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[limboraptor]

Okay enough rambling throws this at your face

I'd be pretty surprised if anyone knows where this audio is from

[clottedcreamtea]

Chapter Seven!!

my semester is officially over!!!! so im gonna try to get back into writing and I'm actually working on a cutscene featuring the costume i made for royal milk tea cookie :) hopefully i can finish it before the update ends lmao.

here is chapter 7. prepare for some heavy fanmade lore :)

The table was covered in luxurious treats– jelly steaks and loaves of bread, plenty for everyone to dine on. Royal Milk Tea Cookie felt his mouth water as he began to fill his plate.

“We are eternally grateful for your hospitality, your majesty,” Financier Cookie announced from her seat at the table. She was still avoiding speaking to Royal Milk Tea Cookie after their discussion while approaching the fortress, actively avoiding looking the Oyster heir in the eye.

“I’m sure House Oyster would be more than happy to lend a Pearl Legion ship to your kingdom, Dark Cacao Cookie,” Captain Caviar Cookie offered, attempting to show his gratitude through material matters while Financier Cookie performed it vocally. “The new technology allows free travel throughout the Licorice Sea! Though, Royal Milk Tea Cookie’s tough powers saved us from an untimely demise as well.”

The king froze, knife and fork clattering against his plate. “Powers, you say?”

Confused at the change in mood, Royal Milk Tea Cookie simply nodded. “Yes, your majesty. A large monster made of licorice attempted to attack us– it stole me from my cabin, actually– and somehow I was able to control the beast. The licorice actually began to orbit me. It’s still here!” Royal Milk Tea Cookie set down his silverware and motioned toward the small pearls circling his chair, laughing a bit in amusement. The reality of the encounter did sound a bit unbelievable.

Several guards stepped forward, only just noticing the orbiting spheres around their guest. Dark Cacao Cookie’s face was unreadable, and Royal Milk Tea Cookie could only hope it wasn’t because of anything bad.

“You claim you can control the Licorice Beast?” The king rephrased, clarifying.

“Um, yes. I do believe that is what happened,” Royal Milk Tea Cookie agreed.

Dark Cacao Stood up out of his seat, motioning for Royal Milk Tea Cookie to do the same. “My esteemed guests,” He began. “I must depart for the remainder of dinner. Please continue to enjoy your meals without me. My guards will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have. Milk Tea Cookie, please, come with me.”

Beginning a brisk walk from the table toward a hall behind the throne, the Creme Republic’s ambassador quickly ran forward to keep up with the much larger Cookie as they departed from the dining hall.

“What’s wrong, your majesty? What’s wrong with my power?” Royal Milk Tea Cookie insisted, continuing to follow his host with a brisk pace. He cursed his short stature as he struggled to keep up. Dark Cacao Cookie opened a door with a key that had been hanging around his neck, allowing Royal Milk Tea Cookie to enter and take notice of rows and rows of portraits lining the hidden hallway. “I didn’t even know I had it in me, actually. I’ve never been in combat before, nor have I ever fought a beast like the one we encountered!”

“Royal Milk Tea Cookie,” The king began, ending Royal Milk Tea Cookie’s ramblings and walking toward the portrait at the end of the hall. He wasn’t using his given name, for some reason. “Do you know how the Five Ancient Heroes came to be?” Royal Milk Tea Cookie simply shook his head. The portrait above the pair looked to be of a small family, with a green and brown Cookie in the middle, and a chocolate Cookie on his right, a vanilla Cookie on his left, each woman holding a small child. 

“There is a collection of Cookies simply referred to as Cookies of Legend. They are spirits, representing different elements of Earthbread. The most accepted story of how they all came to be is that we were simply baked with Soul Jam in our dough, and while this is true, this is not the full story.

“I was baked by a different approach. The other Cookies of The Five may have been baked similarly, but I only know of my baking.” Dark Cacao Cookie pointed to the portrait, speaking in reference to the main bodies portrayed. “The Cookie in the center here, my father, is known to my people as Theobroma Cookie, though he goes by many names,” Dark Cacao Cookie moved through the hall, approaching another portrait, this one of a younger version of himself and the Cookie to the right of Theobroma Cookie in the first picture. 

“My baking was special. Theobroma Cookie had immense power that he blessed among all his subjects. Immense power from my father blessed me with the power that I possess now, and that I have passed down to my son. We are of a special lineage that very few Cookies are aware of. Did you notice the other woman in the first portrait, Milk Tea Cookie?”

“Yes, your majesty. She looked like a Cookie from the Vanilla Kingdom, though.”

“She was. My father had two Cookies he loved dearly. One of them was my mother, and the other was your great-grandmother.”

Royal Milk Tea Cookie gasped. “My what? Your majesty, I’m simply–”

“I know what you are, Milk Tea Cookie. I kept close tabs on my half-brother,” Dark Cacao Cookie assured. “Just as my might was passed down to myself through my father’s jam, your Mother, Oat Milk Cookie, was blessed with a similar sense of immense power.

“But I thought my mother was a simple Milk Villager?”

“So did I, before I heard about your powers. I tried to keep track of my half-brother’s lineage, but Oat Milk Cookie seemed too distant to be any Cookie of note. Now, however, I see that the powers simply skipped a generation.” Dark Cacao Cookie continued walking, this time approaching a portrait that looked as though it was revealing a great tragedy, Cookies strewn across the landscape as a great beast towered over the nation. “While my father blessed me with great strength, a yin must always have its yang. My half-brother, Swiss Choco Cookie, was given the gift of controlling great licorice beasts, like the one you met in the sea.

“He was warned the powers may become too much, but he believed he was an Ancient Hero and was worthy of his destructive powers,” Dark Cacao Cookie’s voice filled with sorrow as he continued. “He had a loving wife and a wonderful child, but he grew hungry for power and demanded my throne, not understanding that he had no right to claim it. His mother’s kingdom was already under the rule of Pure Vanilla Cookie, however, so I assume I was the last resort… he attacked us, and I had to stop him.”

Royal Milk Tea Cookie slowly pieced together the story that Dark Cacao Cookie– his half-grandfather– was telling him. Swiss Choco Cookie was nowhere to be found in any subsequent portraits. Stopping him didn’t mean trapping him or hiding him away somewhere… Swiss Choco Cookie had been crumbled by Dark Cacao Cookie.

“So,” The shorter Cookie took deep breaths, looking at all the portraits that provided visuals for the tragedy that had befallen his bloodline. “My mother is of Ancient lineage like you are?” It was an attempt to shake the murder from his mind, regardless of how righteous it had been.

“The very same. And I understand that you have come to realize you carry the same powers that your grandfather once tried to abuse.”

Royal Milk Tea Cookie nodded slowly, scared of what he might be capable of. Dark Cacao Cookie quickly attempted to assure his guest of safety.

“Please understand that I don’t mean you will cause any destruction. I know you are on a quest to find Oat Milk Cookie and put a stop to the disastrous path of the wishing dragon that has given you such fortune,” Dark Cacao Cookie crouched to Royal Milk Tea Cookie’s level, continuing on. “My father is your great-great-grandfather, Royal Milk Tea Cookie. You are a grandson to me. The powers that you hold are nothing short of those exactly like us Ancient Heroes. I only want to warn you to be careful… something I didn’t try with my own son.”

It was a bittersweet sentiment, and Royal Milk Tea Cookie nodded, letting the truth wash over him. Divines, it had only been a day on the journey, and not only was his life a lie, but his mother was a child of Ancient lineage. It was almost as though it couldn’t be real!

“Thank you, Dark Cacao Cookie,” The blue-eyed Cookie spoke softly, unsure of his place in Earthbread after the conversation. “I believe that I have been schooled well, and while these powers are… new… I don’t think I will turn to evil as quickly as your brother may have.”

The king nodded, standing back up to his full height. “I hope not. If every yin must have its yang, I do believe your other half is fulfilled. My son… has not been the kindest to all,” A sadness filled the king’s eyes once more, and Royal Milk Tea Cookie could only wonder what tragedies had struck his kingdom. “But let us return to dinner. I’m sure everyone else has already finished, and your beloved shall be ready to retire for the night.”

Jam filled his face. “No– Clotted Cream Cookie isn’t–”

“I understand how it feels, Royal Milk Tea Cookie. My dearest… she was loved by all of us before her disappearance. I can sense how you feel about Clotted Cream Cookie, though I may despise him. Come.”

The pair exited the hidden hallway, Dark Cacao Cookie locking the door once more with his key and escorting his guest back toward the dining hall, where everyone looked quite full and tired after the wondrous meal.

“I thank you for your patience,” Dark Cacao Cookie bowed to the sailors and representatives from the Creme Republic. “I shall begin my watch for the night with my citizens. We will keep an eye out for this dragon, and wake you if it makes an appearance in our sky so that you may begin your journey toward the Hollyberry Isles.” With a swish of his large cloak, Dark Cacao Cookie disappeared out of the castle, heading toward what was likely a tower to observe the skies alongside his watchers.

“Must you now depart?”

Royal Milk Tea Cookie turned to see Financier Cookie speaking with a Dark Cacao watcher. She had a bow and arrow in hand and a soft smile on her face as she spoke with the paladin.

“Yes, I am one of his majesty’s most trusted advisors. He will want me to be with him tonight, I’m sure. It was wonderful speaking with you,” The watcher bowed to the paladin, smiling as she turned. “I hope you may visit the kingdom again soon.”

Before he could ask what had unfolded between the pair, Clotted Cream Cookie was running up and sending heaps of questions at Royal Milk Tea Cookie and what his conversation with the king had been about. 

“I’ll tell you about it in the morning,” He dismissed, grabbing the Consul’s hand and dragging him toward the hall of rooms in which everyone was staying. “I’d much prefer to get some rest now before the dragon appears. Is that alright?”

Mouth agape slightly and eyes directed at their clasped hands, Clotted Cream Cookie could only nod wordlessly as he followed the shorter Cookie into their shared room for the night.