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"Kyahaha! Stay still, little employee. Wouldnt want your entire arm to crumble now would you?~" Povidone-Iodine Cookie cackled out loud like the mad scientist she is as she jabbed a syringe into a SCooP agents arm watching as they flinched and closed their eyecings tightly, soaking in the macabre sight before pulling it out and beginning to bandage it to prevent jam from flowing out like a water fall. After touching up she wiped a nonexistent piece of sweat off her forehead, "Good as fresh jellies! Who's next?" The agent immediately ran out of the surgical chambers clearly not wanting to be in the same room with the Raging Scalpel, but before Povidone-Iodine Cookie could let out a amused cackle at the panic the door to her room hissed open. "Povidone-Iodine Cookie, have an emergency."
Black Vinegar Cookie stepped in with her eyes narrowed at the scientist, a serious expression on her face. "Ooo~ did we get a new anomaly? Did one of the anomalies escape? Did a cookie crumble? Do we have to deal with a Chaos Dragon 2.0? Kyahaha!" The mad scientist immediately came to the first thoughts that came into her mind that screamed emergency but Black Vinegar Cookie didnt look amused whatsoever and merely shook her head. "No, Timekeeper Cookie is missing." She said with a glare but the Mad Scientist tilted her head to the side, not taking the Clean-up Specialists words seriously at all. "Hmmm.. Perhaps they went on a little timeline stroll? We finished up that eccentric mission where a core timeline almost collapsed after all! We already dealt with everything, the Chaos Dragon.. The Time Criminal.." Black Vinegar Cookie face palmed with a tired sigh,
"No, it's not that Povidone-Iodine Cookie. Timekeeper Cookie usually visits, but this time the TBD has sent a message to us that Timekeeper Cookies time signature was completely cut off. So now both SCooP AND the TBD have to go around trying to look for them." Her voice was filled with urgency but Povidone-Iodine Cookie was still unserious and didnt take this seriously at all, but then again.. When was she ever serious? Povidone-Iodine Cookie replied immediately after with a flippant attitude "They do that all the time! Time Signatures are unreliable when it comes to The Director, how are we sure theyre missing missing? They just like taking strolls! Kyaha!~" Povidone-Iodine Cookie froze when Black Vinegar Cookie quickly placed her gloved hands on her shoulders firmly "This.. is.. not.. a.. joke, Povidone-Iodine Cookie. The Director wouldve came back by now, it's been TWO DAYS since they have been missing!" They hissed urgently "How are we su-" Povidone-Iodine Cookie started before they got interrupted by a third cookie entering, the door hissing open once more.
"Ah, am I interrupting something?~" Mochaccino Cookie purred softly with a soft smile and a coy tilt of her head, neither of the Cookies had a good or bad reaction to the sudden appearance of the photographer before Black Vinegar Cookie spoke with a sigh "*sigh* not at all, did you need something?" She decided to put her previous frustration and irritation at Povidone-Iodine Cookies incompetence to focus on the other cookie in the room other than herself and Povidone-Iodine Cookie. "Actually.. I do! Cutter Circuit Cookie called us all to the monitor room for a assignment, Litmus Cookie is already waiting and I dont want anyone to feel the wrath of the senior researcher so I suggest we cease delaying and get there 'else Litmus Cookie will scold you two for being late." With a simple shrug and a nod the two Cookies stopped their bantering and followed the petit Cookie out of the surgical chambers.
"there you all are.."
Cutter Circuit Cookie sat atop of their file of televisions looking down at the group of four Cookies, eyes crinkling with a sincere energy whilst light shun over their ivory hair. They spun around to face the group before continuing, "I assume you four have heard of Timekeeper Cookies sudden disappearance, yes?" They said with their voice almost a whisper but it echoed, the TV's and flatscreens around them on the ceiling and walls momentarily flashing white static before shutting off again, "Kyahaha! Of course! Black Vinegar Cookie had informed me of the crisis just a moment ago before we got brought by Mochaccino Cookie here!" Povidone-Iodine Cookie said pumping one of her fists in the air while the other held her clipboard, usually she would've been asking if they were sure Timekeeper Cookie was missing missing but they dont want to doubt the Chiefs words, "Did the TBD find them already?" Litmus Cookie spoke up, taking a sip of the coffee in her beaker and in response Cutter Circuit Cookie let out boisterous yet elegant laughter, before responding calmly. "Not yet, unfortunately. Although the TBD had caught wind of the timeline The Director is currently residing.. Or perhaps trapped in. It's a bifurcated timeline of another timeline, although something about it is.. Anomalous." Their eyes narrowed, suddenly becoming serious and uptight.
"Anomalous? How so?" The photographer hummed in thought with one hand on her chin while the other was holding her dormant Ice Cream Sandwich Mimic, "We have been observing the timelines more intensely after the Chaos Dragon incident, how come a anomaly went past our cameras?" She asked and almost immediately after her questions Cutter Circuit Cookie spoke while leaning back, one leg crossed over the other while their camera lense-like eyecings stared at some of the flat screens. Irises whirring as they zoomed in like a camera before moving their gaze back to the four "It isnt a old anomaly, in fact.. It's a completely new anomaly that only appeared last two days ago, exactly when Timekeeper Cookie went missing." To the information Litmus Cookie let out a panicked gasps as her eyes widened almost concealing the visible eyebags "Wh-What? Are.. Are we potentially dealing with a anomaly that could rival the very Directors threat level?!" She gasped
Black Vinegar Cookie who had been silent during the entire talk placed a comforting and reassuring gloved hand on the smaller Cookies shoulder before speaking "Timekeeper Cookie isnt a threat, but this thing may be." She said seriously before Povidone-Iodine Cookie chirped in with her flippant attitude balancing out Black Vinegar Cookies seriousness, "We may need to add a new threat level to the SCooP database then! Director threat level is way beyond Cosmic threat level." She said with a shrug while placing both of her hands on her waist with Litmus Cookie casting a glare at the mad scientist before Cutter Circuit Cookie deliberately coughed to gain the attention of the SCooP members. "This could be, or could be not the cause for Timekeeper Cookies disappearance. Now.." Dark Vinegar Cookie stepped up with the robotic cookie stopping her words and nodding to give the janitor permission to speak "Yes?" They hummed, "Am guessing that you want us to visit that bifurcated timeline that The Director is potentially trapped in and get them back out?" She asked before Cutter Circuit Cookie finished it
"And gathering data on the new anomaly as well, dont forget we arent just a rescue crew, we are researchers." They said but despite the implications that this anomaly had the same power level as Timekeeper Cookie they seemed pretty calm and grounded as they all gave a nod, they know how to handle a Director level threat without The Director. "Use a Time Craft to find the bifurcated timeline." They added before Mochaccino Cookie spoke up, "Hmmm? Why can't we try the red convertible?" She asked with a slight tilt of her head like usual before Cutter Circuit Cookie spoke "A Time Craft is specifically designed for Timeline hopping whilst your convertible is designed for long distance travel on solid ground, including the fact Time Crafts are mass produced by Croissant Cookie meaning if one is destroyed we can always send another. But you only have one Convertible and thats destroyed we cannot send a new one." With the explanation the Cookies nodded and left the room, Cutter Circuit Cookies eyes narrowing in deep thought..
The group filed it no the lounge and laid down in their respective sections whilst beginning to take about the mission, waiting for the assigned Time Crafty to arrive so they could fly off and save their Director. Povidone-Iodine Cookie was leaning against her desk whilst Black Vinegar Cookie was sitting beside Mochaccino Cookies bean bag on the floor whom the aforementioned cookie was sitting on. Litmus Cookie was just drinking another beaker of coffee on her swivel chair with a awkward silence filling the air before Povidone-Iodine Cookie initiated the conversation. "That was a thoroughly informative and viable conversation! A anomaly, the same power level as The Director themselves!" Black Vinegar Cookie leaned against the bean bag before getting coaxed to rest her head on Mochaccino Cookies lap, her arms crossed above her chest. "Again, Povidone-Iodine Cookie. We aren't sure if this anomaly was the cause for Timekeeper Cookies disappearance or it's just a meager coincidence." She finished it with a Huff whilst Mochaccino Cookie was petting the top of her hair, leaning into the touch.
"As long as there arent any bugs or parasites then I'll be fine with the plan.. Hold on, have we considered about the possibility that we could get trapped alongside The Director?" She sat up with Mochaccino Cookie bringing her hands away and resting them on her lap calmly before speaking with a thoughtful dragged him, "Hmm.. We could get trapped as well. But then again We can send a signal back to the facility to send us a rescue team or another Time Craft." She suggested before Litmus Cookie spoke up who had her brows furrowed in concern and worry, "We shouldn't take any chances! We should be more effectively prepared incase we do in fact get stuck!" The swivel chair spun around but ended up facing the wrong direction so Litmus Cookie had to manually spin it so that it would face the other three. "*sigh* If we get stuck and the Timeline doesnt let us out then we should find the source and cause to why we arent allowed to go out, whilst also sending information back to the database. Cant risk sending a Rescue Team to us or else they might get stuck too." Before they could talk more a knock at the door interrupted
"Your Time craft is here."