A Circle of Lies prequel fic. Circle of Lies is on my main account. This is posted here because it deals HEAVILY with topics like suicide and manipulation. (C/F) stands for Cookie Flavor This is the start of me revealing the fact that I want to do a lot more with the original fic than I did, but want to leave it to stand alone for people who find the topics the expanded series delves into triggering. Probably going to be taken down and edited at some point tbh

These are written as the first part of the follow up to Circle of Lies. Recommend reading the info chapter as it's pretty helpful, but it doesn't explain a whole lot about that. Someone commented something like "what could he do if we don't go back" when I first published Circle of Lies and that drove me down a rabbit hole that I've been stuck in for like a year. This is probably needlessly convoluted because of that-

This is about 7,000 words so it's not really a oneshot anymore. Since there isn't that much known about Shadow Milk Cookie, this is mostly full of headcanons. Don't take it too seriously. I did not research characters as much as I normally do for these. ----------- (Cookie/Flavor) Cookie worked as Croissant Cookie's assistant at the TBD until they and their pet, (Pet/Name) were stranded at the Blueberry Yogurt Academy following an accident that destroyed their Timecraft. Unable to return, they do their best to prevent any more anomalies while they wait for someone to come bring them back. They're not sure why no one has come yet. They're not supposed to be there. ...Right?