#the ancient beast order au

[brittle-doughie]

BRITTLE-DOUGH MAKE A BEAST ANCIENTS AU AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!!!

The Ancient Beast Order (Ancient Beast AU)

Ok, Kratos. I’m going to be tossing out ideas here, so you’re all more then welcome to give your own two cents.

Pure Vanilla Cookie - The Prophet of Salvation (Virtue of Perfection)

Pure Vanilla Cookie thought that he could save everyone, that no cookie would have harm befall them if he was there to protect them. This thought plagued his mind as he resorted to..less then ethical Dark Moon magic to help heal all around him, refusing to believe that his use of this magic leads to fatal results, going as far as to raise the dead, just so he doesn’t have him or others experience the agony that death brings. Cookies around him voice their concerns, but he doesn’t pay it any mind. It was for their own good…no matter the result

White Lily Cookie - The Lady of the Lilies (Virtue of Order)

Shoutout to @t-t-tau-me for their ask being an inspiration for Beast Lily

Dark Enchantress Cookie and now the Beasts, everything seemed to crumble away around White Lily Cookie. She pondered, was this really what freedom does? Help cookies find who they are, but also allow monsters to roam about the land, destroying cookies in their path? No, she felt like the way for cookies to obtain peace was to establish order, so that tragedies like Dark Enchantress never happening again and she now had the Faerie Kingdom to back her up.

Dark Cacao Cookie - The Relusive Tower (Virtue of Nolition)

Dark Cacao Cookie never left his kingdom much, his warriors doing little to assists others and many cookies having to pay the price for this by having the villages to fend for themselves. It’s said that when the time comes where he would finally stand from his throne, that dark times for his targets would follow.

Hollyberry Cookie - The Lover of Passion (Virtue of Mania)

Hollyberry Cookie’s passion knew no bounds, whether it be for her subjects or her own personal interests. It can border on obsession when she finds something that drives her to do everything in her power to get. The fires of her passion can never extinguish, leaving The Lover as a relentless beast that never gives up what catches her eye.

Golden Cheese Cookie - The Gleaming Goddess (Virtue of Greed)

She had everything, her people, her riches, her kingdom. Yet, there was this nagging feeling in the back of her head that had her craving for more. The Gleaming Goddess wanted the surrounding villages, then the villages around those ones, her greed will never satiating until Earthbread becomes an empire in her image and she’ll crush anyone that stands in her path.

The Cookie Kingdom is the last safe haven in the land, taking in cookies who want to escape the grasp of the The Ancient Beast Order. This spelled bad news when the Beast Cookies themselves have awoken as well.

You wanted to be the beacon of light in a world plunging into darkness, but when 10 Beasts have their eyes set on your kingdom and on YOU in mind, you worry if your forces will be enough to fight back…

[cuppajj]

I haven’t canonized the complete order in which the ancients corrupted yet, but there’s a high chance now that Lily was first while Vanilla was last

[elystelleven]

A Pretty Cool AU Concept I Have In Mind:

The Dark Flour War never happened, and the Ancients spend a hundred more years letting their kingdoms flourish and keeping Earthbread as prosperous as ever. Thanks to their efforts, they decide to establish some kind of alliance/union dedicated to improving an area of cookiekind they most excel in (e.g. Dark Cacao in combat and White Lily in knowledge) and are given the opportunity to visit each other and enlighten on whatever problems they have. You know, the typical ancient shenanigans but on a much grander scale!

Hoooowever, this doesn't entirely mean their world is free of conflict. On the other hand, the St. Pastry Order and dark magic practitioners (that cake monsters happen to be apart of) manage to set aside their differences and join together to form a bigger, more dangerous underground organization with the intention of changing cookiekind in a similar vain to Dark Enchantress's motives and the Order's original belief to "walk with the truth in mind", whatever that means. Their conflict with the Ancients will hold much more nuance since their beliefs clash with one another, not to mention the Order being too good of a group to just be... ignored by the canon for some reason... (devsisters if I catch your hands--)

Oh and of course, the Beasts will find a way to meddle with these antics and play a much bigger part in the story than we realize.

There's also gonna be lore elements from Witch's Castle too! The story of the Witch of Light and the "First" cookies are just too intriguing and I don't really see them being integrated in fan stories (from what I've seen, at least) so why not sprinkle them here as well?

[sharky-the-idiot]

i dont have a quote for her either I just really like her though

who up persevering through they trauma

[anitoko-17294]

NEWS FLASH!: New story out!

So, somebody had asked me about what happened to Dark Choco Cookie in my ancient beasts au, so I decided to write a story about what happened

(Keep in mind: This story has multiple chapters)

@masked17majora

[rollingeevee]

Wait if we have the Beasts bites what about Anciens?

Maybe in AU where they also corrupted or smth like that, how would their bites be like? (Ofc u don’t have to answer that im just dumping my ideas here xd)

I actually think I have an ask about Ancients somewhere else in my ask box that I plan to answer soon (they don’t have a bite but they do have smth similar in a way) but you specifically mentioned corrupted Ancients. And that inspired me… SO HAVE A TRUTHLESS RECLUSE X READER ONESHOT! MUAHAHAHA

You can now find part 2 here!

Warnings: A lil suggestive?

“Pure Vanilla, please!” You begged your lover. “Our friends need our help! I don’t understand how you can just sit here and refuse to acknowledge that!”

Pure Vanilla, or Truthless Recluse as he’d renamed himself, remained silent. He stared intently at you, a gaze that used to be so warm and filled with care and life, now reduced to tired, intimidating darkness.

As you pleaded with the one you adored so dearly, fallen to Deceit, his mind swam with thoughts. Shadow Milk had allowed your stay in the Spire with him for a reason yet unknown to you. But the reason was becoming apparent to Pure Vanilla. Shadow Milk knew of the relationship between the two of you, and he knew that with corruption now plaguing the Truthless Recluse’s heart, it would only be a matter of time before the once compassionate Cookie found himself overcome with that Beastly urge to bite. And Shadow Milk, ever the lover of theatrics, wanted to see the once so pure Cookie give into his new, corrupted urges. To embrace the inner Beast that he knew lay dormant within.

He was taken out of his thoughts when you announced that, if he wouldn’t help you, you would find and help the young Cookies on your own. He seemed to snap to life at that declaration.

His arms were around you before you could reach the door, pulling, almost yanking, you back into the depths of the room Shadow Milk had provided for him. You turned to face him with a scowl. “Pure Vanilla, let me go!”

“Stay.” Was his only response, though it was more of a command than anything. His tone had lost the warmth you’d come to know and love from it, replaced by a cool, possessive rumble from deep within his chest that seemed to vibrate your entire body.

Your expression became desperate. “Please, my love…” your voice was quiet and despairing. “Please… let me go… or come with me… I cannot allow Shadow Milk to torment those poor children who have done so much to help you… to help us…”

His grip tightened. “You’re not going anywhere.” He asserted.

“Pure Vanilla-”

“Don’t leave me…” His voice was but a whisper this time, far less oppressive and dominating than his previously issued orders. Almost… vulnerable. You felt a spark of longing familiarity in your heart. You raised your eyes to look into his own. Those tired, beaten eyes shimmered with anguish and a helpless need for your presence. Pure Vanilla was still in there… somewhere… buried deep, surely, but he was there.

With soft eyes, you turned your body to face his and wrapped your arms around him in a hug. He nuzzled his face against the top of your head, nose buried in your hair. He sat down upon his bed, dragging you down to straddle his lap so that he could hide his face in the crook of your neck. As he breathed in your scent, the muscles of his body seemed to relax. It was another glimpse of the Pure Vanilla you knew and loved, further solidifying your belief that the Cookie you adored still existed amongst the corruption. But your focus on this caused you to fail to catch the feeling of his lips twitching against your dough.

What little was left of Pure Vanilla in the corrupted cookie urged him to stay calm. To resist. But Truthless Recluse could no longer fight the urge to bare his new fangs…

You heard your lover suck in a breath through his parting teeth. His body was tense again, now feeling akin to a predator poised to strike. Before you could figure out what was about to happen, he sank them into your soft dough with a hiss. You cried out as the area was flooded with a chilling cold that quickly spread throughout your body like a potent venom. You felt him exhale through his nose in what seemed like relief, the urge that had been gnawing at him since he fell into Deceit finally sated. You weakly whined as he swiped his tongue across the fresh mark that seemed to pulse with magic, unable to move as he pulled you so close that there was no longer any space between your bodies.

“All mine…”

[purrpl-png]

my take on beast & ancient swap au burning spice & golden cheese edition

i have this au expanded bc i've been thinking about it for the past month or so, but i want to share some basic ideas i came up with for a bs & gc swap during all this time even if most of it seems kinda obvious

so basically golden cheese, formerly the herald of change, now holds the soul jam of destruction and her corruption has its roots in her greed obv, as time passed it grew bigger and bigger until it became harmful to everyone around her. she treats everything and everyone as her property, but not in a healthy way and believes that she can do whatever she wants with what is hers, thus being destruction. the whole world is already hers and she's so rich and spoiled that the treasures are not precious anymore and now are just some toys to play with until they break and she founds new ones. she can afford it. more and more and more and more

her appearance resembles more of a snake now than a bird. she flies much less than her og version and her wings are usually down, but it doesn't make her dislike using her wings

burning spice holds the light of abundance. he is a strong, brave and kind hero, he isn't greedy, in fact he's really generous. same as the og golden cheese, has lost his kingdom he deared so much in a war. but unlike her, he didn't make a virtual version of it, instead he tried to move on and build a new one from scratch, starting off small, which he succeeds to do much later on. as much as he enjoys witnessing the creation of something new, watching the new life spark, he still misses everything he held so dear before

his looks are inspired from his pre-corruption silhouette from the official beasts introduction video. normally, he has 4 arms, but after the first fight with golden cheese, she rips off the extra 2 of them. as he awakens, he gets his 6 arms

both the spice gang and the cheese gang are alive and well here and now

the spice gang is helping burning spice to regain his kingdoms prosperity, however only nutmeg tiger made it to beast-yeast together with burning spice by an accident

the cheese gang follow golden cheese more out of their own greed, trying to survive and get a piece of the riches

obviously, smoked cheese is swapped with nutmeg tiger. nutmeg tiger is still a strong mighty warrior, a proud general of burning spices kingdom. she shows a lot of care and loyalty to burning spice, always standing by his side. she has her own garden in the kingdom to take care of the plants because of her in-game sprite where she smiles watering the plants and i thought it was hella cute to ignore lol

smoked cheeses appearance and attitude didn't really change much because he was already villainous enough. but now he's extra villainous. he might be actually the only one to truly admire golden cheeses toxic greed, but is always ready to stab her back if anything for his own greater good. he's just as evil and greedy as her and he waits for a perfect moment to strike and take everything to himself, which didn't happen yet

mozzarella, being swapped with cilantro cobra, just like her gets killed by her ruler too. golden cheese accidentally kills mozzarella in her pursuit for burning spice

her loyal marzipan cookies followed her everywhere, listening to her orders

burnt cheese is swapped with safron buffalo and fettuccine with pepper pangolin

cheesebirds are swapped with kulfis. cheesebirds, just as og kulfis, live in fear and only wish to survive. elder kulfi (now high priest kulfi) is swapped with high priest cheesenbird (now elder cheesebird)

elder cheesebird and young cheesebird give burning spice and nutmeg tiger a shelter. young cheesebird later on gets saved by burning spice in his first fight with golden cheese

high priest kulfi is the holy healing herald of the burning spice kingdoms house of prayer and is a dear friend of burning spice

there is much-much more ideas and thoughts i can yap about, but im not a writer, i wanted to keep it as short as possible and also english isn't my first language so the language barrier is demolishing me lol im sorry if it was painful to read

i might actually redesign the designs a little bit later, those are just some random sketches i did to kinda imagine the blurry shape i have in my head on a paper as a whole, not getting into the details. and if a lot of yall like it i might actually put an effort and draw something much more than just two raw simple sketches lol

also please credit me if you want to use these designs or got inspired, i would really appreciate that :3

[cryptidmickle]

your amnesiac au makes me scream and sob and cry forever & ever do you have any thoughts or comments on it that you havent been able to share to the world yet

CRIES AS I DROP MILLIONS OF INCOMPREHENSIBLE SKETCHES FROM MY POCKETS, I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS I HAVE YET TO BE ABLE TO SHARE OR MAKE COHERENT

ahh i've been posting a Little out of order, as in this au smilk and pv have actually been communicating since beast yeast ep 1&2!! smilk's been haunting his ass for a while now and they had even started to become accustomed to the other, finding their similarities and behaviors easy to understand and work with.... white lily knows pure vanilla has been talking to him, but hoped the extent of those interactions was just uncomfortable threats and taunts....

she was Not happy when pure vanilla disappeared and more so when he came back with memory-less shadow milk

a lot of stuff is up in the air considering these bastards story isn't finished yet, but i think the incident leading to smilk's amnesia takes place in the time of golden cheese getting yoinked by burning spice? so while shes fighting for her life, pv is dragging a clown out of the bushes and begging for white lily to not send him immediately to the dungeons

the spell that pv hit smilk with i've decided is quite literally a baby version of smilk's attack ingame! ☝️or at least, a really fucked up version of it, pv is REALLY bad at attack magic and heh. well. now smilk's souljam is cracked and he can't seem to remember anything! though he does still retain a lot of his old knowledge, like spell creation and sciences, old folklore....... it actually unnerves him a lot, how much he knows yet knows nothing of himself

pure vanilla actually feels really guilty about attacking smilk, but he was cornered and wasn't going to last much longer healing himself over and over again. part of the reason he decided to help him and take him in! part.

pure vanilla is not very honest about his motivations in regards to shadow milk

when the ancients find out about pure vanilla (and to an extent, white lily) harboring shadow milk in the faerie kingdom, they're very... not enthused! dark cacao visits along with golden cheese to make sure they're alright and it wasn't a false letter, and almost attack smilk on sight. valid honestly.

golden cheese especially since she just finished dealing with burning spice by this point (classic pv move to take a while before admitting he has another criminal in his sleeve)

hollyberry comes to visit when its her turn with her beast (eternal sugar babygirl come home) and she's actually the only ancient to support pvs attempt at rehabilitation of shadow milk, of course after trying to beat him to a pulp a little! (pv twitches at the word rehabilitation)

hmm last thing to end this ramble, shadow milk's cracked souljam made it unusable, think of it like a dead battery

he can't access the powers it granted him, but it also means the corruption of the souljam was made null. the shadow milk of this au is corruption free and so a lot of the things he'll be told about himself is a little... jarring. terrifying maybe.

i mean... you really don't know what you're capable of until you do it, i suppose!

i'm giving everyone a morality crisis

[ew-selfish-art]

DP x DC AU: Bruce is the one to invite Constantine over, and no, it's not to improve his tenuous working relationship with the asshole. It's the opposite of that.

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Danny had become a frequent visitor of Wayne Manor in the last few months, and Bruce had to admit that while the kid was certainly a bit ominous for his liking for a partner to Tim, he was a generally kind and happy soul. They'd been dating for a lot longer than the Bats knew of- Kon had been the one to let it slip to Jon who told Damian and so on- and since the relationship was no longer secret, Tim brings him to family functions.

The thing about Danny is... He's dead. More than half of the time. Which again, is not Ideal for Bruce's wishes for Tim's future husband, but it also means that he reviles in being alive. Danny is downright joyous about using his time left on earth properly. He makes Tim eat real food, enjoy real sleep and generally live a more fulfilled life than he had been. The whole family noticed the changes in Tim, and it made them like Danny even more.

So after a particularly grueling day of dealing with Trigon and therefore the JLD's lack of coordination and sensible planning- Bruce gets the idea. John couldn't fucking contain himself admonishing Bruce, and perhaps it was vindictive, but Bruce figures that John should meet Danny. Sans context of course.

...

John is really over dealing with Batman's prissy, over complicated and perfectionist attitude. Come to the Cave he'd demanded, as though John didn't have a favorite bar to get back to, deal with a ghost he ordered like John didn't have other priorities than some random shade.

When walking into the space however, the second his teleportation portal closed, John knew something was deeply, deeply fucked. The shadows were growing longer, the second hand on his watch ticked slower, the air smelled of sulfur and... Red Robin was sitting working at the computer like nothing was wrong. But what was wrong, was the kid was marked by The End. Marked by The Infinite. FUCK.

John knew Death, the Endless, and knew she could pick favorites just like her siblings (Dream's immortal drinking buddy comes to mind). But this wasn't her work, this was something other.

"Mate- the Bat said there was a ghost?" John feels like he might throw up, the eerie atmosphere complicating what should have been a simple request.

"Uh, obviously." The kid didn't even look over from his screen or pause his typing.

John slowly approached, looking over each shoulder a few times, turning in a few circles as the shadows appeared to dance and echo within the cave. He could see his breath, the air became so cold so suddenly. And then, with the gentleness of a pin drop, a new agonizing sound appeared with a Kid walking down the cave stairs. The aura of the room turned dark, every cell in John's body screaming to run, that this was basically the little girl from the ring crawling through the TV as the young man walked down the steps.

"Babe, your grampa says that dinners going to be ready in a second. Oh, uh, hey dude." The creature speaks, turning his eyes to John for only a moment to study him. It feels equivalent to a butterfly being pinned by its wings.

"Y-y-you, you're, you're one of the Endless?" John stutters, his body reacting in fear despite the nonchalant posture of the Beast. The young man rolls his eyes.

"Nah, one of the Ancients but like uh, I'm new in town. And hon seriously don't be late, A made tiramisu for dessert and you're not allowed to have any if you're late and I don't want to deal with you pouting."

"You had me at Tiramisu!" Red stands up from his computer and then turns, "John, what are you doing here again?" Red Robin finally looks over at him, completely confused.

"Just leaving." John mutters, his eyes still trained on the ANCIENT.

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Bruce could barely hide his laugh when Tim reported the Magician meeting Danny in the cave.

That'll show the asshole to question Batman's knowledge of the occult.

[justn0t]

love u beast vanilla (yapping below cut)

I have designs for the others but I haven't finalised them. maybe I'll make this an official au thingy if I do.

Vanilla becomes a beast in chapter 9, crispia inside of his 'soul's abyss of regret.'

I'm a firm believer that it was shadow milk pretending to be the light of truth here, considering the eyes and how different it is compared to when the rest of the ancients speak with their soul jams.

Shadow milk, whilst trying to get pure vanilla to wake up in order to get the light of truth, unintentionally snaps his very fragile mental state. When he asks, "Are you ready to embrace me once again?" Pure Vanilla refuses and is unable to face himself. The light of truth shatters and becomes delusion.

So, he continues deluding himself into believing that he is 'wilting healer cookie', and he claims to not recognise the name "Pure Vanilla."

I also want to say that unlike the beasts, the ancients soul jam isn't split in two. It just fades into sometimes else because it's already incomplete.

[brittle-doughie]

Imagine in the Ancient Beast au, we have ruler y/n cookir squaring up with one of the ancient beasts saying, "You want my kingdom? You'll have to go through me!"

Then Beast!Vanilla just smiles & says: "Why would we do that when we can simply take you with the kingdom?"

- 🥀 Anon

The Prophet: “All these cookies, trembling in fear for their lives. Don’t you worry about a thing, Y/N Cookie. I will save them all and you’ll have a full view the whole time…”

Y/N Cookie: “O-on, second thought. You can just leave with me…”

[cuppajj]

has anyone tried to assasinate saint vanilla?

At least once. Saint always appears unguarded and vulnerable, but he continues to walk while his assassins are never seen again.

[fishymom-art]

Love your fix a beast au and the comics for it are amazing! I have a few questions, if you don't mind answering, cuz ik some might venture into spoiler territory:

1) We saw when pv took Lily's staff and her reaction to when it went missing. So, how do the other ancients react? Cuz I feel like Cacao would immediately order a full scale search/manhunt for his blade and whoever snatched it.

2) Does Shmilk bring up the fact that nilly almost jumped from his window (as per that one comic)? Would it make them see that the whole thing isn't as black and white as they think?

3) When they all eventually come across corrupt nilla, how do they react? Do they try to reason with them like Shmilk did or would they just immediately go in and try to fight him? *cough* Cacao *cough*

thamks for your questions!!!!

Cacao was the last one, who's Jam was stolen, so that comic where they're all gathered together, coming up with a plan, goes almost right after. He realises his sword is gone when PV already leaves with all the Jams.

:)

:))

[pilotingdreammsss]

Spare Parts.

Part one in my running cookie run kingdom au where the reader insert is an ancient in an already crumbling world.

Reader is gender neutral. Clothing is not described in depth, nor is their souljam, or details.

1,445 words.

Spare parts. You'd been imposed that upon your very baking. A spare ancient, one to make sure that if one fell, there was someone to replace them. You'd hated this very label, bitter as coffee and, to you, almost offensive. You hadn't even given a name, and had dictated your own as Y/N cookie. Your life had been one of self-imposed isolation- no ancient nor beast, nor cookie from a foreign kingdom would know of your existence.

This isn't to say that you hadn't gained a following- though. Travellers, outcasts and the curious had clung to your side through the forming of your own kingdom. Your very dough seemed to attract the unwanted of society, the lowest of low, those rough on the edges, those of difference. You had made yourself a sizeable following, one that appreciated your efforts; one that you would crumble for.

You hadn't made efforts to reconnect with the other ancients- despite the ongoing quarrels with the Beasts and Dark Enchantress cookie. It seemed that hell had been set loose outside your isolated bubble. Hell that you had no incentive to solve. Hell that has suddenly been brought to your doorstep.

"Your majesty. I bear urgent news."

Mixed swirl cookie- a cookie that's dual coloured eyes bore a deep wisdom. Your advisor, through thick and thin. A general, too, that makes two titles. She was usually serious, but today she was equally disturbed. Her icing bore a worried expression that left you almost equally worried for her.

You addressed her with a subtle nod, pressing her silently to continue talking.

"Those messangers we'd sent out have spotted a group of foreign cookies."

You feared this news- that suddenly your own citizens would be forced to out you to Earthbread. That this protective bubble around your kingdom would be shattered.

Sensing your discomfort, Mixed Swirl Cookie would go quiet, awaiting your orders.

The very idea of revealing yourself to the world was terrifying.

"...Mixed Swirl Cookie."

Her eyes would meet yours, her gaze growing soft.

"Ensure these messangers arrive safe and sound, but undetected. Send out a small scout group to retrieve them."

You can see a sudden hesitation, one you'd expected from such a drastic task.

An avid survivalist, you are. Witty, quick, adaptable, and sometimes perhaps a little selfish. Mixed Swirl Cookie had always trusted your dictation, as much as she tested it.

Mixed Swirl Cookie closes her eyes, and with a satisfactory hum, takes your words in.

"I shall discuss this plan with the other advisors, your Majesty."

As expected, your plans have always been peer reviewed before being put into play.

You'd been too lost in thought to notice Mixed Swirl cookie dip her hat, bow slightly and leave through the chocolate enforced doors. You're once again left to ponder in solitude, As you spent the majority of your days. Doing rounds about your small castle, gazing out of the glazed windows, admiring the set out jellies... but today, even such mundane indulgence wasn't enough to keep the sinking feeling of dread at bay. A walk around your kingdom was due, you'd figured, interaction with your beloved citizens would perhaps ease the tension.

Your hands would grasp at the large handle of the colossal door between the kingdom and your castle. Just as you'd taken to pulling open the doors to reveal the outdoors...

"Your Majesty!"

The pitter-patter of dough on caramel glazed, patterned floors.

A panting, disheveled cookie, short in stature but undoubtedly strong in resolve, would dash up to you. You'd certainly seen them before, blonde, cream curls and all. Their eyes, a milky white colour, just lighter than their dough, would meet yours.

When the poor thing had caught it's breath, it'd exclaim:

"Foreign cookies! On the.. on the border! Injured, yes..."

They'd wheeze, coughing a little.

"Yes! Armed, armed too!"

Their tone was growing frantic. You too, were further in panic.

Armed and injured- your duty as an ancient to help cookies and the self-inflicted need to remain undetected were now in deep quarrel. They needed to be healed, but how could you remain undetected?

Your soul jam could be hidden- but it would be questionable that a non-ancient cookie could run a kingdom. It was worth trying, however. You finally meet the cookie's eyes again, sighing deeply.

"Bring them in."

They object loudly.

"B-but your anonymity, your majesty!"

You dismissively wave your hand, and watch them trip on their words.

"I will remain undetected, please don't worry, Lemon Cream Cookie."

They look doubtful, though defeated, scribble some notes on their paper, and leave as fast as they'd appeared. You silently listen to the sound of their fading footsteps.

You'll attend to the matter later, when you'd find a sufficient way to hide your status as an Ancient, whilst remaining regal. You'd turn away from the door, to find some icing that would sufficiently fulfill this task.

After a long-winded walk, through decorated hallways and past bustling rooms, you'd find yourself standing in your own dressing room. Built long ago, you'd admittedly used it more than you thought you would. Part of life's delights came out of matching different icings together.

The door slides open, to your pleasure, and reveals racks of icing on cookie mannequins. They were admittedly creepy at times, particularly when it got dark, and had given you scares sometimes. You scan through several outfits, eyes narrowed in deep contemplation. Outfits for every occasion, ranging from casual wear to something adjacent that one would wear to a ball. You needed something commanding of respect, though also humble. A good impression. It's hard to settle upon what you should wear, but the task is possible.

You're finally graced with the perfect outfit, scavenged from many parts. Radiant, but oh so humble. Leaving the holder of your Soul Jam in the depths of your castle, guarded by locks and keys, you approach the door again. This time, undisturbed. Pulling it open and exposing your kingdom. Two guards push the door closed behind you, as you start to trek down the sets of stairs. There's guard outposts on either side, though the guarding cookies say nothing as you pass.

The muddy coloured stairs beneath you are starting to show signs of age, they'd need some fixing soon. The kingdom bustle draws nearer, as you now spot your citizens engaging in every-day activities. A sugar horse drawn cart clatters by holding jellies, merchants with large backpacks roam the streets, a small group of youthful cookies dash by holding books about magic, no doubt on their way to school. Stands line the street you walk on, selling various goods, from foodstuffs to precious handmade decor.

Everycookie seems too caught up in the bustle of everyday life that you remain unacknowledged as their ruler. You flash some smiles to the sellers, weaving through crowds to make your way to the infirmary. It's no easy feat, dodging cookies, carts and various domestic cake monsters. Though you emerge unharmed, and are finally allowed to admire the surrounding houses, skillfully designed by your architects, now rich with life. Being so caught up in the scenery, you almost forget the task at hand.

The infirmary is a stale structure. Pale white, clearly marked 'infirmary'. It bore minimal decor, enough to seem somewhat homely, but bare enough to be a place of medical practice. The doors are transparent, made with enforced sugar glass, and slide open smoothly. The building itself is not very populated, with only a few patients, not including the foreign visitors. You approach the white chocolate desk, where a pale cookie with blue eyes, presumably a receptionist, resides behind. They seem to be scanning through some records, though it's none of your business.

"Hello, I'm here to see the new cookies."

They nod, gesturing to a sugar glass door on the right. You nod, and leave without a word. Pushing it open reveals a room primarily occupied by beds. In the corner there are two nurses, attending to two cookies separately. One of the newcomers is tall, wearing some form of winter wear, seemingly a Hanbok-esque wear.

Her dark hair seems to be strewn into a ponytail, however is also adorned into a bun. She seemingly has a few adornments, adorning a primarily black and white colour scheme. Her companion, the friendlier-looking one, has a similar dark complexion, black hair with white stripes, adorning a rather snazzy cape...

Their looks didn't matter- though, as both seem to glance at you spontaneously. Your efforts to be friendly and well-presented seem to have worked, as both seem unbothered, atleast visibly, with your presence.

You slow as you approach them both, only then does the first tense and the other follow.

Cliffhanger~ Might continue if interest is shown... otherwise, it may be the only writing you see from me (ノωヽ)

Update! Part two here.

[anitoko-17294]

Chapter 8 of Tragic Banquet is here! :)

Don’t worry, after this chapter, things will be a bit calmer

@rainbowcutieyt @masked17majora @rosejigglypuff76 @rosettepoisonous @xaytheloser

[thesparkledash]

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Hey everyone! I’m Dash (they/it/he) and I draw comics and do voice acting sometimes. Right now I mainly post about Cookie run, as well as Made in Abyss, Black Lagoon, Touhou, Hanoka and Amuri in Star Ocean (and original work of course)

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Comics

Fallen Ancients AU:

Instead of defeating the beasts, the ancients become corrupted one by one. Dark Cacao Cookie has given in to apathy and is spending his days at the Ivory Pagoda while slowly turning into flour, Golden Cheese Cookie made a deal to stay with Burning Spice Cookie in order to protect her kingdom, and Pure Vanilla Cookie has isolated himself in the spire of shadows.

Corrupted Hollyberry Cookie and White Lily Cookie may or may not be added as well depending on how their beast yeast episodes play out.

The tag for this AU is #Fallen Ancients AU

Chapter 1, Peach Bao Garden Chapter 2, A Game of Go Chapter 3, The High Priestess, the Hermit, and the Fool Chapter 4, Tea Party for the Fallen Chapter 5, Mirror of the Soul

Also, since I get these questions a lot:

The only romantic ship that is probably going to be included is heavily implied ShadowVanilla, but I can't promise this won't change later on. Dark Cacao & Mystic Flour are mostly just platonic

Caramel Arrow, Crunchy Chip and the rest of the Dark Cacao warriors are still alive and looking for Dark Cacao

Smoked cheese is still alive. He's just being kept in a cell in Burning Spice's temple.

Yes, I promise Dark Choco will show up at some point. It wouldn't be an angsty Dark Cacao focused story without some family drama ;P

Walpurgisnacht:

The life of highschool student Rin drastically changes when she comes in contact with the witch-world. Now an undead magical girl, she has to defend her city against the imminent threat of dark magic. (Has been on hiatus for a few months now, but I’m most likely gonna resume working on that after the Fallen Ancients AU is mostly done).

You can find it on webtoon, as well as on my other socials