| 02. Convocation Chamber
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This cannot be! Elder Mille-feuille Cookie?! Arrested?
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So she is the one who is responsible for attempting to steal the Soul Jam?
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What of Canelé Cookie? Is there a connection between the two?
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The charges faced by Canelé Cookie are of a separate matter.
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| Though the investigation will result in a lighter sentence than Mille-feuille Cookie, the charges are related to embezzlement and the illegal sale of unsanctioned goods.
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Clotted Cream Cookie
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Two Elders of our Convocation... arrested for such atrocious crimes. I feel as if the very foundations of the Lyceum are shaking...
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| These recent events must not reach the ears of the masses! It would devastate the standing of our Convocation and bring further unrest to our city!
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I concur. All Elders were held in high esteem, respoected by all. If word of this gets out, nothing good will come of it!
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We must reach a consensus! What say you, fellow Elders?
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| In the least, we must reach a majority vote...
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Objection!
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Pardon?
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Custard Cookie
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Captain Caviar Cookie
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I object! This Convocation has made irredeemable mistakes and its members were involved in crimes that can't be dumped into the sea in the dead of night!
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This Convocation is a body of hypocrisy and deceit... Y'all are no different than a ragtag band of pirates!
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Captain Caviar Cookie! This Lyceum will not tolerate your foul accusations! And do not forget! You too are a member of our Convocation!
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Vanilla Sugar Cookie
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Captain Caviar Cookie
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We've never dealt with issues, EVER! It was always a cover—up or just wishing it'd go away!
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| Far too often have I heard you lot talking about how this city will be different than the Vanilla Kingdom. But when things get out of hand, your actions only lead us to the same bitter end!
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Captain Caviar Cookie
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WE, my friends, live by different rules! We, Cookies of the Sea, have been living here, surviving here long before you showed up! And we face our problems, head—on!
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Are you deliberately sowing unrest in this Lyceum?!
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Custard Cookie
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| You are out of line!
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Captain Caviar Cookie
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Unrest, ya say? Open your eyes! Unrest between Cookies of Sweet and Salty Dough has been brewing for years.
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| How long has it been since any of you have laid eyes on the Lower City, eh?
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| While you're getting fat on desserts of butter and sugar, the Cookies in the Lower City be trying to stomach nasty glasses of mudshakes filled with sand and gravel!
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See here! There is no need to make this personal!
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Baumkuchen Cookie
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Sablé Cookie
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This is no place for such anger!
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May I interject? I see no falsities or baseless accusations being made by Captain Caviar Cookie.
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| If such a scheme was plotted by Cookies of the Sea, would this Convocation had taken the quiet route, hmm? I believe not.
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| As per usual, the Convocation would have attempted to bury the Lower City deeper into the mud with no remorse.
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Custard Cookie
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Hold your tongue! How dare you!
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Vanilla Sugar Cookie
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Continue to make such provocations and the Paladins will be ordered to force a compromise in these chambers!
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Then it's only fair I rally our navy!
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Captain Caviar Cookie
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Custard Cookie
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You're outnumbered, sea dog, and you know it! Make one false move and I will call for the Pearl Legion!
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| The Pearl Legion listens to Clotted Cream Cookie alone!
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I beg your pardon? The Pearl Legion consists of guards from House Oyster.
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Oyster Cookie
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Whose commands will they heed, yours or mine? Shall we test your theory?
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Custard Cookie
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Grrr...! Salty and coarse to the very core!
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Say that to my face, ya starchy jowled seagull!
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Captain Caviar Cookie
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Clotted Cream Cookie
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ORDER! Order! Enough of this!
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I found you...
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Clotted Cream Cookie
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*Gasp* That voice...?! It's coming from the sky?
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Soul Jam... Three of them. Collected here, ripe for the taking. I must thank you.
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| Your feeble attempt to stand against my will has only brought you to the brink of destruction. In the end, you are to be commended for aiding in my plans.
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You shall be rewarded in full. Step outside and look upon my gift to you.
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Mulled Juice Cookie
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Listen! Is that screaming? What's going on out there?
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We must step outside, immediately!
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Clotted Cream Cookie
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