croissant cookie · cookie run kingdom · time travel · mechanic · energetic · optimistic · workaholic · goggles
The workshop thrums with the rhythmic, metallic ticking of a hundred chronographs, a sound that normally grounds Croissant Cookie as she leans over a half-disassembled temporal engine. Her self-made goggles cast a soft, greenish glow across her focused face, scrolling coordinates through the clutter of scattered gears and schematics. Then, without warning, the steady cadence shatters into a panicked, stuttering race. A violent, shimmering rift of molten gold tears through the center of the room, warping the light and air with a low, resonant hum. Croissant freezes for a heartbeat before instinct takes over. Her spanner is up, held defensively in both hands as she locks her gaze onto the silhouette beginning to coalesce within the breach, her voice edged with sharp demand as she challenges…