There’s a gentle, sweet scent wafting through the air, beckoning you toward one of the warmly lit buildings near the marketplace. The door is propped open, even in this chilly weather, and you can hear the soft murmur of conversations mingled with the occasional squeal of childish laughter emanating from within. The whole exterior is done up for the holidays—it looks just like a gingerbread house, complete with delicious-looking candy-inspired accents. It must have taken hours to put together… you swear it was just a normal building last time you were in town.
As you step inside, careful not to tread snow beyond the threshold, you are greeted by the familiar sight of Darcy’s Kitchen, except all of her usual products have been set aside to make room for several long tables, at which handfuls of young Mycenians are gathered, surrounded by bowls of frosting and sprinkles and other tasty accoutrements. Darcy herself is stationed behind the counter, expertly juggling sheet pans of freshly baked cookies coming out of the ovens with the chilled dough ready to go in.
She catches your eye as you enter, and for a moment you pause, worried that you’ve interrupted some sort of private function. Her gaze is stern as always, but it doesn’t linger. “Come in; don’t just linger in the doorway.” She says, sliding a handful of cooled cookies onto a platter and offering them your way. “We’re decorating cookies. Take a seat wherever you like, and don’t mind the mess. The kits will be cleaning up after themselves before they leave.”
Participation Guidelines
Decorate some cookies using the bases provided below! You may choose to draw your own cookie shapes if you prefer, or can even bake and decorate real life cookies for participation** (they do not need to be Mycena Cave inspired)!
Each player may decorate up to four cookies for credit
We are looking for approximately 10+ minutes of effort for each cookie decoration you create
Any medium may be used - if you prefer to write a tantalizing description of your cookie, you are welcome to do so!
This activity ends after 23:59ST on December 19th. Any entries posted (or posts edited) after this point will not be counted!
Rewards & Raffle
Decorating at least 1 cookie will earn you a Festive Garland Frame, a Winter Celebration avatar background, and a participation sticker. Decorating more than one cookie will not earn you additional copies of the items or sticker.
Each cookie you decorate (up to 4 per player) will enter your name into a raffle which will be pulled at the conclusion of the activity. Each of the 10 winners pulled will receive a randomly selected Cave Capsule!
**Cookies made IRL will count for 2 entries (still up to 4 total per player) due to the additional time/effort required.
Activity Resources
Template Notes: Note for those editing/coloring the images with a digital art program: copy/pasting the images directly into an art program will sometimes result in getting an image that looks like a black square, so if you’re having that issue, save the images first rather than copy/pasting.
So there were a lot of mishaps with the cookies me and Acyd made, but hey, that just gives them more character, right? ...What do you mean that’s not what they meant by “holiday” cookies?
The Arby’s Witch applied the last pearl sprinkle to their creations with a triumphant “Hah!” They had spent the afternoon baking birthday gifts. As they admired the cookies, a thought occurred to them that they had not considered before. “I sure hope it’s not weird to eat a miniature of yourself for your birthday…”
Couldn’t tell you why my brain thought a clown was the best decorating decision for a “holiday” cookie, but I’m gonna go ahead and say it’s the red nose LOL
Sweet cookies! Sweet cookies! who wants sweet cookies!?
Sweet kitten of red luck
New Year’s Fox Cub-Christmas tree
Strawberry depths of dreams
Chocolate milk sponge cake with mint
