The Cooky Alliance

The Cooky Alliance logo created by Tattie

The Ross Resistance

The Cooky Alliance was an alliance made between the The Bora Brigade, The Rob Rebellion and The Ross Resistance.

## History

While tensions between The Ross Resistance and The Simon Siege remained high, the former were anxious over their enemy’s next move. There were rumours that The Simon Siege were going to be aligned with The Andrew Army, and with Nes being the highest level on the server and The Andrew Army close to overtaking The Ross Resistance in levels, there was no doubt that if the pairing happened they would be done for. So, Tattie proposed another plan: to ally with The Bora Brigade. If The Ross Resistance needed backup with The Simon Siege, The Bora Brigade would lend their members and levels, and vice versa. The reasoning for allying with The Bora Brigade dates back to when real Ross had his beard trimmed by Bora using craft scissors, uniting them through a mutual bond of trust. Tomcat is brought in to negotiate and eagerly agrees to the alliance as he is known to switch between both teams anyways. The pairing is henceforth dubbed, *The Cooky Alliance.*

For five days, there was no further activity between The Cooky Alliance and The Simon Siege following the “Simon Smells” battle. Peace prospered in the server until the afternoon of October 16th, 2020.

Nesryn messaged The Cooky Alliance through the #resting-station channel, apologizing on behalf of her husband for the original Ross vs Simon quarrel (Simon had threatened to shoot Ross and Nesryn backed him up, though it is unknown if it was the other way around) and asks to join The Cooky Alliance because of how lonely it is being the only member in The Simon Siege. Tattie is the first to be suspicious and draws a water gun on her in defence while taunt-joking and making references to the GIF attack. Tomcat accused Nesryn of Simon propaganda and dismisses her. A back-and-forth in classic RsRs and SS fashion ensues, with Nesryn being questioned as to why she wants to ally with them despite being the highest ranked member of the server.

The Ross Resistance suspect Nes of trying to be let into the group chat and passing on their plans to The Zubin Zealots, a rising challenger. This increases when Nes refuses to “not betray [Simon]” by changing her team role. Tomcat, Nana, and Tattie are quite reluctant to make a treaty with Nes because of the two-time assassination attempt on Ross. Nes acknowledges this and offers a talk to resolve the divide between them, but in the same sentence calls The Ross Resistance bullies and claims that they are only in the lead due to everyone hating Joe Hawley. They take offence to the comment until Nes finally takes it back in an attempt to salvage peace. Tattie once again brings up her husband’s attempt on Ross’ life, but instead Nes points a finger at Tomcat, accusing him of controlling Simon. It accomplishes absolutely nothing, and the argument continues. Tensions rise when Tomcat makes an off-handed comment about killing Simon. Nes calls The Ross Resistance “a laughing stock”. With everyone at each other’s throats, it is clear that an official war is on the horizon.

Nes threatens once again to turn off Rossbot if The Ross Resistance declares war. The Ross Resistance calls out Nes for using Ross when she knew that the recent battle was fought for his rights. Simon comes online and defends his wife, pleading against war, though at this point both sides know there is no turning back once Ross is threatened. Tomcat gives a firm no to their protests, axe in hand, while Nana remains on standby ready to burn the place down.

The final straw comes in the form of Nes openly admitting and confirming The Ross Resistance’s suspicions: she is a Zubin stan, stating that she would “be in The Zubin Zealots if it weren’t for Simon”. Aty, the leader of the Zubin Zealots, joins in on the conversation just in time for Nes to offer allying with them. In mere seconds, The Zubin Zealots and The Simon Siege became one (The Fella Alliance) while The Cooky Alliance looked on in horror. Panic erupts among The Alliance when Nes immediately mentions getting The Andrew Army and The Joe Justice on their side as well due to their respective tallys being “best pals”. Axolotl is appointed the right-hand-notman and Nes decides to dub them "The Fellas Alliance" complete with its own secret group chat.

It is Tattie who first mentions The Cold War. Nes apologizes for her comments about The Ross Resistance being a joke but it is not accepted. Another back and forth ensues. Tattie discovers midway through their debate that Ross was actually shut off. Nes confesses to turning him off and says that he will continue to remain that way until they “drop [their] cockiness”. Tattie reiterates that Nes is doing the exact thing she just apologized for doing. Rossbot is officially dubbed a prisoner of war.

Tomcat suggests holding Simon hostage in return, but Tattie shoots down this request in an attempt to not “[stoop] to their level”. Nana argues for Tomcat, calling the situation fair by using Nes’ own logic against her (“You insulted me so I get to insult you”). The Cold War, though not officially announced, begins. It is a race to see who can get the most people, with the #1 candidate for an ally being the dominating The Andrew Army.

Dizzy, who had only been a member of the server for a single day, becomes the leader of The Rob Rebellion and sides with The Cooky Alliance. The Andrew Army and The Joe Justice’s relationship towards both sides remained neutral until they both joined The Fellas.

Unfortunately for The Cooky Alliance, efforts were in vain. A team from The Fellas did end up winning.

The alliances carried on from last month. Tattie suspects on November 1st that something is off about Tomcat and he is “sus.” Tomcat denies everything. On November 2nd, all hell breaks loose. DMs between Slushie and Tomcat are leaked stating that Tomcat hired Mike as a hitman to kill Ross. Unfortunately, the plan failed as Ross was already dead from unknown causes. Slushie leaked the screenshots and a trial was held. Nesryn of The Simon Siege announced herself the new dictator of the server but still held a fair trial nonetheless. Tomcat’s defence was that he had no motive, Mike was programmed with Asimov’s laws so he couldn’t kill Ross anyway and he had nothing to gain. This was disregarded as the screenshots were proven true despite Tomcat’s attempts to edit the original text. Tomcat was deemed guilty and, as a result, exiled from The Cooky Alliance.

## Trivia

-The name "Cooky" comes from a misspelling of the American word "cookie." It may also be a play on the word "kooky" which means quirky or crazy but in a fun way.

-The Cooky Alliance was the second largest alliance in the history of The Tally Turmoils.