Chiaroscuro
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"In art, chiaroscuro (...) is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition." (Wikipedia).
How long can a lie remain a lie before it becomes a justification to linger? For how long can one lie about motivations before the lie becomes their truth?
Shadow Milk Cookie makes good on his threat that Pure Vanilla Cookie's kindness will be his undoing. He arrives in the Vanilla kingdom asking for help, lying that his followers have turned on him and his magic is gone. This lie wraps him up in itself until he is completely enmeshed, unable to tell where the lie ends, and where his true motivations begin. That lie becomes an excuse to linger.
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- Part 1 of Chiaroscuro
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And You Will Surely Be the Death of Me by Cinnamoncandyy
Fandoms: Cookie Run (Video Game)
25 May 2025
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"It was a word, one word, that had so thoroughly stumped her. Out of the blue, Pitaya Dragon had come to the Hollyberry Kingdom, in the middle of the night, begging for a fight. Far be it from her to turn down a sparring match with this particular friend—she had agreed immediately. In the ensuing melee, after having been slammed into a tree by their tail, she heard Pitaya Dragon utter a single word in Dragontongue. It was not one she was familiar with, and it was such a quiet hiss she was certain she had imagined it. She picked herself up, re-armed herself, and charged back into the fight with her shield in hand. (...) That one single word haunted her. They hissed it in combat as she slammed her shield into their cheek. They murmured it behind her back as she distracted herself speaking with the bartender. They whispered it as they left, certain she would not hear them. According to Hollyberry’s account, this single word in Dragontongue followed her through every interaction she had with Pitaya Dragon."
Following incredibly unusual behavior from her enemy turned friend, Hollyberry seeks counsel on Dragontongue.
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- Part 2 of Chiaroscuro