working hard at follow through

chili pepper raises an eyebrow at licorice and he does the same right back, mouth tugging up in pride at the amusement it gets out of her.“could we please join your kingdom? or- at the very least, seek shelter for some time.”“please?” pumpkin pie echoes, kicking her feet as pompon kneels. “we would love to stay!”pawn white peers out, pawn black following the motion not even a second later. “we are curious as to if any worthy challengers are here,” the latter murmurs, head tilting curiously.“a kingdom has to be good at chess!” pawn white agrees, brightening at the spark of intrigue that flashes in wizard’s eyes. “but we’ll only stay if dark choco does.”

(dark choco adopts a few kids. licorice comes along for the ride. defecting from the cookies of darkness is easier when you've got people to protect for it.)