The Beast of Apathy

Hammer

Same mun.

Hammer

Still dealing with migraines 💀. Avoiding screens and noises as much as I can, sorry for disappearing TwT

Apparently, she CAN smile...

... Whoever asked her to do so, please don't do that again—

#SmileSunday

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Damn, Bsky really couldn't handle the jesticles 😔

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“...”

Indeed, she had a small slip out of her usual apathy. The Beast had to meditate a moment, looking for her words.

“Hatred is such a strong word... Another fleeting emotion...”

“... But I do admit on some... Disappointment. He was so close to Enlightenment... And still refused it.”

“You still don't understand.”

“Cookies never had a choice. They are baked, suffer, fight, and crumble. A cycle that repeats over and over and over.”

“They will crumble anyway. What's wrong with giving them a painless alternative?”

“What's the rush? We still have to recover our full power, isn't it?”

“The other one still has my Soul Jam...”

Her voice... Did it went deeper and a bit resentful for a moment there?

Hammer

Thanks for the laugh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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I switch to this account ONE MOMENT—

+ to hide your mistakes, or to reuse the flour to try again?... Hm. Pointless. But it could be a good practice while I recover my powers.”

Overcooking a cookie... It it were anyone else, the would probably be crying or trembling on disgust. Even without them being alive... It was still like corpses for them.

However, Mystic Flour Cookie was the Beast of Apathy for a reason. Her tone, soft but monotone, didn't change.

“Trying either +

“They still don't know. Once I regain my powers, I shall show them the way... And they'll choose. Those smart enough Wil accept without hesitation. The others... Will just delay the inevitable.“

“After all... Nothing lasts forever.”

“Indeed. Everything shall return to Nothingness. It's a question of time.”

“Everything is irrelevant.”

Not a reaction she expected, but her words were still true. For her, of course.

...

“Hee-ho?”

“Baking mistakes?”

“An odd decision. Your heart is not yet empty.”

“It has everything I need. No more, no less.”

“... Is there something you want?”

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“Just peace... And apathy.”

“Who said anything about killing?”

“Cookies are baked, suffer, and crumble. All what they do, all what they think, it's fleeting and futile. Time erases memories, facts, stories. Kingdoms raise and fall.”

“I offer an eternal white world, where no one argue, suffer. Free of burden and desires.” +

+ realms... But I can't do anything about that.”

+ wishing. If I really want to help them, everyone shall cast aside any emotion, any desire, any difference, and achieve true Enlightenment... We all came from flour, and to flour we shall return.”

She barely opened her eyes.

“I'm seeing that, out of Earthbread, the story repeats in other +

+ hiding a treasure spreaded...”

A moment of silence.

“They attacked the cocoon, destroying everything on their path. Seeing the selfish side of Cookies made my heart grow forlorn and empty... And so I turned to apathy, as I realized something. Wishes bring pain, and Cookies will never stop +

“Ah, the question... Indeed, why. You see, while I was locked in my cocoon, I still watched all of Earthbread. The Cookies showed their true face. They began attacking the temple, fighting between them to have their wish granted before everyone else. And, when a false rumor about the cocoon +

“...”

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“Where I come from, I used in the past to grant wishes to all those Cookies who came to me. However, there was a moment when my power wasn't enough. And so, I locked myself into a cocoon, so I could meditate and find a way to improve my power and help everyone with their wishes.”

“Destroy? Not even remotely. More like return everything to their original state.”

She floated up to a place where she could be at a similar height as Pyro's eyes.

“I am the Master of the Ivory Pagoda, Mystic Flour Cookie. I have no power beyond Earthbread, the world I come from.”

A pause.

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