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There were more humans making the trek towards his shrine as of late, and many of them coming with offerings in exchange for insight or favor in regards to sly foxes and outrageous suggestions they were much more clever than snakes. To those, their journeys were fated to end sweetly.

Riddles and twisted words, many of those offenders were sent towards this forest. For if one wished to draw out the most elusive of foxes, one must gain their attention. Trim their woods until there is no where for the fox to hide~ However the fools chose to do that, it made the naga little difference. When other guests come with woes and revelation of previous transgressors of this friendly fox, Aster would laugh gleefully.

It was deeply amusing to toy with such a creature he had never met. To what did these mortals find so interesting in them anyway that they seek the snake's voice for the fox's presence? He wanted to know. Little pests...

"So, to make an extremely long story short," Sunny sighs, still having his own trouble wrapping his head around it. "Luna pissed off all of our potential allies after being manipulated by his world eating other half into lashing out about things that were his own fault, and because they're all pissed at him we had to get all the Soul Jams together to make an impenetrable barrier around our timeline that only select few cookies from other world are allowed through, because they're supposed to think Luna is dead."

He takes a long sip of his tea after explaining the current situation. Though, he will admit, it is quite a marvel to watch the master of all magic himself whip up a spell this massive from absolutely nothing and then teach nine other cookies to do it in record time with no previous training. He's never seen Shadow Milk and Silent Salt get along THAT well before either.

Luna is in a different chair, because he is easily bribed with the promise of free food and that's why he let Lani in despite having just set up the barrier a little while ago.

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There is some noise from Shadowmilk at hearing that its pretty potent. There's a brief glance to his staff, thinking about stealing it until this potion matter is over with. Then again, he does probably still need that to not bump into things.

Que him drifting over in the air, tapping the center of Pure Vanillas face with a grin. The multiple eyes turning upwards to mirror the action.

Hathor's smile was caught for the briefest of seconds as they caught their wrist. Admiration paused, but she was not offended. If anything, the question earned a lighthearted chuckle- unbothered by what others should believe of them and herself.

"Didn't wanna lick a dirty cookie." A pause, as he squints. "We might have to make you a custom bath then, I don't think we can just dunk you in ours." Soggy cookie...

The pagoda's loyal guardian was standing by the entrance, hidden behind a pillar, watching someone make the initial climb up the first flight of stairs. If they were silently hoping the stranger would trip and fall, that was for them and the fog to know. But as the cookie steadily climbed, they could only sigh; it seemed this one was actually going to make it. Oh well, even if they didn't fall here, the Ivory Pagoda still had many more steps one could slip on.

The cookie they were watching was strange-looking. His yellow attire was similar enough to the pagoda's gold-and-beige tones that they'd almost blend into the scenery if you squinted just right. But the style was all wrong, with the creepy flower staff and weird triangle hat setting them apart from the simple elegance of the Flour Mountains.

Cloud Haetae stepped out from their hiding place as soon as the stranger reached the last few steps. Placing themselves between the rest of the temple and this potential intruder... And maybe enjoying the chance to look down at a cookie who would obviously be taller than them when he actually reached the top.

Golden eyes briefly gaze at the blue souljam on their chest. Another thief?

"My! You look like you've travelled a long way," Cloud Haetae greets with a smile and a bow, "allow me to welcome you to the Ivory Pagoda, my liege."

❝  y'knooow,  last  i  checked,  this  sucker  only  had  one  eyeball.  ooh  la  la,  looks  a  little  familiar,  now  that  i  think  about  it.  ❞   a  tentacle  snatches  the  staff  out  of  his  hands  and  holds  it  out  —  nudging  it  into  the  other  cookie's  palms.  ❝  i  wonder  why  that  is.  could  SOMEONE  be  taking  more  and  mooore  after  a  certain  beast?  ❞

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"tea it is then!" he waves away the coffee, something he'll drink later, and conjures up his own tea. he accepts the treat with a smile, before making himself comfortable. after a small nibble, sunny finds this to be an acceptable exchange of goods, and something probably much needed before he shares what exactly happened. the REAL story, so to speak.

"before i get into all the shameful details, i must warn you ahead of time that sylphrena is involved in part of this. she stepped in when maestro needed her, and for that i am eternally grateful. but everything before that, is quite the tale, and one that has me feeling protective."

he takes a sip of his tea, resting his staff across his lap. eventually, he'll work on a way to shrink or enlarge it as needed, but for the moment, it's resting across his legs, just enough contact given so that the staff's eye can still make out fanilana in some form.

clearing his throat, he lowers his cup. "it begins, when maestro went to luna's and sunflower's timeline to warn them about khaos. that's when primordial chaos showed up, and it took all three of them to seal primordial chaos up. at some point, maestro was lured there and trapped in the same cage, where he was tortured for who knows how long before i found out what was going on."

just the mere thought has his eyes narrowing all over again. to think one of the strongest cookies he knows of, being trapped with that beast. he moves a hand to grip the seat he's resting on, trying to keep himself grounded. "that's when i asked luna and sunflower for help."