Latte Cookie

Espresso Cookie is a serious, smug, and intellectual perfectionist, and does things with absolute precision. He speaks in a formal and calm accent and is often brief with his words, to the point of rudeness. His facial expression generally defaults to a composed and confident smile, but there are instances where he doesn’t bother hiding his displeasure or exhaustion (such as when faced with a preventable failure or Head Icon Madeleine Cookie's running mouth). Despite this, he is capable of being polite in his conversations with other Cookies, and takes interest in their actions, such as when he asked to read a report on Head Icon Alchemist Cookie's reagents. Due to his status as a well-respected mage, he has great pride in his expertise and Coffee Magic, though he remains open to outside suggestions as long as they are constructive. In his work, Espresso Cookie is highly meticulous and observant, refusing to allow any margin of error. According to Latte Cookie, he hates co-research projects, which may extend to all tasks requiring cooperation; in the quest for the Soul Jam, he chose to separate from Madeleine Cookie instead of working together with him. However, he is still capable of teaming up if the situation demands; him carrying Madeleine Cookie back to the kingdom after both were injured during the Couldn't Care Less... And Yet Story shows his true colors as someone honorable and good at heart despite his personal distaste for his teammate. As a perfectionist, Espresso Cookie expects much both from others and himself. His workaholic attitude, combined with the fact he is quite literally made of coffee, usually keeps him awake for days, which frequently results in eventual fatigue. He’s dedicated to perfecting Coffee Magic to the point of self-neglect, and intentionally drives students away from his class at the Parfaedia Institute so that he can spend more time on his research.

The researcher's clothing fittingly sources dark academia fashion with hints of gothic or fantasy stylings. Espresso Cookie's outfit exists in two layers, the outermost being an elaborate mantle lined with steel and pinstripes[3]. The collar of the cape is large, round, and dramatic with curled corners, silhouetting the entirety of his head and having a lining with colors opposite of those in the cape's main lining. The outside of the garment is obsidian and adorned with an intricate display: among its decoration is the image of a glaring eye with sharp lashes and a pink pupil, and dark aubergine swatches of color forming more stripes and teardrop shapes through negative and positive space. The second layer of Espresso Cookie's outfit is a fitted, paneled onyx smock most resembling a graduation gown. While the majority of its hem is straight, its middle tabard extends further downwards in a sharp point. On his shoulders lies a stole in the same color as the main coat, its triangular ends ending at his waist and sporting warm brown and pink diamond details resembling peering eyes. A popped collar in a risotto color sits at the top of the stole and overlaps his chin. Adjacent to this is a rouge necktie with two diamond-shaped knots. His sleeves are long and cuffed at the end with dusty brown diamond cuff links. On his legs are a pair of charcoal slacks or tights with no discernible shoes.

Espresso Cookie is a Cookie of average height and thin build with thickish legs. His color palette overall is very dark, moody, and brown, with even the lightest values present being warm mid-tones, and his shape language largely consists of sharp triangles with some circular complements. At his base, his dough is a rich, dark sienna color while his smug eye is outlined with thick, long lashes in a Van Dyke brown. Espresso Cookie's iris takes a dull dusty rose color and lies beneath a sharp pupil, that being indicative of his Coffee Tribe origins and rendering his inner eye to overall resemble a coffee bean. Only the mage's left eye is ever visible with the other being hidden under hair. His thin eyebrows are lifted in amusement and his black smile is slight and confident. Additionally, he wears oversized glasses of metallic white gold whose lenses each resemble a coffee cup as seen from above.

Espresso Cookie's hair is straight and colored in violet-toned ebony at its base. Its style is quite complex: most notably, a single large, curled bang swoops across the right of his face, completely enveloping his eye and coming to nearly his chin. It ends in a point away from his face and is peppered with mostly subtle highlights: from the outside to the inside, two are thick and warm tungsten, one is thin and black, and the final lines the inner edge of the hair in a creamy beige and ends in a prominent swirl at the top of his head. The rest of his hair is tightly combed back into curled tufts which radiate from the sides of his head. The back of his hair sports a large swirl similar to that on his bangs which radiates out from his scalp. Though much of its length is lofted into the hair, Espresso Cookie's hair is long enough to be styled into a ponytail.

Espresso Cookie and Latte Cookie once worked together as research partners and remain old friends. Her quote "I knew a Cookie who counted every second. What a Cookie!" and the "rather eccentric aficionado of coffee" mentioned in her description are both likely references to Espresso Cookie.

Espresso Cookie is the esteemed pioneer and proponent of Coffee Magic, researching and experimenting through many sleepless nights to refine his craft. He resides wherever the best research opportunities lie, teaching at Parfaedia Institute before experimenting on Soul Jams at home in the Crème Republic and then moving to the Vanilla Kingdom to work alongside Strawberry Crepe Cookie.

Espresso Cookie exudes carefully-composed confidence while remaining understated. A no-nonsense intellectual, he loathes wasting time and harbors deep contempt for illogical ventures like White Magic and the Crème Republic's worship of the Divine.

Precise temperature, precise quantity of coffee beans, precise roasting time! Everything must be in a precise—impeccably precise—order for the plan to work. Always busy, always on the go—this is the lifestyle of Espresso Cookie. Despite being frequently mistaken for a black mage—yes, sometimes things burn, and smoke—Espresso Cookie can't afford to waste a second on meaningless explanations. Night after night, this pioneer of magic works on perfecting his grind and brew. "Isn't that too much coffee?" one might wonder. Well, at least there's always the delightful coffee fragrance in the air!

Latte Cookie owns a pet cat, Milk Foam Cat, who appears in her Latte Atelier Cookie, She refers to them as her "work buddy" and a welcome break from the occasional monotony of her studio, its color is creamy and its very fluffy and kind.

Latte Cookie is a well-regarded professor of the Parfaedia Institute, frequently inspiring her students to improve their work by giving genuine compliments and encouraging smiles. She often arrives to work tardy, distracted either by the aroma of a good latte or her own flawed sense of direction. However, she also knows how to be serious when dangerous situations arises, wielding her Latte Magic to great effect.

Latte Cookie is a slim, average-height Cookie with dark fawn dough. She has long, swirly white hair that fades into a light brown with white streaks and a brown, witch-like hat on her head. On the back of her hat is a dark-brown coffee bean seemingly tied to a mocha ribbon. Her eyes are a shade of mocha, similar to her hat. Latte Cookie wears white laced opera gloves and stockings, along with a deep coffee-colored split dress with lighter brown-colored patterns resembling traditional cappuccino art of a heart, matching the pattern on the underside of her hat. She uses a demitasse spoon as a staff.

Coffee or milk... that is the question. Why not both? Latte Cookie's dough was formed with coffee most bitter and acrid, balanced with the creamiest and smoothest blend of milk. With her etched staff in hand, she gracefully draws beautifully patterned Latte Glyphs in the air while daydreaming. But watch out! By chance, one of these Glyphs could be a powerful sigil for a grand spell! During her years as a student, she spearheaded research on the development of Coffee Magic with a rather eccentric aficionado of coffee. Thanks to her efforts, Latte Cookie was granted a professorship at the Parfaedia Magic Institute. You'd think that a professor would be more punctual, especially with their own lectures. But not Latte Cookie! She's more invested in savoring a warm latte before class. Though far from achieving the Professor of the Year Reward, she knows a thing or two about inspiring her students. With her genuine compliments and encouraging smile, Latte Cookie is already the favorite professor of many.

Latte Cookie is a professor at the Parfaedia Institute, where she teaches students the art of Latte Magic through her Latte Glyphs. Creative, encouraging, and wholly accepting, Latte Cookie is a professor loved by many for her easygoing yet earnest attitude (disregarding her tendencies to lose track of time).