1. Guardian of the City of Wizards | ||
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The night is when magic awakens... | ||
When the sun is gone and darkness shrouds the world, the Moonlight begins its story. | ||
When the sea and sky are united by the color of night, the Dream sprawls its wings to travel freely across its wondrous, limitless realm. | ||
And the Wizards, the sages of the night... One of the reasons I adore the City so. | ||
There were times, when all stars here bore a name of their own. Grand bookshelves in the libraries. Observatories spired in the night sky, paralleled in height only by the Wizards’ knowledge and wisdom. | ||
Cookies, created by the Wizards, gained a shining purpose to serve their creators as aides in the search of Truth. | ||
Yet... All is now nothing more than echoes of the past. | ||
When I close my eyes... my memories take me to a time when I wasn’t alone. And those long gone are back as though they have never left... | ||
Is this but a dream? Or am I awake now...? | ||
Will they return if I wait long enough? | ||
My name is Moonlight Cookie... The Custodian of the City of Wizards. | ||
Moonlight Cookie | ||
Who goes there... who- | ||
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Moonlight Cookie | ||
Are you, too, an apparition of my dreams? Or perhaps... | ||
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...! This place is...! |
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Precisely! Not a single Cookie in sight! The whole place is running on magical contraptions! |
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The great Magical Civilization and all the Wizards... POOF! Gone! They call it "one of the Seven Mysteries of Earthbread!" | ||
We've finally arrived at the legendary City of Wizards! | ||
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GingerBrave |
Huh... Who would've known we'd have to get kicked out of a train for that! |
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I liked the train... It brought us all the way here...! |
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GingerBrave |
Right...! Remind me to thank Milky Way Cookie if we ever see her again! |
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Huh... The moon looks so big here... Is it because the whole city is so empty? |
Strawberry Cookie |
Wizard Cookie |
According to the Annals of Magic, this place was chosen by the Wizards because this is where the moon is the biggest, meaning that its arcane powers are strongest here! |
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It took several dozens of mathematicians to calculate this sweet spot, but thanks to their efforts, we can read at night without the need for any candles or lights! | ||
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Whoah! Does it mean that even the starry sky is a part of this place...? |
GingerBrave |
The City of Wizards is even cooler than I thought! |
GingerBrave |
2. We... are Intruders?! | ||
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GAH! Look out! | |
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GingerBrave! Behind you! |
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GingerBrave |
HAAAAH! |
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*Whirr...* |
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GingerBrave |
These guys have been following us for a while now. And I don't think they wanna become friends...! |
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They are the Wizards' inventions! Crafted to resemble the stars. |
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To them, we are trespassers! Better be on our guard! |
Wizard Cookie | |
GingerBrave |
They're after us! |
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GingerBrave |
We come in peace! It's impolite to attack your guests! |
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Hm... We don't have anything to prove that... If only we could meet Moonlight Cookie first... |
Strawberry Cookie |
GingerBrave |
Right! We must hurry up and find Moonlight Cookie! |
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3. Endless Solitude | ||
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My my, would you look at this sight! | |
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Do you see anything?! |
GingerBrave |
Wizard Cookie |
Come up here! You can see the whole city from this hill! |
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WHOAH...! | |
GingerBrave |
I can't believe there's no one left in this place. If it were up to me, I'd call it "the City of Nightsky." |
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Hm... And if it were up to me... "The City of the Crescent...!" |
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Look! Aaaall the way over there! The statues we passed on the way here...! |
Strawberry Cookie | |
Is that where we took the train...? | ||
GingerBrave |
Seems so! But how did we manage to cross the dream to get here? |
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Wait a minute... We were walking in circles around the statues... Then we... um... ended up at the train station? | ||
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The more you think about it, the weirder it gets! Perhaps, that's the nature of the dream. |
Wizard Cookie |
The power of the Slumbering Moon makes it all possible. After all, Moonlight Cookie is the master of Dream Magic! |
Wizard Cookie | |
GingerBrave |
Over there...! Moonlight Cookie! | |
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She's asleep...! I... almost hate to wake her up... |
Strawberry Cookie |
The moon is so bright and pretty... Why does she look so sad...? | ||
GingerBrave |
She must feel so lonely watching over this city all by herself! Think how long she must've been waiting for us? |
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Not THAT long, if you think of it? |
Wizard Cookie |
After all, she must have lived for much, MUCH longer than us! | ||
Strawberry Cookie |
B—but... |
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And it is said, that while Moonlight Cookie is asleep, no force can harm the realm of dreams... |
Wizard Cookie |
Her power is WAY too great for an ordinary Cookie. And that's why we need her help! |
Wizard Cookie | |
GingerBrave |
But Moonlight Cookie herself asked for our help! There's gotta be something we could do for her. |
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Though... how do we wake her up? | ||
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Hmm... |
Wizard Cookie |
There gotta be hints somewhere in this great city! Looks like we have our mission. |
Wizard Cookie |
5. To the Column of Light | ||
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Hey, what is that column of light?! Another magical spell? |
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Huh... Maybe it's a big gemstone...? Or... Or a glowing fountain...? |
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I... I want to get closer...! |
Strawberry Cookie | |
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It's just as bright as the light of the moon! |
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I feel like I need to move closer...! Let's go! |
GingerBrave |
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GingerBrave |
It's a sugar glass house! I've never seen anything like that! |
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Maybe it's the moon's creation...! See? The gentle moonlight is lighting up the whole place... |
Strawberry Cookie |
Wizard Cookie |
I... vaguely remember reading about it... It's... It's... It's the Rememberance Glass! |
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Wizard Cookie |
The Wizards knew how to imbue stained sugar glass with memories. Perhaps, this is the place where it happened! | |
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I thought it was a place bigger than this one... |
Strawberry Cookie |
GingerBrave |
Hold on...! These paintings! Is that the City of Wizards? Then this one must be Moonlight Cookie herself! |
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Whoah! Look at those colorful glass flowers! Let's go take a closer look! Oh...! | ||
Wielding the might of moonlight evergy, we can finally leave the days when we used to brew love potions in the past! With it, we can light up the whole city! |
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And more! The Lunar Dynamo will allow us to cook food, move carts, ans power clocktowers without evn touching them! | ||
Solar power is too unpredictable, too unstable! It burns and corrupts the Cookie dough. The power of the Dreaming Moon, however...! |
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GingerBrave |
Whooooah! I've just experienced a rush of someone's memories! |
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The Wizards' thoughts and memories! Let's see what recollections these flowers hold! |
Wizard Cookie |
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What a harrowing misfortune it is to realize ours is the only star inhabited by thinking creatures such as ourselves... Among all the stars in the vast cosmos! | ||
The sun, burning hotter than volcanic lava! the moon, colder than the coldest ice...! The power of the stars is greater than that of an Archwizard! For the stars are the fount of the arcane! | ||
Welcome to this world, Moonlight Cookie! You are the blessing granted by the stars to us, the seekers of Truth! |
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This is Moonlight Cookie's memory! The Cookie that the Wizards created was Moonlight Cookie herself! |
GingerBrave | |
Wizard Cookie |
Shhhh! Be quiet! |
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Your powers will become the bridge to connect us to the realm of the unknown! Will you help us in our research of lunar power? |
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These are the materials brought by Moonlight Cookie from the World of Dreams. Now we will finally be able to correct the mistakes in our magical formulas! |
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The Cookie managed to identify the laws of celestial mechanics with utmost precision! It will allow us to build a giant planetarium in the sky above our city! |
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Let us build a great clock tower to control the very movements of the stars and the flow of time! |
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Just like the great World Tree from our myths, our clock tower will become the pillar to bind our city together even after that last of the Wizards is gone. |
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Did you hear that?! |
GingerBrave | |
Wizard Cookie |
A clock tower to control the flow of time, huh... |
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Like two sides of a coin, Moonlight Cookie and the Clock Tower will draw upon each other's power. The full moon will rise, the bell will ring, and the dream will come alive! |
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6. Message from the Greenhouse | ||
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Another piece of the puzzle falls into place. Perhaps, the Clock Tower can awaken Moonlight Cookie! |
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We still need to gather more clues. Let's check over there! |
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Wizard Cookie |
Huh! That watering can! And the shovel... | |
They were crafted for a Cookie to handle. Looks like a Cookie used to take care of this conservatorium! | ||
GingerBrave |
Hey, look! This flower has just one flower growing in it! |
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It's small but so pretty and ornate...! Gotta be someone's special memory. |
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Can I... take a look...? |
Strawberry Cookie | |
Hey! HEY! We gotta hurry! | ||
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Wait... I have but one last thing to do... | ||
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G—greetings..! ...My name is Sugar Glass Cookie... | ||
If you touched this memory, it means... It means that you have found my flower...! | ||
I must leave this place... Yet... When the other Cookie arrives... | ||
I'd like you to know that I have waited for so long... That you are not alone... | ||
Strawberry Cookie |
How did they manage to take care of this beautiful place all by themselves...? |
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Let's take this flower with us! Something tells me that Moonlight Cookie will like it. |
GingerBrave |