The young cookie is just walking around the tower's halls, with only a lantern to help him see his surroundings.
"Sheesh, how would anyone live in this place? It's so old, dusty and... dark..."
He then mumbled to himself.
"Well, it's not like I'm any better: I live for days with just random food I find in the wild, so... who am I to judge."
Wild Tomato (alt.) finds himself in front of the closed doors of Pure Vanilla's chamber.
"Alright, if that S'more cookie I met back in the plaza was right, Pure Vanilla should be in here..."
And so, with visible hesitation, the young cookie gently opens the door and peeks inside.
"H-Hello...? Is... is Pure Vanilla Cookie here?"
The alternative Wild Tomato wakes up, finding hismelf in the Pure Vanilla Kingdom as he looks around.
"Huh, turns out that cookie from my dreams really DID send me here..."
Wild Tomato then gains his composure again and talks to himself.
"Alright, the other me failed miserably at this, so let's try doing things properly this time: find the Ancients, and see if THEY can figure out what's wrong with me."
Then Wild Tomato froze in place as he suddenly realizes: he has no idea on where to even go.
"Yeah, uuh... only one problem... How do I even, y'know... get an audience with them? 'Cause that's really the problem here..."
And so, Wild Tomato just starts wandering in circles, thinking to himself.
The anonymous cookie knocks, then opens the door as they enter.
"Hello? Pardon the intrusion, is Timekeeper Cookie here?"
It's been 3 days ever since Wild Tomato tried to stay in the Garden of Delights to rest, and on top of the fact that it still didn't help in calming him down, a recent discovery only made him panic even more.
"Why is my eye... so itchy...?"
And then, he decides to look at his reflection and notices something... definitely isn't right.
"A-... W-Why is my eye a jellybean?! Oh god, that's... T-That's not- that's not normal at all...!"
Now visibly panicking, he starts running throughout the Garden of Delights in a desperate attempt to find the only cookie who might know something about this.
"Eternal Sugar...?"
(u/Next_Ebb1785)
*sigh* "... do I even WANT to know what the odds to cure my amnesia are here?"
Normally, Wild Tomato would've spouted a quip about how his previous attempt to restore his memories in a region of Beast Yeast completely failed, but not this time. At this point, he was just... tired.
"I..." *gentle groan* "I need some time to rest... if the noises in my head will even let me, at least..."
Wild Tomato looks around the garden.
"A few days... Just a few days to blow off some steam, then... I'll go back home..."
Wild Tomato is walking around, staring at the map for Beast Yeast as he talked to himself.
"Well, going to the Ivory Pagoda was... less helpful than I thought, but... maybe here I can find someone...? If, well... if there even IS anyone here in the first place..."