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[timekeepertwister]

As much as you think I’m dead, I’m not.

After a long time considering the layout of it all after multiple misadventures in writing to the void on Tumblr and roleplaying on different blogs, I’m planning a redo of the structure in which the story is organized, but the overall plot remains the same. Ergo, four different portfolios will be made for this, plus the other infrastructure that was supposed to be up last year.

It will make sense. Eventually.

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Case 1R-1 - File 1 - Dispatch

Lead Inspector: Frosted Shortcake Cookie

Department: Disaster Response Division

Assistants: Pomegranate Priestess Cookie, Dream Express No. 223 Food Cart Vendor

Dispatch Region: PET-OE-G/L1

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Meanwhile, back at the Time Registry Division…

☕️🍬 Baguette Cookie? You might wanna look at this…

🥖 Hm? What’s this, Coffee Candy Cookie? A previous snippet of the Dark Cacao Kingdom? Is there something you would like to report?

☕️🍬 Look closely at this area right here. It’s Croissant Cookie! From our present time! Talking with someone who doesn’t look like a Cookie!

🥖 Good work. It seems that you’ve found one of the misplaced individuals from a reported time rift that appeared since Croissant Cookie departed. Forward this record to the Time Investigation Division immediately. Although I do not suspect malicious intent, they will help determine which temporal region that individual came from so we can send a Cookie from the Disaster Response Division to said region in order to determine what caused this time rift to open, and to close it on their end. This will also determine whether we can extract Croissant Cookie’s group directly from the Dark Cacao Kingdom.

☕️🍬 W-wait! How does this affect me?!

🥖 You’re a fellow Supervisor for the Support Division in “Operation: Time Twister” and my subordinate in the Time Registry Division. If those two are talking because they both landed in the Dark Cacao Kingdom of the past despite coming from different temporal regions, this may be something else caused by the Blue Cheese Watch after it was broken by Dark Enchantress Cookie.

☕️🍬 And what’ll you be doing in the meantime?

🥖 I will submit this finding to the Director and attempt to contact Croissant Cookie directly. Once us two have finished our reports, we will reconvene for lunch. Dismissed.

☕️🍬 …WAIT!

🥖 Hm? What did you forget to say, Coffee Candy Cookie?

☕️🍬 How will we address them in the Subject Roster?

🥖 This is not a new matter, but it’s something we seldom address. Take the subjects’ first names and append the word “Cookie” to them unless they declare their own names. That is the general routine for such Cookies, and they could very well have turned into Cookies or something similar to any of Earthbread’s vast expanse of living beings after entering Earthbread through the time rift from their origin region. These effects should undo themselves when they leave through either the same or another time rift, so there are no immediate long-lasting consequences of them staying in that era for an extended period of time besides the mark they leave on the timeline… which is something that our division will splice into the main timeline directly as per the Director’s emergency directive upon implementing “Operation: Time Twister” as written in her schematics. It’s written that there will be no divergences in regions of interest pertaining to the operation. But for now, send these reports to String Gummy Cookie and the Time Investigation Division so they can process them properly. I will send the proper documentation of these findings to the Director so she can verify the situations at hand. Dismissed.

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Perspective: Frosted Shortcake Cookie, who just received a call from the TBD regarding a new mission

…And then, I was on the case. One phone call from String Gummy Cookie and the Time Investigation Division was all I needed. With case files in hand and a couple of associates to assist me, we departed from the TBD Disaster Response Division’s satellite office in the Moontide Republic’s northeastern Tidal Province at dawn. Black Lily Cookie- the Republic’s Coastal Guardian Faerie Cookie- bid me well from the northern shrine as the Timecraft took off into the time streams. But now that I think about it, these coordinates seem too familiar. I wonder why… wait. Hold on a moment.

Where are my manners? I haven’t even introduced myself proper, but I might as well since we’re still in transit. My name’s Frosted Shortcake Cookie, member of the TBD’s Disaster Response Division and Head Priestess of the Moontide Republic with a side hobby in studying celestial and demonic beings for academia. Yes, I can see the reactions from a lot of you. Unoriginal name, I know. All it takes is one new word to make it seem unique to all the others, and I have considered some ideas, but that’s not the point here. I could go on for hours about how I got these jobs and talk about the history and culture of the Moontide Republic just south of Beast-Yeast- yet left unmarked on most official maps- but that’s also not why I’m making this report. No, instead I’m going on a mission for the TBD with Pomegranate Priestess Cookie- the high priestess of Pomegranate Village- and a snack vendor from the dream world that happened to be visiting the Republic.

For conveniences’ sake, the vendor’s unique characteristics will allow you as the Time Twister Support Division to directly communicate with us for the duration of this mission. Take a moment to see who you’ll be communicating with us through in the attached image.

“Hi everyone! I’m gonna be your main source of communication with the two priestess Cookies and whoever else we run into during this mission. If you wanna ask some questions to me or anyone else here or to anyone we encounter, if you need me to do anything else to help them out, or if you really just need a snack in the office, just send an ask our way and interact with us on this whole thing!”

The destination for our mission this time is a place where… well… I trained a bit to be a priestess while in a three-year coma, but now in the present day years after those events. The TBD’s archives denote this region as Region [PET-OE-G/L1], but for you and me, we’ll just call it as it is in Outer Earthbread: Gensokyo, Japan. What? Did I make your heart jump from shock? Was that an unsavory reaction I just saw from some of you through the screen? Or did I just call someone out in the Support Office who just happened to know more about Touhou than the soundtracks? Hahaha…! Anyways, none of that matters now; back to the mission at hand. This might be our first crossover mission on this operation, but you can bet this isn’t gonna be our last.

Our objective is to interview some of the locals who could have witnessed the time rift opening on its own, determine whether the Blue Cheese Watch’s fragments were responsible for this incident, track down anyone who could have fallen into the rift and return them safely, and then close the rift properly. Now hold on tight, we’re approaching our stop through the opened rift and there’s incoming debris on the approach. Let’s hope we can find a map or something so we know where we’re going here. Or maybe we’ll find some people that can help us out.

Support Division Tasks

In order to complete some of these tasks, you might have to interact with the blog’s Ask Box. Think of it as a bit of a “choose your own adventure” story where you can make a few decisions to influence the outcome. Completing some of these tasks will add more features to future posts.

Cross-Examine archived TBD records as to familiarize yourself with the case at hand

Get to know your on-mission colleagues Strawberry Shortcake Cookie and Pomegranate Priestess Cookie (they are open for asks)

Fine-tune communications optics to receive more visuals through the Vendor (requires tuning the designated communicator in the TBD’s offices)

Procure a map of the area

Suggest and find a local who knows the land’s geography and landmarks (at least five locals have been listed in the report as temporally displaced and deemed absent from our investigations)

Re-establish communications with Croissant Cookie’s group to provide support and methods for group extraction from the past (advanced cross-dimensional signal tuning device required)

Be on the lookout for parts of the Blue Cheese Watch and White Lily Cookie’s Soulstones (just cue them in when you think they’re coming up or suspect someone’s holding them)

[End of File 1] - [Next: File 2 - “The Shrine”]

[Incident File 1: “Crash Site”] - [Incident File 2: “Incident Afoot”]

[Return to Investigation Record] - [Return to Case Record]

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Case 1A-1 - File 1 - Crash Site

Location: Dark Cacao Kingdom

Date: May 16, 2017

Subjects Involved: C/E-73 (22), C/E-22, C/E-925, C/E-2 (78)

Employee(s) Involved: Croissant Cookie

“Hello?! Is anyone there? Croissant Cookie to anyone in the TBD, come in…!” …no response through the static. She replaces her portable radio back in the salvaged wreckage of her Timecraft as she witnesses its inoperable condition. “We’re stuck here. Radio’s out of order. We landed in a blizzard-ridden land with no way out.”

“Thank you Captain Obvious,” said Roguefort Cookie in an annoyed tease. “You’re still missing the big question here. We’re all shivering out here because of that explosion, and now we’re somewhere else in time. What year is this?!”

“Well…! I’d check that for you if our time machine wasn’t COMPLETELY BUSTED FROM CRASHING INTO A TREE. All the electronics are down and the time drive is in no condition to jump through time… wait…! I think I’ve got an idea!”

“And that would that be for?” Responded Almond Cookie, who was only being kept warm by his trench coat and standard detective’s uniform.

“The Time Jumpers!” Croissant Cookie ran for the storage compartment of the Timecraft and swung it open, rifling through the pile of scrap parts. “There should be a spare jumper in here somewhere that we can use as a substitute time drive. We can just affix it to where the broken time drive is and manually open a time rift ourselves to get outta this mess!” But no matter how much she searched, the only thing that came to light in the storage area was a check for 5,000 Coins and a stapled note that read,

“Gonna borrow this for a bit, but I’ll return it later! Promise.” -Olive Cookie

“…” A face of frustration emerged on her face as Croissant Cookie muttered to herself. “There goes the backup plan. What is she doing with that Time Jumper that she had to borrow it from me on short notice…”

——————————Meanwhile, in the Present Day…

Olive Cookie ran through the ruins of the Golden Cheese Kingdom at least 17 times to solve an unsolved riddle in the inner pyramids. With each disastrous mistake, she used the Jumper to undo her mistake, telling herself, “Nope, not that one. This door’s riddles must be from an era predating this kingdom itself, and yet one mistake causes the entire chamber to collapse. Gonna have to read deeper into those hieroglyphs and find a clue to try this again…” *Click.* The Jumper whirs and reverses time again. The chamber un-collapses itself as Olive Cookie returns to observing the wall’s ancient texts. “Now where was I…? Aha! There! Let’s try this again.”

——————————Back to those Four…

“…she’s gonna add more work for me, isn’t she…” Croissant Cookie sighed.

“If it’s not gonna work, don’t force it. There’s always one true solution to every problem!” Walnut Cookie chimed in while trying to start a fire with sticks and dry brush… albeit unsuccessfully. “We have to find shelter. This blizzard is going to turn all four of us into popsicles if we don’t find someplace warm to last a night here.”

“Like that village at the bottom of this hill?” Roguefort Cookie pointed down to a small village where Cookies played in the snow and went about their business as if inclement weather didn’t exist for them. A tree covered in lanterns adorned the central square as a Cookie walked out from an enclosure full of sheep with a lantern and a staff with a bell on it. What appeared to be the largest ram anyone had ever seen followed close behind as they approached the hill.

“Exactly like that. We can just get those guys to let us stay the night!” Walnut Cookie perked up on seeing the village, and then turned back towards seeing the wrecked Timecraft: her only way back home. “…or however long it takes to fix the time machine.”

As the four of them made their way to the village below, they encountered the same Cookie with the lantern, who asked them, “Oh, are you lost?”

“Very much so,” said Walnut Cookie. “We don’t even know where we are!”

“That’s all thanks to the endless snowfall we get here. Even though it’s May, snowstorms like these will make anyone think it’s winter. But that’s just what life is here in the foothills of the Dark Cacao Kingdom. We learn to make the best of it and continue to grow as a community.”

“Alright,” Croissant Cookie replied. “But what year is this?”

“2017. We kept the lanterns up on the tree in the square much longer this year because of how many blizzards we’ve gotten so far.” The Cookie then noticed everyone’s lack of winter attire and exclaimed. “Oh, right. You guys are still out here and it’s well below freezing. And look at the time, it’s gonna be dark soon. I’ll help you guys get back to the village where it’s nice and warm.”

Croissant Cookie smiled and asked, “Thanks! Can you also help us move that pile of scrap metal? That was our only means of travel this time and it needs to get fixed before we can go anywhere far away.”

“Sure! Cupcake can handle that perfectly! Right, Cupcake?”

Next to everyone was a giant ram covered in an abundance of wool while wearing an overcoat full of pockets meant to help move things around. Staring down the four in the face, “Cupcake” bleated a deep, loud bleat and relaxed in posture slightly.

“Sounds like we’ve got a plan. We’ll tow that pile of metal back to the village so it doesn’t get buried in snow out here along with you guys. Just get your things on the sled and climb into those pockets in Cupcake’s overcoat, then we’ll be on our way!”

With a group effort, the Timecraft was heaved onto the sled and everyone was on their way back to the village. Walnut Cookie said to the Cookie on top of the ram, “Thanks for the ride. We would’ve probably frozen out here if we stayed out any longer.”

The Cookie then said to everyone, “It’s not a problem at all! Oh… whoops! I forgot to introduce myself! My name’s Cotton Cookie. I’ve lived in that village for practically my whole life, and it’s been something to cherish… especially with… him…”

“Nice to meet you, Cotton Cookie! You too, Cupcake.” Croissant Cookie smiled as she listened to Cotton Cookie talk. “My name’s Croissant Cookie, and the other Cookies with me are Walnut Cookie, Almond Cookie, and Roguefort Cookie.”

“It’s nice to meet you too! Now listen closely guys, because this is important. We’re now entering Snowfall Village, where I’ll show you to our guest house. It might not be much to work with as a group of four and it might be a little cold at first, but we’ll get a cozy fire going in the fireplace and you’ll be all better!”

But when the group arrived at the guest house, the fireplace was already lit and the windows glowing. One of the other villagers turned to Cotton Cookie and asked her, “More guests, Cotton Cookie?”

“Yep! They just need a place to stay so they can get their… thing… fixed so they can drive themselves home.”

“I see. The guest house might be a bit small for them, but I’m sure everyone can share. Right?”

Cotton Cookie began to stutter a bit as she turned to Croissant Cookie, who was helping the others back onto the ground. “R-right. We’ll get that metal pile into a covered shed while you guys settle in. Enjoy your stay!”

“Can do! And Cotton Cookie? Thanks for the ride and lodgings. We’ll see what we can do to repay you.” Croissant Cookie waved back and headed towards the door as Cotton Cookie pulled away towards the shed to unload their cargo of metal. And with the turn of the handle, the door opened and five other occupants who were already staying inside looked back. The inside looked rustic and cozy. A kettle of tea accompanied by five teacups was sitting on the table. Croissant Cookie exclaimed, “Oh…! Are you all also staying here?”

One of the occupants responded, “Yes we are. We… got lost.”

“Same here,” Croissant Cookie replied. “Since I guess this is the only guest house in the village, we’re gonna be sharing this place with you guys.”

A second occupant replied, “That’s great! More people to keep us company.”

A third person chimed in, “Wait. We should properly acquaint ourselves first. What’s your name?”

Croissant Cookie replied, “My name’s Croissant Cookie. What about you guys? What are your names?”

The fourth occupant turned to the fifth occupant in the midst of making more tea and responded after taking another sip of her own tea, “My name? Reimu. Reimu Hakurei.”

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[End of File 1] - [Next: File 2 - “Incident Afoot”]

[Ongoing Case File 1: “Dispatch”] - [Ongoing Case File 2: “The Shrine”]

[Return to Investigation Record] - [Return to Case Record]

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Case 1, Investigation A: “The Frost Miko Incidents”

🥖 Briefing: This is the first of three investigations that will be conducted as part of your first major case regarding our situation with this timeline and the Blue Cheese Watch. Your immediate objective as the Support Division in this matter is to assist Croissant Cookie’s team with whatever their situation requires. Do so by sending asks according to the prompts on each File (You may alter the AU’s story within reason). Your secondary tasks are as follows:

Find Croissant Cookie’s group

Locate and assist in repairing the destroyed Timecraft

Return Croissant Cookie to the present day

Return Walnut Cookie, Almond Cookie, and Roguefort Cookie to the City of Wizards [12/24/2020] to meet up with the other Cookies present in that gathering

Do not deviate from the Primary Earthbread Timeline

Do not leave anybody behind in the past under any circumstances

Memo About Time Sector PET-EB-DCK-5.2017: It’s May 2017. The Dark Cacao Kingdom enjoys an unsteady period of peace as His Majesty Dark Cacao Cookie approves “Project: Black Wall” to reinforce the kingdom’s naval border with the Licorice Sea and Beast-Yeast on the complete opposite side of the sea. This goal would be achieved by constructing a massive blockade on the coastline to keep marine-based monsters and invaders away from the rest of the kingdom. As carpenters began drawing up the blueprints for such a massive project, a skilled wizard of ice magic and alchemy makes arrangements for what she envisioned as the greatest day of her life, far too long overdue. But with scholars creating diagrams that hypothesize the passing of a purple meteorite within a year, would this era of peace truly last…?

New Subject Records

C/E-2 (78) - Cotton Cookie

Part 1: The Fox Wedding Incident

1-1 - Crash Site

1-2 - Incident Afoot

1-3 - Speak Now…

1-4 - …Or Forever Hold Your Peace

1-5 - Love-Colored Vengeance From Bucuresti

The Resolvers’ Incident: Stage 1

The Ongoing Investigation will run synonymously with the case before coming full circle with the misplaced groups.

1R-1 - Dispatch

1R-2 - The Shrine

1R-3 - Troublesome Fairies of Light

1R-4 - Interpreting Two of the Big Four

1R-5 - Makai Maintains their Innocence

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Operation: Time Twister - Case 1: Compiled Control

🥖 Briefing: Support Division, this is your first major case as part of “Operation: Time Twister” and definitely not the last. Unlike the Orientation, which had a set narrative from beginning to end as it was in the past prior to the formation of this task force, you will have your chance to influence the story between posted Files. Likewise, this story will be a lot more complicated as turbulence from other temporal regions beyond Earthbread is to be expected. However, if collateral damage occurs, you will be held accountable for any expenses. Here are the immediate missions that are part of this Case:

Locate Croissant Cookie’s group consisting of her, Walnut Cookie, Almond Cookie, and Roguefort Cookie within the Past Dark Cacao Kingdom and return everyone back to their proper times

Track down the locations of Cinnamon Cookie, Wizard Cookie, and Cream Puff Cookie to return them to [12/24/2020 - PET-EB-C/W] safely

Retrieve loose fragments of the Blue Cheese Watch where possible

Follow up on newfound evidence regarding White Lily Cookie, Beast-Yeast, Lilywhite Space, and the Lilywhite Capital

Locate and retrieve any of White Lily Cookie’s Soulstones if possible

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🍓🍰 Disaster Response Division Memo: A new time rift has torn open in a far-eastern region of Outer Earthbread within the Primary Earthbread Timeline. Detected temporal signatures suggest that this rift was caused by loose parts of the Blue Cheese Watch, although more evidence is needed. Intelligence reports suggest that at least three people have fallen into this rift. Be on the lookout for these people who may not appear as Cookies and more likely to look like the Witch. We will be sending Strawberry Shortcake Cookie, the High Priestess of the Pomegranate Village, and a staff member of the railway transportation services of the World of Dreams to lead the detachment’s investigations, the latter of whom were commissioned as support. As such, here are the additional missions posed by the Disaster Response Division for your team:

Assist in the gathering of testimonies from local townspeople from the region

Identify any and all immediately misplaced individuals from this region

Locate misplaced individuals that have been sent to Earthbread after entering the time rift

Return all misplaced individuals to their respective region

Create a comprehensive report on how the time rift opened in the region

Stabilize the time rift before it causes additional damage within the region

Record all individuals involved on the Subject Roster

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Case Investigations

Investigation A: The Frost Miko Incidents (Active)

Investigation B: Misplaced Magicians

Investigation C: Y3 Intelligence

Ongoing Side Investigation: The Resolvers’ Incident - Courtesy of the Disaster Response Division. Their investigation’s progress will be listed within the individual investigations.

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Supervisory Memos

Timeguard Keepers are on standby for dispatch, and we plan to send three of them. Suggest via the ask box a parallel presence of someone whom you want to see from the canon lineup as a Keeper. Selections will happen behind the scenes regardless.

Support has been requested from forward field agents. It is now up to you to service these requests at your discretion. You as the Support Division can now partially influence the story by sending asks between Case Files according to incoming requests.

The pinned post has been updated to organize AU terminology and tags and to add a few more.

The Subject Roster, Space-Time Atlas, and Inquiry Master List are under development. Remaining Subject Records that have not been processed and made available to you during the Orientation will be processed after the publication of the Subject Roster.

Subject Roster - Under Development

Space-Time Atlas - Under Development

Inquiry Master List - Under Development

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Post-Case 0: Triangulation No. 1

Subjects: Croissant Cookie, Almond Cookie, Walnut Cookie, Roguefort Cookie

🥖 In case you did not read the previous memo, modern-day Croissant Cookie has been displaced into an unknown timeline with three Cookies from three years prior. What we need from you as the assigned Support Division is to operate this machine to finalize their location in the timestream so we can return everyone back to their original times. Choco Eclair Cookie has left a note for you concerning the operation of this machine.

Intel: Triangulation Operation

🍫🔧 Hey guys, I’m Choco Eclair Cookie from the recently-founded Magichanics Subdivision of the TBD, which is part of the Technology Development Division. Baguette Cookie wanted me to show you guys how to use this device to help locate Croissant Cookie’s team. But really, it’s actually really simple! All you need to do is to vote on this poll to see where they landed. The choices of 15 people should help us determine their location, but if we don’t get the data here, don’t sweat it. We’ll gather the remaining data from other departments of the TBD if your group doesn’t provide sufficient data, although it would be great if you guys did.

Anyways, we have determined that their group landed in one of these twelve sets of temporal coordinates. It’s up to you guys as the Time Twister Support Division to use your insight and intelligence of the listed regions AND the years listed to calculate where Croissant Cookie’s group ended up. This will also determine the theme of our next Case concerning this group and how they could return back to their respective years of 2020 and the modern day. If you have questions about your task or need me to do a little bit of background research on the locations, I’m happy to help!

Notice: Not all provided coordinates are related to Cookie Run. Stay alert. Remember to double-check the years and location designations, as you might find out that you could have landed somewhere else in time compared to what your prior intel of such a location might be.

Choco Eclair Cookie

-Choco Eclair Cookie, Magichanics Division

(Choco Eclair Cookie is now open for questions and other interactions)

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Case 0 Type P - Miscellaneous Case Notes

Note 1: Stability of Timeline PET-K, post mission

The Dark Flour War came to an end in the year 1945 with White Lily Cookie’s help, as seen in part of Timekeeper Cookie’s plan for “Operation: Time Twister”

Interference detected in timeline “PET-K” as a result of Croissant Cookie’s group’s actions has been classified as “Minimal”. Interference received was reported to stem from removing a Cake Hound from its time period in the Vanilla Castle. However, the explosion that occurred minutes after it was discovered by the group would have originally crumbled the Cake Hound if it was left as is, so its prolonged existence is inferred to not have a significant impact on the timeline. No follow-up action is required for this time period concerning this mission.

[Timeline Maintained]

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Note 2: White Lily Cookie’s Whereabouts

White Lily Cookie’s whereabouts since the Dark Flour War are unknown, as the surrounding Vanilla Kingdom fell to ruin in the wake of the battle when she and the other Ancients vanished in the explosion that overtook the castle.

🥖 Temporal location efforts hypothesize that White Lily Cookie has retreated back to Lilywhite Space to find new help in recovering the fragments of her fractured soul, as well as the missing pieces of the Blue Cheese Watch.

Assistance from our anonymous source of the Saint Pastry Order has been requested regarding how to contact White Lily Cookie in this state. Timeguard Keeper agents are to be dispatched as mentioned in File 2.

[Subject Unresolved]

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Note 3: Status of Temporally-Displaced Cookies following the actions of Subject C/L-33

Croissant Cookie, Walnut Cookie, Almond Cookie, and Roguefort Cookie have been displaced into another coordinate in time due to their Timecraft being thrown off course by the explosion generated by Pure Vanilla Cookie and Dark Enchantress Cookie’s climactic struggle, marooning them somewhere in time.

Cinnamon Cookie, Wizard Cookie, and Cream Puff Cookie have marooned themselves in a different set of temporal coordinates since they jumped into a time rift whilst escaping from Dark Enchantress Cookie in the City of Wizards.

Everybody else who attended the holiday gathering on [12/24/2020] survived Dark Enchantress Cookie’s advances in the City of Wizards in the time that followed her shattering the Blue Cheese Watch and were mainly unaffected by this event. Dark Enchantress Cookie’s current location is unknown to us at this time with no leads to her current position following the encounter.

☕️🍬 We can’t quite determine where in time either displaced group landed right now. Action on behalf of the Time Twister Support Division and Time Analysis Division has been requested to help us locate them, but we did receive signals from both groups stemming from standard issue TBD agent radios.

[Action Requested - Delay]

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Note 4: Recovery Protocols in relation to Subjects R-II/T-22 and S/A-95

The Blue Cheese Watch has been shattered into an undetermined number of fragments. Prior interactions have noted the fragmentation of White Lily Cookie’s soul and the perceived priority in the collection of said fragments in the familiar form of Soulstones.

🥖 Recovery procedures written as part of the “Operation: Time Twister” master contingency plan are to be followed as acknowledged in File 4. Any of White Lily Cookie’s Soulstones that are recovered during this process will be held by the Relics Management Division until White Lily Cookie comes to claim them. Recovered parts of the Blue Cheese Watch will be held to reassemble the watch where possible.

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Time Twister Support Division Post-Case Memos:

A select group of Timeguard Keeper agents are to be dispatched to locate both displaced groups and fulfill other tasks necessary to ensure the success of “Operation: Time Twister”. Your role in this operation allows you to nominate agents of your choice, or to choose from a group that the Clerk has assembled. Suggest canon Cookies to be introduced as AU Timeguard Keepers in the ask box or wait for a poll to be posted.

Temporal location assistance has been requested from your team and the Time Analysis Division at a later date. Be ready to respond. Polls regarding future cases will go up at a later date where YOU will get to choose the subject from several choices.

Triangulation of Croissant Cookie’s group’s location [FINALIZED] Dark Cacao Kingdom; 2017

Await a working master list of Cookies open for questioning. This will be a general list of who will respond to asks as they are introduced into this AU.

The anonymous source of the Saint Pastry Order is open for questioning. Ask them stuff in the ask box, addressing them as an anonymous source. Their name will not be tagged or mentioned until their identity is revealed.

Cinnamon Cookie, Wizard Cookie, Cream Puff Cookie, Almond Cookie, Walnut Cookie, and Roguefort Cookie are all open for questioning despite being lost in time. Ask them stuff in the ask box, addressing them by name.

Croissant Cookie has been displaced into a set of unknown temporal coordinates with Almond Cookie, Walnut Cookie, and Roguefort Cookie. The nature of her responses to asks may change as a result of this for now.

Subject Records of all Cookies and other pertinent subjects in this case will be posted over time by the TTSD Supervisors before your next Case is presented.

[Case Closed]

A hiatus will follow after the mentioned notes are accounted for to ensure everything is organized properly and to answer any questions you may have.

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Case 0 Type P - File 6 - “The Final Battle”

Location: Vanilla Castle - The Chamber of Audiences

Timeline: PET-K

Date: August 1945, 1:13 PM

Subjects Involved: C/E-73 (22), C/E-22, C/E-925, C/L-33, C/A-95, C/A-78, C/A-42(h), C/A-42(c), C/A-32, CM/B-29, CM/H-?

Employee(s) Responding: Croissant Cookie

Timeline Inspection Record Of: The Final Battle - Prologue (No Spoilers Necessary) [Timeline Maintained]

It’s August 1945. The time is a bit past one in the afternoon. 13:13 on a 24-hour clock, if you’re so inclined. And yet, crimson twilight blankets the tranquil skies of the Vanilla Kingdom. As of now, Dark Enchantress Cookie retains occupation of the Vanilla Castle’s main keep as Pure Vanilla Cookie, Hollyberry Cookie, Dark Cacao Cookie, and Golden Cheese Cookie make their way to the Chamber of Audiences: the castle’s ornate throne room. As Dark Cacao Cookie slams open the doors to the final corridor to reveal the hordes of Cake Monsters separating the quartet from Dark Enchantress Cookie, White Lily Cookie runs in behind them, sweeping past Golden Cheese Cookie to tug on Pure Vanilla Cookie’s shoulder. Destiny has arrived, and the battle for the future begins.

With White Lily Cookie’s arrival, everyone nodded their heads silently as they began their approach towards the throne at the end of the seemingly endless hallway. Although last to arrive, White Lily Cookie was the first to break the silence. She knew she was the one that caused all of this, as she contemplated her mistakes and uttered in despair, “This is… Oh no, what a horrible sight.”

“The whole place is covered in Cookie crumbs!” Hollyberry Cookie added, knowing the weight of the coming battle and the casualties suffered by the Vanilla Kingdom’s Royal Guard and civilian population.

Dark Cacao Cookie steadied his nerve and noted the scent of the devastated hallway. His tone was as stern and resolute as it was when he first took on the mantle of king of his own snow-covered kingdom. “Foul sticky cream… The stench of burnt butter in the air…” Clearly the same expired and otherwise undesirable ingredients that came together to make the monsters that made up Dark Enchantress Cookie’s Cake Monster armies.

Golden Cheese Cookie looked at everyone as she flew behind them and thought about the destruction around her, as well as the comments of her friends accompanied by White Lily Cookie’s late arrival, unaware of what transpired regarding White Lily Cookie’s absence and prior interactions with Croissant Cookie, Walnut Cookie, Almond Cookie, and Roguefort Cookie in Lilywhite Space: a dimension named after her since the incident in the Blueberry Yogurt Academy. With nothing else to say and a demand for answers, Golden Cheese Cookie asked everyone in a sharpened tone, “What on Earthbread is going on here?!”

Pure Vanilla Cookie sighed in reply. “It’s not good. Dark Enchantress Cookie has declared war on the Vanilla Kingdom.”

In outrage, Dark Cacao Cookie snapped back. “The Cookie who has brought the Cake Monster army into our lands?”

“Yes. She attacked while I was occupied elsewhere,” Pure Vanilla Cookie said in response.

Hollyberry Cookie, without a chuckle in her voice, responded by saying, “Hah! That’s gotta be some hard flour, for such a brazen strike.”

Without another word from anyone else, Pure Vanilla Cookie rallied everyone towards the end of the corridor. “We must find Dark Enchantress Cookie quickly! Let us make haste!”

As the Five made their way through the corridor, Croissant Cookie’s Timecraft silently flew in through a shattered window at the end of the hall, landing behind a large pillar next to Dark Enchantress Cookie. Quiet as a mouse in a warzone, the four Cookies aboard disembarked from the time machine to ensure that White Lily Cookie had made it to the others safe and sound. Croissant Cookie was the first to break the silence, her voice safely muffled from anyone else by the ambient noise of war. “We made it. Does anyone see White Lily Cookie?”

Walnut Cookie looked down the hall and back at Croissant Cookie. “No sign of her or the others yet. Just at least a dozen Cake Hounds from what I’ve seen in several weekend horror movies.”

Roguefort Cookie’s patience was growing thinner by the minute. They were originally there to recover a pocket watch, not to fly straight into the heart of the Dark Flour War. Ever the opportunist, they whispered to Croissant Cookie, “Why don’t we just mount our own ambush right here? We’re in a prime position, and completely hidden from her sight. We could finish that thief off right here before she can do anything else.”

Almond Cookie sighed softly and constantly, first at Walnut Cookie’s horror movie comments, then to Roguefort Cookie’s suggestion. “And how exactly would you describe your plan here? Unlike you or the Ancient Heroes, we’re seriously unequipped to challenge a prominent Black Magic user to any extent. And although you may consider yourself a cunning rogue, you’re still a Cookie in our group. If you make a mistake in your own attempt to ambush her, everyone’s safety here would be in serious jeopardy because you compromised the security of our position.”

Pulling Roguefort Cookie aside by the arm, Croissant Cookie stared them in the eyes and delivered her own ultimatum. “Okay Roguefort Cookie, listen up. We are NOT to interact with anyone or anything here if White Lily Cookie appears as planned, as per the mission. That also includes the possibility of attacking Dark Enchantress Cookie, no matter how much I want to fight her as much as you do for the number of anomalies and trouble she’s given us rivaled by other notorious time-jumping outlaws. The dropkick in the dining room that happened earlier only happened because we were in the present era and because pre-calculated physics and trajectory in relation to the time rift opened in the dining room ceiling- which I used to get to that location to respond to prior intelligence regarding a stolen Class II Relic- allowed me to make that entrance. Not to mention, if you were to crumble her in the past at this very moment, our timeline would change dramatically with no known projected outcome. Literally anything could happen as a result of this, even if roaming TBD agents were to immediately arrive on-site to arrest you the instant afterwards. Some of us- including you- might not even exist as a result, so stick to the plan and stay here. The Ancient Heroes will take care of the rest.”

Roguefort Cookie was about to argue back at Croissant Cookie when a loud “OUTTA MY WAY!” from Hollyberry Cookie followed by the sound of heavy metallic clanging sounded through the hall, sending a horde of infernal Cake Hounds flying in the group’s general direction. One of them even managed to sweep Roguefort Cookie’s legs mid-flight, sending them into the floor as the Cake Hound started growling at them. Covering its mouth as they got back up, Roguefort Cookie knew there was no other way out as they stuck it out towards the others like a stack of dirty dishes. “Point taken. Now then, somebody please take this Hound off my hands before it sells us all out.”

Thinking fast, Walnut Cookie snatched the Cake Hound from Roguefort Cookie and threw it into the Timecraft where it stopped growling and started rolling over on the back seat. “There was no other option, we have to keep it quiet so everyone else doesn’t see us!” Walnut Cookie then pointed to the five Ancients as they approached Dark Enchantress Cookie in front of the castle’s throne, thoroughly lined with dark roots and covered in melting frosting and red cake batter.

As the Ancient Heroes approached the far end of the throne room next to where Croissant Cookie’s group was hiding, a tense standoff began. Dark Enchantress Cookie looked down from her lofty position atop her floating staff to see who dared to challenge her, monologuing to her challengers, “And so, upon the ruins of your home, we finally meet. You’re rather late… to your own demise!”

“Dark Enchantress Cookie! What is the meaning of this?” Pure Vanilla Cookie said defiantly.

“Do you know the real reason why we, Cookies, were created?”

Cutting off Dark Enchantress Cookie in her opening statement, Golden Cheese Cookie looked down- no- at equal height towards Dark Enchantress Cookie, asking her in a quite annoyed tone, “What rancid NONSENSE are you peddling now?”

“Now, now,” Dark Enchantress Cookie said, continuing to push her point. “THINK for a moment. I hope it’s not too hard. Why do we exist?”

Hollyberry Cookie spoke up to answer the question: “That’s easy—to live and be happy, all together! That’s exactly why we were brought into this world. Happiness, Dark Enchantress Cookie. That’s what it’s all about.”

“Oh, really?” Dark Enchantress Cookie asked in a calm yet steady response. “And when, pray tell, are you the happiest? When you fall down and crumble? Or when you become—dare I say it… Ha Ha Ha! SOGGY!”

“We are together, in peace and in battle.” Dark Cacao Cookie responded, sword at the ready. “This is our strength!”

“So true!” Pure Vanilla Cookie concluded, “We love and thank our Creators for our deliciously sweet bodies and unique talents! And there is no hardship we cannot overcome. Together!”

Although points were made on both sides of the room, Dark Enchantress Cookie closed herself off from her opponents, effectively knocking herself out of the debate. “RUBBISH! FOOLS! All of you! I shall show you the tragic error of your ways—right here, right now!” As she finished her last sentence, the room began to violently shake, allowing Dark Enchantress Cookie’s Cake Witch to plow straight through the walls of the throne room to reveal itself as the Madoka Magica-looking Witch it was. And floating at its palm, Dark Enchantress Cookie began her attack, charging energy into a beam to wipe them all out.

“The Cake Witch is channeling energy,” Pure Vanilla Cookie told his friends. “We must use the pause to avert her next attack!” Thinking quickly, he cast a barrier around everyone to block out the dark energy laser.

Rebounding from the laser, White Lily Cookie encouraged her teammates. “Listen, we can win this battle…!”

With the battle now in full swing, Croissant Cookie turned to everyone as the floor behind her and the rest of her group collapsed. “Okay then…! This is our cue to evacuate quickly and discreetly. NOW…!”

“Why, this encounter is getting quite interesting~!” Roguefort Cookie replied. “Do we really need to leave?”

“Yeah, we should get outta here before we get caught in the crossfire,” Walnut Cookie said as she boarded the Timecraft with everyone else. “This isn’t our fight, and it doesn’t take a detective to say that jumping in right now to perform your own heroics with them would definitely result in getting you crumbled! Now get in, Phantom Bleu! Get in before your legacy comes to a dishonorable end!”

“Tsk- fine. If you insist, little detective.” Roguefort Cookie begrudgingly climbed into the Timecraft with everyone else, watching Croissant Cookie enter the temporal coordinates of TBD HQ. And as the engine began to spin again, the Cake Witch began to falter from the Ancients’ combined strength. Dark Enchantress Cookie reeled forward in rage as it did.

“GAH!!! HOW DARE YOU!!! NOTHING CAN STOP ME! ESPECIALLY YOU!”

Trying to ward Dark Enchantress Cookie away from her own wrath, Pure Vanilla Cookie screamed, “Dark Enchantress Cookie, NO!”

But it was to no avail. The Cake Witch’s blade descended upon the Ancients, creating a blast that sent the nearby Timecraft spinning into the air and out of control. The Ancient Heroes fell to their knees as their Soul Jam floated over to Dark Enchantress Cookie. With a maliciously evil laugh, Dark Enchantress Cookie celebrated her perceived victory, “YES! Ha Ha Ha! Simply marvelous! Say goodbye to your Soul Jam. IT’S ALL MINE! I have waited an eternity for this moment. It is time to reap the fruits of my promise and share my brilliant vision with the world.”

The battle seemed lost. The Heroes faltered and their Soul Jam taken, and yet, Pure Vanilla Cookie got back up. Casting a barrier over everyone else, he ran back into the fray towards his foe, casting his own magical beam to counter her’s. The struggles intensified on both sides, the other Ancients and the Timecraft’s crew watching intently. Approaching ever closer to see Dark Enchantress Cookie’s face within a magical orb conjured by their struggle, Pure Vanilla Cookie soon recognized her smile and who Dark Enchantress Cookie really was.

Meanwhile Croissant Cookie prepared the machine’s thrusters to begin their time jump. “Brace yourselves! Commencing time jump to the Time Balance Department, 12/25/2020, in three… two… one…” …but her countdown never finished. Nearby, the magical orb expanded as the Soul Jam began to splinter and shatter into countless tiny fragments. Shortly after, a rattling explosion overtook everything and everyone in close vicinity of the Vanilla Castle. The Timecraft was thrown away into the time portal it created in a completely different direction away from their intended destination, its crew screaming either in thrills or horror. In the wake of the massive explosion, the heroes and Dark Enchantress Cookie vanished. Dark forces overtook the kingdom, crumbling the land’s civilizations away bit by bit. Stories of these grand kingdoms and their heroes faded into obscurity.

Meanwhile, the Timecraft was undertaking a time jump that had been interfered with in the wake of the Vanilla Castle’s explosion. The time machine sped uncontrollably through the time streams with everyone on board. “THIS HAS GONE FAR ENOUGH. FIND AN EXIT ALREADY!” Almond Cookie yelled as the time machine soared through the depths of space-time.

“I’M TRYING… THERE! Hang onto something, this is gonna be a rough landing…!” Piloting the Timecraft through the nearest exit rift, Croissant Cookie took the machine into a dive as it scraped against the foreign ground they found themselves in. Not the cleanest landing, but a landing nonetheless. Once the Timecraft came to a complete stop, she asked, “We’ve stopped. Is everybody okay? Did we lose someone while we went through the time streams?”

“Nope, the gang’s all here,” said Walnut Cookie, still holding a now docile infernal Cake Hound as it licked her. “Even this Cake Hound that found our hiding spot is still here. But now comes my next question concerning our situation: Where on Earthbread are we?!”

Roguefort Cookie responded, “What you should be asking, little detective, is when in time are we?!”

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Case 0 Type P - File 5 - “The Lost City of Vanilla”

Location: Outer Vanilla Kingdom

Timeline: PET-K

Date: Midsummer, 1945

Subjects Involved: C/E-73 (22), C/E-22, C/E-925, WB/B-94

Employee(s) Responding: Croissant Cookie

As swiftly as the quartet fell through the rift did they land in the city square. The Timecraft’s wreckage was heaped into a distant building. Wafflebots and the Vanilla Kingdom’s royal guard squaring off against hordes of demonic Cake Monsters as civilians fled for the airships. Fallen Cookies and Wafflebots lined the streets as the kingdom’s rearguard prepared to evacuate. The entire scene was laden in pandemonium under a crimson sky as Roguefort Cookie pointed out an operational cryobaking capsule. “Guys, this looks important. There’s someone in here!”

Croissant Cookie held Roguefort Cookie back from the capsule, grabbing their arm to keep them in the group. “As much as I wanna save whoever’s in there as much as the next guy, prior intel stipulates that doing so would alter this region’s future timeline and possibly ruin everything. Besides, I don’t think that Cookie bearing this capsule would want us to ‘relieve’ them of whoever’s in there.” Gesturing to what was beneath the capsule, a Cookie was found beneath it, as if she had been carrying it and was crushed below it after being thrown overboard by an airship’s rough escape maneuver. The crumbs seen in sight were a clear indication that they were too late to save her. “Remember guys, we’re on the clock. We need to rendezvous with White Lily Cookie and ensure Dark Enchantress Cookie falls here before she destroys this entire city, and repair the wrecked Timecraft to get back to our time… and I think I know where to start… with that hangar at the end of this street.”

Croissant Cookie pointed out a hangar in the distance as Walnut Cookie stared out into the crimson horizon. Dark fireballs were headed their way. “Croissant Cookie… if we’re going to seek out a place to hide and possibly fix the Timecraft, we need to go. NOW.”

“That’s what I’m saying, Walnut Cookie! We need to find a way to get the wreckage into the hangar-“

“That’s not what she’s saying.” Almond Cookie cut Croissant Cookie off and pointed her to the danger coming their way. “Dark magic projectiles, three o’ clock high! Forget the Timecraft for now, we need to NOT get blown to pieces today. As for the city’s population, it seems that every surviving civilian’s evacuated aboard those departing airships, which just leaves us and the destruction left behind.” Almond Cookie and Croissant Cookie started making their way to the hangar, motioning for Walnut Cookie and Roguefort Cookie to follow close behind. “There’s a hangar at the end of this street where we can take shelter… for now.”

“There’s the door!” Croissant Cookie ran into the hangar with her three colleagues right behind her. With a click and a clang, they shut the door and hid in the wrecked hangar. Wafflebot parts were strewn as far as the eye can see, and holding bays lay barren with nothing but decommissioned Wafflebots. It seems every operational Wafflebot was responding to the attack… all but one. Was there a loose bolt? Maybe there was no charge in its power supply? Croissant Cookie took a closer look. “Hmm… this big one looks like an old model. But there’s no internal moving parts or gears to examine! Maybe this worker’s manual next to it should shed some light on what this is.”

The operator’s manual nearby identified the giant, dormant Wafflebot as a Waffle Goliath. Almond Cookie was among the first to identify it by sight, only knowing of what this was after being snared into one of Eclair Cookie’s rambling lectures last month. “The pamphlets say that this machine is known as a Waffle Goliath. This giant machine was first constructed to lead the forces of this kingdom and somewhat act as an automated maintenance bay, although there was an oversight in its design…”

Croissant Cookie chimed in afterwards. “…and that was because this machine is enormous. I can only imagine the frustration of trying to get this thing out of this hangar without it crushing anything under its massive treads, more or less around the surrounding town. It looks like it’s in operational condition too, but it’s not powered on. The real question is how we get this mechanism working to get it to fix the Timecraft’s mainframe.”

*Click. Whir…*

“I think this should do it.” Roguefort Cookie’s voice echoed from the other side of the room, where they were standing next to a power switch that was connected to the maintenance bay that was housing the massive Wafflebot. The power switch next to them being flipped into the “On” position. After a brief boot-up process, the Waffle Goliath whirred to life as it scanned the room. Zeroing in on the wreckage towards the far end of the hangar, it marched towards the wreck before scanning it. Roguefort Cookie showed curiosity towards the machine before looking back at the other three Cookies. “What is this machine doing now?”

“I think it’s starting to examine that pile of scrap metal beneath that open hole in the ceiling,” Walnut Cookie responded. “I see it starting to disassemble the pile… it’s flattening out the metal… reassembling the parts… wait a minute. Croissant Cookie! There’s the Timecraft! That machine’s fixing your Timecraft!”

Croissant Cookie turned towards where Walnut Cookie was pointing to see the Waffle Goliath move back to its charging bay. What was left behind from it was a repaired Timecraft in pristine condition. “It’s in perfect condition…! Okay, new plan. Now that the Timecraft is operational again, we can use it to fly to the castle where White Lily Cookie is supposed to meet the other Ancient Cookies. As for this Waffle Goliath, we can use it to ensure anyone left behind gets to safety- WAAAGH!”

“Yeah, yeah. Good of the people stuff.” Roguefort Cookie pulled Croissant Cookie over to the Timecraft to get it started. “There’s no jewels in here and this automaton would see me in another light if I were to coax it away. Let’s get this show on the road, shall we?”

Croissant Cookie stared back at Roguefort Cookie with frustration. “Attempting to steal a robot of that size would not only get you arrested by local authorities, but it would also cause a serious disturbance in the timeline and then get you arrested by the TBD.”

Almond Cookie followed the other three into the Timecraft as he voiced his disapproval. “Not to mention that you’re doing this in the presence of three other witnesses, where they can voice testimonies against you in a court of law. Now then, our next site would be the castle on the far side of town, right?”

“Right. We need to get there ASAP to ensure the Dark Flour War ends today, as shown in the timeline. If they lose because White Lily Cookie didn’t show up on time, the timeline could split off or take a completely different direction. Is everyone onboard?” Croissant Cookie double-checked that everyone else was seated on the Timecraft before taking off through the open hole in the roof. “Next stop, Vanilla Castle!”

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[End of File 5] - [Next: File 6 - “The Final Battle”] - [Previous: File 4 - “Scattered Lilies of the Subconscious”] - [Return to Case Record]

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Why not?! It is very efficient to move a lot of stuff around with multiple bags!

EVERYBODY SHUT UP LOOK AT CROISSANT

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And that’s how time travel goes in circles

There're two very different concepts that are both called "time loop" and I have an issue with that.

A time loop should be an instance of circular causality, where events cause themselves. Like a character going back in time and telling their younger self how to time travel.

A character reliving the same period of time over and over again like Groundhog Day isn't a loop. It's a repetition, but the events are different every time because of the character's actions.

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Well now, what have we here 👀

More time travelers akin to the Director?

Vote for ‘em, this is getting interesting

Awww yeah ITS KAIROS LORE DUMP TIME!!!

Long ago, four friends in their late teens;

Alexander Pascall,

Lloyd Dixon,

Emily Dupain,

And…no. She isn’t relevant to this story, as she’d drifted away from the group long before this all happened, due to her heightened foresight for the utter dumpster fire this group would fall into. Clever girl, she missed quite the bullet there.

Well, these three friends were quite close during their final years of school, having gone through the classic motions of all teenagers their age, romance, drama, studying, stress. etc.

Alex was the good-natured dorky goofball of the lot that took everything he did a little too far,

Lloyd was the ever-curious hardworking nerd, despite his work rarely being acknowledged,

And Emily was the glue sticking everyone together, the warm, caring mom friend who did not hesitate to get her hand dirty when necessary, and settled on compromises a tad bit too early.

This trio were an unstoppable force when together, especially when it came to the academic side of things, as Alex and Lloyd would stop at nothing to get results, and it just so happened that Alex had a little pet project that all three of them were contributing with, one that would take the world by storm if successful.

Alex was always obsessed with the concept of time travel ever since he was a little kid, considering it the solution to all the world’s problems. Well, perhaps that was a tad bit naïve but there was no denying the flexibility and utter potential of cracking that code.

So, he decided to try studying the multiverse theory and quantum mechanics alongside the blending of magic and tech together, as while Alex himself couldn’t do any magic, he could easily snag some material that could tap into its own pool of the stuff or ask a fellow peer for some enchantments. He wasn’t picky, and would do anything to live out his life long dream.

And at this time he’d made some real good progress in his new field, having made some first draft designs for a hypothetical blade that could rip through the fabric of space-time and form these holes inbetween space and time which you could traverse forward, backwards and across through that Alex dubbed “time rifts”.

Years passed by, and Alex, Lloyd and Emily got closer and closer, both in their friendship and in cracking open the secrets to time travel.

However, it wasn’t until their mid 20s when Alex had made a proper breakthrough in his case, much to his delight.

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Case 0 Type P - File 4 - “Scattered Lilies of the Subconscious”

Location: White Lily Cookie’s Meadow (Lilywhite Space)

Timeline: [Undetermined] Lilywhite Space

Date of Record: January 20, 2021 (PET Relative Time); Actual Date in Lilywhite Space Unknown

Subjects Involved: C/E-925, C/E-22, C/E-73 (22), C/A-95

Employee(s) Responding: Croissant Cookie, Timekeeper Cookie

“WE’RE ALMOST THERE! I HOPE…! HANG ON JUST A LITTLE MORE!” The Timecraft zoomed through the time tunnel, its passengers screaming while Croissant Cookie was tirelessly trying to keep it under control at the helm until the exit rift manifested itself into an area with a grassy meadow lined with thousands of white lilies. Upon exiting the hyperspace warp channel, Croissant Cookie took a look around for a place to land before the craft lurched itself into the ground and crashed with a huff. “Where are we…?”

Roguefort Cookie replied, “I don’t know, but that Blue Cheese Watch was one of a kind in ANY timeline, and if it was ever mishandled or broken by any means besides normal use, time would twist in on itself and end our timeline as we know it. That’s what was written involving what the clockmaker said when they created the Watch for my ancestor several generations ago.”

That feeling of being lost in a place nobody was familiar with was the shared sentiment everyone had upon exiting the Timecraft before a grieving Cookie noticed the crashed machine and approached with uneasiness from the serenity of her seat by the tree within the middle of a meadow of white lilies. As she approached, an unusually calm feeling in the air began to form, as if to hide a whole dimension of nightmares, making it seem but a dream that one would never awaken from. Sunny… perhaps a quiet place to sleep. To grow a patch of Basil to turn into something new. But despite everything this field had to offer, this was not the place for amore… or references to Omori.

“W…who’s there?! Where did you come from? This place isn’t safe for you here!” The Cookie stared the quartet down in fear, for these were not the only ones to see her face within the last hour.

Croissant Cookie responded back in kind. “Well… it’s oddly calm here. Who are you, and what is this place? The Timecraft took us here on its own one way or another, and these coordinates aren’t listed in the Space-Time Atlas or the TBD Handbook.”

“So you’re wanderers too?”

“No, I’m Croissant Cookie of the Time Balance Department, and I was responding to a lead involving a relic once owned by Roguefort Cookie over there…” Croissant Cookie pointed right at Roguefort Cookie, all the while they were winking back while the attention was on them as if to charm or distract from the fluctuating nature of the situation. “…and that such a relic could altar time and transport the user with it to any time period they desired. Unfortunately, Dark Enchantress Cookie appeared and smashed it into pieces, which caused that other rift to open. If you know what this place is, we’d really appreciate the help.”

She stared away from the group and sighed. “I see. I figure that I shouldn’t hide the truth from you. My name is White Lily Cookie, and this place is the Lilywhite Space, otherwise known by wizards of the Blueberry Yogurt Academy as a dimension of unstable magic, restless spirits, and the subconscious mind that exists in between space and time. If my mind’s eye serves correctly, then you four must have come from the same universe as me. Unlike the rest of this place, this white lily meadow is the only place in this dimension where serenity truly exists. The rest of this world writhes with darkness, chaos, and despair… a feeling that once overwhelmed me within the Oven. When I split away from the Ultimate Dough, my mind had awakened to a new reality; one where the world wasn’t as peaceful as it once seemed. One where I had fathomed the truth… The Witches… and the reason they created us Cookies. I saw what Dark Enchantress Cookie did that night, but all I could do was cower in fear. This was not the way. With the help of two other Cookies, they knew what we had to do. Run away. Hide in another world… one where I could escape from my fate. From the darkness. My soul longs for peace, but it has shattered within me… inside and out. Across time and space… my soul’s fragments have scattered… and I am asking you for help in finding those pieces… and for my friends… I must ask them for forgiveness.”

“Forgiveness? For what?”

“…for being the one to cause the Dark Flour War in 1939.”

Croissant Cookie and others looked at each other, and then back at White Lily Cookie. The Dark Flour War was almost a century past, but for those of the Five Kingdoms and the Ancient Cookies themselves, it felt so close to home. Nobody knew how to respond without the situation collapsing into dissent quickly. And then Roguefort Cookie made themselves known and cleared their throat. “That’s quite the tall tale, to have caused the costliest conflict in Cookie history… *OOF* …unless you’re not joking.”

Walnut Cookie roughly elbowed Roguefort Cookie for that retort. Swiftly too, as if to get even for the past escapades they had put her through. “This isn’t the time for jokes, Roguefort Cookie. Everyone who’s gone through a decent history class or did their own research knows that the Dark Flour War saw a lot of bad things happen, and that’s not even counting the fact that this was indeed the most fatal war in the history of Earthbread. Every once in a while, I still get a call regarding one of countless cold cases from a long time ago, and plenty of those incidents had dated back to that era. The last call I got regarding an incident originating from that era was a cold case involving arson and the burning of what everyone called the Sacred Pomegranate Tree. The culprit was eventually identified as Dark Enchantress Cookie, who after failing to destroy the nearby village the first time, had later manipulated Pomegranate Cookie into burning the tree using a fire-starting crystal we’ve yet to identify. As of last recording, the village had recovered part of the tree and grew a new one elsewhere, where an odd natural-looking Cookie-shaped opening was found within the side of the tree.”

Croissant Cookie backed up Walnut Cookie on her stance. “Sorry, but she’s right. The Time Registry Division’s got plenty on the Dark Flour War, and a lot of that stuff’s not for the faint hearted. The Time Analysis Division still studies the event’s reflection and similarities to a similar war on Outer Earthbread that took place during the same timeframe. White Lily Cookie, we’ve just got one more question for you: What do you know about the Blue Cheese Watch?”

“The Blue Cheese Watch? Was not that YOUR responsibility, Roguefort Cookie?” Emerging through another time rift, Timekeeper Cookie entered the scene atop her Sonic Embroider.

Seeing the Director appear, Croissant Cookie turned her head to see where she came from. “Timekeeper Cookie!”

“Croissant Cookie. It is a bit unusual to see you here of all places, especially when I tasked you with responding to this lead as my most capable on-call employee during these holidays. Is it not?”

“Yeah, about that… Dark Enchantress Cookie smashed the watch.”

“That is quite amusing, to think that she would WHAT NOW?!” Timekeeper Cookie instantly lost her cool upon hearing this. “Do you know what that would do to you… no… EVERYONE HERE?! Not only does that mean she has a full run on the time-space continuum, but it also means that our timeline would twist and implode at any time, erasing EVERYTHING in it from existence. And not even I could reverse it. The two of you… do I make myself clear?”

“Yes, Timekeeper Cookie!” Croissant Cookie was quick on the response. “We’ll fix this problem right away.”

“I guess so…” White Lily Cookie on the other hand was quite hesitant to respond, knowing full well that she would have to face her own worst enemy: herself. “What is your plan?”

Timekeeper Cookie unrolled a set of schematics detailing her company’s last resort plan in case of temporal immolation caused by a relic. “This is something that I call Operation: Time Twister, also known as the TBD’s last resort contingency plan. This plan has three phases:”

Find the Timeguard Keepers. They know the other timelines better than anyone else in the Primary Earthbread Timeline, especially so since they are parallel variations of Cookies from this timeline who joined the Time Balance Department in their timeline instead of Croissant Cookie here.

Track down the fragments of the Blue Cheese Watch… and White Lily Cookie’s soulstones too. Cookie Resources and representatives from other divisions will be partitioned to form a support team to aid in this operation and calculate which worlds and timelines these fragments landed in. Get them back by any means necessary. Other factions will plan to track them down before you do and use these fragments to achieve their own goals, and some notorious Cookies such as Twizzly Gummy Cookie will prove to be trouble.

A separation from an Ancient Cookie started this mess, and she will need to be there to finish it. That means you, White Lily Cookie. Find the other Ancient Heroes and have them finish this mess at the root. Take whoever you need to in order to find them. While you’re at it, try finding alternate variants of opposing factions like the Cookies of Darkness. They might prove useful in finding a weakness.

“Then that’s the plan…? I think I know where I can find the others.”

“You do, White Lily Cookie?” Walnut Cookie asked, perhaps trying to find leads to her own cold cases in the process.

“It’s the year 1945 on a midsummer’s night, all five of us are going to meet up in the Vanilla Castle during an assault mounted by Dark Enchantress Cookie to stop her. The attack is already underway. Civilians are escaping in droves by airship whilst covered by a joint rearguard of Wafflebots and Cookie Knights… some successfully escaped… others not so much. One was left behind in a cryobaking pod due to a piloting error. Cake Monsters have overwhelmed the castle’s defenses. This is our last stand to end the Dark Flour War.”

“Then what are we waiting for then?!” Almond Cookie asked, losing patience with a case like this opening up. “We need to get this Cookie back to that castle, ASAP.”

Timekeeper Cookie chuckled. “Oh, I can help with that since your Timecraft is utterly destroyed. As for your Ancient Cookie here, she needs to get ready, effective immediately.” With a snip of her Sonic Embroider, White Lily Cookie fell into a time rift that opened up beneath her while the others fell into another rift alongside the Timecraft’s wreckage.

“Here we go again…!” Walnut Cookie yelled as she fell into the rift.

Realizing the floor had been torn from under her alongside her Timecraft, Croissant Cookie’s cheer of a new adventure turned into a scream of terror in freefall. “Time travel! WooaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaa…!”

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At least clean it off when you’re done with it, alright? Those things fall apart easily!

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Who left the hydraulic press turned on again? And why are we voting to throw someone right into it?!

-Choco Eclair Cookie

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Case 0 Type P - File 3.1 - “Crimson Starfall”

Location: City of Wizards - Main Dining Hall

Timeline: PET-O

Date of Record: December 24, 2020

Subjects Involved: C/E-246, C/E-9, C/E-27, C/E-776, C/L-65, C/E-743, C/L-33, C/E-22, R-II/T-22

Responding Employee(s): Croissant Cookie

Division Office Response Poll Results: (Click here to see the original poll)

Historia Magika - 77.8%

Conjurer’s Cookbook - 22.2%

“…Historia Magika.” Moonlight Cookie’s voice was certain of this. The voices of her dreams had told her so, seven to two. She had watched over the Wizard Archives… the Archive of Magic… and its inhabitants and visitors. All from the powerful visor of her seat in the World of Dreams. She had seen the ancient historical text roar to life and devour the archive bit by bit until it was resealed by the quartet with a powerful rune. Was this the true extent of history and magic? Perhaps not.

“The Historia Magika… a textbook of the history of magic.” Blueberry Pie Cookie nodded in response. “I have studied this book since its reawakening, and it seems that various chapters of this book have been intertwined with those of the Historia Mundi. To dare to see what this spell has wrought… it should not be done. Magic and history merging into one can easily alter the past as we know it should this book fall into the wrong hands.”

“Yes, yes. Magic and the history of Outer Earthbread aren’t supposed to mix. Anyways…” Wizard Cookie nodded in reply, clearly there for a holiday party. His studies could wait, and he did not want to be reminded of them. “Where’s the jelly ham? Cinnamon Cookie looks like he’s ready to make that entire Wizard-Sized holiday fruit display disappear!”

Unfortunately, nobody had a chance to carve out their first slice when a crimson blast as dark as night overturned the room and basically ruined anything that was sitting on the table. From that dark cloud emerged Dark Enchantress Cookie, who still donned a freshly painted beet-red aura of anger and vengeance after being ruthlessly humiliated by being eliminated in round 1 of 2020’s Cookie of the Year Awards at the hands of Marshmallow Cookie. As Timekeeper Cookie was busy showing Ananas Dragon the door with the help of the ruthless panel of voters across Earthbread and beyond, Dark Enchantress declared her entrance into the dining hall in a shrill and booming voice, ”Well, well, well. What do we have here? A table of overturned food and a stack of lowly Cookies. I may have been bested in the Awards Ceremony, but mark my words: YOU SHALL NOT BEST ME!!!”

Moonlight Cookie escorted as many Cookies as she could to the top of the Clock Tower where they would be safe, telling them, “Hurry, hurry. The Clock Tower’s defenses will protect us from Dark Enchantress Cookie’s wrath. Wait… Where are Cinnamon Cookie, Wizard Cookie, and Cream Puff Cookie?”

Backed up against the stained-glass windows overseeing a nine-story fall with Wizard Cookie and Cream Puff Cookie next to him, Cinnamon Cookie was visibly terrified at Dark Enchantress Cookie’s presence as he managed to utter, “Wh-what do we do now? We’re cornered!”

“W-wait…! I’m not ready yet…!” Cream Puff Cookie eyed the lofty fall with a fateful look of fear. What would she do? Flee the scene with two other scared Cookies at her side? Or face the consequences of angering the Enchantress as a fellow Cookie of the Year Round 1 Reject to none other than Timekeeper Cookie herself? She was frozen in fear as the door burst open with Roguefort Cookie diving through with vengeful gusto. Walnut Cookie and Almond Cookie were tailing them in pursuit after receiving word of another stolen watch when they had gone to Cream Puff Cookie’s side.

“Hold it right there, Phantom Bleu! Your reign of time theft ends now- whoa! What the heck is that?!” Walnut Cookie, now donning a matching steampunk styled outfit similar to their’s, tried to rush Roguefort Cookie with handcuffs and evidence at the ready when she saw Dark Enchantress Cookie and froze in her tracks out of bewilderment.

“Roguefort Cookie, you’re under arrest for the serial theft of at least five hundred timepieces.” Almond Cookie put the cuffs on Roguefort Cookie, only holding back in self-defense upon seeing Dark Enchantress Cookie before turning to face Roguefort Cookie now in handcuffs. “And now you led us straight to the ONE prominent user of black magic too! What’s your endgame, Roguefort?! Fess up!”

“Who, me…? I was simply pursuing lost time,” Roguefort Cookie replied. While seemingly charming, there wasn’t a hint of deception in their tone. “The Blue Cheese Watch was an important heirloom of my family’s history, and to help make ends neat after another false arrest last year to accommodate for a coma that overcame THIS Cookie right here!” They pointed square at Cinnamon Cookie, who just shrugged at the whole thing before nodding in agreement. “See? He agrees with me. The Blue Cheese Manor had chosen to auction off the watch to raise funds for his medical treatment that followed, but in the end, all that came of it was this false check for a LOT of Coins.”

Roguefort Cookie presented the faked check to Walnut Cookie, who noted the faces of Matcha, Licorice, Pomegranate, Dark Choco, and Dark Enchantress in the last five spaces of the account number. “This check for 666,666,666,666 Coins is a fake! I can’t believe Phantom Bleu was telling the truth… But if that’s the case and they’re on our side and the culprit’s face is on this check, that means…”

“Were you looking for… THIS?!” Dark Enchantress Cookie produced the Blue Cheese Watch from her pocket. A spitting image of hubris as she let out a sinister laugh. “AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA…! It was I who was Lady Kard, who came to your pathetic mansion looking for your watch. I was the one to take it from you at the auction. This watch can do things that even you can’t imagine! NOBODY ACROSS TIME AND SPACE CAN STOP ME NO-“

*CRASH!!!*

What was once seen as her presentation of triumph turned into being overtaken by a flying dropkick square into Dark Enchantress Cookie’s jaw out of nowhere by a clearly-peeved Croissant Cookie, who had to miss the TBD holiday dinner to respond to a new lead on the Blue Cheese Watch presented by the Director themselves. But hey, at least Timekeeper Cookie gave her the opportunity to look cool doing it by opening a time rift right above Dark Enchantress Cookie’s face. “Not on my watch! You’re under arrest for the theft of a Class II Temporal Relic!”

Dark Enchantress Cookie was stunned from the impact, spun about and thrown straight to the floor by Croissant Cookie’s flying work boot dropkick as she stood up. She realized she had a visible crack by her jawline and snarled as she saw Croissant Cookie rebound and stick a perfect landing, brandishing the Watch in anger. “You…! You dare to strike me down with an ambush like that?! If I can’t have this Blue Cheese Watch, then NOBODY CAN!” Having said that, she threw the watch at the group as it shattered into tiny pieces. Roguefort Cookie, seeing this unfold, intended to tackle the Enchantress in the aftermath of it all before a time rift unraveled outside the window and only got to see the Cake Witch manifest itself.

Wizard Cookie, who was clearly out of viable options in awe of the Cake Witch, and in no position to fight, replied, “Us against that thing?! Not even close! Here’s the plan, everyone. We make our exit out this door- ACK!”

“OUT?! Guess this is exit stage left! C’mon, everyone. Follow meeeeeeeeeee…!” Without missing a beat, Cinnamon Cookie took Wizard Cookie over his shoulders while holding Cream Puff Cookie’s hand and bailed out the window, leaving a shattered glass window in his wake as he witnessed what awaited him below: a swirling gold portal on the City’s ground accented against a crimson skyline. The two screamed on their way down as they fell into the rift, where one could swear they heard Wizard Cookie saying, “DO YOU EVER THINK THINGS THROUGH…?!?!?!” To which Cream Puff Cookie responded, “No I don’t think he diiiiiiiiiid…!”

Having been left behind in a hurry, Croissant Cookie called in her Timecraft and threw a TBD Agent’s Standard-Issue Radio out the window, intending to have it follow the trio into the rift, to which Roguefort Cookie replied, “Now why would you do that? First the gliding dropkick, now throwing valuable equipment away, you’re even more reckless than I ever was. This should be very interesting indeed.”

“We can talk about it AFTER we get back to HQ. C’mon everyone, let’s get outta here!” Croissant Cookie rallied Roguefort, Walnut, and Almond Cookie onto the Timecraft and threw it into gear when the coordinates dialed in changed themselves and began taxiing to the open time rift outside the open window Cinnamon Cookie and company jumped into within the exact nanosecond before the time machine threw itself into drive, to which Croissant Cookie started exclaiming, “Wait, these coordinates are leading right back to… where now?! These coordinates don’t even exist…!” But it was too late to change them, the Timecraft was already en route to some new coordinates through the open rift, whether they liked it or not. As the time machine zoomed into the open rift, Croissant Cookie faced her passengers and threw them pairs of goggles, screaming, “Take these, this ride’s gonna get very, VERY BUMPY! HOLD ONTO SOMETHING…!”

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[End of File 3.1] - [Previous: File 3 - “Celebrations Cancelled”] - [Next: File 4 - “Scattered Lilies of the Subconscious”] - [Return To Case Record]

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