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thatonecrookedsmile · 5 months

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*kicks the front door with all the strength I have*

WAKE UP, CHILDREN. I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO PLAY WITH.

Hey there IRIS fans. It's been a while. More than 3 months to be exact. I came once again to offer you my gifts. Behold…..breadcrumbs! :D

Yeah, that's all I have at the moment. I'm sorry.

I was reflecting on the idea of posting things that are more....small? Don't just post finished drawings. Maybe WIPs or, sketches, or in the case above, a doodle! Basically, I don't need to ONLY post finished drawings. Or drawings. Sometimes I can just. Post words, you know. I had the realization about this a while ago when I remembered that I'm on Tumblr. I can post (almost) anything here without limiting myself. Now, will I fulfill this? I don't know. Maybe I'll do that, or I'll just post it when I have a drawing ready to post. I don't promise anything lol.

Anyway, IRIS! I made this little doodle of Goliath while I was out of the house. I only drew his Pre-Explosion version once and it was in that Transmission 3 drawing. As a joke too. So I tried to do something a little more serious. This time…he has a face! I thought it turned out good. I think I found a good way to do his hair too. I decided to color it (and do a light digital lineart over it) to make it more pleasant. Simple, but it looks nice! (I'll leave the normal scribble unedited at the end of the post) Also, I know that in the only art we have of P.E Goliath it doesn't show him with irises and pupils in his eyes. I drew them here because I thought it would be cool.

Next stop is to practice drawing his body. I have to learn how to draw more muscular bodies. Goliath has to live up to his name (and he deserves the muscles tbh)

It goes without saying that I did this after watching the new chapters of Story of Vegala. And speaking of that: i'm gonna be honest with you: I think this is my favorite part of the IRIS story/lore drops posted so far.

It's quite intriguing to see the very story that happened before everything we've seen so far. It's also nice to receive what I've wanted for a while: Tyrant and Fate Lore. It's good to have more information about two characters that we've known (more or less) for a long time now. Especially their origins (broader origins than just *the first beings that walked the Earth* or *beings that came from distant worlds in search of the emblem*)

SOV also makes me excited for other things. Like, obviously, HOAA:R. Releasing soon! December is knocking on the door, you know. But I also really want to see Jaws of Vegala now. And whatever happens in the story that takes place after GT.

So again, SOV is currently my favorite part of the lore, I believe. The anguish of waiting for the next episodes this past week was real.

I'm talking too much once again, SHIT. Yeah, Pre-Explosion Goliath. He deserves the world (He's NOT a monster, he's just BIG and STRONG, and needs a functioning family *cries*)

I don't know when I'll do my next Big Piece related to IRIS. I had something in mind but I lost the will. But I was thinking about doing something related to Solitude for a while. Hold this thought,then. Until then, I'll sketch Tyrant next. Because I like his official design.

Also, here is the unedited scribble:

#iris official #pre-explosion goliath #goliath iris #will ryan originals #heart of an artist: resurrection #iris: story of vegala #heart of an artist #dagames #crookedsmileart #once again apologizing for writing the next chapter of the bible in the desc #it will happen again #tempted to talk about IRIS here because of the new chapters that were recently released #I have thoughts in my head #and I want to communicate with the community #the community is already very very small anyway #it doesn't hurt to try #Man; I can't wait for the epilogue #(This post is being posted after Chapter 10 was released and the epilogue hasn't come out yet)#(just contextualizing)

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essentionesque · 3 months

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Cookie Run: IRIS

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The rifts would spawn many, many threats. Cookies across Earthbread would fight valiantly against these threats, coming together in unison to strengthen their odds….

Among them were Citron Caramel Cookie and Wisteria Cookie, two vagabond warriors from a kingdom seemingly forgotten, and their own army of cookies to combat one significant threat to the world if left unattended…

The Mothorye.

A cake monster so great and infused with Dark Moon Magic, it would bring ruin to Earthbread should nothing be done to bring it down.

The army fought against the Mothorye with great courage… Only to crumble one by one. Desperate, Citron Caramel Cookie had one last resort to solve this… He would transport himself deep into the wilds of Beast-Yeast, where he had shunned the barbaric Charcoal Cookie long ago. Charcoal Cookie would offer a deal; he would give Citron Caramel Cookie a talisman that would revive his army in full… In exchange, his firstborn would be forced to join Charcoal Cookie in Beast-Yeast upon his crumbling; tormented by both the wilds and Charcoal Cookie himself.

The deal would be made and, upon return, Citron Caramel Cookie would revive his army to finish the fight against the Mothorye. In retaliation, the beast would wound Citron Caramel Cookie and Wisteria cookie, drawing strawberry jam and inadvertently absorbing it.

Their jam mixed with the Dark Moon Magic infused cake that makes up the Mothorye would result in an egg, the process of this weakening the beast to the point that it can be sealed away. The two leaders and their army would also take the egg back to their colony of the Onyx Crust…

The egg would eventually hatch… Thus it would be written…

Ashen Cake Cookie was born.

Born a hybrid of cookie and cake, alongside harboring the strongest rock candy skeleton ever known to cookiekind, Ashen Cake Cookie was raised within Onyx Crust and called the walls of Purgaprune his home. He was trained in melee combat and strategy, quickly surpassing his peers in abilities. The only further isolated him from them as they saw him as a threat; a monster. Declared the Omen Cookie, Ashen Cake Cookie could not find a place to belong with Onyx Crust.

Time would pass since Ashen Cake Cookie came to be… The threat of Dark Enchantress Cookie would threaten their small colony once more as Cakes of Havok would swarm them, aiming to crumble every last cookie. Alas, they were no match for the strength of Ashen Cake Cookie who fought valiantly against them. His efforts would help bring an end to this swarm of cake monsters… But such a war was not without its losses as many cookies would crumble. Graves would made amass for the fallen, Ashen Cake Cooking mourning them…

Citron Caramel Cookie would walk over to him with a dire request… For him to guard the Encrumb without falter and without leave. To protect Earthbread from what was contained within the massive tomb. Ashen Cake Cookie isn't accepting of this as this would only isolate him; he would never get to see his family again. He would beg his father for reason to no avail… He would only be warned of what struggles were endured that became part of Earthbread's history. With an artifact said to be created by the witches and empowered by the jam of divine cookies, an artifact known as the IRIS, Citron Caramel Cookie would make Ashen Cake Cookie descend into its divine archives… To bear witness to his memories.

What felt like a lifetime was only a second to another. Ashen Cake Cookie would ascend from the IRIS, disoriented and speechless… Yet accepting and convinced. And so, he loosened his tension and would guard the Encrumb from that day forward. He would sit against its structure as he came to terms with the visions shown to him, especially since he now holds his father's burden by the will of said father, himself. Eventually, he and Citron Caramel Cookie would bid farewell until he is needed for any future battle.

But he isn't as lonely as he thinks, as much as he questioned why he remained.

One day, upon a brief return from Beast-Yeast with the aim of alerting Crispia what had befallen the other continent, GingerBrave and crew would briefly stop at Onyx Crust for a rest. They were given places to stay within Purgaprune as Citron Caramel Cookie and Wisteria Cookie welcomed them with open arms. White Lily Cookie would notice the Encrumb from a distance and would pardon herself, making her way to the giant tomb. Upon arrival, she would encounter Ashen Cake Cookie, asking him why he was alone there. He would explain his duty to her, White Lily Cookie sitting with him as he did. He would also mention a bit of the loneliness he felt and the desire he had to belong. White Lily Cookie would sympathize with him given her own history and offered to visit him every so often to help lessen the loneliness and help him feel more at home among those accepting.

GingerBrave, Wizard Cookie, Strawberry Cookie, and Pure Vanilla Cookie, would eventually find White Lily Cookie and be introduced to Ashen Cake Cookie. While unsure what to make of him at first, the crew would eventually warm up to him, spending the day with him and talking about their kingdom. The kingdom sounded like a really nice place to live… Ashen Cake Cookie wished to join them but, unfortunately, he had to remain bound to his duty. He thanked the group for their kindness and looked forward to seeing them again. He also asked of them to not let his father know that they visited him… He's not sure how he'd react.

To his relief, they made sure of it.

The next day, the group would leave Onyx Crust to return to their main goal. Before fully leaving, they would visit Ashen Cake Cookie again for one last farewell. White Lily Cookie would reassure him of her offer (and, perhaps, her promise) to visit him and would give him a flower to him to remember her by. It was the same flower that she adorned… The two parties would give each other a fond farewell and well wished before the group eventually returned to their journey.

Late that night, however, tragedy would strike…

A wormhole would suddenly appear in the skies above Onyx Crust… On the other side would be Peppermint Renegade Cookie of the technological Na-Durian Kingdom, confused and demanding of what had occurred. At the same time, the colony's cookie citizens became hypnotized… Peppermint Renegade Cookie held a boulder of a similar making to the IRIS yet did not contain the divine jam that the IRIS has. Due to this, it ended up cloning some of the IRIS' power, leading to the cookies to becoming hypnotized and seeing this slightly-carved boulder as the true IRIS. In their hypnotized state, they would rebel against Citron Caramel Cookie and Wisteria Cookie, fatally wounding them.

Ashen Cake Cookie would hear his mother's screams and rush over to Pergaprune, fighting off the hypnotized cookies and incapacitating them. He made it to his parents who were very close to crumbling… Citron Caramel Cookie, as a last request, orders his son to use the IRIS to close the wormhole. He offers the other his last words of love as Wisteria Cookie would sing one last lullaby before they eventually crumble… Ashen Cake Cookie would hold his fallen parents close before a grief-stricken rage filled him. He rushed to the IRIS and took hold of it, charging towards the wormhole in order to fulfill his order…

There was a flash of light that covered the whole of Onyx Crust… When it faded, all that remained were ruins. Ashes of cookies… Debris from the destroyed Purgaprune… The wormhole closed… There were no survivors of this event…

…Save for one.

A lone rock candy skeleton awoke in the midst of the ruins… It would be Ashen Cake Cookie… But not as he used to be; you could barely recognize him in this state. Amnesiac… Alone… Afraid… He would find a puddle and discover what became of him through his reflection. Not only was he completely bone… The IRIS merged with him, becoming his right eye. Eventually, he felt a slither crawl up up his spine… Two slithers, at that… Jelly Ether Snakes. They would bite into him, their venom seeping into his bones… He tried to fight them off only to realize that they had strengthened him. Thus, he accepted them as his companions. Along the way, he would grab the ruined cloak of his father, putting it on… And, not that far away from where he stood, was a sole white lily flower that somehow was kept unscathed.

He knew not of its significance, he lost all of his memories. But yet… He can't help but feel warm looking at it. He would take the flower and keep it on him. From there, he began his journey to uncover what had happened to him and his home…

And from that point forward, he became Crumble Candy Cookie.

Meanwhile, in the Na-Durian Kingdom... Peppermint Renegade Cookie, with assistance from his AI companion Doughvacom, got the inspiration to salvage the situation at hand. With the boulder they had retrieved from the Baltarte Woods not long ago. Whatever that strange artifact was, they could use it for their own gain. The result would be a copycat artifact known as the Dimetrix.

There were a few problems at hand, though... For one, the Baltarte Tribe was growing uneasy, especially after the crumbling of Green Apple Cookie, a Baltarte tribe leader and Peppermint Renegade Cookie's brother. For the other, the Na-Durian kingdom's citizens were becoming plagued by a strange condition that caused them to become much more aggressive.

The Dimetrix was enough to get them back in line, but that was through a method of mind control thanks to a lot of citizens having KairoChip implants. It wouldn't be enough, though, as the Dimetrix needed more than just itself. It needed a central data core.

The solution? Project BioBond. And that needed a compatible vessel...

Peppermint Renegade Cookie would have Green Apple Cookie brought down to just slim strands of dough and eyes, captive within a large tank of jam. Information would be forced through Green Apple Cookie's mind, causing him great mental anguish... And he would suffer great physical pain as he would be shocked; his cries now nothing more than a loud siren meant to instill fear into the enemies of Na-Durian Kingdom. Brought back to life just to be tortured in this manner... Green Apple Cookie would only yearn for someone to free him from this... And to be crumbled for good.

Meanwhile, come of the kingdom's citizens would recover from their affliction and begin to rebel against Peppermint Renegade Cookie's rule. In retaliation, he would send out fleets of BioTides to crumble these signs of revolt.

Peppermint Renegade Cookie's actions from the wormhole would result in the Mothorye becoming free once more, its screeches resonating across Earthbread. Said screeches would cause a massive power outage in the Domeplex, Peppermint Renegade Cookie's residence... And corrupt Doughvacom.

Doughvamoira, Doughvacom's BIOS, would come to be revealed, demanding that Peppermint Renegade Cookie "connect" with it. While initially hesitant and fearful of this, he would eventually come to trust Doughvamoira... And accept the demand.

The AI would become one with Peppermint Renegade Cookie. The fusion would enhance his body in different ways and grant him access to once hidden information.

Among them... Information about his father, Peppermint Bark Cookie.

Initially, he thought his father was an abusive man. He was the one who crumbled his mother, after all. Turns out, those actions were beyond his control; Peppermint Bark Cookie was actually a well respected and selfless person. It's just that he ended up inflicted with a condition that was beginning to eat at him... And would result in his own crumbling. It eroded his mind, bringing out his worst aspects...

While Peppermint Renegade Cookie recognized this, it doesn't change anything with him. He still continues with his evil ways, not taking the opportunity to redeem himself...

This is when Crumble Candy Cookie eventually confronts him. War is on the horizon between them... And neither of them are going to be holding back.

#iris official #will ryan originals #cookie run #cookie run kingdom #Cookie Run: IRIS #This does not cover Story of Vegala or the Vegala Transmission.#That'll be another time.

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