02. Never-ending Kneading
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Butter Roll Cookie
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Now, now! Chin up, everybody! It's not long until we create the most perfect Cookie!
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Ah, how exciting! I have to admit, at first, I was a little surprised when you kidnapped me!
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Consider it a more... aggressive approach to recruiting. Are you dissatisfied with your current position?
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Pomegranate Cookie
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Butter Roll Cookie
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Quite the opposite! This place is great! Stocked to the brim with ingredients and state-of-the-art machinery! What's not to love? I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm actually GLAD I got kidnapped!
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Butter Roll Cookie
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This will be the greatest experiment of my career! Ha ha!
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Director Butter Roll Cookie! We have a situation!
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Researcher Cookie 1
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Butter Roll Cookie
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Hm? What's wrong?
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I-I was going through the recipe again... and noticed that salt was added to the dough!
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Researcher Cookie 1
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Cookies are supposed to be sweet, not salty! I think it should have been "sugar" instead of the "salt"!
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The dough is already kneaded and proofed... What do we do?!
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Announcement
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*Beep-! Beep-! Beep-!* Experiment failure. Experiment failure. Empty beaker for next experiment.
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Oh no! Another failed experiment! Did all past 97 experiments fail due to the excessive amount of salt?!
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Researcher Cookie 1
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Butter Roll Cookie
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Ha ha! Take a deep breath! You must be new here, right, buddy?
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Butter Roll Cookie
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I'll let you in on a little industry secret: salt is an essential ingredient in baking desserts! It stabilizes the fermentation process of yeast!
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Oh, I see now...! Sorry for all the fuss. I was just worried about the experiment...
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Researcher Cookie 1
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Butter Roll Cookie
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It's no problemo! I'm loving your passion for research! Keep up the good work!
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Yes, sir!
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Researcher Cookie 1
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Butter Roll Cookie
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Ah, Licorice Cookie! Could you dispose of batch #97, please?
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Ugh... Why did I sign up for cleaning duty again...?
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Licorice Cookie
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SPLAT! SQUISH! SPLAT!
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EWWW!!! It's squishy and... moist! GROSS!
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Licorice Cookie
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Hey, you! Bring in the next batch! And be careful with it!
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Licorice Cookie
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Drop it like the Life Powder from last time and you're FIRED, got it?!
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Researcher Cookie 2
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Y-Yes, Licorice Cookie! Dough batch #98 coming right through... Oof!
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Oh, here! Let me give you a hand with that!
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Butter Roll Cookie
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Researcher Cookie 2
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*Huff huff* Thank you, sir...!
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Don't hesitate to call for help! That's what research is all about! Teamwork and collaboration!
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Butter Roll Cookie
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Think about it: even an erudite Cookie like Dark Enchantress Cookie can't do all this on her own. "WINK!" Hm?
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Butter Roll Cookie
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Researcher Cookie 2
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Huh? Even a Cookie as wise and powerful as her?!
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That's right. She mistakenly left out an ingredient in one of her earlier experiments.
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Butter Roll Cookie
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But isn't it just incredible? Against all odds, that Cookie has no problem walking and talking!
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Butter Roll Cookie
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See, that specimen could be the key to perfecting this dough recipe... Oh, and you know who it is? None other than...
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Pomegranate Cookie
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Butter Roll Cookie! Enough chit-chat! Focus on the research!
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Geez, alright, alright!
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Butter Roll Cookie
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Researcher Cookie 2
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My apologies, Butter Roll Cookie... It's my fault...
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No, no need for sorries! What I'm trying to say is... You can leave the dough to the dough expert!
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Butter Roll Cookie
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I'll add more Life Powder to the dough and make sure it mixes properly... Hup!
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SPLAT! SQUISH! SPLAT!
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EWW! You're kneading the dough with your bare hands...! Urgh...
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Licorice Cookie
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Researcher Cookie 2
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*Gasp* Please don't get sick in here, Licorice Cookie!
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You can reanimate lifeless desserts, Licorice Cookie. Don't tell me a little raw dough makes you queasy!
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Butter Roll Cookie
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Licorice Cookie
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But, raw dough is disgusting! It's all blubbery and squishy and... Eugh...!
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Licorice Cookie
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And what I do is entirely different, okay?! I'm reusing and working with what I've got!
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Licorice Cookie
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Not kneading and shaping raw Cookie dough... Yuck!
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Well... I suppose my research is a little niche. But don't you worry, Cookies always react the same way, so I'm used to it!
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Butter Roll Cookie
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And boy, oh boy! I'm proud of what I do buddy! My research is fueled by my passion for Cookies!
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Butter Roll Cookie
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It's what keeps me going! I won't stop until I find out what Cookies are made of! The possibilities are limitless—ingredients, ratios, different combinations...
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Alright now! Let's try out the batch with an increased amount of Life Powder! Who would do the honor of filling the beaker with batch #98?!
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Butter Roll Cookie
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Licorice Cookie
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Hrghhh...
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Licorice Cookie, don't you dare contaminate this laboratory! I'll have you whisked out of here faster than you can say "dough"!
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Pomegranate Cookie
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