Taking Back What's Ours || Cookie Run AU

Chapter 7

◇ LICORICE'S POV ◇

Dear Diary,
Sorry that I missed 2 days' worth of writing. Couldn't find an empty book anywhere. Left the old one back at the base, not like we're going back anytime soon.

It's been 3 days ever since the ambush. 2 recruits have joined the team; Sparkling and Alchemist. Well, technically Sparkling has been on the team since a month ago but, doesn't matter. Alchemist is weird kid. She's hella depressed, yea, but at the same time obsessed with locking herself up in the kingdom's lab. Would care less about what she's doing in there. Judging by her name, she's probably doing alchemy stuff.

Dark Enchantress praised me! The first one in a while! Yay! She told me that I did a good job at monitoring and reporting back!  ̶S̶̶h̶̶e̶ a̶̶l̶̶s̶̶o̶ ̶s̶a̶̶i̶̶d̶ ̶t̶̶h̶a̶̶t̶ ̶S̶̶p̶a̶̶r̶̶k̶̶l̶̶i̶̶n̶̶g̶ ̶s̶̶h̶̶o̶̶u̶̶l̶̶d̶̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶b̶̶e̶ ̶p̶a̶̶r̶̶t̶ ̶o̶̶f̶ ̶t̶̶h̶̶e̶ ̶p̶̶l̶a̶̶n̶, ̶b̶̶u̶̶t̶ ̶o̶̶h̶ ̶w̶̶e̶̶l̶̶l̶  I'm so glad that I got my praise!

As a reward, she let me participate in more activities! I can't wait to make her proud again, bombard me with more praises, and be the best mage ever! I'll be good enough in her eyes again! That's all for today!

Signed, Licorice ♡

Licorice lets out a sigh after looking over at his cringy writing one last time. He doesn't think he needs to change it. We don't wanna waste more paper than one needs, do we? Who knew finding an empty book is harder when literally everything is destroyed. Shouldn't it be way easier? You know what, never mind.

He closes the book, slips it under his pillow, and rolls himself over, his back on the warm bed. Finally, his overwhelming anxiety of missing 2 days' worth of writing is gone. He would be in an entirely new mess if he didn't write it down anytime soon, the habit becomes a stress reliever ever since he's just a small cookie.

Now, Licorice is ready to take on the world again. And by that, he means going into his cool cauldron tower and staying away from everyone else because screw them! Especially Poison Mushroom, he ain't babysitting that annoying mushroom kid today.

Of course, he jinxes himself when Poison Mushroom walks in through the door of his room, he scoffs at himself internally after seeing their weird face. Only this time, their dead eyes are now accompanied by a glint of sadness.

Naturally, Licorice is confused. The little spore baby always looks soulless, which in itself is unsettling, but today they're especially disturbed. He sits up to take a slightly closer look, making sure his eyes aren't lying to him.

As soon as he does, Poison Mushroom quickly waddles toward him. After climbing the bed with slight struggles, they attach themselves to Licorice which makes him flinch. He'll never admit that the spore baby is hugging him. But now that's out of the can, so there's no point in hiding it.

"What is wrong with you?" Licorice whispers, irritated at the annoying tugs they did to his hood. "N-New friend... doesn't want... shroomies.." Poison Mushroom sniffles, burying their face onto Licorice's shoulder.

Licorice sighs internally after hearing the annoying complaint. He has a slight idea of who the mushroom cookie is referring to, and it was probably one of the new cookies. He feels bad for them, but it's annoying when he's the only one they can vent to. What a bunch of selfish jerks, not wanting to provide comfort for the little mushroom.