoke, he could feel his grip slipping. He let out a silent call of help through his mindspace.. But..

"You wouldn't dare." The many times Shadow Milk and Truthless Recluse merged, forming into Blueberry Parfait. Then.. at the council meeting. They straight up strung up Dark Cacao and Golden Cheese like marionettes...

No one outside of that meeting knew what transpired there. No one should know what happened there.

His gold eye twitched. Blueberry Yogurt was trying to keep a hold of himself, even as he felt bits of his form waver into something else before he reigned it back in.

What happened at the Spire should only be kept between those who knew. Common cookies did not need to know the depths of madness both himself, and Pure Vanilla had been pulled into.

His soul jam was burning, the slit becoming more pronounced. Cracks were forming...

"You.. you leave Pure Vanilla Cookie alone!"

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Oh come now Blueberry telling lies?...It's happened way too many times to count.》

No matter how much the other denied it they cannot hide their other self.Not from him,he can tell the fruits of his labor taking hold.Each time the other felt such emotions the Jester had no choice but to step in.Not once but twice already along with parfait.Sure the other only lasted brief moments but it was building up to be so much more.

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Perhaps I should prepare a juicy rumor involving the golden haired priest.See how many cookies turn on a beloved hero if they knew what really transpired at the spire?...I have such lovely footage set up of you two beating up the ancient heroes of the land~》

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Indeed, he'd been about to protest. Ready to smack the other's hand away from the soul jam embedded in his chest. Sure.. it looked like it was merely attached to an intricate brooch on his collar, but anyone with a good eye could see it sunk deeper than that.

That was was attached to him.

But it had changed. It glimmered with a soft light now, the hum of resonance that he could hear when close to Pure Vanilla Cookie.. But the slit was always present. It would always remain... Just like the Jester slumbered deep in his subconscious, deep in the shared Mindpsace with Pure Vanilla's dark counterpart.

But they moved the moment he'd been about to push their hand away. Though his hand instinctively moved to cover his half of the soul jam.

"That will never happen, not again.. not any more, Black Sapphire." He took a long, deep breath to calm himself down. Damn it, he could feel heat radiating from his soul jam. That wasn't good. And the eyes in his hair weren't closing.. He felt something stirring inside of him, and he wanted to keep it down.

"The curtains will remain drawn, the stage needs to go quiet."

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Oh and you are just now noticing that?》

He stopped circling the other stopping right besides them.A arm draped over the scholars shoulder.Yeesh if looks can crumble he would not be standing here right now.Ah but he knew the other as they were right now wouldn't dare harm him.A weakness the other had developed.The other being the other soul jam holder. A clawed hand shifted raised to the scholars collar hovering over the soul jam.Ah yes,it had changed upon purification, but the remnants of corruption still laid there.The faint slit that remained solidified that.He moved away before the other can protest.

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Enough?No no no...This is only the tip of the iceberg.I am far from done Blueberry~I have plenty of things lined up to bring a thrilling show for you....All we want is for you to take the stage as you did before.....》

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Blueberry knew exactly what the other was doing.

The worst part, is it was working. Black Sapphire knew all about his past before he fell, after all. Why wouldn't they.. He created them. He created them as Deceit overcame his soul from the countless cookies who either shunned him for telling truths of the world, and those who took what he had to make it their own.

Twisting truth to lies...

But this time, it was different. He was confident in that. Unlike before he wasn't alone now, he had Pure Vanilla. He could feel the other at all times. A presence that remained tight around his part of their connected soul.

It was the only thing holding him back right now.

"Black Sapphire.. that's enough." His voice dipped for a moment, all of his eyes had opened by this point. Locked onto the other cookie.

His sharp teeth grit. The form he took now.. it was almost a mixture of who he had been, what he became.. Except for the one golden eye. That.. he couldn't seem to change. And he'd grown used to it. As it was the same as the one he loved so dearly.

"I know what you're trying to do, child. You're trying to get under my dough." His expression was near unreadable as he spoke. He was speaking with restrained anger.

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Exactly!How dare they?Foolish little cookies thinking they can control us.Control you?How Native can you be?Don't you see the cycle repeating once more?They will use you for everything you are worth,you can it all to them and how do they treat you?Like a monster that needs to be caged.》

He walked closer to the scholar pacing in a cycle around them.His arms fold behind him while he held his microphone.Oooo he can feel the other's rage from here.He just needed to keep pushing,poking unleash that jester he knew that was deep buried inside.How fruitless the other tried to deny who they were.The Beast still slumber in the other,now theres no getting rid of that no matter what.

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Entertainment really.And it was oh so fun seeing them turn on eachother revealing their nasty little colors.Spewing such lies to mask their deeds as anything but humble....Why on earth you still take that form is beyond me.We both know at heart who you really are Shadow Milk Cookie.》

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That... wasn't good. He had thought it strange for the council to turn so sharply on him. Especially as aggressively as they had. From tearing the soul jam out of Pure Vanilla's chest.. to literally throwing him in a cell with anti-magic bracelets..

He still remembers the panic both of them experienced while fused. A torrent of fear, of anger, of.. being called a monster. It caused Parfait to claw it's way out from them, twisting their gorgeous.. benevolent form into itself.

The rage he felt when the two of them were separated, when the council DARED to try and tear them apart. And.. Black Sapphire had been a lynch pin in all of that?

Thankfully, Hollyberry had been there for them. Their support system in that time.

"I was enraged because I care about Pure Vanilla Cookie! They tore out his half of our soul jam! And for what? Fear!" He rose his tone just slightly, the eyes in his hair widening.

"I felt every moment of that!" He sharply inhaled, pulling himself back. He had to remain calm.

"For what purpose.. Black Sapphire Cookie!?"

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner folks.Blueberry Yogurt solved the puzzle!》

He exclaimed letting his microphone go as it drifted back to him like a magnetic pull.He bowed smiling all the while.Sure he had to laid it out for them to understand but they solved it.Every little bump they came across was due to him.He wanted to twist and strain their relationship.Trying to press and push the scholar to their breaking point.He wanted his Master back to normal not ...this.

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Wellll The council were already on the fence about you.I hardly had to lift a finger for them to turn their backs on you.Oh how I loved the little display you made with the guards. Strung along the hallway like streamers,the pure animosity...why you could of crumbled them all for their isolence such a shame...As for the Mask of lies.Well I just brought it here to sow some chaos.You two were the ones that attracted it to the kingdom by leaving a magic trace on the silly thief.》

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Blueberry Yogurt had a feeling he knew why, but he wanted to hear it straight from Black Sapphire. Part of him held on that it was mere coincidence, that they weren't trying to pull something over them.. or out from under them for some scheme.

He was taken aback when the microphone staff was pointed at him. Leaned back a bit, even a half-step back the moment they moved at them.

"I rather hear it directly from you." He had feared that was the case. But he straightened himself out, moving to gently push the microphone staff to the side. That was, it was no longer directly pointed at his face.

He may have been purified, but he still had access to his power. The other-realm was still his to command. The only difference now was that another shared it with him. A merger of souls and minds, unlocking power beyond what either had when they were incomplete.

"They ARE one and the same, they always have been, Black Sapphire Cookie." He simply lied to himself over and over as Shadow Milk. To a point where he believed his own lies as truth, and buried what he really needed.

And it took Pure Vanilla to finally find the truth buried under the eons of lies. To uncover his loneliness... his longing to be whole... Which now? He was.

Sure, maybe not at the moment. The wholeness of soul and mind, but not body. And it was a yearning he often pushed down.

But hearing how the other spoke, his eyes narrowed at Black Sapphire.

All of them did.

"The Mask of Lies... It's here because of you." He then paused. Then he remembered the council.. How quickly their opinions shifted against them.

"And the council... Black Sapphire.."

He would flitch at the other referring to him as a child.He was not a child. Especially not to the other. Sure Shadow Milk was their creator...but the other had always treated them as mere pawns upon a chessboard.How interesting their other side would think of them fondly like this.What a softy....He had a inkly of that considering every chance they ran into their other creations they didn't bother harming them just taking them in.Even Mask of lies was taken and reformed into a cute little ram sheep...

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Why indeed.Of all places in Earthbread would I settle here?Have you lost your touch this much to not think about it?》

He sighed shrugging at them shaking head.Must he explain it all?How dull is that?...Taking some steps forward he twirled his Microphone and pointed it at them.

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Why that's precisely why!You two are the stars of this show after all~The Beast has a change of heart helping the so called hero!Good and evil join sides,truth and deceit one of the same.Oh but the viewers don't want just simple love story.What's a good story without drama?The suspense?》

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He sighed, frowning seeing the other continuing to back away from him. It.. hurt. Their loyalty was clearly only to his twisted self, a self that no longer was in control..

Could no longer be in control.

".. My child." He gave a soft.. defeated sigh.

"Then.. at the very least tell me why you're here?" Certainly, it couldn't be good. He overheard the rumors about the beast, the Mask of Lies. How it showed up 'just as they received visitors from the Vanilla Kingdom'. He had to wonder if that was their doing...

"Why.. of all places, the Hollyberry Kingdom, just when Pure Vanilla Cookie and I arrived?" He stood his ground, his gentle eyes turning toward something sharper. Surely.. they could be causing mischief elsewhere, and not here. Especially considering the attack that left Hollyberry greatly wounded...

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Tut tut I must reframe you from getting a single crumb closer.》

He noticed them approaching him more.A yogurt took a step forward he took two steps back keeping them at a distance.Oh how the mighty have fallen...His powerful well respected master now...this..He would happily crumble for the jester without a moments notice.Their wish was their command and yet he cannot follow this one's lead.He who once knew the clown's wishes before they even utter a word.Now what on earthbread runs thru the beasts mind?...Only the priest can say now. He would idly fidgit with his microphone tapping on it briefly to make sure it worked.He seemed bored of the conversation.Nothing to gain in talking to a shadow of his master.

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Rough?It's been a delight.Sure these silly little cookies are so dimwitted it takes little to twist a lovely truth to deciet.But I wouldn't change it.A host's job is to entertain after all.So I must decline your proposal.I have no interest in playing.......house with you two.》

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They weren't in the Spire when Milkshake sealed it..

He expected some more powerful creatures to have gotten out beforehand, such as the Mask of Lies.. yes. And of course the little imp and owl that lingered around himself and Pure Vanilla Cookie.

"It needed to be done to stem the flow of creatures coming from the Spire." To ensure the creations he and.. eventually Pure Vanilla had formed, would not hurt more cookies. Which was their goal, before they could return and purify it...

But hearing their words, he frowned. Honestly, he'd hoped to at least talk to them.

"Black Sapphire.. come now." He held a hand out toward them.

"You don't need to do these things. I'm not about to tell you to stop what you're doing, but.. If you'll just.." Another step forward, the scholar looked to them with concern. Shadow Milk may have treated them as little more than minions.. But Blueberry felt very differently.

As much as the Jester was distant.. he still tended to their needs, looked after them, took care of them and shielded them... They were, essentially.. his children. Even if Candy Apple Cookie turned out relatively...

Not great.

Blueberry's heart sank as they said they wouldn't join him, still. He couldn't hurt to try. After all, Pure Vanilla had gotten through to Shadow Milk. Maybe they just needed someone to show them compassion, right?

"Black Sapphire Cookie, like I said.. there's no need for any of this now. Pure Vanilla Cookie and I are more than happy to have you stay here.. with us. Sure.. being among other cookies has been... well rough but, you don't need to hide in the shadows."

His form fully became shrouded in darkness as it reshaped to his turn form.He stretched,his wings flapped as his microphone floated by his side.Chuckling all the while at the silly scholar.

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Ah yes you two were oh so crafty to put such a nasty little barrier over the Spire...Hm? Oh you expected us to stay put while you did that?How silly of you Blueberry.Of course I couldn't stay put while you drew the curtains closed there after all the show must go on~.》

Him and Candy Apple easily made it out with a few deceitful creatures. Unfortunately their forces were severely weaken from that containment barrier the other placed.But they can make due with what they had.After all a lies and rumors can easily spread like a wild fire. Distrust goes a long way in the grand scheme of things.Power isn't everything after all.Noting how the other stepped closer to him he stepped back.

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Now that you found me oh what will you do praytell?Oh and do not bother asking me to switch channels and join you.》

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He slowed to a stop once the other cookie came to a stop in the alleyway. The chuckle unnerved him, more so the moment they turned to actually face him... Those eyes. They were not pleased to see him.

Blueberry could think of many reasons why. But he still did not expect to see them here, of all places. Shouldn't they have been back at the spire?

Still, no matter the disguise, he knew who it was under it all. How could he mistake that energy, that oozing aura of deceit.

"How are you here." He spoke softly, his tone not raised, but more one that was searching for understanding. Blueberry Yogurt needed to know.

"Yes.. my original.. my true name.." He sighed, shoulders lax as he took one step closer.

"Black Sapphire Cookie.. what are you doing here? Aren't you meant to be back at the Spire?"

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Ah it seems I was caught red headed~.. 》

He mused a chuckle stopping in the alleyway with his back to the scholar.He smiled sweetly at them giving a wave while keeping his happy facade.Inside however his stomach twisted at the sight.Was he alittle happier he was recognized by his master?Sad or angry he was caught not by the jester but the other's past self.Come now do not show such ugly emotions.He needed to put on a show! He turned around a shadow casted over his face while his violent eyes shown through.

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《My my to what do I owe the pleasure.....Shadow milk...no Blueberry Yogurt was it?.. 》

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He could see them talking, chatting with the local populace.

At a time, he might have been proud; as he had a sinking feeling on what the cookie was doing. Speaking rumors.. spreading little sweet lies to distort the truth. But what exactly, he couldn't hear.. Not from where he was.

But indeed, the moment eye contact was met, the scholar knew. But he couldn't just let them walk away. Not like this. He had thought them to still be in the Spire.. Not..

Not free and running amok.

"Ah- I do apologize.. can I have these delivered to the Hollyberry Palace by chance?" Blueberry smiled to the stall owner, having picked out a few meat jellies for their lovely wolf sheep

'Oh course! We'd be happy to! Thank you for your patronage!'

With that taken care of, he quickly turned and walked into the crowd. The eyes in his hair.. and on his hat had locked onto the other cookie. Never once losing them even though he was looking elsewhere.

But indeed, he was following, but keeping enough distance as to not look like it directly. Once they ducked to the side, so did he.. quickly following before he felt safe enough out of anyone else hearing them.

"Black Sapphire Cookie!"

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ 🎤 《Oh my...did you not hear what happened last week?A monster came out the nearby forest and broke into the palace.I thought it was a silly rumor...but I recalled seeing all the palace guards running around and some cookies fleeing the scene...How terrifying......All around the time we received some visitors... 》

He pretended to be scared looking around before leaning close to whisper sweet lies in the citizen's ear.Pulling back he made a hush expression before sending them on their way.Truthfully it was annoying...he spent all that time bringing the mask of lies over to this kingdom to wreck havoc.It was a bonus the beast caught whiff of their masters scent and went to follow the source.Oh how excited he was to see his master from a distance.And to witness the power Parfait subdue the creature without batting a eye...The raw power....But then the other turned back to the scholar like nothing happened.Why?This happened again back in Vanilla Kingdom he tried so hard to bring out the jester and yet again they returned to their goody two shoes life.At first he thought maybe it was just a ploy to get close but now.....He just isn't sure anymore what his master is thinking.......and that bothered him. Admiring the jelly from the stall he was at he mentally sighed.Eyes carefully glanced over at the crowd noticing the scholar in the distance.He saw how the eyes in the other's hair scanned around before stopping in his direction.Ah...he was caught.He briefly made eye contact with the purified beast before turning away.He quietly paid for the jelly pie slipping it in his basket before leaving the area.Heading off to the side wondering if the other would follow him.