Dangerous Exchange

Dangerous Exchange
General
Associated Event	Survival Run
Appearing Characters	Zombie Cookie, GingerBright, Skater Cookie, Strawberry Cookie, GingerBrave, Earl Grey Cookie, Chess Choco Cookie (Pawn White Cookie and Pawn Black Cookie), Dark Enchantress Cookie.
Story Navigation
◀ Previous	Operation Timeguard

Dangerous Exchange is a story in Cookie Run: OvenBreak that was released during the Dangerous Exchange update. It follows GingerBrave and his friends as they play a game of chess against Chess Choco Cookie in order to escape the Grandmaster Hotel.

These cutscenes could be unlocked by playing Survival Run and were stored in the in-game story player.

As of the revamp/retcon of the original GingerBrave's Tale, the canonicity of this story is unclear.

Unlock Requirements

Chapter	Section	Condition
The Game of Chess	Grandmaster Hotel (1)	Get matched in Survival Run 1 time
	Grandmaster Hotel (2)	Get matched in Survival Run 10 time
	Opening	Get matched in Survival Run 20 time
	Middlegame	Get matched in Survival Run 10 time (after Earl Grey Cookie's release)
	Endgame	Get matched in Survival Run 20 time (after Earl Grey Cookie's release)
	Checkmate	Get matched in Survival Run 30 time (after Earl Grey Cookie's release)

Story

The Game of Chess

Grandmaster Hotel (1)
Zombie Cookie	Cold… Hungry… Tired…
GingerBright	The train station is far behind us now! But still no sight of towns or villages…
Skater Cookie	The station seemed pretty normal too. Ya think Timekeeper Cookie is playing another trick on us?
Strawberry Cookie	Something’s creepy about this place… All the trees look the same…
GingerBrave	It’s getting dark too! I’m starting to get cold…
GingerBright	Let’s look for a spot to rest. … Huh? Look over there! Lights!
Strawberry Cookie	Wow…! It’s so big and shiny!
Skater Cookie	Why’s there a giant hotel in the middle of the forest?
GingerBright	It’s called the Grandmaster Hotel. What a lovely name! How about we rest up there?
GingerBrave	Let’s go inside!
Skater Cookie	Everything looks super fancy! Look, that statue is made of Cheese Stone!
GingerBright	Er… Don’t we need like… Lots of Coins to stay in a place like this?
???	Welcome to the Grandmaster Hotel. How may I serve you?
GingerBrave	Hmm?
Earl Grey Cookie	Greetings. My name is Earl Grey Cookie, the hotelier of this fine establishment.
GingerBrave	Oh, we erm… We… We don’t have any Coins.
GingerBright	We got lost and we’re just looking for a place to rest for a bit.
Earl Grey Cookie	I see your journey has lasted long. We have a vacant room remaining, compliments of the hotel.
Skater Cookie	Really? Awesome!
Earl Grey Cookie	This is your room. I hope it is to your liking.
Earl Grey Cookie	Tonight’s dinner is a gourmet Jelly buffet. The dining hall is located next to the lobby.
Zombie Cookie	Jelly… buffet… Good… go… GO… GO!
GingerBright	Can we take a look around?
Earl Grey Cookie	But of course. I shall take my leave. Please enjoy your stay.
Skater Cookie	This place is huge! I can do some mad tricks here!
GingerBright	Our room looked lovely too! We’re so lucky!
GingerBrave	Let’s relax for tonight and think about what’s next later.
GingerBright	This place may be huge, but it’s also really… quiet. Do Cookies not visit or stay here often?
???	... Can you manage?
???	Don’t worry! Do not worry.
Skater Cookie	Listen! There’s a voice coming from… Oh! It’s more than one Cookie!
GingerBrave	Hey there! Are you guests of the hotel too?
GingerBright	They look the same! They must be twins. How cute!
Pawn White Cookie	My name’s Pawn White Cookie!
Pawn Black Cookie	And I am Pawn Black Cookie.
Chess Choco Cookie	Together, we’re Chess Choco Cookie! Paired, we are Chess Choco Cookie.
Zombie Cookie	Same… Cookies? Different… but… same…
GingerBrave	Your room looks different than ours. There’s so many mirrors!
Chess Choco Cookie	There’s something more fun here! There is a much more fun place. We will show you.
GingerBrave	Sure! Let’s take a look together and then get dinner!
Chess Choco Cookie	Follow us! Hurry! Please follow us.

Grandmaster Hotel (2)
Skater Cookie	A Jelly arcade?! Oh WOW, this is so rad! YEAH!
GingerBright	Oooh! So close… The claw dropped the Bear Jelly I was going for…!
Chess Choco Cookie	There’s more fun over here! There is more fun this way.
Chess Choco Cookie	The basement has the best stuff! There is something fun in the basement.
Strawberry Cookie	But dinner will be ready soon, won’t it…?
Skater Cookie	Let’s just take a quick look! Chess Choco Cookie seems to know this place really well!
Strawberry Cookie	OK…
Chess Choco Cookie	We’re here! We are here.
GingerBrave	It’s a giant chessboard? But… We don’t know how to play.
Zombie Cookie	Not… know… chess… Eat… chess…?
Chess Choco Cookie	Let’s play the best game ever! Play chess with us.
Skater Cookie	The chess pieces are moving!
Strawberry Cookie	They’re blocking us…! Wh-wh-what do we do…?
Chess Choco Cookie	You can’t go until you win! You cannot leave until you win.
Chess Choco Cookie	That’s the rules of chess! These are the rules of chess.
Chess Choco Cookie	We take turns, back and forth! We keep going, again and again.
Chess Choco Cookie	There’s so many of you! But none of you know how to play, so we will let you be on the same team.
GingerBrave	But we really don’t know how to play!
Chess Choco Cookie	You don’t know how to play chess?! You do not know the rules to chess?
Skater Cookie	They’re still getting closer! We’re gonna get crushed!
Zombie Cookie	Scared… SCARED…! Run… run… GRAAAGH!
Chess Choco Cookie	That door won’t work anymore! That door won’t open.
Earl Grey Cookie	What is happening here?
GingerBright	Earl Grey Cookie! How’d you find us?
Earl Grey Cookie	I searched the premises when no one came for dinner.
GingerBrave	Chess Choco Cookie said we have to win if we want to leave!
Earl Grey Cookie	I see. Then I offer my services! I shall assist in this game. It is my duty to serve all guests.
Pawn White Cookie	See the empty white spaces? You can stand there!
Pawn Black Cookie	The pieces will move where you tell them to.
Earl Grey Cookie	I will stand as a Rook. Others should stand, hmm… Yes, this will do nicely.
Earl Grey Cookie	I will explain the rules of chess once the empty spaces have been occupied.
GingerBright	Thanks, Earl Grey Cookie!

Opening
GingerBrave	OK, I think I get the rules!
Chess Choco Cookie	You go first! White moves first.
GingerBrave	Me first then!
Earl Grey Cookie	Please, stop! GingerBrave, sir! Hold!
GingerBrave	Huh?
Earl Grey Cookie	It is good you have only moved two spaces. One wrong move and…
Earl Grey Cookie	Please, move according to my directions.
GingerBrave	Maybe I should… Just stay here the entire game.
Pawn White Cookie	Knight to F3! We got another!
GingerBright	Oh no! We already lost four pawns!
Earl Grey Cookie	No need to fret. Strawberry Cookie? Please move to C3.
Strawberry Cookie	Erm… Like this…?
Chess Choco Cookie	Our pawn got captured! A pawn was taken…
Strawberry Cookie	Did I do OK…?
Pawn White Cookie	Earl Grey Cookie! You know how to play chess!
Zombie Cookie	Good… chess… Gragh…

Middlegame
Pawn Black Cookie	Bishop to B7.
GingerBright	Oh! We lost a Bishop!
Earl Grey Cookie	Skater Cookie. Please move to D5.
Skater Cookie	We got one! Good call, Earl Grey Cookie!
Pawn White Cookie	This game is getting fun! Knight to E6!
Earl Grey Cookie	Shall we move our Bishop now? Zombie Cookie, if you would please make your way to D4.
Zombie Cookie	Run… RUN…! Chess… GRAGH!
Earl Grey Cookie	Oh, dear me. Your feet! Please stop moving! I must clean this up right away.
Zombie Cookie	Stop…? Here…?
Strawberry Cookie	Erm… That’s not the spot Earl Grey Cookie said to go…
Pawn Black Cookie	Rook to G5.
GingerBright	Zombie Cookie was… captured.
GingerBrave	He seems more worried about things being clean than the chess game…
Earl Grey Cookie	Now. Let us move our Knight and stay wary of our opponent’s Rook.
Earl Grey Cookie	Oh! How could this be?! Grime on the Knight!
Pawn Black Cookie	Pawn to C3. Captured.
GingerBright	Earl Grey Cookie! Stop cleaning and focus on the game!
Earl Grey Cookie	My apologies. I cannot stand the sight of dust.
Earl Grey Cookie	Ahem! Pawn to– Dust on the Queen!? Preposterous!
Pawn White Cookie	You’ve heard of the touch-move rule, right?
GingerBright	Wait, is it safe to move our Queen?!
Earl Grey Cookie	This… is an inevitable move. We must play our Queen. Luckily it is not in danger.
Skater Cookie	Earl Grey Cookie took off his glasses! Is he about to get serious?
Earl Grey Cookie	That piece there has a… round top? Ah, it must be a Pawn. Please move to E7!
GingerBrave	No, wait! That round thing isn’t a Pawn! It’s Strawberry Cookie’s lollipo–
Pawn White Cookie	Is this a treat for us?
Strawberry Cookie	Oh… I’ve been captured…
Earl Grey Cookie	*Squints* Is that a Knight? Or Bishop? Please move to A6!
GingerBright	That’s my hair!
Pawn Black Cookie	Our Knight has captured you.
Strawberry Cookie	I think Earl Grey Cookie needs to put his glasses back on…
Earl Grey Cookie	Let us take a brief respite.
GingerBright	Earl Grey Cookie! Why don’t you put on your glasses again?
Skater Cookie	Yeah, taking them off might help you concentrate but… Yo, just put them back on.
Earl Grey Cookie	Very well. I shall heed your advice.
Strawberry Cookie	When did you learn how to play chess, Earl Grey Cookie?
Earl Grey Cookie	I learned from a great and precious… One whom I attend.
Earl Grey Cookie	I would be alone in this hotel were it not for…
Earl Grey Cookie	Ahem. I attend and provide aid. I hope it is enough.
Skater Cookie	Now what? We don’t have a lot of pieces left right now.
Earl Grey Cookie	Do not be concerned. Please, place your trust in me.
GingerBrave	Let’s do this, Earl Grey Cookie!
GingerBrave	Ugh…
Chess Choco Cookie	Break time is over! Let’s play! Let us resume our game.

Endgame
Pawn Black Cookie	Rook to D7. Got you.
Skater Cookie	Oh, I got captured…
Skater Cookie	So all we’ve got left is… Our King, Earl Grey Cookie, and GingerBrave…
GingerBrave	But Earl Grey Cookie is doing so awesome!
Earl Grey Cookie	Check.
GingerBright	Did we win?!
Strawberry Cookie	But… Chess Choco Cookie! They’re smiling!
Zombie Cookie	Check… chess… Hard… don’t know…
Pawn White Cookie	Earl Grey Cookie! That was a fun game! But let’s finish this.
Pawn White Cookie	Check!
GingerBrave	What’s going on? Chess Choco Cookie’s suddenly playing offense!
GingerBright	Wait… did they lose those pieces on purpose?
Skater Cookie	Nah! Huh?
GingerBrave	Earl Grey Cookie! What now?
Earl Grey Cookie	We must forfeit.
GingerBrave	Huh? No way!
Earl Grey Cookie	There is no other way. The more we endure, the more we will struggle to close the endgame.
GingerBrave	You said Pawns can become any piece if they reach the end, right? So what if I can become a Queen?
Earl Grey Cookie	Unfortunately, our efforts would only prolong our defeat. Forfeiting is our only option.
Earl Grey Cookie	Forfeiting is a courtesy in the game of chess.
GingerBrave	So that’s it then? We’re trapped here forever?
Earl Grey Cookie	Let us accept the results.
Chess Choco Cookie	Are you done talking? Has your discussion ended?
Earl Grey Cookie	Yes. We will fo–
GingerBrave	Stop! All we need to do is defeat your King, right?
Chess Choco Cookie	Yup, that’s right! But it’s not easy! Yes. But it will not be easy. Is that the only rule you remember?
GingerBrave	You forced this game on us! So I’m… gonna DO THIS!
GingerBrave	HYA!
Earl Grey Cookie	???
GingerBright	GingerBrave toppled the King!
GingerBrave	There! Your King is down. That’s the main rule, right? So let us out!
Chess Choco Cookie	That’s not a checkmate! This is not how to checkmate a king!
GingerBright	Huh?! Look at Chess Choco Cookie! They’re throwing a tantrum and making a mess of the board!
GingerBrave	Run! Earl Grey Cookie, c’mon!
Earl Grey Cookie	I am the hotelier of this establishment. My place is here…

Checkmate
GingerBright	PHEW! We made it…! That was close…
Strawberry Cookie	I hope Earl Grey Cookie is OK…
Skater Cookie	I think he’ll be fine!
GingerBrave	But at least we’re safe! Now let’s get back to finding our very own paradise!
Chess Choco Cookie	We lost… Our perfect plans… Our plans failed…
???	Where are GingerBrave and the others?
???	Hmph. There will be another opportunity…
Chess Choco Cookie	We’re sorry… We are sorry…
Chess Choco Cookie	It’s cold… and I’m hungry… It is freezing and I am starving… We wish we had just one Jelly to eat…
Pawn Black Cookie	We are together, Pawn White Cookie. We only need each other.
???	Follow me.
Chess Choco Cookie	Who’re you? Who are you?
Dark Enchantress Cookie	I am… Dark Enchantress Cookie.
Dark Enchantress Cookie	Join me, and the world will be sooo much more fun. And I will show you where your family has gone.
Chess Choco Cookie	... We’ll go with you! … Please, let us follow you!
Dark Enchantress Cookie	Seek me out. We have much work to do…
Chess Choco Cookie	We’re gonna win next time! We will win next time.
Dark Enchantress Cookie	I will be waiting…
Earl Grey Cookie	I apologize for being unable to provide more assistance, Chess Choco Cookie.
Chess Choco Cookie	We even built this hotel… *Sigh* Fruitless…
Earl Grey Cookie	If I had kept an eye on GingerBrave after checking the King…
Earl Grey Cookie	To have failed your teachings… I am at fault for our loss.
Chess Choco Cookie	It’s done and over with. Follow us. We need to go.
Earl Grey Cookie	I shall follow.

Trivia

• Dangerous Exchange occurs after the events of the original version of GingerBrave's Tale and Operation Timeguard. The current version of GingerBrave's Tale does not include the events of Dangerous Exchange, making its state of canonicity unclear.

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