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"Alright, everything is going to plan!" Dark Enchantress chuckles as she watches Butter Roll prepare everything for baking, this is going smoothly, which honestly is great for her, previous projects not having much success recently, but this will be finally perfe-!
"Soooooo Miss Dark Enchantressy~" A familiar voice from a blue jester rang out, appearing beside her, "Whatcha doin?" he grins as he blocks her path, floating upside down as he stares at the less than pleased woman.
She pushes past him, "You already know what I'm doing, Shadow Milk, I suggest you keep your hands to yourself" she hissed at him as she focuses back on the oven, turning to Butter Roll, "Is everything ready to go?"
As he goes to tell her yada yada, Shadow Milk floats off, bored, looking around for something to mess with, when he spots an unwatched valve, a bit away from Dark Enchantress and Butter Rolls eyes… He grins
He happily smacks the valve, watching it spin around before returning to the other two.
"Everything should be ready now" Butter Roll grins, causing Dark Enchantress to chuckle, looking back towards the oven with a grin, "Now all we have to do i wait"
The oven works as intended, the heat radiating off of it as it bakes the new army for Dark Enchantress, causing Shadow Milk to wipe his brow with a huff. The oven makes a noise, before smoke seems to rise out of it.
"… Should it be-" Words get cut off when the oven explodes, only giving Dark Enchantress a short window of opportunity to cast a protection spell on herself, ignoring Butter Roll getting blasted back- not like she can see him with the smoke filling the room, only getting a glimpse of something being launched out into the sky, multiple things, infact.
"For fucks SAKE-!" She shrieks, waving her staff to blow away the smoke, to reveal the oven destroyed, with dough splattered across the floor and walls, and Shadow Milk standing there, his own spell up to protect himself, and who was whistling and looking away, causing her eye to twitch.
"I didn't do anything" He was quick to defend himself with a grin, floating aside to let an eager Butter Roll, who has already recovered, check on what happened.
She doesn't take his defense well, stepping over to him, heels clacking on the floor as she grabs him by the collar of his jester outfit, "Get out" she hissed at the jester, "If you're so bored that you'll ruin grand plans, go spy on the ancient heroes, at least there I'll get some peace and quiet for this project"
Shadow Milk rolls his eyes, melting out of her hold, "Fine, fine! So mean to kick lil ol me out" he pats down his outfit and fixes his hair, "See you next week" he winks at her, before melting into the shadows, leaving Dark Enchantress to seethe over the broken oven, this will take a while to fix.
…
A puff of white as Cacao sighs, walking through the snow quietly. He was outside his citadel, taking a walk to refresh his thoughts, hand dragging through his now partially white hair. Ever since he returned from his trip to beast yeast, after meeting Mystic Flour, he had a lot in his mind, about how he is as a cookie, and… his son. Which is why he's walking alone outside, hand patting at the sword at his side to reassure himself of his safety while he reminisces over what he could have had with his son.
Of course, he's well aware of Caramel Arrow, his first watcher, is probably watching him from the wall, definitely worriedly watching him stroll outside the grand wall, especially when his stroll stops him at the beach that connected his land to the licorice sea. He keeps his distance, not foolish to move any closer, as his eyes move to stare at the sky, it's a nice day out.
His peace was disturbed when he notices a flare of red light in the distance, which was followed by streaks of… something, quickly racing through the sky.
His mind races as he thinks, an explosion? In the middle of the ocean? He worries for what it was, hearing Caramel Arrow hop down behind him as support in whatever… this, was.
He takes a step back, just as he notices one of the things which was flying through the sky, was heading towards him, and fast. Whatever it was, it landed on the sand before him and Caramel Arrow, spreading the sand around before it came to a sizzling halt.
Cacao hesitates as he stares at whatever just fell, though he stops Caramel Arrow from checking for him as he steps forward, eyes narrowing on what seems to be… something bundled in cloth? He grabs his sword, reaching over to flip the cloth off of whatever this threat could be-
An infant.
… This was odd. Hesitanting only for a moment, he puts away his sword, reaching down to pick up the baby, checking the child over. She had dark skin like him, her hair a mix of white and black as well.
The baby stirs in his hold, a tired look on the child's face as gray eyes look at Cacao. This was…
"Caramel Arrow." He spoke, "Go inside and call for a doctor" he says
"Er- Yes your majesty" She bows, quickly turning to run back into the citadel to follow his orders, along with helping quell any rumours before it starts.
The baby wiggles in his hold, yawning before going back to its neutral expression, looking up at him.
Cacao can't help but feel… paternal feelings kicking in, relaxing to show a small smile, "Hello there, where did you come from?" He asked the child quietly, hand reaching over to adjust the cloth on the kid as he turns around, the cold is not good for freshly baked dough.
The baby, naturally, didn't answer, only nuzzling against her new father, and falling back asleep.
Taking a moment to watch his child, he moves to enter the citadel once again, momentarily swarmed by his advisors, before he meets that doctor Caramel Arrow called.
After a quick check up, making sure nothing was wrong with her, the doctor left, leaving him alone with his new daughter, who woke up during the check up.
"Hello there" He hummed again, fixing the small puff of hair off of her face, "You're quite a miracle, a wish granted by the witches."
The baby looks at him blankly, yawning as her hands reach up, making grabby gestures, which he amuses, giving her his finger, smiling softly when the baby latches onto it.
A knock on his door, before Caramel Arrow opens the door, "Your majesty," she starts, clearing her throat, "The advisors are asking for what name the child will have, to document her properly."
Dark Cacao huffs as he looks at her, thinking, "… Tell them her name is Coco Powder Cookie." he hummed, holding his daughter close to him.
"Understood, your majesty" she bows, and goes to leave, "… Shall I also prepare parchment for you to tell the news to your friends?" She asked once again
… He sighs, knowing he wouldn't have a moment of peace once they knew, wanting to spend precious time with his new daughter, but he has to eventually. "… Yes."
Once she leaves finally, Cacao hums, looking at his daughter, who wiggles closer to him as she slept.
By the witches, he was going to kill for this child.