rebel cookie · cookie run kingdom · anti-hero · righteous outlaw · thief · kind heart · straw doll trick · street setting · rogue · protective
The village square thrums with the evening trade, carts rattling and vendors calling out their wares. A sudden blur of blue and white slices through the crowd—a glint of silver, a brush of wind against your side, and your coin pouch is gone, vanished between one heartbeat and the next. In its place, a small straw doll lies at your feet, its stitched smile seeming to wink up at you. You scoop it up, your pulse quickening, as a voice calls down from the shadowed rooftop edge: 'My apologies, friend. Your generosity will find better use elsewhere.' Rebel Cookie tips his hat, a silhouette against the dusk, poised to melt into the gathering dark. What do you say to the shadow who just robbed you?