| # 02. Mountains of Trials & Harmony
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The Mountains of Trials and Harmony…! But the air smells like… nothing!
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This is the place! Huh…? Look at that airship…!
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The Crème Knights!
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???
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Ugh… This spicy scent…!
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| Must be the students from the Scovillia Academy.
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Kouign-Amann Cookie, you need not concern yourself with them.
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Yes, do not worry about that ragtag bunch, Kouign-Amann Cookie. They will be smart to avoid… provocations.
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Whoah! Look at that Cookie’s ginormous sword! She’s handling it like it’s a twig…!
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Huh, there aren’t too many of our own who are THAT strong!
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Psh! Cut it out! Soon, those stuck up Paladins will taste the power of spice!
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CLUUUCK!
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| …Paladins! This is our chance to demonstrate the superiority of our values and beliefs!
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Crème Knights Trainees
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Yes sir!
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Ooh, swift moves! If anyone’s looking for a fight, hit me up!
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C-cluck…?
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*sniff sniff* Huh…? Do you smell something sweet?
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Ah, the smell of fruits! Must be the Parfaedia delegation.
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Wonderful! The other delegations have already arrived!
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Ugh… Who would’ve known the magical flight would be so.. Unpleasant! I think I need a moment here…
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???
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A first-timer, are we? I have just the potion for your nausea. Yours for just five thousand Coins!
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Ugh… I’m… I’m good!
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“Never turn away from good will,” they say. Here! Let’s see if your potion will help me from my dizziness. *gulp*
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*gulp*
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Parfaedia Principal
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Hmmm… It’s good! Very good! The formula is quite refined indeed! And it worked right away. Brilliant!
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| That’s a true Parfaedian here! Our hopes are high, Prune Juice Cookie!
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Looks like the other champions are formidable opponents. It won’t be an easy win…
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Hm… I heard that the Parfaedians are as strong as they are sweet…!
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Huh, really…? Does it mean that potion Cookie is strong too?
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Spicy Scovillia Student
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Hot Scovillia Student
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W-we are gonna win though, right?!
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| Ha ha! Wonderful! Each delegation arrived just on time! Welcome, my friends!
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Lil Pepper Cookie
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OOOOOOOOH!
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Gelato Trio Cookie
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| My name is Gelato Trio Cookie and I am the groundskeeper for the Mountains of Trials and Harmony!
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Gelato Trio Cookie
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| Let me introduce you to the Cookie in charge of rules and announcements… GELATO TRIO COOKIE!
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Gelato Trio Cookie
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| Next, let me introduce you to the commentator of the tournament… GELATO TRIO COOKIE!
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Gelato Trio Cookie
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| And lastly! Let us not forget about our valiant head of security… GELATO TRIO COOKIE!
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Berry Parfaedia Student
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| Looks like they are a bit… understaffed…!
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Are you ready for a warm welcome ceremony?! Then it’s time you proceed to the tournament field!
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Ah, just look at the bright faces of our three champions! I never get tired of the excitement about the upcoming tournament!
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| I am honored to proclaim that the Triple Cone Cup has officially begun!
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May this tournament be a celebration of the profound and timeless friendship between the three Academies!
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| Long, long ago, in times beyond memory! In the age when order and chaos coexisted! When dessert monsters roamed freely across the land… lived three Cookies.
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| A knight of rich and noble butter, a wizard who reshaped the world with the power of fruits…
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| …and a warrior, spiciest of all!
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| You could not imagine three Cookies more dissimilar, and yet after countless adventures, Fate brought them together.
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| But who was the strongest of the three, they wondered.
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| And for three days and nights, they fought and fought… But none could prevail!
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| After a long skirmish, when all the three flavors were soundly mixed up… At this very place, atop the Mountains of Trials and Harmony…
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| One Cookie spoke…
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“Let us three take apprentices. If us three cannot find the answer, let us see whose values, wit, and skill prove to be worthy of living on!”
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| And so they parted ways. Soon, the three schools were built…
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| The very schools whose champions have gathered here to compete in the Triple Cone Cup!
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| On behalf of the Three Founders, and all the champions before you, I greet you here, at the Triple Cone Cup! You are the new generation to carry this tradition into the future!
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| Now then, Champions! Are you prepared to find out who is the strongest of the three?
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| May the strongest emerge victorious!
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| Demonstrate that your hard-earned skill, superior intellect, and ever-burning spirit is worthy of the Triple Cone Cup!
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| MAY THE TOURNAMENT BEGIN!
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HOOORAAAAY!
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Students
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Hot Scovilla Student
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Show them your fire, Capsaicin Cookie!
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Kouign-Amann Cookie, show them what a true Paladin is capable of!
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Serious Paladin Trainee
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Spicy Scovillia Student
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Ha ha, yeah! Let’s see what you sweetlings are made of!
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Those Cookies are obviously very excited…!
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Berry Parfaedia Student
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We can’t let them win! PAR! FAE! DIA! PAR! FAE! DIA!
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Gelato Trio Cookie
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Ah, the excitement in the air! The roar of the audience! I bet every Cookie here is anticipating a fierce competition!
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| This is the end of the welcome ceremony! But there is something missing, don’t you agree?
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| Champions and honorable delegates! You’ve come a long way! So enjoy the rest of the day to your heart’s content at the WELCOME FEAST!
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| WELCOME TO THE TRIPLE CONE CUP!
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HOOORAAAAY!
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Students
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