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Opening Ceremony

Wizard Cookie: Finally! We’ve made it to the Pantheon of Starlight! Alchemist Cookie: The prize is a chalice that was dipped in the Nebula Spring! What properties does it have?! Sandwich Cookie: Anything poured into the Nebula Chalice will make the perfect drink for any sandwich! Bacon Cookie: A perfect drink? No! Bacon. Eggs. Milk. The perfect breakfast! ???: Hehe… Just look at ‘em… How pathetic.

Priestesses of the Stars: Starfruit Cookie! The opening ceremony is about to commence! Starfruit Cookie: Just a moment! I need to look perfect for this speech! Starfruit Cookie: I’ve never seen so many Cookies… I’m a bit nervous. Priestesses of the Stars: As High Oracle, we are sure you will do perfectly fine. We believe in you! Starfruit Cookie: Right? Right! I can do this. There’s nothing I can’t do. Let’s start this tournament! ???: The festivities will begin soon. Let us commence with our plan.

Licorice Cookie: No one but Dark Enchantress Cookie deserves the Nebula Chalice! Pomegranate Cookie: To present it to our Master, you will need to claim it first. Dark Choco Cookie: Can that cup truly negate starlight? I’ve also heard tales that it also reveals the whereabouts of ancient legends… Pomegranate Cookie: It is most very likely. The chalice is said to reveal everything the stars can see. Pomegranate Cookie: I will approach Starfruit Cookie. She will prove most… useful in learning about the chalice. Licorice Cookie: Hehe…! Not unless I find it first! Dark Choco Cookie: ...Let’s get moving. We don’t have much time. Starfruit Cookie: Welcome, one and all, to the first tournament of the stars, the grand Battle for Fate! Starfruit Cookie: Only the most honorable and skilled can claim the Nebula Chalice.

Wizard Cookie: I’ve been practicing my spells just for this moment! Sandwich Cookie: I’ve been making and serving sandwiches, plus running everyday! No one’s better prepared than me. Bacon Cookie: BEHOLD! New cooking utensils! With these, everyone will be too impressed with my cooking to run! Alchemist Cookie: HA! With my new concoction, that chalice is as good as mine! Licorice Cookie: Hehe… none of you stand a chance. I’m gonna be the one to claim the Nebula Chalice! Starfruit Cookie: Let the Battle for Fate begin!

The Vision

Starfruit Cookie: The tournament must be in full swing by now. I wonder if it’s going well! Starfruit Cookie: Oh? Who’s that…? I’ve never seen that Cookie here before. Hey, you can’t just barge in here! Pomegranate Cookie: My apologies. I was led here by a mysterious power. Starfruit Cookie: You felt the powers of starlight...? The other priestesses here can’t really sense them though… Starfruit Cookie: You’re not like the other Cookies, are you? What’s your name? Pomegranate Cookie: I am Pomegranate Cookie. I come according to the will of the one I serve. Pomegranate Cookie: Upon hearing of the Battle for Fate, I decided to see it with my own eyes. Starfruit Cookie: So! What do you think of the tournament and festivities so far? Pomegranate Cookie: The opening ceremony was quite the spectacle indeed. And this temple’s beauty is quite grand. Pomegranate Cookie: You must have poured your heart and soul into preparing for this occasion. Starfruit Cookie: Well, it wasn’t easy! But, after all, it’s me! I knew I could handle it. Pomegranate Cookie: The grand prize is also amazing. I had only heard of the Nebula Chalice in myths and legends. Starfruit Cookie: Exciting, isn’t it?! With the chalice, the stars can show you everything! But only once though… Starfruit Cookie: The High Oracles of the past kept it hidden away, but with it we can let every Cookie know about our temple! Pomegranate Cookie: Such wise judgment for one so young. It is thanks to your decisions that I am graced to be here today.

Starfruit Cookie: So I was right! Hehe, this was a great choice. Priestesses of the Stars: Starfruit Cookie! There is something you must come check at once! Starfruit Cookie: Oh, duty calls! It was nice meeting a Cookie just like me! Pomegranate Cookie: As did I… As did I. Priestesses of the Stars: That was excellent! Starfruit Cookie, everyone is so very impressed! Starfruit Cookie: I’m so glad that everyone is enjoying the tournament! We should do this every year! Priestesses of the Stars: As today’s games are over, we will take our leave. Starfruit Cookie: Everyone’s gone, right…? I should pop over to the Nebula Spring. Starfruit Cookie: The sky is especially clear today. I should be able to read the stars without any problems! Starfruit Cookie: Stars, please light my path! Grant me a vision to help me bring peace unto our world! Starfruit Cookie: I will accept your guidance, no matter how sweet or bitter it may be.

Starfruit Cookie: Hmm… Not even a single ripple. Maybe the stars don’t want to talk tonight... Starfruit Cookie: Oh! OH! The Nebula Spring is shining! A vision has been granted! Starfruit Cookie: What’s this… the stars are… They’ve gone dark?! Starfruit Cookie: Is something terrible going to happen with the tournament?

A Fateful Meeting

Licorice Cookie: Argh..! Where’d they hide that chalice?! I’ve been looking everywhere! Licorice Cookie: I need to find it before Pomegranate Cookie…! No, not that. Nope, this isn’t a chalice… Dark Choco Cookie: Wait… what was that noise? We need to move. Now. Licorice Cookie: Oh-ho! Now that thing definitely looks like a chalice! Could it be? Licorice Cookie: Psh… It’s just a glass cup… Nope! Don’t need you! Priestess of the Stars: Have you lost something? Licorice Cookie: No! I-i-it’s nothing! Go away! Priestess of the Stars: Competitors of the tournament are not allowed here. Are you lost?

Dark Choco Cookie: ...Yes. Priestess of the Stars: Follow me then. I will show you the way. Licorice Cookie: OK, OK! We’re erm… right behind you! Pomegranate Cookie: Now that we are all here… Have you made any progress? Licorice Cookie: Well duh! While you were chatting away with that Cookie, I was busy searching the entire temple! Pomegranate Cookie: Good. I too have made progress. Licorice Cookie: It’s probably gonna be quicker to find it ourselves. Starfruit Cookie isn’t just gonna tell you where it is… Licorice Cookie: Just you wait! I’ll be the one to find it! I’m gonna make this mission succeed! Pomegranate Cookie: You are welcome to try.

Starfruit Cookie: What do I do... Priestesses of the Stars: Starfruit Cookie. Is something on your mind? Starfruit Cookie: Oh, it’s erm… I was just curious about how the festivities are progressing! Priestesses of the Stars: All Cookies are running and giving it their all. Would you like to watch the games? Starfruit Cookie: No, it’s alright! I can go watch by myself. Starfruit Cookie: That vision… What did it mean… What are the stars trying to tell me?

Pomegranate Cookie: Have you come to watch the tournament as well? Starfruit Cookie: Pomegranate Cookie! It’s good to see you again! Pomegranate Cookie: There seems to be a great weight on your shoulders. Starfruit Cookie: Oh, it’s just… I was thinking about something and came out for some fresh air. Pomegranate Cookie: Is there anything I may assist you with? Pomegranate Cookie: I too have experienced the burden of responsibility… The burden of wielding power. Starfruit Cookie: Oh… You too? Pomegranate Cookie: I must confess, I cannot say that there were never moments like this. This burden… we are destined for it. Priestesses of the Stars: High Oracle Starfruit Cookie! The next round of the tournament is about to begin! Starfruit Cookie: OK! I’ll be right there! (I wanted to talk a bit more, but…) Pomegranate Cookie: I await the day in which we can meet once again. Priestesses of the Stars: Starfruit Cookie! Where have you gone?! There’s trouble! Starfruit Cookie: Trouble? What sort of trouble? Priestesses of the Stars: High Oracle! This also requires your attention! Please, please! Starfruit Cookie: OK! I’m on my way! Priestesses of the Stars: Starfruit Cookie! We need your guidance! Please, oh Oracle! Starfruit Cookie: So many things require my attention…! But I’m only just one Cookie... Starfruit Cookie: This isn’t the festive tournament I wanted...

Starfruit Cookie: I wonder if I can meet… Oh! Pomegranate Cookie! You’re really here! Pomegranate Cookie: You seem tired. Is something amiss? Starfruit Cookie: I’ve been so busy that my dough has been hardened more than usual…! Pomegranate Cookie: Leading this grand tournament on your own must take quite a toll. Starfruit Cookie: I’m beginning to think this was all a mistake… Just a bit! Pomegranate Cookie: You are spreading the word of the Pantheon of Stars, of its devotion to peace and prosperity for all Cookies. Pomegranate Cookie: Your decision will have helped and inspired many Cookies. Quite many... Starfruit Cookie: Thanks, Pomegranate Cookie. I really needed to hear that. Pomegranate Cookie: You may confer with me anytime. I am ready to offer an ear. Starfruit Cookie: The next round will begin soon! Starfruit Cookie: Remember to attack and defend at the same time to gain the upper hand! Alchemist Cookie: This is my forte! I’ve concocted a few solutions for the perfect attack and defense! Wizard Cookie: I’ve got a spell or two that’s just what I need to win! Sandwich Cookie: I just had a sandwich. Yummy! It was so nutritious, I think I can beat every Cookie here! Bacon Cookie: If I win… FREE BACON FOR ALL!

Licorice Cookie: Oh, stop yelling! I’m gonna be the one to beat all of you! Bacon Cookie: You haven’t even run in a single game yet! Licorice Cookie: HMPH! I didn’t run… er… by choice! I’m on an IMPORTANT mission! Licorice Cookie: If I show you my true power, you’ll all get scared and run away! Bacon Cookie: We don’t care what your mission is. And you’re definitely not scary. Licorice Cookie: Just you wait! Victory will be mine! Dark Choco Cookie: Did you forget why we’re here in the first place…

Sworn to Secrecy

Starfruit Cookie: Pomegranate Cookie! I’ve missed you! Starfruit Cookie: Thanks to your advice, I feel SO much better. Pomegranate Cookie: How fortunate… But I sense you’ve still an ounce of foreboding thoughts. Starfruit Cookie: Wow, you know me so well…! Starfruit Cookie: Erm… it’s just that… Nah, never mind. Pomegranate Cookie: Please, speak comfortably. I am sure I will understand. Starfruit Cookie: I want to… But… Pomegranate Cookie: You and I are the only Cookies who can understand each other. Starfruit Cookie: You’re right… Starfruit Cookie: Let’s head somewhere else. Somewhere more private…!

Starfruit Cookie: A few nights ago, the stars… Their light was consumed by a veil of crimson and shadow. Starfruit Cookie: I’m worried something might go wrong with the tournament. Pomegranate Cookie: I see. This vision must have been quite shocking. Starfruit Cookie: I wanted a grand vision and I got one, but… I didn’t expect it to be some* dark and grim.

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Pomegranate Cookie: ...I believe the one I serve may be able to assist you. Pomegranate Cookie: She is wise and wields a cosmic power that none can stand against. Starfruit Cookie: Really?! That’s amazing! Thank you! I’m glad I shared this vision with you. Starfruit Cookie: I’m really glad we’ve become good friends!

Pomegranate Cookie: But about this vision… Is the Nebula Chalice the only such treasure in existence? Pomegranate Cookie: I was under the assumption visions were granted only by the chalice itself. Starfruit Cookie: Well, you see… Oh, before that… You need to keep this a secret! Starfruit Cookie: In the middle of the temple is the Nebula Spring, where sacred waters are blessed by the stars! Starfruit Cookie: The Nebula Chalice itself only holds a fraction of the spring’s true power! Starfruit Cookie: At the spring, if I pray and say “Stars, please light my path”, the stars grant me a vision. Pomegranate Cookie: ...I see. Thank you. I can ensure you that this secret is safe with me. Starfruit Cookie: We’re best friends after all! It’d be nice if we can chat like this after the tournament ends… Pomegranate Cookie: This friendship is special to me as well. Though, I am destined to follow in my Master’s path… Pomegranate Cookie: I will always remember this day and how you have helped me.

Licorice Cookie: Ugh… I’m gonna win this time! Bacon Cookie: What’re you, a broken blender? You keep on grinding with no results! Alchemist Cookie: You kept muttering about winning… So… now what? Dark Choco Cookie: Licorice Cookie. Pomegranate Cookie is requesting our presence. Licorice Cookie: Can’t you see I’m busy?! I have to compete! Dark Choco Cookie: She’s found it. Licorice Cookie: WHAT?! H-h-hey, all of you wait here! I’ll be right back!

Licorice Cookie: The Nebula Spring? Really?! Pomegranate Cookie: Revealed by Starfruit Cookie herself. Come, follow me. Pomegranate Cookie: This is the Nebula Spring… Indeed, the waters flowing from here are blessed with magic. Licorice Cookie: Is this it…? Really? It seems so… small. So how do we get the stars to talk? Dark Choco Cookie: We don’t have time. There is no telling when some Cookie might walk in. Licorice Cookie: Er… ahem. You heard him. Well, get on with it, Pomegranate Cookie! Pomegranate Cookie: May the Darkness feast on this spring’s power...

Licorice Cookie: Is that it…? Hehe. Well, that was easy. Psh! Power of starlight… *mutter mutter* Pomegranate Cookie: Now then. Let us see what the Nebula Spring reveals. Pomegranate Cookie: Stars… please light my path… Show us the Cookies of legend and myth... Dark Choco Cookie: ...So, it’s true. The spring can show us where the Cookies of legend are... Licorice Cookie: Starfruit Cookie is really gonna regret everything, isn’t she? Hehe! Pomegranate Cookie: While we remain grateful for her… cooperation. Priestesses of the Stars: Wh-what are you doing?! Dark Choco Cookie: It’s time to leave.

Priestesses of the Stars: Stop! What are you doing to this sacred place?! Licorice Cookie: Argh! Why are they so persistent?! Pomegranate Cookie: Should you not be reporting what’s happened here instead of pursuing us…? Dark Choco Cookie: Just a bit further. I have scouted a place where we can hide. Licorice Cookie: Faster! FASTER! Sandwich Cookie: Not bad! Not bad! Everyone’s really skilled! But the winner is decided at the very END! Wizard Cookie: Hey, has anyone seen Rags- I mean, Licorice Cookie? Bacon Cookie: Psh! He probably got scared and ran away. Alchemist Cookie: Look! Starfruit Cookie just came out of the temple! Is it time for the final round?

Closing Ceremony

Starfruit Cookie: I extend my greatest appreciation for all Cookies who have made it this far! Starfruit Cookie: And that’s that! The Battle for Fate is over! Starfruit Cookie: Phew! I’m really glad it’s over… But that sure was fun too! Starfruit Cookie: Now that I think about it… Nothing bad happened during the tournament. Starfruit Cookie: Maybe the powerful Cookie that Pomegranate Cookie knows secretly helped out!

Priestesses of the Stars: High Oracle! Starfruit Cookie! Something terrible has happened! Starfruit Cookie: What’s going on? Priestesses of the Stars: Some strange Cookies have infiltrated the chambers of the Nebula Spring! Starfruit Cookie: WHAT?! Starfruit Cookie: No… NO! The Nebula Spring has been corrupted by some crimson magic... Priestesses of the Stars: We’ve received word that three Cookies were involved! Starfruit Cookie: Who… Who did this... Priestesses of the Stars: A Cookie with a dark cloak and a raggedy Cookie with a scythe were rummaging through the temple. Priestess of the Stars: I… thought they were participants who got lost in the temple. My deepest apologies...

Starfruit Cookie: What do I do… Could Pomegranate Cookie help me with this…? Priestesses of the Stars: And another Cookie was with them. A Cookie dressed in red and adorned in pomegranates. Starfruit Cookie: !!! Are you… sure? Priestesses of the Stars: Quite sure! The Cookie in red was the one standing closest to the spring! Starfruit Cookie: No, it can’t be! That Cookie… she’s… She’s my greatest friend… Starfruit Cookie: I thought she understood me… I told her everything… She is… my friend… Starfruit Cookie: Could it be…? No… No, it can’t... Starfruit Cookie: That vision wasn’t about the tournament. If only I had not told Pomegranate Cookie... Starfruit Cookie: It’s all my fault… The vision came true because of my mistake...

Dark Choco Cookie: We’ve managed to lose our pursuers. Let us leave. Licorice Cookie: The power of Darkness is going to consume the world! HAHAHA! Pomegranate Cookie: Everything is proceeding as the Master planned...

The Aftermath

Starfruit Cookie: Stars… Oh, great stars, please light my path! Starfruit Cookie: I will gladly sacrifice my powers if it means restoring the Nebula Spring! Priestesses of the Stars: Starfruit Cookie! Please! You must rest…! You cannot go on like this! Starfruit Cookie: No… This is all my fault. I must fix this… I have to. I cannot rest until… Starfruit Cookie: I am nothing… I was always nothing. I am no longer fit to be the Oracle. But I will remain and protect the temple. Starfruit Cookie: So let me fulfill my responsibility, one last time…! Starfruit Cookie: No… The stars have been silenced… There is no answer. Starfruit Cookie: !!! My staff is… glowing?! The stars! The stars are with me!

Starfruit Cookie: Wait… Huh? What? Who are these ordinary looking Cookies? Starfruit Cookie: Oh, great stars… Are… are these the Cookies who will save the world from the Darkness…? Starfruit Cookie: This means… A flicker of hope still lives!