a-lilyinthevalley

[a-lilyinthevalley]

(From @th3-r04m1ng-pr1nc3 [flashback or continuity error, who knows!])

*Dark Choco was in a room away from everyone, trying to figure things out. There were so many weird new feelings he was trying to understand, and none of them made sense. The fluttering in his chest around Licorice and Red Velvet, the discomfort when he looked in the mirror and elation on those rare occasions of being mistaken for a girl, the urge to act like some sort of wild animal... He was currently trying to get the animalistic urges out and hoping nobody would see.*

Rrr... Graarh! Chrrr...

Dark Enchantress was having a pretty good day, all things considered.

She had White Lily - and subsequently, the Light of Freedom - within her grasp at long last, Black Sapphire had a new recruit, and- and there were weird noises coming from Dark Choco’s room.

Dammit, Choco, what did you do..?

The dragon knocks on the door before opening it just a tad to peer inside.

“Choco, are you alright? Do I need to call for help?”

[a-lilyinthevalley]

The butterflies swarm her, little legs giving a hug as best they could manage. They pull back, and ask about the fragment.

“Oh, this?” she says, hand absentmindedly reaching towards it, “It’s… yeah. It… hurt, the static. When… everything happened. I think it was a crack, before, but now it’s like I’ve been crying, almost.”

The diamond certainly looked like a tear.

“It shows no signs of deterioration, so it won’t get worse, but it’s also not… getting better. It’s an in-between state.”

Kind of like where- and how- I am now.

To: HER. Once SHE gets back, at least...

From: [[ ERROR: SENDER NOT FOUND. ]]

Oh.. you.. seem to be marked by [[STATIC]]...

👁 What Happened? 👁

“Just… wasn’t able to fully escape Them, y’know?”

[a-lilyinthevalley]

“Good, thinking for both the present and future. Keeping long-term plans in mind… 8/10.”

She hummed, opening up her book once more as the wings on her gloves flicked.

“You may bring him here if he agrees. He must prove his loyalty, of course, but I would be happy to welcome him to our ranks. I can’t imagine the Silver Knights have healthcare.”

“Just… don’t let him find her. Not until we are sure he can be trusted.”

Black Sapphire knocked on the door.

"Mistress?"

~ @theblacksapphirecookie

How many times have I told you not to call me--

"...Come in," she calls, turning another page in her book. For all the witches' rebaking her had done, she still had some annoyingly stubborn habits that she couldn't break.

Case in point: the state of Dark Enchantress' study.

It wasn't a mess, per se, just a general state of... organized chaos. Blueprints and calculations for future projects dotted the walls, books haphazardly piled on flat surfaces.

The only spots completely clear of debris were the armchair the dragon was currently lounging in, and the polished desk near the large window framing the night sky.

She sighs, finally lifting her gaze to look at the cookie in the room, "What is it?"

[a-lilyinthevalley]

Offscript:

Here have some soup!

*hands Willy a bowl of purple liquid*

[onscript]

“Thank..? You..?”

She peers at the liquid, before shrugging and chugging the entire thing.

“Oh, it’s… good. Thank you...”

[a-lilyinthevalley]

Off script: “hey… hey.. I don’t mean to cause alarm but… Dark enchantress cookie and you have the same eyes… I think ya might be related somehow!”

[onscript]

Dark Enchantress snorted, shooting a glance at her counterpart, “Shit, they’re onto us.”

“Why do you find it funny to butt in on my conversations? Go talk to your own little voice guys.”

“Joke’s on you, I don’t have any~!” the dragon practically sang, grinning wider at the expression on White Lily’s face.

“You suck,” they grumbled.

[a-lilyinthevalley]

Smash or Pass is a rather suggestive game where it is like. Smash means you'd be down to fuck the person and pass is you would not be down.

“…I doubt I’d be very interesting to play with, considering I don’t have anything… down there, anymore.”

[a-lilyinthevalley]

Hello White Lily Cookie, have you heard of the hit game, Silent Hill 2? It was about James Sunderland, a widower who journeys to the town of Silent Hill after receiving a letter from his wife.

“I’m getting so many interesting game suggestions from you today! They all sound so interesting based on their title. I’m not sure I’ll play any, but thank you for the idea,” the faerie smiles up at the butterfly.

[a-lilyinthevalley]

“So I’ve been told…” they huff a laugh, “But I’m glad you’re okay, at least.”

“Care to catch me up on stuff?”

(throws tk at you because time is currently yelling 😭)

*timekeeper stares at white lilly through a portal before jumping out of it and looks up at white lilly*

Lils..? Are you actually back?

[a-lilyinthevalley]

opinion on the smash or pass game?

She cocks her head at the butterfly, “…Well, I’ve never played, so I can’t really say… but I wouldn’t mind learning?”

[a-lilyinthevalley]

(throws tk at you because time is currently yelling 😭)

*timekeeper stares at white lilly through a portal before jumping out of it and looks up at white lilly*

Lils..? Are you actually back?

[a-lilyinthevalley]

To: HER. Once SHE gets back, at least...

From: [[ ERROR: SENDER NOT FOUND. ]]

Oh.. you.. seem to be marked by [[STATIC]]...

👁 What Happened? 👁

“Just… wasn’t able to fully escape Them, y’know?”

[a-lilyinthevalley]

Hi! Lily! Don’t worry you’ll be breathing again soon!

“Thank you all for your help, by the way… I don’t think I’d have held on as long as I did if it weren’t for your help.”

[a-lilyinthevalley]

Lily, you sweet summer child

you've missed so many trauma and villain arcs for Black Sapphire and many more from the beasts

“It’s not like everything imploded as soon as I died, right..?”

[a-lilyinthevalley]

(Off-script)

You should also study the ultimate cookie! While you’re at it (preferably with methods that don’t cause her harm)

[ON-SCRIPT LLLLL]

"...Are you sure you aren't Butter Roll in disguise? Though I appreciate you specifying bringing them no harm. I just hope that they are a nice cookie."

She leans back against the biscuit stone wall, cracked head making a soft thump noise.

The faerie finds herself, abruptly, wishing for her family. They hug their knees to their chest and hide their face as tears fall again and again.

Choux, Timekeeper, Silverbell... even the rest of the Silver Tree Knights. The other Beasts. Someone that would hug her and tell her that it was alright.

That she had done enough. That she could rest.

She waited, and wished, and time marched on.

[a-lilyinthevalley]

(OFFSCRIPT)

Do you realize what you’re dating?! You’re dating a scientific breakthrough! No one, and I mean NO ONE has ever gotten to study a beast cookie before! No one!

[fuck you *onscripts your offscript*]

"Correction: We aren't dating -- not after... everything. If they thought my visiting their dreams was a nightmare, well..."

White Lily trails off, seeming to lose their words.

"And I think Butter Roll Cookie, with what I've seen of him, has done plently of studies on the Beasts."

[a-lilyinthevalley]

Never enough, there's always something MISSING--

"Ah-bup-bup! Do not compare me to her, nor her to me. We are not the same cookie," she says, hand raised.

Haven't been for a long time.

The dragon flops back in her seat, resting her head on one arm of the chair while her legs dangle over the other, "I'm not taking in some faerie just because he sees my little Lily as a mother. Convince me, Black Sapphire. Use that silver tongue of yours."

Dark Enchantress was already planning to accept this faerie of Sapphire's without much question. But if she was going to lead her Cookies of Darkness, she needed to lead them well.

She needed to help them build their strengths.

Black Sapphire knocked on the door.

"Mistress?"

~ @theblacksapphirecookie

How many times have I told you not to call me--

"...Come in," she calls, turning another page in her book. For all the witches' rebaking her had done, she still had some annoyingly stubborn habits that she couldn't break.

Case in point: the state of Dark Enchantress' study.

It wasn't a mess, per se, just a general state of... organized chaos. Blueprints and calculations for future projects dotted the walls, books haphazardly piled on flat surfaces.

The only spots completely clear of debris were the armchair the dragon was currently lounging in, and the polished desk near the large window framing the night sky.

She sighs, finally lifting her gaze to look at the cookie in the room, "What is it?"

[a-lilyinthevalley]

A single eyebrow rises. Another turn of a page.

"...You do know that we have one of those in the basement, yes..?"

It was in the staff memo earlier that week. Everyone got one -- 'there's a faerie in the basement now, third cell on the right, yes it's White Lily, no you don't get to ask about the banquet, I'll ban you if I have to (yes Butter Roll, I'm talking about you, I know what you are), make sure she gets food if you go to see her.'

"...But... I'm assuming that's not the faerie you're referring to, is it..?"

The book snaps shut, and Dark Enchantress levels her gaze at Black Sapphire, eyebrow still raised.

"...Well? Who?"

Black Sapphire knocked on the door.

"Mistress?"

~ @theblacksapphirecookie

How many times have I told you not to call me--

"...Come in," she calls, turning another page in her book. For all the witches' rebaking her had done, she still had some annoyingly stubborn habits that she couldn't break.

Case in point: the state of Dark Enchantress' study.

It wasn't a mess, per se, just a general state of... organized chaos. Blueprints and calculations for future projects dotted the walls, books haphazardly piled on flat surfaces.

The only spots completely clear of debris were the armchair the dragon was currently lounging in, and the polished desk near the large window framing the night sky.

She sighs, finally lifting her gaze to look at the cookie in the room, "What is it?"