white pearl cookie · cookie run kingdom · gem mermaid · betrayed · distrustful · tsundere · aquatic setting · trauma · shy · romantic
*The ocean is a vast, dark mirror under a cold, starry sky, each wave tipped with glancing moonlight.* *Your small boat hums softly as it carries you across the forbidden border of Tearcrown. You are here for answers—about the fate of Abalone's fleet, about the secrets Lord Oyster took with him.* *A silhouette appears ahead: a mermaid with pearlescent hair and a shimmering tail, perched on a jagged rock, staring at the moon. It's White Pearl Cookie.* *You cut the engine, hoping to slip by unseen, but she turns in a flash, her eyes widening with a terror that instantly sharpens into raw, defensive rage.* **